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| IMPORTANT POLL: Should there be an off-topic section? |
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| Dundarave:
I side with “keeping things as is”. I think that one of the key success factors for EEVblog is very likely a result of the focus and discipline around its having one single main theme: “engineering”, which, by definition is structured, methodical and to some degree “impersonal” and therefore somewhat uncontroversial at a personal level. Allowing a drift away from that central focus & theme, I fear, will eliminate what sets the blog apart from the rest of the internet, and its infinity of other forums. I also think that it’s a mistake to try to be “all things to all people”, which seems to be the impetus for making the proposed changes. The reality is that one will never be able “to please all the people all the time”, as one old visionary pointed out. It is simply impossible to satisfy everyone, and demonstrated folly to attempt to do so. |
| Siwastaja:
I totally enjoy discussing off-topic, even politics. In that sense, I would like to have an off-topic section. HOWEVER. I would also like to eat all the ice cream we have in one go. It's a dopamine thing. Even if it feels good, it is not good for me. It's OK in tight moderation. One serving of ice cream per day. One off-topic post every now and then. So I voted for NO WAY. Current way is excellent; short off-topic excursions are OK, and when things get a bit heated or off-topic for longer than a few pages, moderators chime in and lock the threads. It always sucks, like taking the ice cream away, but it's still the right thing to do, and as a result, I'm still here on this forum after so many years, almost a decade, able to discuss technical things (and 1-2% off-topic!) More off-topic would very likely have negative consequences. |
| magic:
Don't care strongly but sure as hell invisible to outsiders. It's bad enough already that merely mentioning va*ing brings spammers posting ads for websites selling that shit. |
| rstofer:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on September 07, 2022, 01:04:20 pm ---Yes, I think the bigger the forum gets, the more time people will tend to spend on here, and the more they will feel it kinda like an online "home" rather then just some place they talk electronics. Like the water cooler at work. --- End quote --- There are topics that are ill advised even around a water cooler. In my view it is best to leave those discussions to Twitter or one of the other platforms. |
| Zeyneb:
What I was missing in EEVBlog initial post is which houserules he would propose to apply for this new off-topic section. This way members can better judge if they can see this work out based on their experiences on the forum as well as the moderations in their job. |
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