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IMPORTANT POLL: Should there be an off-topic section?

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JPortici:
I voted "i don't care" but i actually like how things are right now. The way off topic is tolerated/moderated in this section instead of a dedicated section

mcinque:

--- Quote ---dominate the "unread posts since last visit" list and could potentially put off newbies who joins and just see a list of gun and religious debates at the top of the list.
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^THIS

thm_w:
Agree.
No religion, politics, gun, etc. please. Other off-topic content might be ok (as cooking is? haven't read anything there).

Sal Ammoniac:
I'm a heavy user of another technical forum, and it has "anything goes" sections, including one devoted to politics. Although discussions are often heated these sections (especially politics), I've never noticed anyone being less than civil to others in the technical sections, even those they've had knockdown, drag out arguments with in the political section--they seem to leave any animosity behind in the off-topic sections.

Caveat: this forum isn't anonymous--people don't use made-up names--they use callsigns, and callsigns can be looked up in databases and resolved to real names and addresses.

thm_w:

--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on September 07, 2022, 09:47:19 pm ---I'm a heavy user of another technical forum, and it has "anything goes" sections, including one devoted to politics. Although discussions are often heated these sections (especially politics), I've never noticed anyone being less than civil to others in the technical sections, even those they've had knockdown, drag out arguments with in the political section--they seem to leave any animosity behind in the off-topic sections.

Caveat: this forum isn't anonymous--people don't use made-up names--they use callsigns, and callsigns can be looked up in databases and resolved to real names and addresses.

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