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| IMPORTANT POLL: Should there be an off-topic section? |
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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: mcinque on September 07, 2022, 08:17:15 pm --- --- 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. --- End quote --- ^THIS --- End quote --- This is completely avoidable by having the off-topic section invisible to Newbies |
| beanflying:
One forum. One set of Rules. One set of Moderators. Anything different to this just allows the muppets to go look over there it is ok and because of 'reasons' it should be ok here too. Just don't do it! If any section like this is in plain sight you will get smacked for SEO by it. AND If the recent petulant children issue recently with TEA has shown ANYTHING a high post count means squat when it comes to doing the right thing when asked by you or the mods so limiting it to members of post count X or higher is just not justified and the content from members below that level of X posts is often the more fresh point of view and worth hearing. OR IF YOU MUST You set up a Discord server some time ago and apart from the random drive by post it is largely empty in spite of some of us trying it on for size early in the piece. Much as you don't widely promote it's existence maybe and just as a maybe make it a topic/board redirect link from the forum and switch Discord to a more off topic? I suspect most will simply ignore it. But as it is off forum and effectively not indexed this place will stay more on topic and higher up any SEO ranking. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Brumby on September 08, 2022, 01:30:30 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on September 07, 2022, 11:47:45 pm --- Ironically, it seems that if there was and off-topic section then the TEA thing would never have happened. --- End quote --- Absolutely, categorically, definitively, demonstrably and unequivocally incorrect. IMHO --- End quote --- I should have added "according to some of them (the ones that left)". They have said and implied that they would have stayed if off-topic discussion was not policed. I know there are other reasons as well. Literal quote here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/tea/emptiness/msg4393246/#msg4393246 --- Quote ---If Dave is unwilling to give us a real OT space... lets at least see if the chain-link fence he put up around the old TEAnonymous stronghold is enough make the whiners whine somewhere else. --- End quote --- |
| EEVblog:
At this stage in the poll it's looking like the majority don't want this. I just had an idea. Would anyone be interested in an "Off-Topic Projects" section? You could post your latest non-electronics related project, like you built a nice new deck, restored your car etc. THANKS this post if you agree. |
| Brumby:
My personal opinion ... not especially. People can still do this as things stand anyway - and they have. It might be a reach when picking a board, but I don't think people would really care too much. Call it "Fringe Electronic Topic", maybe. If the fact that the structure leans towards technical aspects of the world has anything to do with my thoughts - it's that this is what attracted me to the EEVblog (along with the Altronics K3330 power supply you had in the background of early videos ... I have one). |
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