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IMPORTANT POLL: Should there be an off-topic section?
EEVblog:
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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.
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I think you're being played.
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I know that.
--- Quote ---Those aren't out to make this a better place; they want it to be THEIR place and to get their pedestal back. They are happy where they are right now, and all you'll get for bending over backwards is more excuses and not action. You can see that already, so I am wondering why you are still bothering - if they wanted to make things right they would have done so already.
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I know that also.
For those that think this is another attempt to lure those that left back, it's not, I know they are gone and I don't expect them to come back.
This actually came about because of a private moderator discussion that made me rethink what might be good for the forum. And by "good for the forum" I mean keeping people here for longer enjoying being here and talking about stuff. The "community" aspect of it so to speak.
The off-topic thing is one that comes up every few years naturally, this isn't the first discussion and poll on it.
AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 08, 2022, 08:40:14 am ---I think you're being played.
Not in a targeted way but in the excuses. I think most (complained about) off-topic posts were there simply because the poster couldn't be arsed to find somewhere else to write the stuff. Having a separate OT place will only work if people start threads there - IME, moving an OT post to it's own thread to continue often does nothing, because few follow and just prefer to remain where they were. We see that already in normal threads that drift, and someone starts a new thread to continue (an exception being a really contentious topic, but we're not talking contentious here, just OT).
Secondly, once admonished, there were likely egos and perceived ownership at play. "It's OUR thread, we wrote it", etc. Forgetting it's your forum, they are only here because this place existed. And, of course, there are the head egos who loved the thread because everyone else looked up to their pronouncements.
Those aren't out to make this a better place; they want it to be THEIR place and to get their pedestal back. They are happy where they are right now, and all you'll get for bending over backwards is more excuses and not action. You can see that already, so I am wondering why you are still bothering - if they wanted to make things right they would have done so already. No doubt more than a couple are sniggering behind their hands at the total upset caused in this forum, that THEY have managed to provoke. I would say not to fatten their egos any more. Despite their knowledge (and/or google-fu), if that's how they want to play it is better that they are where they are rather than here, working up to making more fuss.
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In point of fact all are unhappy at having had to leave, and your ill-informed attempts to ascribe such base and juvenile motivations are quite far from the mark.
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PlainName:
--- Quote ---In point of fact all are unhappy at having had to leave
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No-one 'had' to leave. Everyone that did, chose to do so.
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on September 08, 2022, 02:25:59 am ---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.
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That kind of section would be cool indeed. (Heck, there is even a cooking section, so this one would definitely have its place.)
Now I think similar ideas have already emerged in the past and never really caught on, but who knows. I'm for it.
Now a general off-topic section, nope. Mostly saying it both for the forum and for you. I think that would become a rabbit hole quickly and would require a lot of moderation time and yield more frustration in the end for users than good. But I think that's kinda the general opinion anyway, so.
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