Chit chat is not chit chat, and a proposal

[nitro]

Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

The general category of "Community Lounge" explains that nicely, along with the "warning" given for contents...

Yes, there is more to life than trading! Drop in here to discuss things like politics, religion, current events, etc. Not for the faint of heart. If you are easily offended, stay away from this forum! These threads will not appear on the homepage.

Sounds to me like you want a "G" rated community lounge...or a lounge tailored to your interests.

Not at all. Just like we break out the rest of the trading forums out into more targeted descriptions, I believe that religion and politics are such a huge category that it deserves it's own section, while at the same time keeping it seperate for those that don't want to be getting their poltics and religion headlines from Chit Chat.

For the same reason that I want to be able to quickly find threads on psychology, or resources or wall street news etc, etc, it has it's own forum.

nitro

 

[ZZZzzzzzzz]

Is this a community lounge site or a trading site?

Doh!

Say Baron gave all of the complainers a choice:

1. No more CHIT CHAT.
2. CHIT CHAT the way it is.

Quote from nitro:

Not at all. Just like we break out the rest of the trading forums out into more targeted descriptions, I believe that religion and politics are such a huge category that it deserves it's own section.

For the same reason that I want to be able to quickly find threads on psychology, it has it's own forum.

nitro

 

[Baron]

Quote from nitro:

Categories like forums are a form of search, it is just one that has been done already for you as a convenience.

That's correct. I don't mind spining off the politics/religion discussion into a separate forum, if for no other reason than to make it easier for a user to get to the content they are most interested in.

My only issue at this point is that adding more forums is going to make the forums index page even longer that it already is, so at some point I may have to elminate the latest threads beside each forum description and make the forum list simply that, a list of the available forums without any associated thread info.

 

[Baron]

Quote from nitro:

Categories like forums are a form of search, it is just one that has been done already for you as a convenience.

That's correct. I don't mind spinning off the politics/religion discussion into a separate forum, if for no other reason than to make it easier for a user to get to the content they are most interested in.

My only issue at this point is that adding more forums is going to make the forums index page even longer that it already is, so at some point I may have to elminate the latest threads beside each forum description and make the forum list layout completely different, which will likely be a simple list of the available forums without any associated thread info.

 

[nitro]

Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

When I want to see an alternative to ESPN, I click on CNN then the sports tab.

I have to see CNN's non sports headlines in the process...the horror!

Say I am not into baseball during baseball season, I have to then click on ESPN or go to CNN sports, then click to the sport of my interest...the horror, I have to see their baseball headlines during baseball season in this process!

But you have a choice of clicking those channels and seeing or not seeing those headlines. If I want to discuss women in chitchat, I have no choice but have to see and read headlines I am not interested in. I gave the example of why I no longer watch the local news. Same reason here.

nitro

 

[nitro]

BTW,

I have the same software that Baron uses for this website. It would literally take two minutes to make a new category called Religion/Politics. So if it is not done it is not because it is hard to do.

nitro

 

[nitro]

Quote from Baron:

That's correct. I don't mind spining off the politics/religion discussion into a separate forum, if for no other reason than to make it easier for a user to get to the content they are most interested in.

My only issue at this point is that adding more forums is going to make the forums index page even longer that it already is, so at some point I may have to elminate the latest threads beside each forum description and make the forum list simply that, a list of the available forums without any associated thread info.

Got it. That is a non-trivial issue.

nitro

 

[gunslinger]

Quote from Baron:

That's correct. I don't mind spinning off the politics/religion discussion into a separate forum, if for no other reason than to make it easier for a user to get to the content they are most interested in.

My only issue at this point is that adding more forums is going to make the forums index page even longer that it already is, so at some point I may have to elminate the latest threads beside each forum description and make the forum list layout completely different, which will likely be a simple list of the available forums without any associated thread info.

Baron, I appreciate your response. My intenetion on starting this thread was not to take anything away from "zz haven" (as he seems threatened and is turning this thread into one of his ridic debates), but to propose the addition of another forum side by side.

People have already stated that dont bother with chit chat due to its content, so any non-rel/pol subjects will get viewed by the same old ETers, and will quickly move to the bottom of the list in favor of threads like " America and the struggle for the World".

From your response it does not sound like 1 more forum woulb be a prob, and would be enjoyed my MANY more than chit chat.

 

[gunslinger]

Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

I see no problem with Baron creating more forums, beyond the lack of people who are willing to moderate them.

However, this doesn't address the real problem.

The real problem is people like the thread starter who feels compelled to visit threads which are clearly about God/Religion and/or politics.

He has no self control to be able to just ignore those threads.

For some strange reason, he has a compulsion to read them, get upset by them, complain about them, etc.

Sort of like those people who complain about what is on TV, say those people who are afraid that if porn is on TV they will watch it, that they will have to watch it....so since they lack self control, they want to be free of any temptation, and look to the government control what they can are free to view.

If you have any ability whatsoever to actually comprehend what you read, you will understand that this thread is not a request to remove or stop your sanctuary that is chit/chat, but to start an additional forum so people such as myself are able to discuss thing that we have an interest in.

 

[ZZZzzzzzzz]

I understand the request, thanks.

I find it silly, but that is just my opinion.

Quote from gunslinger:

If you have any ability whatsoever to actually comprehend what you read, you will understand that this thread is not a request to remove or stop your sanctuary that is chit/chat, but to start an additional forum so people such as myself are able to discuss thing that we have an interest in.