The return of removed sections!

[AgnesIO]

I'm a huge fan of removing discuss anything. I don't like it. I think it's pointless and just not needed.

It's just a post count rising forum tbh.

Just like the 'WHAT ARE U EATING OR DRINKING?!?!?!?!?!11?!'

As far as I can say; who cares? :S

[Mrs.McCall]

Totally agree, it doesn't add anything to the forum, it doesn't provoke intelligent discussion, it doesn't have a purpose.

[Jamesy]

I'm not sure about how other people feel about this but; I think it would be great to see the return of the removed sections. This is including Food and Drink + Animals and Pets, now that the jokes section has returned I think that might be all of them.

Keeping it short and sweet I just think there are more advantages of having 2 additional sections (promotes discussion) as opposed to having a smaller forum index. The Discuss Anything section hasn't really replaced them 2 sections very well.

Thoughts?

I'll use the jokes forum as a case study in this. We had people asking for it back, and we obliged however we found that despite the rousing support its return had gained in feedback, the reintroduction was a slow build up - even with its doubled up purpose as a funny images/ videos forum. I don't think bringing back the two sections will work, for a start the old threads are now merged. Two new empty forums would remain empty with only the 2-3 people asking for it back, soon people would simply say remove them that they aren't work. Bringing back jokes was sort of worth it in that I no longer get questioned where to post jokes, however Discuss Anything can happily cover the few topics we get that would come within your suggested returning forums.

I don't think they are needed. However I also think the Discuss Anything forum should go..

It is pointless, might as well be spam. And unsure about Jamesy, but Oli always refused to admit it was a pathetic forum - remove post count or something?

One thing I feel is a problem is people's attitudes towards it. Instead of knocking the pointless threads (in reference to your quote below), why not make some interesting topics yourself. If you make a lot of effort in your threads rather than simple one word answers, and people begin to see the forums image change from a "post your" forum it will set the trend. You will always get crap threads in whatever forum on any discussion board - the real gems shine through though . So my attitude is that Discuss Anything is simply that it's got potential that is being missed. I'd like to add that when I say "your" I don't mean at you, I meant the forum populace.

It's just a post count rising forum tbh.

Just like the 'WHAT ARE U EATING OR DRINKING?!?!?!?!?!11?!'

As far as I can say; who cares? :S

[AgnesIO]

I'll use the jokes forum as a case study in this. We had people asking for it back, and we obliged however we found that despite the rousing support its return had gained in feedback, the reintroduction was a slow build up - even with its doubled up purpose as a funny images/ videos forum. I don't think bringing back the two sections will work, for a start the old threads are now merged. Two new empty forums would remain empty with only the 2-3 people asking for it back, soon people would simply say remove them that they aren't work. Bringing back jokes was sort of worth it in that I no longer get questioned where to post jokes, however Discuss Anything can happily cover the few topics we get that would come within your suggested returning forums.



One thing I feel is a problem is people's attitudes towards it. Instead of knocking the pointless threads (in reference to your quote below), why not make some interesting topics yourself. If you make a lot of effort in your threads rather than simple one word answers, and people begin to see the forums image change from a "post your" forum it will set the trend. You will always get crap threads in whatever forum on any discussion board - the real gems shine through though . So my attitude is that Discuss Anything is simply that it's got potential that is being missed. I'd like to add that when I say "your" I don't mean at you, I meant the forum populace.

But you can discuss everything in other forums.. the problem lies in people getting an easy post count by posting things like 'EATING A MUFFIN'. Who cares?

[Jamesy]

If you don't care don't give them attention. They only make them because people reply, same as anyone who makes a thread wants some form of user response to it.

[Mrs.McCall]

I'm sorry Jamesy but I don't agree on this one :p There is and never will be intelligent discussion in that forum. It's too broad a range. There's got to be elsewhere people can post so I say get rid!

[Jamesy]

I respect your disagreement . However I think dissolving that forum would cut off people posting, spam has proven not to be a replacement "anything" forum - it's almost got its own culture down there.

[AgnesIO]

I respect your disagreement . However I think dissolving that forum would cut off people posting, spam has proven not to be a replacement "anything" forum - it's almost got its own culture down there.

Apart from the statistics, what does commenting on the colour of your bedroom do? Just out of interest?

[Inseriousity.]

If there's a lack of 'intelligent' threads in there (and what's with the elitism anyway, why does every thread have to be 'intelligent', the whole point of a forum is to discuss something, stupid things included), then post some. I find some of the discussion in 'Discuss Anything' very interesting (e.g the social class debate)

[Mrs.McCall]

I understand there are one or two threads that are fun and interesting but I just don't see why they can't go into Spam. I mean, stupid things like the colour people's toenails go in winter or something crop up and you're just like what?!

But I respect your opinions and I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. :p