I almost posted this on the main page, but the irony would not work in my favor.

Can we keep the OT topics over here? As cool as it is to talk about easter candy, first concerts or other things, it gets cluttered sorting through these...

Perhaps the Mods could switch some over?

Am I way off base here?

You're not off-base but it's a lot of work to do so. Are there that many posts to wade through these days?

(04-12-2009 01:47 AM)lou Wrote:  I almost posted this on the main page, but the irony would not work in my favor.

Can we keep the OT topics over here? As cool as it is to talk about easter candy, first concerts or other things, it gets cluttered sorting through these...

Perhaps the Mods could switch some over?

Am I way off base here?

I don't have any problem with the "people you've met" type of posts on either location. Political posts, which invite discussion, should be on the Quad, sports posts on the main board, idle questions either place but i lean toward main board.

(04-12-2009 07:34 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  I don't have any problem with the "people you've met" type of posts on either location. Political posts, which invite discussion, should be on the Quad, sports posts on the main board, idle questions either place but i lean toward main board.

Not that I have any authority whatsoever, but I think this is about right.

good OT for main board:
a quick question which someone might be able to help with
rice-related but not sports

good OT for the quad:
political
news that's interesting but not earth-shattering
games (personally i hate the word association stuff)
other threads that just go on and on and never die which 99% of people are not reading

It might be a good idea to have a mod move things a little more often, so that the traffic isn't so drastically different between the two... i think that's why a few OT posts are better on the main board, just so they get answered in reasonable time.

And if it's not taking it too far, maybe a politics section seperate from non-politics OT for the especially squeemish?

(04-12-2009 09:10 PM)emmiesix Wrote:  It might be a good idea to have a mod move things a little more often, so that the traffic isn't so drastically different between the two... i think that's why a few OT posts are better on the main board, just so they get answered in reasonable time.

If OT threads were always created in the Quad or moved there, it would eventually become the norm for OT posts. Traffic would likely balance as this became accepted. As it is, with no one reading or posting in the Quad, the only way people feel like they'll get a response is to post on the main page.

edit: Basically, if you feel like you need to put OT in front of your thread, put it in the Quad.

(04-12-2009 09:53 PM)lou Wrote:  

(04-12-2009 09:10 PM)emmiesix Wrote:  It might be a good idea to have a mod move things a little more often, so that the traffic isn't so drastically different between the two... i think that's why a few OT posts are better on the main board, just so they get answered in reasonable time.

If OT threads were always created in the Quad or moved there, it would eventually become the norm for OT posts. Traffic would likely balance as this became accepted. As it is, with no one reading or posting in the Quad, the only way people feel like they'll get a response is to post on the main page.

edit: Basically, if you feel like you need to put OT in front of your thread, put it in the Quad.

I agree - but I do think having politics in with other OT is a deterrent to some people who really, really hate political arguments (however civil). My parents have this aversion to such a degree that we never, ever discuss anything political at home, ever, and if someone starts a discussion of that sort (that doesn't know them well) they will often leave the room. silly, perhaps, but ought to be considered.

I knew I should've started the celebrities thread here!

Well, also, not everyone reads the quad as regularly...I tend to put my O/Ts there cause I only check the Quad now and then, and I feel maybe most people do the same?

ETA: It hasn't seemed liek that much to wake through for me, recently, but I admittedly read pretty fast.

(04-13-2009 09:13 PM)Caelligh Wrote:  I knew I should've started the celebrities thread here!

Forgot I met JD, too.