Discussion Open request for a mining subforum

[NTMBK]

Mods- could we please get a mining subforum to shove all that non-graphics related chat in? It's kind of taking over.

 

[VirtualLarry]

If it means that thread-crapping mining threads is off-limits, then sure, I'm in.

 

[maddogmcgee]

I just got into mining a few hours ago.......would love separate spot so my questions dont clog up the GPU board.

 

[Shmee]

I kinda think that it could all fit in either GPUs, OT, or DC. I understand where you are coming from, but on the other hand we have so many sub-forums already.

 

[NTMBK]

I kinda think that it could all fit in either GPUs, OT, or DC. I understand where you are coming from, but on the other hand we have so many sub-forums already.

By subforum, I mean the kind that we already have for Nvidia and AMD- I guess that's a subsubforum?

 

[Tup3x]

Maybe just one sticky thread would be enough.

 

[coercitiv]

Maybe just one sticky thread would be enough.

Just one sticky to replace the entire GPU forum?!

 

[NTMBK]

Just one sticky to replace the entire GPU forum?!

I mean it's not like anyone can get one at the moment anyway...

 

[GrumpyMan]

That would be awesome! That way we could see who bought all the video cards we can't get a hold of and can't afford!

 

[VirtualLarry]

That would be awesome! That way we could see who bought all the video cards we can't get a hold of and can't afford!

Did you want to put in a motion to re-name the GPU forum, "The Pitchfork Forum"?

 

[Tup3x]

Just one sticky to replace the entire GPU forum?!

What? For mining of course.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Meh, I don't think there is enough mining discussion to warrant a whole sub-forum. Practically all of the mining discussion is contained to the ETH mining thread. Yes, occasionally it spills out into the other threads, but only because people are lamenting on the lack of video card availability and having dedicated mining sub-forum won't help that.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Meh, I don't think there is enough mining discussion to warrant a whole sub-forum. Practically all of the mining discussion is contained to the ETH mining thread. Yes, occasionally it spills out into the other threads, but only because people are lamenting on the lack of video card availability and having dedicated mining sub-forum won't help that.

- Agreed. It just feels like we need a mining sub forum because of how much mining is directly affecting GPU availability for gamers right now, otherwise it would likely be a handful of folks on this forum actively engaging and talking about it.

I mean, I don't fundamentally see the harm, its not like there is scarcity in the number of forums that can be opened. I just don't think the subforum would be as active as we think it would be simply due to circumstances.

 

[fleshconsumed]

- Agreed. It just feels like we need a mining sub forum because of how much mining is directly affecting GPU availability for gamers right now, otherwise it would likely be a handful of folks on this forum actively engaging and talking about it.

I mean, I don't fundamentally see the harm, its not like there is scarcity in the number of forums that can be opened. I just don't think the subforum would be as active as we think it would be simply due to circumstances.

Actually I do see harm in splitting out into too many subforums. Take a look into nVidia and AMD subforums and check "Last Reply" timestamps, there is barely any activity there. This forum is kind of dying. Splitting into too many subforums is only going to fragment people and lower overall participation rate even more. I'd rather do the opposite and merge AMD/Nvidia subforums back into one. It may have made sense in the past when we had much more participation and when AMD/Nvidia hacks were at each other's throats all the time, but things change, and right now I'd rather have just a single Video Card forum for all the remaining folks still hanging out here.

 

[EXCellR8]

I'd much rather let the entire forum die outright then reserve some kind of miner's haven sub-forum that promotes more wasted graphics cards and energy.

Go spread your heresy all over Reddit, Tom's or VideoCardz, where all the real winners fester in pools of awful.

I'm not bitter though

 

[aigomorla]

Wouldn't mining and distributed computing fall in the same category?

In essence it's sort of the same thing no?

 

[Shmee]

Wouldn't mining and distributed computing fall in the same category?

In essence it's sort of the same thing no?

That's what I was thinking. They also could fall under OT, GPUs, and CPUs in some cases. I guess the point is we have enough places here it could fit?

 

[NTMBK]

That's what I was thinking. They also could fall under OT, GPUs, and CPUs in some cases. I guess the point is we have enough places here it could fit?

If the mining threads get moved to the DC subforum, that would also work!

 

[The Alias]

This feels like more "Send the miners away" sentiment. It sucks to be honest. I don't think mining topics should be split off, because we really only talk about graphics card availability and how miners destroy it for the gamers. We've had a folding@home thread that Noone ever suggested being sent to DC. And the op has been here long enough to remember it. This isn't just the graphics forum. It's Video cards too.