Would you support merging the social forums together again?

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
L&R and P&N do better separately

I could see H&F and Garage merging in successfully, but really it should be up to the mods and people that post in them frequently that will know best

Agreed. I don't want any OT discussions plagued with political BS. They can stay over there and rot for all I care.

 

[sandorski]

Merge them all into P&N! You know you want to.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
L&R and P&N do better separately

I could see H&F and Garage merging in successfully, but really it should be up to the mods and people that post in them frequently that will know best

Agreed. I don't want any OT discussions plagued with political BS. They can stay over there and rot for all I care.

Yup. Nobody wants to see a flawed attempt at the application of logic while we're busy neffing and trolling

 

[amdhunter]

I'd just put P&N in here. That would be a trip and a half.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
L&R and P&N do better separately

I could see H&F and Garage merging in successfully, but really it should be up to the mods and people that post in them frequently that will know best

Well then forget about H&F merging.

 

[Gooberlx2]

I do miss the hilariously sad YAGTs.

 

[lupi]

P&N must be merged back into OT. It'd be great for more people to be expossed to the "special ones" that do most of the posting over there.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: nkgreen

Originally posted by: K1052
About as likely to happen as switching over to vB

nice timewarp, would read again. :thumbsup:

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
P&N should be changed to 'Politics and Name calling' since that is mostly what takes place there.

You have a point, though I prefer "Bitches & Cocks"

 

[KeithTalent]

Nope, no interest in having L&R threads in here.

KT

 

[Brainonska511]

No.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
L&R and P&N do better separately

I could see H&F and Garage merging in successfully, but really it should be up to the mods and people that post in them frequently that will know best

Agreed. While I miss some of the L&R threads b/c I never think to click on the forum...I think that's a good thing. Most of us who "miss" those topics likely miss them in the sense that they are entertaining at the OP's expense, which isn't very helpful to the OP, who likely has a legitimate concern that more responsible people would be able to address.

Also, L&R is accessible to members only. Keeps it away from the google bots, which is a very good thing, imo, in that it respects member privacy and points to a legitimate attempt that AT respects and perhaps cherishes its members. I can respect that and think it is a very good idea on many levels. I'm not sure if this sort of access-denial can be done with tags or not, but I don't know anything about this internet stuff.

Other than L&R and P&N, I think there is too much OT-division. Many otherwise useful responses are lost b/c so few actually wander into the garage or health and fitness (as well as playful or useless responses, but I suppose you have to weigh the benefits vs the consequences)

 

[mugs]

Yeah that'd be fine. While they're at it, they could split off a Fantasy Sports forum for all of the people who don't understand that the point of fantasy sports is to see how well you make decisions for your team.

 

[Away]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
P&N should be changed to 'Politics and Name calling' since that is mostly what takes place there.

You have a point, though I prefer "Socialist Paradise"

Fixed

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Nik
No. If you never visit the other forums, it's obviously not content you're after. The only thing this would change, for you, is how fast threads drop off the first page. I don't want to see Garage or Health&Fitness or P&N crap at all, so I stay out of there. I'm perfectly happy with OT the way it is and the L&R shit all collected in one place so I can laugh at the sheer stupidity of some people. It's easier to follow topics that don't race off the first page.

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[nutxo]

Yeah, except YAGT.

That place is freakin sad.

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Nik
OffTopic.com.

'nuff said.

So, a stagnant forum with 1/4 of our traffic answers what?

The real answer is 1 forum with tags that individual users can turn on/off. You can thus ignore the garage threads if you wish or look only at L&R threads, or whatever but the rest of us can see all that we want simultaneously. But no one in charge would actually do that.

This.

Gmail labels FTW.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Nik
No. If you never visit the other forums, it's obviously not content you're after. The only thing this would change, for you, is how fast threads drop off the first page. I don't want to see Garage or Health&Fitness or P&N crap at all, so I stay out of there. I'm perfectly happy with OT the way it is and the L&R shit all collected in one place so I can laugh at the sheer stupidity of some people. It's easier to follow topics that don't race off the first page.

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But that's not true at all either... I always read the hilarious YAGT threads when they were in OT, but I don't really venture all that much into L&R. Same with random car threads and other stuff. They interest me on some level, but I only go into subforums if I'm actively looking for a specific topic to post or read.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Nik
No. If you never visit the other forums, it's obviously not content you're after. The only thing this would change, for you, is how fast threads drop off the first page. I don't want to see Garage or Health&Fitness or P&N crap at all, so I stay out of there. I'm perfectly happy with OT the way it is and the L&R shit all collected in one place so I can laugh at the sheer stupidity of some people. It's easier to follow topics that don't race off the first page.

this

But that's not true at all either... I always read the hilarious YAGT threads when they were in OT, but I don't really venture all that much into L&R. Same with random car threads and other stuff. They interest me on some level, but I only go into subforums if I'm actively looking for a specific topic to post or read.

This.

 

[Megatomic]

I'd really like to see H&F (my favorite subforum on AT forums) to stay separate. You can merge the rest for all I care.

 

[DainBramaged]

I like them divided. Usually the people in the Garage are people that care about cars and not just two-bit idiots who look at howitworks.com and are suddenly masters.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
We've gone over this a zillion times. Yes, a large majority of ATOTers agree withh merging the forums. No, the "powers that be" don't care what we think, the traffic stats for ATOT show that they are determined to kill this forum with stupid decisions.

Since when do you speak for everybody??

Do you have proof to back up your stat6ement that a " large majority" of ATOT`ers agree with merging???

By "large majority" your only talking about those who agree with you. correct?

There is a equally large "majority" who like things the way they are presently!!

BTW polls mean nothing especially in these forums. Mainly because it has been proven that those who support merging are maiinly the only ones who vote. mainly because most people who are active elsewhere do not care what happens in ODD TOPIC thus they never visit and could careless about this highly inaccurate poll!!

 

[ultimatebob]

I think that we should bring the garage back in here. L&R? Hell no... that place is scary!

 

[sao123]

no, no, and hell no.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I think that we should bring the garage back in here. L&R? Hell no... that place is scary!

There is certainly an unnaturally high concentration of pervs and other associated social misfits in L&R. "OMG, my GF of eight days broke up with me!!!!" or "My stepsister has been looking at me funny, I think she likes me!!!"