One of the most popular features on Jackie's forum was the "off topic topic", where folks got together and got to know one another. It was by far the busiest category in the forum, with folks talking constantly.
There were lots of serious discussions there, and lots of fun too. The silly stuff was something that a lot of folks were passionate about. Some people love the jokes and games and puzzles. Other people hated it, thought it was silly, and even asked us to ban it. It was amazing how strongly some of the folks on both sides of the debate felt on this matter!
So, as an experiment, I've created this topic as a second off topic area. We can use the "over the garden fence" topic for general off topic stuff, as well as more serious discussions. This topic will be the place to play around. Post your jokes, puzzles, word games, whatever.
That way folks that enjoy that sort of thing will know exactly where to find it. Folks who don't enjoy it will know that if they see a post in this topic, and they're not in the mood for silly stuff, they can simply ignore it.
That will allow folks to easily determine whether or not they want to participate.
There were lots of serious discussions there, and lots of fun too. The silly stuff was something that a lot of folks were passionate about. Some people love the jokes and games and puzzles. Other people hated it, thought it was silly, and even asked us to ban it. It was amazing how strongly some of the folks on both sides of the debate felt on this matter!
So, as an experiment, I've created this topic as a second off topic area. We can use the "over the garden fence" topic for general off topic stuff, as well as more serious discussions. This topic will be the place to play around. Post your jokes, puzzles, word games, whatever.
That way folks that enjoy that sort of thing will know exactly where to find it. Folks who don't enjoy it will know that if they see a post in this topic, and they're not in the mood for silly stuff, they can simply ignore it.
That will allow folks to easily determine whether or not they want to participate.
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