I'm sick of these one worded/one sentence/useless threads in General Chat. In other forums I see these kind of threads in a seperate sub-forum under 'General Chat' called Games threads.

As I come to this forum to look for interesting and intellectual social chit chat, i dislike having to scroll down to the 10 latest threads to find such chatter.

So this is my request to move these "game" threads into a sub-forum and let the kids have their fun.

Usually a person complains about such things "including myself" because they had not thought of the idea first. It is kinda status thing to more than a few individuals of who can create the thread that gets the most number of replies. That is the honest truth on my studies for as long as I have been here.

hahahaha. I saw this yesterday and i was about to post a screenshot about it. Wait until there's 25 game threads and 7 of vinnie's parody threads on the matter, and perhaps someone will pay attention.

bo5ton personally speaking i enjoy the games threads and a few others in GC, i know im one of many daily contributors that keep them up there at the top....

the threads you are interested in arent disappearing....you are moaning because they are not up at the top of the forum... whats that about!? ..... its not gonna kill you to scroll down... i dont see the point whinging about it really...

Its hard to create a topic in GC that doesnt involve stepping on someone elses toes whether its politics...religion etc all the stuff thats not allowed... and understandably so..

If you start a discussion about something technical or web design based it gets moved to a more relevant place.....so its out of GC.... ! I dont have any issues with that.. but IMO that is why ppl go else where to have a proper discussion on topics such as those...

excellent

I'm sorry, but I can't let this go. I've been here too long to let my favourite forum be torn down this way. I want to save it from ruin. Here's an example of what I believe is the problem: clicky

I tried the method of posting in other threads but they were just pushed down.

Question: Who is the head honcho? The person in charge?

Such Animosity! Just goes to show, the truth hurts.
There are plenty of things other than one word threads. You can't be serious that the only thing in this world is religion, politics, webdev and business. If that is the case, you need to get out more... There's a whole world waiting!

And I think i agree with Stymiee. General Chat just isn't what it used to be with the constant new users. The Flooding etc. This is the generation - if you will of one word posters. Let's just hope they have more to say in the other forums.

I'm sorry, but if you read my replies carefully, you'll notice that i said:
"and give some space to other GC threads (ANY non-game thread)"
"I don't really care about how stupid/useless the threads are, but these games spend way too much time at the top, leaving a small space for the other threads (Whether stupid, meaningful or whatever as long as they're "fresh")."

Which cleary means that the issue is with game threads only. What's left? any thread that isn't a game with 1320948023478 replies.

The problem: Game threads staying too long at the top, keeping other threads at the bottom.
Porposed solution: Create a sub-forum for games thread as we're having more threads that stay at the top every while.

It was just a request. A suggestion. He was "asking", not "telling".


I'm not against the idea of game threads. I even add a reply to them from time to time. But i'd really like to see them in a sub-forum to clear some space.

Generally I don't like discussing problems without proposing some kind of alternate solution. Besides, we're being told what we should do (create a subforum for threads some people don't like) so I'm not sure why countering that with an equally doable solution is so offensive.

Isn't that the point of GC? We're not allowed to discuss religion or politics, web dev and business have their own forums, so what's left?

yup, but its not helping.

It's just a suggestion to add a sub forum to keep things more organized and give some space to other GC threads (ANY non-game thread). In my opinion, a reply saying "We understand what you mean, but Sitepoint currently doesn't see any need to create a sub-forum...yadda yadda yadda" would be way better than telling us what we should do and what we shouldn't.

Actually whether it's interesting or not, game threads will always stay at the top occupying space as they hardly require any thinking/time/effort.

well, if it gets pushed off, then it wasn't all that interesting, was it

The membership here has probably the most direct and simplest way of dealing with this problem (STOP POSTING IN THE GAME THREADS AND CREATE SOME NEW BETTER THREADS THAT PEOPLE LIKE MORE), but is it being done?

There are certain aspects of the forums that staff controls, yes. However, content is perhaps the one thing that the users have the most control over. Exercise that control in ways that will reach your goal faster than complaining to staff is all we're saying.

Who's complaining? It was a suggestion. A cry for help to staff. But of course anything considered putting in a little bit effort is considered a complaint.
Sure, we go in and make a thread about something that's actually interesting, and it just gets pushed down eventually getting completely pushed off the radar.

Some times smart people just want to say/do something that is considered proper. This is the reasoning behing the Sasquach and the Locness monster. Not everyone is uptight all the time/any of the time. It's also a form of socializing.


Yeah it's sort of pointless but, then again this thread had nothing to do with web development either did it?

Again, it was just a suggestion. And this thread is about web development. Actually it couldn't more be about web development. Developing... ahh forget it

I agree with Rob on creating a sub forum.

I don't really care about how stupid/useless the threads are, but these games spend way too much time at the top, leaving a small space for the other threads (Whether stupid, meaningful or whatever as long as they're "fresh").

Look, it was just a suggestion to have a Games subforum. I dunno, heaven forbid this forum making things more efficient even for a general chat forum.

I think you'll find that your overall thoughts on GC match a lot of ours. I'm sure if you look you will find that the members that participate in GC kind of rotate. Members who were active stop after an almost precise amount of time and newer members take over. GC just wears on you after a while and the conversation doesn't seem as good as it used to be (kinda like how it seems to work with music). You'll probably do what the rest of us have done and greatly reduce your posts in that forum. And that's ok. GC will go on and so will life for you. Hopefully you'll still enjoy participating in the rest of the forums like the rest of us do.

As for that subforum idea, I doubt it will happen just because SitePoint will either consider demand for it too low or they just won't care because it is just GC.

My point is that general chat is an off-topic forum. If it's not related to web design it goes in there regardless of how stupid you or I may think a topic is.

If you want to complain about the level of intellectual discourse in General Chat, then going to the people who start the threads you deem unworthy would be far more effective than asking staff to do something about it. We don't really control what people post other than for legal reasons. Or better yet, take it upon yourself to start better threads if you feel that the forum is beneath you but you still want to do something about it.

You should be coming here for web design help not social chit-chat.

Well then close General Chat.
These responses just goes to show the maturity.

Thanks for all your help.

Then you probably shouldn't be hanging out in General Chat.

Sorry, i should have perhaps put the word more in there somewhere...

Again, if you believe that the only things to chat about in these threads are politics, religion and web development, then you need to get a life.

Docquesting, if I had thought of these things first, I would kill myself.

And the fact that neither of you have commented on the idea of creating a sub-forum either for or against just goes to show how much you pay attention. And therefore your comments are as meaningless as the threads themselves. But thanks for trying.

I know of many people, including myself, who judge and join forums based on the General Chat section. You can get to know the community just by reading them without joining them. How do you think it's making Sitepoint Forums look with a lot of mindless one word posting?

bo5ton... i dont mind having the games moved to a subforum....im easy goin...maybe it'll help you sleep better at night ya poor wee thing!

How can you judge SP from the GC area!...personally speaking i chose to join this forum because of the great help and indepth guidance this forum provides....i was not lookin for an online community to join... i had a photoshop issue... i joined because this site is amazing...its got something for everyone who is into web design and development..

Oh yeah... i doubt SP is phased by a few game threads in GC....dont be silly

doc.... i used to think that also when i first joined...

i agree half and half with bo5ton and mPeror. i do join based on the 'serious' threads , but the reason why id stay has to do with the OVERALL forums, meaning the quality responses i see in all of the thread sections.

but staying on topic, i do hope that the game threads will be moved to their own sub forum.

I have to disagree with you here. Personally i join forums based on the kind of responses i get in the "serious" forums (css, html, php, domains...etc), not general chat. SitePoint has so many great members in different forums, but on the other hand it has a fair number of idiots in general chat (and i'm not referring to those who participate in game threads).

And again, i'm not agaist game threads, i just think they should have their own forum.