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Originally Posted by GeoffC
I still fail to see how such a 'new' sub-forum would achieve that.
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My feeling, and I am certainly guilty of this is that the description of the Lounge is "friendly banter". The definition of banter is:
noun
the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks : there was much singing and good-natured banter.
verb
talk or exchange remarks in a good-humored teasing way : the men bantered with the waitresses | [as adj. ] ( bantering) a bantering tone.
So, threads in the lounge seem more prone to this happening. I know I have done it.
That said, would a "Serious" pre-fix perhaps be an idea? This would not be a hard fast rule that you couldn't have FUN in that thread, but just would indicate to folks that the OP wasn't kidding and didn't mean to "banter".
A new prefix would also allow for an inclusive filtering for that pre-fix.
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