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Originally Posted by Sparrow
But how would this work in practice? Would someone (a mod?) need to judge when a light-hearted remark had overstepped the boundary into silliness? 
If someone has started a serious (to them) discussion, I can see it would be annoying to see others treat it flippantly.
But, I would rather see a debate descend into silliness than vitriol - apart from anything else, it is easier for a debate to recover from levity and it can act to prevent things getting too heated.
Perceived 'cliquiness' is a problem, but I think generally all contributions are treated with equal respect. On a (very) few occasions I have seen what seemed to me 'mobbing' of one poster by a group and that has made me sad - but I think that behaviour is extremely rare. |
That's why I say "could" rather than should. A different forum isn't
necessarily the right thing. And I think you're reading more into "cliquiness" than I meant - you could also call it "in-crowd-ness". I don't mind the lounge, I just don't feel at home there myself and thus go other places.
Anyway... I think Daithi's suggestion of a miscallaneous sub-forum is interesting. A couple of times there's been topics I'd like to post about but couldn't find anywhere to put them. The lounge doesn't feel like that kind of catch-all place to me - it's much more, well, "lounge-y"
if that makes sense.