It seems as though "the regulars" here are a social lot. Would it be possible to start a new forum, the purpose of which is just social, non-swimming chatter. That would leave this forum for general swimming discussions, which is its designation and give specific forum for the socializing that is also one of the nice parts of master's swimming. It might also be a nice way to bring in some of the people who lurk and read but never post.
-LBJ
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Personally, I don't see the point in creating ANOTHER forum on this site. It has too many fragmented forums already, and this general forum usually doesn't get enough traffic to justify splitting it up even further. How many forums do we already have, 30? 40?
What's the average traffic here? I'm guessing this place usually gets one new thread or less per day. Even if you let the unread threads accumulate for a week like I do sometimes, it takes hardly any time to get caught up. Hell, don't listen to me, go ahead and split it up. Then you can alternate new threads, maybe getting new ones on the general board on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and on the personal board Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with everybody just sort of ignoring the place on Saturdays.
But what will happen is that when the traffic is split, people will check in less often, contributing less often, and the conversation will die. Just leave it alone.
And if Ion bothers you, just ignore him. I personally stopped reading his messages a long time ago because the bravado was boring. It's funny how someone with so much apparently going for him can be so uninteresting in conversation.
Personally, I don't see the point in creating ANOTHER forum on this site. It has too many fragmented forums already, and this general forum usually doesn't get enough traffic to justify splitting it up even further. How many forums do we already have, 30? 40?
What's the average traffic here? I'm guessing this place usually gets one new thread or less per day. Even if you let the unread threads accumulate for a week like I do sometimes, it takes hardly any time to get caught up. Hell, don't listen to me, go ahead and split it up. Then you can alternate new threads, maybe getting new ones on the general board on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and on the personal board Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with everybody just sort of ignoring the place on Saturdays.
But what will happen is that when the traffic is split, people will check in less often, contributing less often, and the conversation will die. Just leave it alone.
And if Ion bothers you, just ignore him. I personally stopped reading his messages a long time ago because the bravado was boring. It's funny how someone with so much apparently going for him can be so uninteresting in conversation.
