I have a suggestion. It seems that several people are annoyed with the lack of swimming content in many of the threads (darn those thread hijackers). What if we created a section for Off Topic Questions and threads. It seems that would be an easy solution and make everyone happy.
If there is an Off Topic site, it will not solve the main problem that is currently plaguing this DF, idle chatter. In fact, an Off Topic site will inevitably create Flame Wars and damage the whole DF. There will be "I Love Spike Heels vs. I Loathe Spike Heels" and armies of posters and hackers who think it is great sport to crash the entire website. This is not speculation. It has happened many, many times, and is almost formulaic. If you love your sport, do not post or respond to the off topic threads. Let them die or go elsewhere.
We are far better off policing ourselves (which has not been too effective lately) and keeping the DF focused on swimming related topics EXCLUSIVELY, no matter how boring it becomes to the current batch of trolls and hijackers. They know who they are. The internet is a great big place with something for everyone. This website and DF is not the place to discuss Soap operas, American Idol, Car wrecks or Spike Heels, unless they all have entered LC Nationals in Mission Viejo, CA this August.
If there is an Off Topic site, it will not solve the main problem that is currently plaguing this DF, idle chatter. In fact, an Off Topic site will inevitably create Flame Wars and damage the whole DF. There will be "I Love Spike Heels vs. I Loathe Spike Heels" and armies of posters and hackers who think it is great sport to crash the entire website. This is not speculation. It has happened many, many times, and is almost formulaic. If you love your sport, do not post or respond to the off topic threads. Let them die or go elsewhere.
We are far better off policing ourselves (which has not been too effective lately) and keeping the DF focused on swimming related topics EXCLUSIVELY, no matter how boring it becomes to the current batch of trolls and hijackers. They know who they are. The internet is a great big place with something for everyone. This website and DF is not the place to discuss Soap operas, American Idol, Car wrecks or Spike Heels, unless they all have entered LC Nationals in Mission Viejo, CA this August.
