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.
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It seems to me that people are getting bent out of shape over a "general topic discussion forum".
I think what a lot of people forget when they come here (no finger pointing or anything like that), is that this isn't a Q & A site. This site isn't like you direct a question to an administrator or swimming "expert" (excluding Wayne, of course!!) and they reply. It's a discussion!
There are real, every day, normal (well, normal for Mr. Moose, anyway :D ) people on this forum, who take a real delight in the social aspect of chatting with people who are just like them.
I have a lot of non-swimming friends, my sister included, and they just don't get it. They don't understand the inside stuff that fellow swimmers get. I'm also one of two or three women period who swim with my team, and the only regular female, so it's nice to come here, to these boards, and have Kari, Kyra, Heather, and everybody else to relate to.
Besides, how many conversations have you been to where everyone stayed on one specific topic and nobody got bored? My last one was at a botanist's convention. Not that botanists are all boring, but these people sure were! It was like a workshop for plants! I much prefer the personal stories and fun (if not slightly-ADD) conversations on these boards.
My opinion is this: If you don't like it, don't read it. If you're looking for answers, ask a question. If you want a strict Q & A, e-mail Eddie Reese. The wonderful administrators here have enough work to do besides handling complaints for people who want to treat the boards like a Q&A session instead of a human conversation.
Hope I didn't ruffle too many feathers, y'all.......
:D
It seems to me that people are getting bent out of shape over a "general topic discussion forum".
I think what a lot of people forget when they come here (no finger pointing or anything like that), is that this isn't a Q & A site. This site isn't like you direct a question to an administrator or swimming "expert" (excluding Wayne, of course!!) and they reply. It's a discussion!
There are real, every day, normal (well, normal for Mr. Moose, anyway :D ) people on this forum, who take a real delight in the social aspect of chatting with people who are just like them.
I have a lot of non-swimming friends, my sister included, and they just don't get it. They don't understand the inside stuff that fellow swimmers get. I'm also one of two or three women period who swim with my team, and the only regular female, so it's nice to come here, to these boards, and have Kari, Kyra, Heather, and everybody else to relate to.
Besides, how many conversations have you been to where everyone stayed on one specific topic and nobody got bored? My last one was at a botanist's convention. Not that botanists are all boring, but these people sure were! It was like a workshop for plants! I much prefer the personal stories and fun (if not slightly-ADD) conversations on these boards.
My opinion is this: If you don't like it, don't read it. If you're looking for answers, ask a question. If you want a strict Q & A, e-mail Eddie Reese. The wonderful administrators here have enough work to do besides handling complaints for people who want to treat the boards like a Q&A session instead of a human conversation.
Hope I didn't ruffle too many feathers, y'all.......
:D
