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.
Originally posted by some_girl
I've just started posting here, so my opinion may carry less weight than old timers'. ...
Your opinion should carry as much weight as any other dues paying member of USMS, whose membership dollars are paying for this site, regardless of when you joined or stated posting. So please feel comfortable in sharing these opinions with the rest of us.
And I don’t see anyone advocating totally removing the fun from this forum and turning it into a discussion of biomechanics, pool measurements, and dare I say VO2. Call me old fashioned, but, I for one am more interested in what we can do to make Masters Swimming more valuable to our members than I am about what Paris Hilton is wearing or who I’d take with me on a desert island.
While these threads are at time quite entertaining they can make it more difficult to cull through the chaff to find the swimming. I don’t dispute Kyra’s report that 20% of the threads were non-swimming, but at times these threads accounted for over 80% of the new posts.
There have been some very good suggestions regarding what if anything should be done. My question back to the group is how much are you willing to pay for this service? All of our moderators are volunteers and our web master is overwhelmed with other priority projects. So how many USMS members would pay, say, $20/year for the privilege of posting to this forum? And what would be a viable rate for non-members?
Originally posted by some_girl
I've just started posting here, so my opinion may carry less weight than old timers'. ...
Your opinion should carry as much weight as any other dues paying member of USMS, whose membership dollars are paying for this site, regardless of when you joined or stated posting. So please feel comfortable in sharing these opinions with the rest of us.
And I don’t see anyone advocating totally removing the fun from this forum and turning it into a discussion of biomechanics, pool measurements, and dare I say VO2. Call me old fashioned, but, I for one am more interested in what we can do to make Masters Swimming more valuable to our members than I am about what Paris Hilton is wearing or who I’d take with me on a desert island.
While these threads are at time quite entertaining they can make it more difficult to cull through the chaff to find the swimming. I don’t dispute Kyra’s report that 20% of the threads were non-swimming, but at times these threads accounted for over 80% of the new posts.
There have been some very good suggestions regarding what if anything should be done. My question back to the group is how much are you willing to pay for this service? All of our moderators are volunteers and our web master is overwhelmed with other priority projects. So how many USMS members would pay, say, $20/year for the privilege of posting to this forum? And what would be a viable rate for non-members?
