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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 7:21 am
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Originally Posted by RichMSN
But OMNI is definitely looked down upon officially and unofficially and there is a significant subset of FT (my opinion only) that look down upon those that post in and enjoy OMNI.
I do not look down upon those whose post in and enjoy Omni (assuming, of course, that they always share my opinion on every possible subject). In fact, I think you are very well aware that I am one of those who post in and enjoy Omni (and I have the advantage of agreeing with myself on every possible subject).

I do, however, accept that Omni contributes almost nothing to the travel knowledge of FT.

Personally, I think the same is true of TS&S (which is basically a "Let's dump on the TSA today" forum); Newstand (an Omni-in-Training); Community Buzz (really a "happy birthday" and "let's meet" forum); and the Lounge threads (social clubs).

This doesn't mean that they are all worthless. I post in all of them regularly -- but they are not contributing much to travel knowledge. If we are not going to count Omni posts, I would prefer not counting posts in any of those either -- but that would guarantee TB's failure to pass this motion.

(BTW, I think the odds are somewhat against TB passing it anyhow, but that is just a guess.)
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