They all do.
There was a time this all took place in Omni - the place for OT discussions. People from all programs used to visit there on a daily basis, as part of their daily routine, to shoot the breeze and hang out and talk. This all took place in various threads, most of them not too long.

Now we have single threads in some forums with thousands of posts in them, and it's nearly impossible to go in there and figure out what is being discussed.

As well, some grow by hundreds of posts overnight. Not everyone has the time to sift through that many useless "good morning/evening" posts.

Then I might have to differ from your viewpoint. :)

So I would guess we should differentiate which lounges are useless and which ones are not? :rolleyes:

Just a thought.. ;)

Actually, all lounges are useless if they are in the core forums of FT. I believe OT posts are generally deleted or moved to the appropriate forums. Only lounge threads remain.

The content isn't any more useless than some Omni posts - they are just in the wrong place and too many of them together.

No one is going to stop you from shooting the breeze in Omni with all your usual friends and who knows, you may make a few more who don't visit the lounge threads.

And there are more people than you think who don't visit or think they're appropriate in core forums.

it is a very convincing argument and unstoppable :rolleyes:

:confused:

I think I clearly presented my argument in various posts.

However, I fully expect, and was even warned, that the denizens of these threads would start to come out in full force once word got out their playgrounds might be in jeopardy.

However, if you read through everything here, it's about getting post counts in Omni, which is off-topic, and people getting them for lounge threads, which are even more off-topic (good morning, breakfast, weather) than Omni.

I'm interested in conversing with people who post in all areas of FT, not just those who frequent one particular forum.

you are feeling at ease in Omni and other people are feeling at ease in lounges : that's called choice freedom.
If the count of your posts is so important at your eyes, I could only understand
that you'd ask that lounges' posts don't count anymore, not your affirmation about lounges not being core of FT.

No, it's called moderators making the call to allow OT posts in core forums.

It is not about my post count or anyone else's. It's about treating all members fairly. Right now, lounge posts count, and most of them are nonsense, yet information-filled Omni posts don't count.

Either make every contribution to FT count or none of them.

However, I can say that the only people who care for lounge threads are those who participate. Anyone else I've spoken with feels they're a total waste and shouldn't be permitted in core forums.

What is the issue of doing exactly the same thing you're doing in lounge threads in Omni? After all, you all click on Community, why can't you click on Omni to find the same thread?

Were you the one who was predicting the end of world's day ?:D
Of course if we don't post in the same threads as yours we're only plebs ;)

No, I was laughing about it :D :D :D

And you're more than welcome to post in any thread. Newbies are always welcome.

You know, I recently had a conversation with a longtime FTer who acknowledged just how much good/accurate information/help is posted in Omni. Far better than you would find in just about any other BBS. The demographics are much higher and often you get an accurate and heartfelt response in minutes from a myriad of people.

The next time you need to buy a major appliance, or fix a leak, or buy jewelry, ask in Omni and I guarantee you'll have a good, honest answer in a very short period of time.

To my eyes, the OMNI forum threads have a higher information/entertainment ratio than the lounge threads; so if anything the OMNI forum posts should be valued at least as much or more than the posts in the lounge forums. Yet the "redheaded stepchild" stigma applies far more to the OMNI posts than to the lounge posts.

All the lounge threads are useless. You'll have more fun in Chat. ;)

The tone of this thread is much too serious for the topic. :confused:

dh

Mary, you and I are in agreement about yet another thing (which really does make me wonder if the end of the world is near! :D). I spent about 10 minutes trying to figure out what was being discussed in the Community Lounge thread a while back, and finally gave up. It seemed far too much like a semi-private club, and with the sheer number of posts each day, I knew that in no time, I'd have no clue what was being discussed again. Sorry, but I don't have time to sift through all of the hundreds of posts there to figure out what is being dicussed each day.
^ Either have all posts count, or don't allow the lounge threads.
^ I agree with this too. I've gleaned quite a bit of useful information from OMNI, and have participated in many entertaining threads there.

Frightening, no? :D :D :D

+1. On this we AGREE! :)