For a while now I have been wondering why is there no Off topic forum?
We have ones for sports, News and Tech (Although users do tend to ignore them half of the time), but there is always a bunch of random non fishing topics polluting the other forums and especially "The Captain Morgan Briny Bar". By having a dedicated "off topic" forum it would help keep the Briny bar more fishing related.
edit: The news, sports and tech forum could even be made sub-forums of a new "off topic forum' which would help reduce the length of the main forum page.
I agree it does have that type of atmosphere, I always assumed the presence of off topic discussion there was due to the lack of a dedicated forum.
Wayback machine has the Briny Bar description back in 2002 to be "The place to discuss topics relating to saltwater fishing!". Maybe a slight change in description back to what you had in mind would help. There already seems to be a dedicated forums to cover all other forms and aspects relating with fishing.
*fisher* wrote: Thing is there's always a few that will stick their OAR in and stir the pot... EG.. guy just wanted an opinion on what he should do about the issue re phone and parenting his young fulla... Now I have always regarded the Briney Bar to be exactly that... A bar where ya talk crap and ****e while a bit pissed, held up by a bar leaner.. so a couple of guys put their spoke in and it turn to crap... why didn't moderators step in and say "butt out, dont read it, go read all about fishing if thats where your tunnel vision takes you".. life goes on.. life is NOT all about fishing , but fishing is what brings us together here.. Thing is, cant understand why this is so different to spiders, avatars, funny pictures and crap threads... didn't see any groaning and moaning in those threads..... (wonder why ???) Maybe the powers that be should inform these guys that that's what the Briney Bar is about... and moderators should moderate... |
I still believe there should be a change to the description for the Binary Bar.
IMO the Briny Bar is to big for its own good and is cannibalizing topics from other boards on the forum. Why would a member start a thread asking for help in TAS or Hints, tips and techniques when they get significantly more attention in the Briny bar.
By separating off topic from the Briny Bar it should split the traffic to that board and might encourage members to use same of the other boards more. It would certainly make it quicker to search out old posts if most don't end up in the shambles which is the Briny Bar.
Out of interest, how many of you guys navigate the forum by the "New Posts" page, compared with clicking on each individual board looking for updates? I have the feeling that 90% of the posts on same of the less popular forums might be from members who navigate via "New Posts".
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