Don't know what anyone else thinks but I feel the Signal to Noise ratio is drifting a bit far towards "noise" for my liking. There seem to be quite a few borderline trolly threads, lets make a list of stuff, type threads and just completely off topic threads. As a result, I have found my interest in the forum wane slightly over the last few months.
A couple things I would like to see which might help solve or at least ameliorate the problem without getting draconian about it.
- Make a "less focused general discussion" forum or something which (optionally) doesnt show up in "recent posts". This has the advantage of maintaining the focus of the site and keeping the grumpy old bastards like me interested while allowing people who want a more relaxed area for conversation which isn't chipmusic specific can do so.
- New rule, as suggested by George in the thread which got out of hand. No "release coming soon" threads, obviously, if you have a release which you need crit / collaborators on post in the relevant forum, if you have a release, post it in release,
- Close threads which pose questions answered in the FAQ, I can go through and find specific examples of this if you like.
I adore this community, it has been my favorite place on the internet for ages and I would love for it to remain so. A very slightly firmer hand from the mods (who I think have pretty damn fine judgement) could to wonders for the forums long term focus.
