off OU topic distractions

[FreeEnergy]

yes i agree with giving priority to free energy related stuff, it should be on top of things here.

also don't let people change the topic of threads because it can get annoying when viewing recent posts list, because it looks like a new started thread which in reality is not. some of those thread i have no interest to begin with and can be a waste of time.

Maybe we can cast a vote on these things using the forum voting system.




peace

[professor]

Not really If you logged in under "Off Topic distractions Directory" then it does not matter what it says in the Heading
as long as it relates to the Subject Matter. Its just another Subject Title. I see nothing wrong with that.
Look at the Energetic Forum it is up to you what you want to call your posting as long as it stays in that Directory.
If you were changing the Directory I would agree with you.
professor

yes i agree with giving priority to free energy related stuff, it should be on top of things here.

also don't let people change the topic of threads because it can get annoying when viewing recent posts list, because it looks like a new started thread which in reality is not. some of those thread i have no interest to begin with and can be a waste of time.

Maybe we can cast a vote on these things using the forum voting system.




peace

[Sprocket]

Yep, gotta say I come here mainly to read what's up, OU-wise, and though the off-topic stuff is often a welcome distraction, imo, it shouldn't feature in the New Posts list at all - they are just too distracting!  Besides, there are other forums entirely devoted to this stuff.

btw, someone just mentioned some OU forum stats. - is it possible to monitor overall web-traffic here?  I'm specifically interested in knowing how much of a fall-off there has been since the "Roll on..." thread died when AQ left the building...

[FreeEnergy]

there are some topics inside directories that doesn't interest me and some do interest me. and when people change the tittle it looks like a new topic in the recent posts making me think its a new thread when its not, wasting my time. sure the directory's name don't change but there are many topics within the directory. does anyone else see what i am saying?

[Yucca]

there are some topics inside directories that doesn't interest me and some do interest me. and when people change the tittle it looks like a new topic in the recent posts making me think its a new thread when its not, wasting my time. sure the directory's name don't change but there are many topics within the directory. does anyone else see what i am saying?

I see what you're saying. And I understand that you might temporarily lose track of a thread because of it being renamed.

Trouble is, if you prevent topic titles from being changed then that would be removing funtionality that is useful. I have often seen subject titles get changed because the first title was misleading, after being changed the title then made sense. For example the eminent Dr. Stiffler (great guy) has the phrase "self running" in his thread about the SEC exciter, however it has never been shown to self run, so IMHO it should really be changed.