re: An argument for a Technology board (8/1 update - a continuing trend)

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Cs - i have a question for you..



if we had a music board, a science/tech board, and a workout/fitness board, what would the OT consist of??

14 WYHI threads? 64 guys hardlegging a new female poster?

it just seems like those new boards would eliminate the OT

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Well, I think the ultimate goal may indeed be to effectively shrink the OT.

If you go to page 2 of this thread, you can see that this has been taking place since ~2003. In 2002, the OT was truly "off topic", since the only other message board at the time was the Rant. However, with the gradual introduction of new boards, the range of topics suitable for the OT has diminished. Boards were being introduced that were dedicated to specific topics, thereby allowing more frequent and energized discussion on those topics.

Should this website ultimately see the introduction of those 3 boards, the OT would still likely have its role.

For example, I just collected threads on the first 1.5 pages of the OT that don't pertain to any of the aforementioned topics -




It's mostly just general discussion on random topics. So, the OT would likely subsist.

My argument in this thread, however, has not been for the introduction of all 3 boards. Rather, my thesis has been that if this site were to introduce one new board, a science and technology board should be at the top of the list. Whether that will actually happen, I don't know. The admins have their own personal interests, which indubitably plays a role in which boards are introduced.

But I think if one were to rationally assess the thread content on the OT, they would see that science/tech topics consistently rank as one of, if not the most discussed topic. And, it's not just the OT - evolution and climate change threads on PT, media players, HDTV, and home theater questions on the Movie/TV board...even the Help board receives an occasional thread asking for help with their iPhone. Science and technology topics are dispersed across numerous boards on this website, and there really needs to be a single, dedicated board to accommodate such discussion.