The new off-topic forum

[alsih2o]

Very closely. In fact, we'll need a DNA sample from everyone. Please send to

EN World
Behind the Hot Water Pipes
Third Washroom Along
Victoria Station

again? man, my fingertips are starting to hurt...

 

[Desdichado]

again? man, my fingertips are starting to hurt...

Oh, you're sending that type of DNA sample? Sorry, ENWorld folks, my bad.

 

[Henry]

Note to all staff: please BURN all DNA sample packages addressed from Joshua Dyal.Do NOT open. Repeat: Do NOT Open.

 

[diaglo]

i've run the samples against the fingerprint database for the last time.

and it is still a match.

 

[the Jester]

Wow, I didn't even notice it was there til I saw this thread.

Weird after all this time.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Saw it but waiting to see. Yes, I have posted OT but mine have related in some strange and OT way, I think.

 

[Umbran]

I too had failed to notice it until I saw this thread.

And, as others have noted, simply ignoring it isn't really an option, for two reasons. For one, even if a particular person doesn't go there, the presence of such a forum will change posting patterns in general (and in the General Forum, even).

For another, it won't be a valid experiment unless it's *enforced* for the two weeks. Meaning that stuff we post may get moved about, so that we cant really ignore it...

Might I suggest that an announcement might make the experiment run more smoothly, with less mod intervention, if the folks herabout know that for the next two weeks, OT stuff will have a separate forum?

[edit: Not that I think this new forum is a great idea, but if we're to have an experiment, it needs to be done right]

 

[MerakSpielman]

I'm not sure I like it, just because it's yet another place to look for interesting threads. We'll see how it goes...

 

[the Jester]

I'm not sure I like it, just because it's yet another place to look for interesting threads. We'll see how it goes...

On the other hand, the front pages don't hold as many threads as they used to anyhow.

 

[Buttercup]

One of our concerns is how a forum like this might change the inherent nature of EN World.

Exactly. I love this place. I'm worried it will get broken. Of course, my husband tells me I'm a prophet of doom. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to playing my funeral dirge on the organ.