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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 1171013" data-attributes="member: 2">Well, I differentiate between different OT threads.&quot;I just had my birthday, had a baby, got sick, had a family death, or got married&quot; is wonderful news that goes hand-in-hand with caring for our fellow EN Worlders. It's not terribly useful to everyone, but it helps foster a sense of community. I like most of the people here, and (within reason) I want to know about the important parts of their lives. I tend to draw the line at pet threads, though, but that's me.&quot;Look at this non-gaming thing that other members will find really cool!&quot; Sometimes these are really useful or thought-provoking, especially when they can be twisted to a gaming plot. When they're political or controversial, I'm less pleased with them.&quot;Here is something peripheral to gaming that is very useful in the game.&quot; Clay's Monday history threads fit this category, and I love them.&quot;Let's taunt Piratecat.&quot; Boy, these should be completely eradicated from the boards. Completely. Utterly. Eradicated.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Seriously, the occasional OT thread that makes people laugh - especially if it involves a lot of people - is a fine thing. Reposting email joke spam is not as good.And, just so I can complain about it! &quot;My post didn't get enough views in the correct forum so I'm posting it here.&quot; These are a pet peeve of mine, and we tend to lock them as often as we move them. Please try not to do this, folks!Overall, though, I think we're doing pretty well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 1171013, member: 2"] Well, I differentiate between different OT threads. "I just had my birthday, had a baby, got sick, had a family death, or got married" is wonderful news that goes hand-in-hand with caring for our fellow EN Worlders. It's not terribly useful to everyone, but it helps foster a sense of community. I like most of the people here, and (within reason) I want to know about the important parts of their lives. I tend to draw the line at pet threads, though, but that's me. "Look at this non-gaming thing that other members will find really cool!" Sometimes these are really useful or thought-provoking, especially when they can be twisted to a gaming plot. When they're political or controversial, I'm less pleased with them. "Here is something peripheral to gaming that is very useful in the game." Clay's Monday history threads fit this category, and I love them. "Let's taunt Piratecat." Boy, these should be completely eradicated from the boards. Completely. Utterly. Eradicated. :p Seriously, the occasional OT thread that makes people laugh - especially if it involves a lot of people - is a fine thing. Reposting email joke spam is not as good. And, just so I can complain about it! "My post didn't get enough views in the correct forum so I'm posting it here." These are a pet peeve of mine, and we tend to lock them as often as we move them. Please try not to do this, folks! Overall, though, I think we're doing pretty well. [/QUOTE]

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