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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 1171081" data-attributes="member: 115">I'm going to have to agree with Reaper, at least in part. I'm really glad for people having babies, for people doing well health-wise, and such.  These types of posts do foster a sense of community.  But let's face it - they are posted not just to share a sense of joy, but to garner it as well.  Is it the sole reason, or even the predominant one?  In some cases yes, in some no.  It's a tough call. In response about Clay's threads - they're not strictly off topic, they're meant to be a springboard for ideas and campaigns, and so are in a sense more suited for General.  You could argue for these going in Plots & Places as well though. Really, the problem (no offense PCat and others) is that right now the mods are selective for what goes in General.  That makes it very ambiguous about what is appropriate for that forum and what isn't.  It's the same problem that would be introduced if political threads were to be introduced.  The optimal solution would be to ban all OT threads from General. But since that isn't going to happen, what really needs to be done is for the mods to get together and decide on exactly what is going to be truly OT and what is going to be OT but acceptable in General, as well as how much of it will be acceptable, and then let everyone know.  This way no one can complain about something being closed or moved if it's OT.  Right now it's more at the mod's discretion, which isn't really all too fair (again, no offense intended).</blockquote>

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