tell me what you think of splitting 'a&e' into a separate forum

[Clarkmeister]

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A lot of the posts in politics would never stay on the front page if they weren't in they're own forum

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Please. OOT, OT at the time, was a desolate wasteland totally strangled by politics. I called it the Israel forum since on a daily basis Israel and middle east related threads simply grew and grew and choked everything down. It wasn't until Politics got it's own forum that the incarnation you see today really began to seriously take shape.

[diebitter]

I just wanted to add, there is one type of movie/tv/music post that doesn't get flushed away quickly in OOT, and I'd think would be better in OOT than an Ents forum because of the volumes in OOT: polls.

just my 0.02c

[beenben]

let's split it like this: topics that only require the intellectual capacity and maturity of a chimp and those that require more than that.

[El Diablo]

raisins,

"So, what's important to 2+2? If the number of clicks the site gets and the ad revenue is a major concern then don't split. If they are sick of the atmosphere at OOT (and I don't think it's that bad, just a bit tedious) and want a tighter smaller community and don't care about the people who only come for OOT then do the split."

That sounds about right.

[diebitter]

Mat has said there won't be restriction on posting entertainment stuff in OOT, even if an Entertainment Forum gets created: but I wonder what would/should be acceptable/expected in an Ents forum?

I'd say anything to do with the enjoyment of or the making/production of:
- Films
- TV
- Books & Written Material (eg poems) & writers
- Music (live and recorded)

for sure, personally. But what about other entertainment?

Stage Plays/Shows - Ents (with a big question mark against Vegas shows like the magic ones etc)

Video Games - hmmm, not sure. Reviews would definitely get more attention in a new forum, I think, but...I dunno

Strip Clubs - i'ts definitely entertainment, but I'd say definitely OOT material

Brothel visits etc - OOT 100%

I wondered what others thought on that, and if there's any other forms of 'entertainment' that come up in OOT that I've missed?

[Stuey]

avatars need their own forum.

[CharlieDontSurf]

Movies
Music
TV
Books

What do you guys think about last nights LOST--ENT
Of all the girls on LOSE, who do you think is the hottest---OOT

etc etc

video games-OOT
Stage/Plays--ENT

If it is ever created..just MOVIE<TV<BOOKS
Live music shows etc are basically trip reports and i'd say those go in OOT.

[CharlieDontSurf]

give RELIGION its own forum

Keep SCIENCE, MATH, but add HISTORY where religion used to be.

[El Diablo]

db,

"Mat has said there won't be restriction on posting entertainment stuff in OOT, even if an Entertainment Forum gets created"

Splitting A&E discussion across two forums would probably be an even worse idea.

[DMBFan23]

if this split happens I think we need a sex & relationships forum as well as a trip reports forum, as well as a NSFW forum. I think these would all be good additions as I have hesitated writing several trip reports cause they get buried too fast. oh [censored] gotta add a fast food forum, I'd hate to have an In-N-Out thread fall off the first page.