(07-19-2011, 02:06 AM)Arkinea Wrote: Yo so I thought it may be a good thing to bring back the "Spam Zone" type forum, for very casual chatter as right now there isnt a place for it on TSR, which I think is part of what made the shitstorm today as intense as it was.

The main problem was that there wasn't any place for fast-flowing chat on TSR. You may think that The Lounge thread would be enough for this, but it isn't. For the volume of posts an active, fast-paced chat gets, a single forum thread would not be able to handle the amount of posts and number of different simultaneous topics.

This led to TSR users having to talk on chat clients and whether intentional or not two separate groups formed: the "Skypekrew" and a group of Dex and his friends who also attend another forum. This divide inflated yesterday's shitstorm substantially. However, if there had been the Spam forum TSR users could all chat together, quickly, freely, with distinct topics and with moderation.

Although with the Spamhaul being closed last year meant that GD's posting rules were more lenient, I still feel like any thread I made in there would have to be Important-- this is why I still haven't made a single thread in there-- and I'm certain that other members feel this way due to there just not being that many topics in GD. It would NOT have to be the Spamhaul of the past with the "ironic" racism and weird drama; I think December 2010 was a good example of the fact that we CAN have a friendly chat forum, and that the forum is a lot less fun without it.

Please don't ignore this post for the sake of my comment yesterday. Actually, if someone would quote this for the benefit of those likely ignoring my posts, that would be lovely~