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[itiswhatitis]

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@SharkE wrote:

they don't stay on 'cooking' discussion you must not ever read it.

they talk about what they did, family issues, put up pics , etc

If you scroll thru the ********* posts you'll see.

Doesn't matter , for whatever reason  doesn't bother the mods, so, that's that.

If you spent much time in there you would know I'm one of the strongest contributors in there. Helping people, uploading pics, etc.

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There is no "Cooking" sub category.  It's Recipes or either Kitchen @SharkE

[Moonchilde]

Thanks so much for weighing in on behalf of the moderators, @Beth-QVC.  

Your explanation is pretty much what I thought the way things are, and totally makes sense; you all do the best you can under the time constraints of your work day.

[suzyQ3]

I honestly have never felt annoyed or bothered by the moving or the not moving of threads. I certainly understand both points of view on this and those that are in between.

What I think is NOT needed is someone to sound like some kind of military leader telling us what should be done and how it should be done and making this into a mountain of a molehill. This kind of sword-wielding is far more irritating and even ultimately more destructive to a fun and friendly haven than where a topic pops up.

And I not talking about the OP.

ETA: I don't get this whole thing about how some people are just looking for attention or more replies when they chose where to post. Isn't that pretty much normal? If I start a thread, yes, I want attention; and yes, I want replies.

[Caligurll]

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

I'm not sure the gamers forum is what everyone thinks it is. I have seen many people ask to be added, but it is the same people playing that have been playing for years. I'm not in there that often, but check sometimes and have never seen any of the new people playing. 

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@proudlyfromNJ I think it is a case of out of sight out of mind.  When the Gamers Forum was open and visible to all, I enjoyed playing the games from time to time.  Now that the games aren't visible unless you make a point of opening the forum, I rarely even think to go play them. 

[dooBdoo]

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itiswhatitis wrote:

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dooBdoo wrote:

          I'm glad the moderators move threads to the appropriate subforum.   Chat boards have categories for a reason...  if we came here and saw no subcategories, I don't think any of us would like it.   So, there are subcategories and some people say there are too many but then others start threads asking for more of them.    It's always been my understanding that "Among Friends" and "Community Chat" are designed for those threads that aren't a logical fit for the other subforums or those that might fit into more than one category.

          It's a matter of respect and etiquette (or netiquette) to place threads appropriately.   If we decide "my thread" is a special case then why isn't everyone's thread a special case?   Does that mean all of us can, then, start threads anywhere we like?   Where do we draw the line.    Many posters ask the moderators to enforce the policies more evenly and then in the next breath argue for "exceptions to the rules."   Makes no sense to me.

          I'm just a little weary of people who have tossed good manners and actual respect for others out the window when they post with anonymous nicknames.    How hard is it for us to start threads in the associated subforum, where they belong?    I know a few posters say they only visit a few of the subforums here, so they want to post with their friends there...  I think that's one reason some people believe the Community isn't interesting or active...  they never take 2 minutes to check other categories to see who's talking and what they're talking about.

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I fully agree with you @dooBdoo.  As an example your Memorial Day discussion could have gone under HOLIDAY subforum.

The Antipasta thread should have been in Recipes; and so many more here that should have been moved to their respective sub categories.

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          @itiswhatitis,  I think that means I have a misunderstanding of the "Holiday" subforum's focus.    I thought it was devoted to holiday decor based on the way it was announced to us, particularly since it was a spin-off of the "Home" subforum.    I think this topic (Memorial Day, and the usual "Merry Christmas" threads for example) probably isn't clearly targeted for a specific forum, but I could be wrong (happens every day😉).   Even so, if my Memorial Day tribute to our heroes is misplaced it wouldn't bother me at all if the moderators chose to move it.    It doesn't bug me to be corrected and educated.

          Nothing and no one is perfect, that's for sure, and I'm far from perfection.    For the most part, I think we do the best we can with the knowledge and tools we have at the time... and when we know better, we do better (rephrase of Maya Angelou's wisdom).

          I post on other threads that might rightfully belong elsewhere...  if the threads were moved, I'd just move with them.    I think the moderators do the best they can with the task at hand.

[itiswhatitis]

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@dooBdoo wrote:

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@itiswhatitis wrote:

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@dooBdoo wrote:

          I'm glad the moderators move threads to the appropriate subforum.   Chat boards have categories for a reason...  if we came here and saw no subcategories, I don't think any of us would like it.   So, there are subcategories and some people say there are too many but then others start threads asking for more of them.    It's always been my understanding that "Among Friends" and "Community Chat" are designed for those threads that aren't a logical fit for the other subforums or those that might fit into more than one category.

          It's a matter of respect and etiquette (or netiquette) to place threads appropriately.   If we decide "my thread" is a special case then why isn't everyone's thread a special case?   Does that mean all of us can, then, start threads anywhere we like?   Where do we draw the line.    Many posters ask the moderators to enforce the policies more evenly and then in the next breath argue for "exceptions to the rules."   Makes no sense to me.

          I'm just a little weary of people who have tossed good manners and actual respect for others out the window when they post with anonymous nicknames.    How hard is it for us to start threads in the associated subforum, where they belong?    I know a few posters say they only visit a few of the subforums here, so they want to post with their friends there...  I think that's one reason some people believe the Community isn't interesting or active...  they never take 2 minutes to check other categories to see who's talking and what they're talking about.

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I fully agree with you @dooBdoo.  As an example your Memorial Day discussion could have gone under HOLIDAY subforum.

The Antipasta thread should have been in Recipes; and so many more here that should have been moved to their respective sub categories.

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          @itiswhatitis,  I think that illustrates my misunderstanding of the "Holiday" subforum.    I thought it was devoted to holiday decor based on the way it was announced to us, particularly since it was a spin-off of the "Home" subforum.    I think this topic probably isn't clearly targeted for a specific forum, but I could be wrong (happens every day😉).   Even so, if my Memorial Day tribute to our heroes is misplaced it wouldn't bother me at all if the moderators chose to move it.    It doesn't bug me to be corrected and educated.

          Nothing and no one is perfect, that's for sure, and I'm far from perfection.    For the most part, I think we do the best we can with the knowledge and tools we have at the time... and when we know better, we do better (rephrase of Maya Angelou's wisdom).

          I post on other threads that might rightfully belong elsewhere...  if the threads were moved, I'd just move with them.    I think the moderators do the best they can with the task at hand.

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I responded to you in the way I did because you seemed to share my views on the subject. At least that's the way I read your posts.   I really do appreciate it when posts are put where they belong.  Has nothing to do with "knowing everything" and "anything" for that matter.  I could use other examples aside from yours ~ which I did that speaks to the use of the CC board for things that could easily be posted to other sub categories.  Since I'm responding again, the "Cherries; pasta sauce; fashion (all here in CC) could easily belong in the sub categories @dooBdoo.

[dooBdoo]

          I wanted to add something about the "Gamers" forum.   Game threads typically have many people posting short answers, sometimes at a rapid-fire pace.    This causes the threads to act like spamming or flooding. 

          Anyone who was here the first few days of the launch of the new platform saw what happened...  initially all the game threads were in "Community Chat" and it was really hard to find the conversational threads amongst all the game threads.

          If the game threads aren't kept separate, they still show up to flood the main list of threads (what you see if you click "Forums" at the top of the category list on the left side of the page).    They push all the other discussions away from the first page.    It appears the software on this site could only correct this problem by putting a band-aid on it and making "Gamers" visible to those who choose to be added.

          That's probably as clear as mud, but I hope it makes some sense.🙃

[dooBdoo]

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itiswhatitis wrote:

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dooBdoo wrote:

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itiswhatitis wrote:

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I fully agree with you @dooBdoo.  As an example your Memorial Day discussion could have gone under HOLIDAY subforum.

The Antipasta thread should have been in Recipes; and so many more here that should have been moved to their respective sub categories.

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          @itiswhatitis,  I think that illustrates my misunderstanding of the "Holiday" subforum.    I thought it was devoted to holiday decor based on the way it was announced to us, particularly since it was a spin-off of the "Home" subforum.    I think this topic probably isn't clearly targeted for a specific forum, but I could be wrong (happens every day😉).   Even so, if my Memorial Day tribute to our heroes is misplaced it wouldn't bother me at all if the moderators chose to move it.    It doesn't bug me to be corrected and educated.

          Nothing and no one is perfect, that's for sure, and I'm far from perfection.    For the most part, I think we do the best we can with the knowledge and tools we have at the time... and when we know better, we do better (rephrase of Maya Angelou's wisdom).

          I post on other threads that might rightfully belong elsewhere...  if the threads were moved, I'd just move with them.    I think the moderators do the best they can with the task at hand.

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I responded to you in the way I did because you seemed to share my views on the subject. At least that's the way I read your posts.   I really do appreciate it when posts are put where they belong.  Has nothing to do with "knowing everything" and "anything" for that matter.  I could use other examples aside from yours ~ which I did that speaks to the use of the CC board for things that could easily be posted to other sub categories.  Since I'm responding again, the "Cherries; pasta sauce; fashion (all here in CC) could easily belong in the sub categories @dooBdoo.

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          No argument here, @itiswhatitis.   We're actually in agreement.   My comments weren't intended in a negative or critical way toward you and I apologize if it appeared that way.   (Possibly negative or critical toward myself, in that  I need to be more aware).  

[dooBdoo]

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Tucsongal2 wrote:

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SilleeMee wrote:

There was a thread that got moved to the "Gamers Forum"...uh, I don't see that listed here. Can someone please point me in that direction?

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Was that the Summer songs thread by chance? Good grief, that wasn't a game thread. IMHO of course 😳.

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          Yes, that acts as a game thread.    I've seen that particular game in the "Gamers" forum in the past, in fact.    I think this is an example of the quandary the moderators face...  if they permit a game thread in any subforum they've set a precedent and would then be asked why everyone can't start games in their favorite subforum.   It goes back, again, to which threads are "exceptions to the rule" and which aren't.  I don't have the answer to that.

[SaRina]

Let me preface by saying I really don't have strong feelings one way or the other about misplaced threads.

If you go down page 1 of CC on any given day, you can certainly move, in your head, a good number of threads to other forums. For example, what has already been mentioned: threads on cherries, antipasto, holidays, fashion, paint, and on and on. Now that you have mentally done that, tell me what's left on page 1 of CC.

The problem is... we are so restricted in what we can talk about in CC, if threads were moved to their appropriate forum, people would then start complaining that the same threads were on page 1 day after day, without anything new. Remember, this isn't the old Viewpoints where a lot of new topics, including controversial topics with lively discussion, could be posted without risk of being deleted. We no longer have that.

I think this is another case of be careful what you ask for.