does anyone here miss the political threads? (1 Viewer)

[grateful zed]

i dont, can we consider this experiment an rousing overdo success?  

 

[Joe T]

I don't miss them and it makes the forum way more readable / useful.

 

[psychobillies]

Don't miss them at all.   I didn t think it would, but it has made a huge difference for the better.

 

[wikkidpissah]

even though i can go days without even checking TrumpTown, i notice the regular board has been significantly more boring the last coupla wks & wonder if there's a connection

 

[jamny]

I kind of do. I find myself rarely going into the subforum anymore. I would check them out when they were in the FFA and be able to keep up with them but now they are usually too far ahead to try and read.

 

[higgins]

Umm... that would be a 'NO'...

 

[Osaurus]

Way less than the test forum

 

[Limp Ditka]

Only times I've stepped iFoot in there have been by accident and I feel dirty when it happens.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

You mean of the 57 members in this forum?......What the hell happened to this place? Gone are the days of hundreds of members signed in...I'll see you all later...Boring.

 

[need2know]

Free for all has been cleansed.  Praise jesus

 

[grateful zed]

here come the likes! 

 

[ShamrockPride]

even though i can go days without even checking TrumpTown, i notice the regular board has been significantly more boring the last coupla wks & wonder if there's a connection

I hear you on this but it is also the really deep summer lull right now before everyone comes back for football season, so there will probably be an uptick soon enough.

 

[Da Guru]

The political threads are still here as you can click on them as fast as clicking on GMs thread.

The FFA is much more mellow and relaxing to read now.  The sub forum is still a very angry and bitter place if that is what you are looking for.

 

[McGarnicle]

This makes up for all the stupid board upgrades we've had to deal with. Best thing to happen to the place since I've been here, by far. 

 

[Chemical X]

wrong sub-forum

 

[FreeBaGeL]

The political threads are still here as you can click on them as fast as clicking on GMs thread.

The FFA is much more mellow and relaxing to read now.  The sub forum is still a very angry and bitter place if that is what you are looking for.

At this point there is almost no one left on this board that still has it in them to defend Trump so it's actually a very agreeable circle #### of everyone having fun together ripping on Trump.

 

[TheFanatic]

As someone who was in those political threads back in the days of GWB, I have to ask. Has any body, on either side, ever been convinced to turn and go to the other side. Soooooooo much wasted time arguing that stuff, no matter who you side for. When I made that realization, I never went back into one of those threads. 

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

even though i can go days without even checking TrumpTown, i notice the regular board has been significantly more boring the last coupla wks & wonder if there's a connection

It is, yep.

And there is another reason for that which isn't directly related to the political threads being moved, but happened about the same time.

 

[RokNRole]

No. Not at all.

 

[McGarnicle]

It is, yep.

And there is another reason for that which isn't directly related to the political threads being moved, but happened about the same time.

Please don't do that.

 

[AAABatteries]

Can we move the Liverpool thread to the Asst Coach Forum?  That would really complete the purge of the degenerates. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

It is, yep.

And there is another reason for that which isn't directly related to the political threads being moved, but happened about the same time.

and, what would that be, you fnurming vipple of a wreakistrating cuttlethon?!

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

and, what would that be, you fnurming vipple of a wreakistrating cuttlethon?!

See McGarnicle's response a few posts up.

 

[wikkidpissah]

See McGarnicle's response a few posts up.

now i see the error of my ways....

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

No. I think every year I will be celebrating Timdependence Day.

 

[captain_amazing]

 

 

[tommyboy]

No

 

[rockaction]

even though i can go days without even checking TrumpTown, i notice the regular board has been significantly more boring the last coupla wks & wonder if there's a connection

As someone who particpates in both the main forum and (now) the sub-forum, it occurs to me that the apolitical denizens of the board are nowhere near as exciting or clever as they think. But I sort of knew that going in. 

 

[fantasycurse42]

Heard great things about the political forum, I don't intend on visiting it, but great things I hear.

Also have hardly seen a post from 95% of the posters I can't stand.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

As someone who particpates in both the main forum and (now) the sub-forum, it occurs to me that the apolitical denizens of the board are nowhere near as exciting or clever as they think. But I sort of knew that going in. 

Luckily, as FBG's, we so vastly over-rate everything about ourselves...that we still hit an acceptable baseline...imo.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Luckily, as FBG's, we so vastly over-rate everything about ourselves...that we still hit an acceptable baseline.

I am INCREDIBLE at this

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

I am INCREDIBLE at this

Not as good as me though!

Take that you foul beaked brother!

 

[The Gator]

Can we move the Liverpool thread to the Asst Coach Forum?  That would really complete the purge of the degenerates. 

gtfo 

 

[CurlyNight]

There's nothing to miss. It's at the top of the page in it's own forum. What I find is it's less stressful seeing them mixed in with everything else. Most of us are not liking the way things are with this administration. Seeing a political thread bumped every second adds to it, and makes it harder not to click on it just to see if perhaps there is a light in this dark tunnel somewhere. Ignorance is bliss in this case. No temptation to click open the thread when it's not under your nose in sight.

And there is always a lull here and on many other ff boards as summer is slowly coming to an end and ff is going to be starting soon. Many are taking a vaca from everything.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

My personal sense is that both forums are a little less interesting than before.  The subforum has a slightly elevated level of discussion, but much less volume.  That could be due to the ongoing, inexplicable existence of mega-threads.  Those need to die.  The main forum seems barren.

 

[Ranethe]

My personal sense is that both forums are a little less interesting than before.  The subforum has a slightly elevated level of discussion, but much less volume.  That could be due to the ongoing, inexplicable existence of mega-threads.  Those need to die.  The main forum seems barren.

Kind of agree with this. I only occasionally visit the main FFA, and usually just to read the movie and Netflix threads. Spend most of my time reading in the politics sub forum.

 

[NewlyRetired]

 The main forum seems barren.

I feel the exact opposite.  It feels like the main forums front page is so much more diverse now.  We probably have around 25% more threads to choose from in the front page instead of a bunch of Trump threads.

 

[Panzer]

No

 

[DallasDMac]

I feel the exact opposite.  It feels like the main forums front page is so much more diverse now.  We probably have around 25% more threads to choose from in the front page instead of a bunch of Trump threads.

 

[Da Guru]

At this point there is almost no one left on this board that still has it in them to defend Trump so it's actually a very agreeable circle #### of everyone having fun together ripping on Trump.

True..but every thread was getting like Groundhog Day.

 

[Tick]

I don't miss them at all.

The only one I remember liking was when there were 40 threads with the title Sarah Palin, and someone started a thread titled Sarah Plain and Tall.

 

[Van Dyman]

While I spend way more time in the subforum, sometimes I'm just not in the mood and it's nice to come to the FFA for actual diversion. The separation is a good thing.

 

[JNox3]

NO!!!

 

[Tom Servo]

My life is richer, the sky is bluer and the length of time in marital relations with Mrs. Servo has gone up.  So, no.

 

[AAABatteries]

My life is richer, the sky is bluer and the length of time in marital relations with Mrs. Servo has gone up.  So, no.

All of this is true for me too.

Tell her I said hello.

 

[Joe T]

I feel the exact opposite.  It feels like the main forums front page is so much more diverse now.  We probably have around 25% more threads to choose from in the front page instead of a bunch of Trump threads.

Yep

 

[otb_lifer]

dropped likes up in here like a drunken ne'er do well

 otb_liker  

 

[Tom Servo]

All of this is true for me too.

Tell her I said hello.

You might be porking the other Mrs. Servo.

 

[captain_amazing]

No

I was your first like.

i hope I was good.

 

[grateful zed]

i still dont miss the political threads