"Off-topic only used to be frequented by a tiny percentage of Blitz users anyway. It does not affect the majority of users."
Yes it does. Those users who posted there often, like myself, were like unpaid support people who were avilable 24 hours. By removing those chat forums, the reason for us to hang around here 24 hours a day helping people went away too. Even if those other people didn't frequent the forum, and I find that hard to believe that... You probably only counted who was actually posting... The removal of the forum DID have an effect on the other users of the site. Instead of spending 90% of my free time here, I now spend it on sites like Fark.com where I can actually TALK to people and joke about whatever I want.
Why not go to another forum for off topic discussion? If I did, why should I come back here at all? Why should I post to the code archives here at all? I don't want to browse six different forums. I hadly ever even went to BlitzCoder when it was in its prime.
If you're so sure that Offtopic was only used by a small percentage of people, then maybe I should set up a poll and find out how many people really want it back, cause I think you pulled those numbers from where the sun don't shine.
Yes it does. Those users who posted there often, like myself, were like unpaid support people who were avilable 24 hours. By removing those chat forums, the reason for us to hang around here 24 hours a day helping people went away too. Even if those other people didn't frequent the forum, and I find that hard to believe that... You probably only counted who was actually posting... The removal of the forum DID have an effect on the other users of the site. Instead of spending 90% of my free time here, I now spend it on sites like Fark.com where I can actually TALK to people and joke about whatever I want.
Why not go to another forum for off topic discussion? If I did, why should I come back here at all? Why should I post to the code archives here at all? I don't want to browse six different forums. I hadly ever even went to BlitzCoder when it was in its prime.
If you're so sure that Offtopic was only used by a small percentage of people, then maybe I should set up a poll and find out how many people really want it back, cause I think you pulled those numbers from where the sun don't shine.