As someone who is never off topic.....i will try to give my 2 cents
First ,right now where i am?
If ,for the first time,i use Mj since this morning,reading help and the home page i understand that this place is the online-help section of MJ
Can i understand it is not the place for off topics?Do not know.I see 'Interact', a very fashionable word,but opens to all kind of interpretations.And the link "talk back",opens also to many interpretations.
Sure,after not long,i understand it is the place for all kind of helps ,things,feelings,non sens
On the Mj side the problem can be: do we need to spend on a stronger,better server,do we need to spend time monitoring this place if there is more and more off topics
But there is two ways to have more and more off topics in %
-really people post more and more off topics
-after final and one or 2 upgrades,Mj is just fine.There is less and less help posts.In this case the same number of off topics than before,just put them the first kind of posts here
To have 2 places?Not sure.You have to go to 2 places,the help one and the off one.At this time you can see all the posts and give help,and after mess around in off topics
The other problem can be that if the off section is on another place,not sure the off topics will not go out of hand.As today they are in a general frame.They are bound to the general higth quality of this place
To put Off Topics or not in the subject line?As far as i can see,the off topics have allways
explicite subject line.
GREEE....HELP!-I'am lost!Don't work! are the kind of titles you get in the help posts,not the off topics ones
Yes,I,as many others have a feeling of family here.But -no offence- the family is small
Not sure that if 8 sells like fresh bread,we will be able to keep this feeling
A 'no off topic' rule stands ground on a technical point of view.Sure than some as JimH or Zevele will have hard time to stick to it..........
The main question is :how large number of newcomers will react seing this place as it is now
And cost on the JRiver side[money and time]
I do see a problem with Off Topics:
The help posts who slide to a 20 more off topic posts,with no answer to the question