So I went back two pages and I found a couple that I think didn't need to be closed. The two acronym threads, the 'what would you give to have your dream wife' thread, the circumcision thread, the 'who has the best name' thread and the 'who would you invite to a TB LAN party' thread.

All of them (minus the circumcision thread) could be considered low-effort, fun threads and were closed for being such. I imagine the circumcision thread was closed because someone misinterpreted the 'keep it clean' rule.


Yeah, I'm leaning more towards the creation of a free 'low-effort' board (however we want to describe it) too. The serious (Discussion) -> semi-serious (Off-Topic)-> non serious (Wibbles) boards for general chat that we had back in the ol' days seemed like a good system.

I don't support Pig's idea of splitting general boards into either serious or not serious. Very often people like a middle-ground, and forcing users to have either completely serious threads or threads that everybody is free to shit on doesn't really give people that middle-ground option.



You recognise the community enjoys making and participating in these low-effort threads and you understand there's a demand for this sort of content. No, it's not your (or any staff's) fault that the community is like this. What is our fault is that we're not catering for the community. Instead of blaming the 'problem' of low-effort threads on the nature of the community, we should instead be blaming ourselves for not giving the community an outlet. We've locked the (formerly) community-wide 'wibble' board behind a paywall.

We don't hold any personal grudges against dogs for doing dog-like stuff. If it shits in your house, you teach it to shit outside. You don't blame the dog for being a dog, you look for a way to remedy the problem.