Isn't this supposed to be an off topic forum?

[Pedro Monteiro]

Thought this was a place for us sit back and relax!!

I’m curious, where are you lads from? And what do you do with your lives besides work?

 

[kelkid]

Hello

Hi pedro,
I live in Florida. Is there a life outside work?

 

[Eric Bland]

Florida

I am also in Florida. Lauderdale, Boca, West Palm Beach area.

 

[rafaela]

there is no life besides work in Hamburg/Germany

 

[gboisseau]

From Skunkcity in upstate NY

 

[Crichey]

Las Vegas, aka "Sin City" If you were thinking of visiting, now is the time. Weather was about 72 degrees for most of the day....

 

[Pedro Monteiro]

My best to you guys from Florida, hope your region is recovering well from the hurricanes.

Crichey, I would absolutely love to go to Las Vegas! A very close friend of mine lives there. I have heard things can get pretty wild there!

 

[ctabuk]

Hi, i'm coming in - looking around and sitting down, yes, break rooms, rest rooms, looney bins are for off topic subjects, it seems like it's all DMOZ here and no fun subjects - So lets start one

Where are you going to spend your Christmas?
What will you eat and drink?
What presents will you give and hope to receive?

I'm going to cheer this place up a bit, it's toooooooooooooooo dull

 

[motsa]

>> it seems like it's all DMOZ here and no fun subjects....it's toooooooooooooooo dull

This isn't your typical forum. Idle chit chat really isn't encouraged here. While this Members Lounge offers a certain finite amount of latitude for some limited off topic chatter, this is not meant to be a chatty little forum. We like it that it is "all DMOZ" here -- that's what the site is for.

We're not looking to fill this forum with "Hey, where're you from?", "What are you doing now?", "come check out my site" and other completely irrelevent postings.

Just so you know.

 

[ctabuk]

OK, that is how you want it fine, I'll stick to WPW where we do both!

 

[Crichey]

Doh! The smack down. I'm from Las Vegas by the way.

 

[jordancpeterson]

From the main forum page:

Members Lounge (4 Viewing) The place for all off-topic threads.

Maybe we should change that???

 

[motsa]

The description was actually just changed to that in the last couple of days.

It *is* the place for all off-topic threads. Doesn't mean that it is open to all topics.

 

[jordancpeterson]

Huh?

 

[motsa]

Not sure why that's confusing you.

 

[ctabuk]

Does that mean if I promise to be good, and I will honestly, can we start having a little fun?

 

[motsa]

If your primary purpose in coming to this site is to kick back and chat (and it seems to be), this really isn't the place for you. There are so many other forums you can go to -- why the obsession with doing it here? This site is here for ODP-related topics first and foremost. A certain amount of off-topic chatter is unavoidable but we really don't want to encourage an influx of people posting just to make talk.

 

[ctabuk]

Hello Gilda the Good Witch, actually only yesterday I posted loads of stuff on other forums on how to update DMOZ listings. I have not come here just to chat in a rest room, I run and own a multi million pound business. I use forums for two reasons, one to help others with tips like how to find broken links, how to market your site, why not to pester DMOZ Editors about waiting to get listed, just submit and wait and secondly to build my backlinks. I hope you won't pull this one and I trust that you and I will become friends as you see what I can do for a forum. I will do that today.

 

[motsa]

...as you see what I can do for a forum...

The point I keep trying to make to you is that we're not looking for you to "do " anything in or for this site. We're not looking to redesign, revamp, realign, redo anything to draw in new posters. We're not looking to perk it up, amp it up, or make it a fun place to just hang out. Seriously. Please stop trying to remake it.