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Originally Posted by jwb
But debaser asked the one big question that MB can't answer... Why even have a forum?
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For forums, the wake and the funeral has long been over. But we've decided to pitch a tent and have some beers by the grave to pass the time.
In all reality, I assume whoever owns this site still makes money off it, right? Otherwise, why continue paying the hosting fees?
Naturally, with how few members (especially active ones) we have, on-topic conversations will naturally take interesting diversions that are worth exploring (at least to some of us). Exactly who are we protecting from the sacrilege of a few off topic pages in a 700+page thread on a ghost-town of a forum?
Could one of us suggest that we (participants of off-topic conversation) move the conversation to a more appropriate thread for the subject matter? Sure we could. Will others actually follow suit and continue conversation in the other thread? Unlikely. Even if they did, what if that conversation then again veers off the topic at hand? Move the conversation again to a different thread? In short, this is why forums in general are dead.