Can't post in the frontroom

[Subotan]

You mean the hivemind that downvotes into oblivion any opinion different from the majority? Yes, great discussion there.

Depends on the /r/ you're in. Get out of /r/politics!

If it bores you so much, why are you not making an effort to change that rather than trying to exacerbate things?

It's hard to create content for a board that is for "everything that is ¬Backroom material" that isn't rather frivolous.

If you really have a problem with the Babe Thread, then bring it up here; were a consensus reached among Orgahs, I would gladly see to it that it's unstickied/locked/deleted. If there's content/changes that you'd like to see, then this is the place to bring them up if you don't want to approach the respective Moderators/Content Managers privately.

I personally dislike it. If I wanted a daily dose of softcore, I'd buy the Sun.

[Drunk Clown]

Start talking about your mom, I think it's very interesting.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Depends on the /r/ you're in. Get out of /r/politics!

I'm trying but the headlines just keep catching my eye!

[Andres]

For what it's worth, I kinda agree that philosphy has a place in the FR. There's nothing political or potentially offensive about let's say comparing empiricism with rationalism

It might indeed make the FR a more interesting place.

[Reenk Roink]

acin, I agree with you that the Frontroom can get boring for long stretches, but that's what it is, and it's always been like that. Same thing with the Backroom and the Gameroom. The Backroom especially has lost my interest, basically because we talk about the same topics over and over again.

But you can't force quality material to happen (remember that awful troll thread you made? ), it has to happen organically.

And you have to be willing to take the warnings. The different point of view threads we had a while back got me my first warning point ever! Me! But it was justified. And the crime was worth the warning point.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Banned from the Babe Thread, life just isn't fair. However, it isn't for ever so despair not.

[classical_hero]

We can ban people from specific threads? Cool.

[Banquo's Ghost]

acin, maybe you're just not a Frontroom sort of chap? You contribute substantially to the Backroom and (after a moderately shaky start) I consider you to be one of the more interesting and challenging (in the good sense of the word) posters there. Indeed, whilst your adopted internet persona may flinch at me saying so you set an excellent example nowadays.

You take the time to frame the starting post of a thread and continue to generate interest in the subject with your often insightful responses. When someone makes a good argument, you're one of the few in our happy band to accept they may have a point.

If you don't feel motivated to do the same to help improve the Frontroom, maybe it's not the place you ought to frequent instead of getting bored and giving in to your demons. If you have some ideas that you are worried might be controversial, run them past the Frontroom moderators before posting. I'm sure they would be pleased to guide you and re-energise the Frontroom by setting as good an example as you have in the Backroom. For example, I certainly don't see any reason why philosophical discussions can't be had in the Frontroom as long as people play nicely. Sport, philosophy, holidays, relationships, cheese (the good things in life) all could provide excellent talking points. I'm sure there's plenty more.