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I mean, fair enough if there's problems, but just say it goes a bit off topic and it turns into general chat? Why close that?

It's not like it lowers the quality of this N&Q's forum

And even if this forum is meant to be the doomy, gloomy, oh-so-serious "lets only answer questions" forum, why not move it to the OTF to continue It just seems like the mods exercising their power for no reason except to stop us having a potentially good conversation

*runs about with protest signs*

but really, why close them rather than just move them if its gone OT?

cause the N&A isn't here for having a chat, it's solely to help people with their problems

but i hardly see how if someone has a new question, it would be answered any less quickly because of some chat?

if they have a new question, they should make a new thread

makes it for other people who can experience the same problem a lot easier to see if it's already answered instead of going through all the latest threads

hmm.... so if someone has the same problem

and its closed

i assume it falls to the bottom

but chat keeps it bumped up...

I think I'm missing your side of the argument?

than they make a new one about it if they don't use the 'search' function

chatter will only distract people from the problem

but there is no problem if its been answered already....

so it no longer becomes a problem thread, just a solution thread, so why not carry on conversations orlet them die out.... or move them to a more suitable forum?

as yerss said N&Q aint made for chattering.
it is made to solve questions, once a question is answered it get closed because well the subject is dealt with, if you want to talk to ppl in threads go to OTF or GDF

what mister mod said

so mods have an excuse to do something

Perhaps i should rephrase this....

why is it, when it is answered, it is left to die off...

but if it is answered and goes off topic, it is closed?

cause this isn't the OTF! it's not about chatter, chatter is offtopic, therefor it gets closed

this is supposed to be a SERIOUS forum

in the other forums we (NORMALY) also close threads that go off topic (but only when they reach more than a 100 posts)

with other forums, Fire, actually means GDF

it's up to the local mods to deceide if they adapt that rule or not

well it used to be a rule in all forums, forum mods just dont care

I dont have to close a lot of threads because of going OT

you're associating being off topic with not being serious, where did you get that idea from?

nah ofc not dvae but once a question is answered everything following up on that is OF

cause the GDF is the place for serious discussions
OTF is to report to people you broke your fingernail

Well, I still dont understand what's wrong with talking to people here, guess its an authority thing

its just that this is a forum for everyone (from OTF, GDF, movies, noobs, etc....) and you never really get to talk to any of them properly, cos if you do... WHAM! it gets closed

perhaps you haven't read fire and my replies lately in this thread...
I'll try to summerise it for ya:

this is a SERIOUS section, we DON*T chatter here. If you want that go to the OTF or GDF

but WHY no chatter, it doesnt make the forum any worse?

cause this forum is here to help people with forum/pc problems, NOT to socialise

before you signed up, you had a welcome, GDF, movie discussion (and one or two other movie related stuff) and a lot of sw-sections and than the N&A.

the movie-forums were about movies, solely, like now, same for sw. welcome is always a bit of a chatter cause it's to introduce n00bs
the n&a had the same function as it has now.
the ONLY place you could and were allowed to socialise was the GDF.

that's how it was and will stay. It's not THAT difficult to understand that the only two (real) sections you can socialise is the GDF and OTF!

there is no point banning socializing just because it is no the primary aim of the forum, if this forum were more social, more people would post here, and therefore with more people, questions would be answered quicker

Look, we're both stubborn

but I'm tired, so I'll finish this some other day

night night! (yeah, thats OT, bite me )

why don't you get the basic idea that socializing is NOT for this section? as it's also not for ie, the movie-forums?
more posts? why the woopdy-doo-da that???? This place is not about getting as much posts as possible, this place is about provide as much help as possible!

in general, questions DO get answered quickly here! if the "regular crew" of this section is on, you almost immediatly get a responce!
there are a lot of members here that try and help out

This forum is for questions only, once a question is answered there is no reason to keep it open. If someone else has a similar problem they can use the search function, that's what it's there for. Or if they must, they can make a new thread about it. You can Chit Chat in just about every other forum on the site, don't need to chit chat here.

OK guys, i guess you've answered my question thanks

so.... whats everyone up to?

closing this subject

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