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Anybody else notice that OT threads are running at a multiple of about
4 times the on-topic threads?

That's without even beginning to consider the posts.

"Liberals are Faggots" or "Bush is Retarded" threads often get over 100
posts, while most boating related items are over and out with 3-6
responses. When posts are considered, we could easily be 150-200 to
one, (off-topic to on).

Don't know what to do, or if anything should or could be done. Not
saying I haven't contributed to the noise myself.

But in case nobody else has noticed, as a group I think we're the worst
we have ever been. And that's no small accomplishment, considering
history. :-(


I've noticed that 3 of my most useful and informative ng's share the same
problem: a very high noise to signal ratio.
I've also noticed that all 3 groups offer excellent responses to all on
topic posts.
If the ability to post OT is what keeps the folks around that can be most
helpful to on topic posters, I can't complain about that.
My only regret is that the noise component is so unfriendly; but I suspect
even that is attributable to very few ng members and not to the majority.