Request for New Forum: Tragedies and Crime

[Anonymous]

There seems to be a ton of traffic on the Off Topic board about various tragedies and crimes, both locally and nationally.

Every day there seems to be another post about a child shooting, school rampage, child abduction, accidental/mysterious death or local murder or suicide.

Obviously, it's easy enough to just scroll past it if we're not interested. But even though it doesn't rise to a real "trigger" type of thing, I for one can say I don't love coming to the general Off Topic board and being reminded of all stuff. It's just a lot.

Curious if others feel the same way, or whether they're happy to keep this type of stuff in Off-Topic. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

I'd say leave it in Off Topic unless he wants a forum that becomes a haven for ghoulishness. My guess is that most of us scan via Recent Topics so it would come up in our feed regardless.

[Anonymous]

Totally agree with PP - I use recent topics, so it wouldn't help me anyway. I'm frustrated with so many boards and trying to figure out where to post, as it is.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone even go to specific forums regularly?

[jsteele]

This idea keeps coming up, but it is not likely something we are going to do. We get a lot of requests for forums. When adding new forums, I like to think of it as a direction in which we would like to see DCUM expand. I don't really want to expand toward an increased number of such posts.

[Anonymous]

Got it. I hadn't thought of new forums as tools for expansion. I'd always seen them as filters for the core categories. But I get the expansion strategy, and I agree there's no need to invite more rubbernecking! I'll stop suggesting it.

[Anonymous]

I have noticed that some of the "Newer" forums have much less traffic than the older ones.

I.e, The Pop Culture, etc.

[Anonymous]

God and I was hoping the tragedy and disaster posts would just go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God and I was hoping the tragedy and disaster posts would just go away.

Yeah I think PP hit the nail on the head with the term "haven for ghoulishness." I'd never deliberately go to that forum. I avoid the threads on tragedies most of the time as it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God and I was hoping the tragedy and disaster posts would just go away.

Yeah I think PP hit the nail on the head with the term "haven for ghoulishness." I'd never deliberately go to that forum. I avoid the threads on tragedies most of the time as it is.

sometimes I have to avoid "off topic" altogether just so I don't have to read some of those thread titles. so depressing and voyeristic.

[Anonymous]

LOL you would then funnel all topics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There seems to be a ton of traffic on the Off Topic board about various tragedies and crimes, both locally and nationally.

Every day there seems to be another post about a child shooting, school rampage, child abduction, accidental/mysterious death or local murder or suicide.

Obviously, it's easy enough to just scroll past it if we're not interested. But even though it doesn't rise to a real "trigger" type of thing, I for one can say I don't love coming to the general Off Topic board and being reminded of all stuff. It's just a lot.

Curious if others feel the same way, or whether they're happy to keep this type of stuff in Off-Topic. Thoughts?

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