# New forum for TV show threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 6, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008 "2007-06-06T16:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/1 "2007-06-06T16:56:59Z")
I know the PTBs here generally scoff at adding a new forum to our quaint little community, but it seems that it would make a lot of sense to have a separate (sub?) forum for the constant, incessant, weekly TV show threads. Yeah sure they fit under the guise of Cafe Society, but at any given time the front page is littered with weekly discussion threads of almost any currently running show out there. It just seems like it would be a lot…cleaner. > [@Seinfeld](#): > > Fire Chief: Mr. Kramer, just about every week some brash young hothead like yourself saunters in here talking about faster routes and snazzier colors for the trucks, well, fact is we feel things are fine the way they are. Yeah, I know… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/2 "2007-06-06T17:01:29Z")
**Littered**? Some of us _live_ for those weekly threads! Not me, of course. (Eureka starts again when?) ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/3 "2007-06-06T17:06:06Z")
Hey, I’ve got nothing against those threads (though I admit “incessant” and “littered” may have negative connotations). I just think things would be a lot more organized if they were sequestered away…_quarantined_, if you will. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/4 "2007-06-07T13:09:01Z")
It’s unfortunate that those threads are so abhorrent to you that you would prefer they be banished to an area where you’d never go . . . lots of people feel that way about other kinds of topics. Some folks find certain areas so distasteful they offer them up for deletion. “If you removed the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ forum then the server would run more efficiently,” that sort of thing. Not everyone likes everything. We hope we offer something for most everyone. One person’s trash is indeed someone else’s treasure here and we would hope you’d give others the same consideration you’d like for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/5 "2007-06-07T13:17:58Z")
I like the SDMB’s “fewer is better” philosophy when it comes to subforums. It’s also a best practice for message board administration; having fewer, but more active subforums makes a board look busier than those with many less active subforums. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/6 "2007-06-07T14:39:42Z")
Maybe the whole thing would be less troubling if there were only one forum named “Words.” But as soon as that one went up, somebody would insist there be another for “Pictures.” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/7 "2007-06-07T15:26:21Z")
I demand my “Noises” forum! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/8 "2007-06-07T17:56:08Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] I demand my “Noises” forum! [/QUOTE] Well, maybe if you raise enough of a ruckus… ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/9 "2007-06-07T18:47:46Z")
Or, to put what **Tuba** said somewhat more, um, positively, I would think the only reasons to have a new sub forum are: 1. You cannot find the threads you seek because they don’t fit under a current forum’s description, 2. The membership would be better served by reorganizing the threads into their own forum so that those who enjoy them can do so more easily (such as with the proposed gaming forum), or so that the others who use the current forum can find the threads they want without having to scroll off the front page, 3. Hi Opal! In this case, while Cafe Society certainly has a fair number of such threads, they aren’t totally overwhelming the forum’s front page, and they definitely fall under the description of what to find in the Cafe. Thus, they don’t seem to be in need of relocation to a “quarantine” area of their own. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/10 "2007-06-07T22:56:25Z")
Hey, can we get a forum dedicated to threads requesting new forums? ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/11 "2007-06-08T14:12:42Z")
Horray! My first post! As far as the OP, I started lurking cause I was addicted to the Lost threads. It always seemed fitting that those threads were in the “cafe” ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/12 "2007-06-08T17:13:37Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Maybe the whole thing would be less troubling if there were only one forum named “Words.” But as soon as that one went up, somebody would insist there be another for “Pictures.” [/QUOTE] Pictures would then spawn “Cat Pictures”, “Vacation Pictures”, and “What I Got Stuck Up My Nose Pictures” I say leave things as they are, Mr. Kramer. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/13 "2007-06-08T18:45:34Z")
Heck, I’ve been here a couple of years and still ponder if a post should go in “MPSIMS” or “IMHO” especially the more personally nonpointless. What? No love for a “smells” thread? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/14 "2007-06-08T19:16:08Z")
[QUOTE=Auntbeast] Heck, I’ve been here a couple of years and still ponder if a post should go in “MPSIMS” or “IMHO” especially the more personally nonpointless. What? No love for a “smells” thread? [/QUOTE] With the number of “What does your poop look like” threads we already have? Are you mad? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/15 "2007-06-09T16:11:23Z")
Just smells? I think we should have a forum just for TMI posts. Call it the Cesspit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/16 "2007-06-09T21:47:28Z")
Every time this question comes up I remember when we were on AOL . . . and we had two forums: 1. General Questions. 2. Comments On Cecil’s Columns. And that was it and how it remained for a long long time. Little Ed said “You can divide up the whole world like this, we don’t need anything else.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/17 "2007-06-10T16:29:17Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Every time this question comes up I remember when we were on AOL . . . and we had two forums: 1. General Questions. 2. Comments On Cecil’s Columns. And that was it and how it remained for a long long time. Little Ed said “You can divide up the whole world like this, we don’t need anything else.” 🙂 [/QUOTE] Yeah, then Cecil started pharming out the questions to the staff, new forum sprang up, and look what’s happened!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/18 "2007-06-10T23:06:46Z")
Almost like a staff infection. 😃 I like the idea of a smell-o-forum. Maybe we could get Slug Signorino to do an illustration of our mortarboard-festooned fearless Master sitting at a computer with enormous nostrils, inhaling various vapors being emitted from the Olfactoramplifier. **HalBriston** , I think you might be on to something. Not sure. You might just be pulling the wool over our eyes. 😉 My two cents? Cafe Society was an excellent idea, but any sub-fora would really start to get crowded-feeling. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/19 "2007-06-11T15:08:33Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Little Ed said “You can divide up the whole world like this, we don’t need anything else.” 🙂 [/QUOTE] And James Thurber said, “All people can be divided into two groups: those who divide peolple into two groups and those who don’t.” I don’t know what this has to do with anything here, but could not resist. Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008/20 "2007-06-12T15:11:49Z")
I thoght there were three groups of people: those who can count, and those that can’t. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-for-tv-show-threads/407008.md?page=2)