Recently, some of the activity in this forum has been getting out of hand. To make sure that this area remains a comfortable environment for everyone, a few new rules are being added:
New name
This forum is now the Off-Topic and Chat forum. It's a place where you can discuss topics which don't fit into any other forum area, and are not specifically related to anime or Kumoricon.
Which forum area to post in
If you have a topic related to anime, anime conventions, or Kumoricon in general, and it doesn't fit into any other specific forum area, post it in: General Convention and Anime
If you have a topic that is not related to any other forum area, or to anime, Kumoricon, or anime conventions, post it in: Off-Topic and Chat
This is a slight change from before, and due to the long history of threads in both forums, we'll leave existing threads where they are, and this new categorization will apply only to new threads.
Chat and allowed topics
If you want to "chat", meaning short back-and-forth messages between a few people without a specific topic in mind, please limit it to one of the few, ongoing "chat" threads that already exist. Please do not start chat tangents in existing threads. If this occurs naturally or by accident, these may be split off, or split off and locked, as needed. If you want to chat about a specific subject (such as attending a Kumoricon mini-event), you can start a new "chat" thread for it (you can even do this outside of this forum, in the appropriate forum area), but members are expected to stay on-topic within a thread, just as with any other thread on the forum.
Due to these changes, some topics that would have previously been posted to General Discussion will now be in here. Please respect threads which are dedicated to serious discussion about non-anime and non-convention topics.
Please make sure that each post contributes something meaningful to the thread, pick meaningful subject lines, and refrain from posts which distract from the conversation, such as using all caps.
We may lock some of the existing recent threads which have died off, in an effort to consolidate discussion into fewer, more appropriate threads.
Unfortunately, we don't have the resources (particularly time) to run and moderate a chat room. This also means that the forum cannot operate like a chat room, but we want a few threads where casual chat can happen. We hope these changes increase the quality of discussion and make everyone feel comfortable participating.
