Nah, just signed up after years of lurking, thought I'd say hallo and see what the community is like, that sort of thing. Lovely to be here.

Yes, e621 has a forum and IRC.
Although this here forum is not used for social talk, more about the sites tags and a place to ask questions.

If you make a thread that is too off topic or a thread gets off topic by the people commenting its gonna get locked.
But do ask questions, you will get an answer...

I would like to have a social section to just talk away in. :3

Although I do realize the server pressure it'd mean.

Warm welcomes!

Kimpumomo said:
server pressure

So thats why there is no social forum?

You do realize there is an actual Off Topic forum, right?

AlastairWhitehall said:
So thats why there is no social forum?

I don't think so.
Just speculating, really.

Could be that an active off-topic forum would mean administrative responsibilities that no-one wants to take upon themselves at the moment.

Other than that, there might just not have been that big of a demand for what we(I) want now. xD

It would be nice if this forum was adapted slightly, so they can have certain areas like other forums. That way you can have the social and the site stuff more separate.
But as you said, no admins willing to waste time watching a big forum.

AlastairWhitehall said:
It would be nice if this forum was adapted slightly, so they can have certain areas like other forums. That way you can have the social and the site stuff more separate.
But as you said, no admins willing to waste time watching a big forum.

There actually are separate areas for off-topic-discussion topics if you choose to seek them out, but it's not as smooth and clear as it could be.

Not to mention a series of off-topic threads usally get locked

I'll actually perform an experiment and start up a elsewhere successful thread. :3

See how this unfolds :]

AlastairWhitehall said:
Not to mention a series of off-topic threads usally get locked

What gets locked are stupid threads or forum-game threads. If you have a topic to discuss, you're free to discuss it, but looking through the forum for "(locked)" right now just shows generic "post X on Y here" threads are the ones who die.

ah, the ATTENTION E6ERS thread is a example of a thread going completely off topic. I know because that was my fault.

Welcome! =^.^=

Well... so much for trying xD

I'll be getting my friends elsewhere then...

Kimpumomo said:
I'll be getting my friends elsewhere then...

Probably for the best

Kimpumomo said:

I'll be getting my friends elsewhere then...

Why? they can be harvested.

social talk is fine. just no retarded forum games.

Aurali said:
social talk is fine. just no retarded forum games.

so, would a slowchat be better?

Aurali said:
social talk is fine. just no retarded forum games.

Define "retarded". Any other game than the "keep a word, drop a word", or the "ban the user above you" game?

SirAntagonist said:
Define "retarded". Any other game than the "keep a word, drop a word", or the "ban the user above you" game?

I'm fairly confident the only reason those two are there are just to placate the worst offenders enough so they don't constantly whine about not having any forum games at all.

Those two games are there because they were the first. That's pretty much the only reason. Most forum games are incredibly stupid and spammy and just a waste of time, but if someone were to actually come up with an interesting forum game, we would consider allowing it to stay.

Off-topic threads like "What music do you like?" or whatever are fine.

Welcome [user name here]! You're just expieriencing a bit of the madhouse, take a seat, have a cookie, and enjoy your stay! n_n

Oh, and yes, it does! Though I haven't been on the International Racing Cars, so I don't know how is there :/

null0010 said:
Those two games are there because they were the first. That's pretty much the only reason. Most forum games are incredibly stupid and spammy and just a waste of time, but if someone were to actually come up with an interesting forum game, we would consider allowing it to stay.

So, if I were to create a new thread, gave it an ingenious title and had as body "first", it would be kept? :P

kimpumomo said:
slowchat?

If i were to post such a thread, would it be locked? lets say its used for only social chatter, and other things like roleplaying were kept to a minimum, would it be left alone?