Chit-Chat posts
Aug 5, 2021 10:06:10 #
In the past most of the Daily Forum Digests have had 10 posts in the General Chit-Chat section. I noticed lately that the section has several posts that are "Reruns". In todays Digest (Aug. 4) there are 6 new posts and 4 reruns. Some days there are just as many or more reruns as there are new posts. So what's up with that. Is it because fewer people are posting to the Chit-Chat section or what? Not as many jokes available? JerryC41 has run out of topics to talk about? Chit-Chat is my favorite section on UHH.
Aug 5, 2021 10:39:39 #
Aug 5, 2021 10:46:45 #
Not enough activity? Be a leader, not a follower 
Main discussion traffic is also way down. Most regulars just want to react, not initiate thoughtful conversations.
Main discussion traffic is also way down. Most regulars just want to react, not initiate thoughtful conversations.
Aug 5, 2021 11:48:19 #
I am one of those guilty people who hardly ever post anything in Chit Chat. I will try to do better and try to not come off as an angry, frustrated old man. lol
Aug 5, 2021 14:28:03 #
It used to be that there were enough new posts in Chit-Chat to replace the posts from the previous day. Not anymore. I think that explains the re-runs.
Aug 5, 2021 14:48:52 #
SteveR wrote:
The emailed digest has a specified number of slots available for each section. For example, volunteer-managed sections get five each, Photo Gallery gets 35, and I believe the main discussion and chit chat have 10 each (or maybe main discussion has 20; it has been awhile since I cared, lol). So yes, if there aren't enough for the digest, Admin has been filling with "re-runs." It used to be that there were enough new posts in Chit-Chat to replace the posts from the previous day. Not anymore. I think that explains the re-runs.
btw, 35 may sound like a lot for Photo Gallery, but the actual numbers are usually quite a bit higher - hence the name "digest" when discussing the emailed document. If you use "Newest Topics" at the top of any page, you will find your subscribed sections in one, easy to manage list, updated in real time. Why read yesterday's news?
Aug 5, 2021 15:17:49 #
It is early August, vacation time in the US which is the majority of members. People are out doing things instead of posting things of what they did last summer.
Feb 13, 2023 11:21:01 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I initiated a post in Chit-Chat some time ago about calling lenses "glass". I thought it was an innocuous comment but I caught hell for it. So I'm not too inclined to say anything that may offend others.Not enough activity? Be a leader, not a follower
Main discussion traffic is also way down. Most regulars just want to react, not initiate thoughtful conversations.
Main discussion traffic is also way down. Most regulars just want to react, not initiate thoughtful conversations.
Feb 13, 2023 12:18:43 #
EdJ0307 wrote:
Ed, you are replying to a comment I made in August 2021, which is when you posted this topic I initiated a post in Chit-Chat some time ago about calling lenses "glass". I thought it was an innocuous comment but I caught hell for it. So I'm not too inclined to say anything that may offend others.
In more recent news, there appears to be dozens of chit chat topics posted every day, mostly by Jerry, Graham and bcheary. You should view UHH via "newest topics" at the top of any UHH page, rather than be limited by the digest. The digest is only a sampling, and is also "yesterday's news." The Newest Topics link displays all the sections to which you're subscribed, in real time, hot off the presses.
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