[DrQ]

I hope I don't offend any of the "Regulars" but I've observed an increase in "Small Talk" and "Off Thread" chatter on many posts. I wonder how some of the less frequent members are finding this and if it is causing a problem by making some of the technical posts lengthy and harder to search through.

The thing I love about EQ is the tolerance that is missing on some other forums. Some forums seems to bash you for simply posting a question. Secondly I like the sense of community we have, where all are welcome.

We have a lot of General and Off Topic threads that I feel are the place for chatter, but if a newcomer has to search through 2 or 3 pages on a technical thread to read 2 or 3 pertinent posts, they are going to get frustrated with the suggestion to "search first".

This is just an observation and suggestion. I hope we can hear from both active members and a few newer lurkers on how y'all feel about this.

Tony's language Post gave me the courage to speak up.