Off-topic is a weird place. Garbage. Weird. Yea, weird shit. Many say they would like to see Off-topic dead, it brings nothing but the garbage. Those many also are tired of this "Hey, we need to put quality into OT" talk coming up every so often. It does get awfully repetitive if you have been here for quite some time, and you would know how futile it is if so. At some point you have had enough and just stick to ITT2 or leave, whatever the preference might be. No matter what is done, all never changes.
Take a moment to imagine this entity that lives via people posting shit and complaining about quality. This entity feeds on newcomers, uses regulars as fuel and excretes people tired of the shit as the waste product. It is a monster of sorts. But this monster also has an interesting ecosystem within the chaos of it all. Among this chaos which people fuel, those people had also been provided the opportunity to interact within this medium whether it is through means of memes, political talk, debates, or something else. Yet the chaos which brings the circumstances that fuels it and makes such interactions seem possible is the very thing many of the people have a hatred for. This love/hate relationship must be poison to the monster, however it lives with such poison in itself for a very long time.
But oh! Do not confuse this monster with Off-topic as Off-topic is non living and a center for random content of all. This monster is a living manifestation of the content through which we interact. Perhaps calling it a monster is giving it more bad stigma than it deserves. It's just this thing is more weird than it is garbage.
Take a moment to imagine this entity that lives via people posting shit and complaining about quality. This entity feeds on newcomers, uses regulars as fuel and excretes people tired of the shit as the waste product. It is a monster of sorts. But this monster also has an interesting ecosystem within the chaos of it all. Among this chaos which people fuel, those people had also been provided the opportunity to interact within this medium whether it is through means of memes, political talk, debates, or something else. Yet the chaos which brings the circumstances that fuels it and makes such interactions seem possible is the very thing many of the people have a hatred for. This love/hate relationship must be poison to the monster, however it lives with such poison in itself for a very long time.
But oh! Do not confuse this monster with Off-topic as Off-topic is non living and a center for random content of all. This monster is a living manifestation of the content through which we interact. Perhaps calling it a monster is giving it more bad stigma than it deserves. It's just this thing is more weird than it is garbage.
