The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59150   Message #940474
Posted By: GUEST,Dale
25-Apr-03 - 10:58 PM
Thread Name: To JOE: A Modest Proposal - 3rd Division
Subject: RE: To JOE: A Modest Proposal - 3rd Division
Goodness! For those who expound that things should be left up top for a while, this one sure hit the bottom half in a hurry!

I hear what you are saying, but I am not at all sure that it would work. Too much fragmentation makes for too many choices. Would we then separate Old Time Country from the rest, then German, Irish, Danish, etc?

If I were going to propose a third grouping ~~ and I am not, then I'd say separate the political conversations (which frequently turn into stressful arguements) from the rest ~~ the recipes, the book conversations, weather, and such which rarely descend into name calling. For example, the discussion on Zane Grey is a really good one, and deserves a lot of attention.

But back to the point. I don't see that fragmenting beyond the two divisions we have would really work. Where would we stop, and how would you find what you were looking for, or how often would you miss something that you would enjoy, if only you had known it was there?