Re: Is there intelligent life on OFF
I agree that things are sometimes less than serious, but it is better than having nothing or very little posted each day except the weather. That would be even more lightweight.
I join in with whatever takes my fancy - whether I think it has come from "intelligent life" or not - I don't really mind. When some serious topics have been posted, judging by the paucity of responses, I sometimes get the feeling that people do not want to talk seriously because the thread often shrivels and dies. I do not put up threads very often in case they are considered too serious or uninteresting and nobody replies. Like at a party - I don't want to sit on my own.
As long as we are not nasty and disparaging with each other (as I have noticed does happen sometimes) I think it is good to have a variety of things to go at when you log in You are never going to please all of the people all of the time and I don't think that is the object of this forum. We are all different and what invokes a response from me depends on my mood and the tone of the thread - I can do serious - if there is anything important enough to me warrant it.
The header/banner on the pages also says
"Welcome to the over 50's Forum - the On-line Hub for the Young at Heart"
Below is an extract taken from Azz's welcome page. (I hope you don't mind Azz)
Well, some of my favourite people fall into this age bracket, and so I wanted to create a site that not only acts as a social platform for people in your age group, but also one that encourages you to get to grips with the internet and technology in general. No question will be too silly - so don't ever be afraid to ask!
Purpose
To allow people in this age range to chat about pretty much anything, and get help and support from others on all manner of topics. It's meant to be a fun and friendly site where people can pick up a thing or two along the way. It will mainly focus around the forums, although we will probably post up some guides on topics that pop up frequently or ones that we think will be of particular benefit.
I know most of you will already be au fait with the internet and PCs, but we want to make this site receptive to those who are quite new to computers, so that they can come and learn about things, and of course make a few friends along the way!
Unlike most other forums that like to focus around 'discussion', we want to encourage people to chat (so long as it's relative to the thread topic) as we appreciate that for many people in this age range, this may be their main (or only) place to interact with other people... a bit like a pub or other social gathering place... but on the web
We'll also want to create mini-guides to help complete newbies, so if you would like to get involved in this, please do say! Let us know what kind of topic you will be willing to write about, and we'll take it from there.
If you have any other suggestions, please feel free to post them in the Forum Support section - we're eager to hear them!