My guess is that those who have been around TOTV for a while probably do read mostly only new posts. And many of you probably remember the early days here when post-topics were divided into "Villages" and Non-Villages" and that was pretty much it. And there was a little column over to the left of the screen. And a post would appear maybe every hour or so. And that was all there was to it.
And then TOTV started to grow. And grow. And grow and grow and grow. Lots more members. Lots more posts. .
And all those posts -- well, they just had to get organized -- put on the proper shelves -- you know like in a library -- so people could find what they wanted to read.
And so all those different forums were born, with members reviewing books and movies and restaurants and sharing recipes and women talking about all kinds of things. And there is a forum about investments that some people
(me) like to read, but not everybody. And there is a forum just for passing along funny things that people send to us on the internet. And there is a pet forum.
And lots more.
The point is that all these forums work just fine. People find TOTV when they are looking for information on TV. And this is an excellent source for that. But TOTV has evolved to include topics of general interest. Lots of them.
The opening page works like a table of contents in a book. Sometimes maybe people just take a little stroll (or I guess it would be a scroll) down the list of forums and find something that grabs their interest.
And so even though I personally might not look much at a golf forum, I think this just might be a really good idea for an added forum. (Well, actually I might look at it if somebody were talking about how to survive in TV as a terrible golfer.)
Anyway, for some reason, I see TOTV as being set up like a library. Librarians do not put together libraries of just books about stuff they are personally interested in. (They would get fired if they did that.) Librarians have to think about what others might be interested in, too. And so they tend to just back up and look at the big picture.
And so......I guess my imagination is getting the best of me and I am picturing myself as a librarian maybe???? Or....maybe I could just picture myself as......(you gotta sing this part -- you will know the tune I bet)
If I were an admin,
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Well, if I were an admin, I think I would have to give this one some thought. Golf is the center of TV's universe for a whole lot of people. A golf forum could be a good addition.
Boomer on the Roof