Chaos II
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:34 pm
I've found myself (as I suspect many have), recalling the concerns of Brazilian Dude just before he discontinued his erudite commentary here. At the time I thought BD was being a bit sensitive, as our diversions at that time were at least on the original subjects. And maybe the perspective is relative, but there's no question the readability of this site has plummeted lately and evolved into little more relevance than a Facebook wall.
Rather than "chaos" I'd term it "Noise"-- a stream of self-indulgent incoherency that serves only to dilute real discussions on the topics we originally came for. A perfect example is this ongoing chat box-- five pages old, and you have to go all the way back to page one to find a single post even remotely related to the actual topic, and only rarely even touching on the topic of language at all.
At the risk of stating the obvious, it seems an egregious waste of a worthy resource. And more's the pity.
Rather than "chaos" I'd term it "Noise"-- a stream of self-indulgent incoherency that serves only to dilute real discussions on the topics we originally came for. A perfect example is this ongoing chat box-- five pages old, and you have to go all the way back to page one to find a single post even remotely related to the actual topic, and only rarely even touching on the topic of language at all.
At the risk of stating the obvious, it seems an egregious waste of a worthy resource. And more's the pity.