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In general I have few or no complaints about the state of SH/SC moderation. I do have some opinions on some of the topics under discussion. I don't read the GPU thread, so I don't have a dog in this race, but it sounds like there are two separate questions: 1. Is cryptocurrency an acceptable topic in SH/SC? and 2. If so, are there particular topics that are not acceptable? We can all weigh in, but at the end of the day someone is going to have to make an executive decision and both camps are going to have to live with it. I personally wish all cryptocurrency would disappear forever tomorrow, but if the mods decide it's okay, then I'll have to accept that, and if the decision goes the other way the crypto people are going to have to do the same. If cryptocurrency is an allowable topic and there are specific topics that we don't want -- say, people actively scalping video cards -- say so and ban anyone talking about them. Either way, I don't think cryptocurrency bullshit belongs in the GPU thread. Do people use GPUs to mine cryptocurrencies? Sure. People use computer hardware to watch porn but we don't let people discuss their favorite porn in the hardware thread. Topics like availability of GPUs are pretty self-evidently germane to "normal" (i.e., non-cryptocurrency) GPU usage and I think they belong in that thread even if the cryptocurrency people also derive benefit from them. If cryptocurrency discussion is allowed then it should have its own thread and, much as it pains me, people trolling them should also be probated or banned. RE: the ~3 huge SH/SC threads: The "Working in IT" thread is its own beast and shouldn't be merged. That gets used for career questions, technical questions that don't fit in a different pre-existing topic, etc. The "poo poo that pisses you off" and "A ticket came in" threads are much closer. I do not personally care if they are merged or not, although they are distinct enough that I post different stuff in each of them. RE: Megathreads, I like them but I also derive a lot of value from the OPs being a one-stop shop for common questions and I would very strongly prefer that those OPs be large effort-posts and also reasonably up to date. The practice of OPs like that is a huge plus to the SA forums generally. If you don't want to maintain the OP, let someone else make the thread. If the OP is out of date and the thread poster isn't updating it, get someone to make a new one and then close the old one. The people in those threads are perfectly capable of discussing briefly and determining that the OP is out of date. It is really annoying to have a "what to buy" guide that was last updated in 2011. Yes, technology changes quickly, but you don't need to update the OP more than a couple times a year. How often do you think the go-to recommendation for a new router changes?
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