Well, it's not so much about whether the thread would have died anyway if there was no junk -- the goal of the forums is not to keep as many threads alive as possible <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Instead, the question is : will people still bother to read (sections of) this forum if they always find it full of off-topic posts ? It would be unfortunate if some important announcement about the site, such as changes to the forum, were not read by most of the visitors because they have been trained to think "new posts = new blah" instead of "new posts = something important about this website"..


They can blow up all two mijne pocket.