Y’all lost a whole bunch of people, many of whom I still miss.
And it still irritates many of us who stayed when there’s admonishment to “keep threads on track,” etc. Conversation on the Cafe is what many of us like and conversation doesn’t always stay on track. I understand it being different when it’s a college specific (informative) thread, because people search for “x,” but the Cafe should be allowed to be a Cafe IMO. When folks get arguing too much it makes sense to intervene, or if something is blatantly political or derogatory or sales or whatever, but rabbit trails are part of life when we’re mainly chatting.