[NSC] Close the Coronavirus sub-forum and move threads back to the main board?

[Machiavelli]

Good question, but a tad premature (hopefully unlike the lifting of lockdown). Perhaps revisit in a month or so.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Leave it where it is in fact there are a few threads on the main board that are now descending into candidates for being moved over to the Covid section.

With the season resuming will be good to see the main board filling up with Albion threads and posts again

Exactly.

In fact, my reaction to this thread was: "can't we have a Board just for Brighton and Hove Albion?" as I'm heartily sick of the usual kws' kneejerk response to everything else.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Echoing a few comments here, please keep it separate. In my opinion, several other threads should be moved from the main board as they are political threads pertaining to the coronavirus.

Would you ever consider having a politics sub-section? That would clean up the board no end. There seem to be a number of posters across the political spectrum, whose sole point of being part of NSC is to spout off about politics and nothing else.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Echoing a few comments here, please keep it separate. In my opinion, several other threads should be moved from the main board as they are political threads pertaining to the coronavirus.

Would you ever consider having a politics sub-section? That would clean up the board no end. There seem to be a number of posters across the political spectrum, whose sole point of being part of NSC is to spout off about politics and nothing else.

All of this.

 

[hart's shirt]

Echoing a few comments here, please keep it separate. In my opinion, several other threads should be moved from the main board as they are political threads pertaining to the coronavirus.

Would you ever consider having a politics sub-section? That would clean up the board no end. There seem to be a number of posters across the political spectrum, whose sole point of being part of NSC is to spout off about politics and nothing else.

I'd echo this. A separate space where the political animals can run free.

At the risk of appearing unduly wistful and nostalgic, NSC's got a lot more angry and polarised in the past few years.

There's plenty of reasons for this of course, but it's always been a place where we've always had far more in common as Albion fans than anything else.

It's a shame things have become as they are and, on reflection, I think both we and the board are much the poorer for it.

We all love NSC, but I'm not sure we have as much fun on here as before.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Echoing a few comments here, please keep it separate. In my opinion, several other threads should be moved from the main board as they are political threads pertaining to the coronavirus.

Would you ever consider having a politics sub-section? That would clean up the board no end. There seem to be a number of posters across the political spectrum, whose sole point of being part of NSC is to spout off about politics and nothing else.

I've always been against this but recently, probably since Brexit, it's become more extreme. Evidenced by Bozza's instructions not to derail non political threads.

Maybe once it's time to retire the covid forum just change it to the political forum.

 

[Badger Boy]

Not all the time there are some still some Covid-fanatics doing the rounds. Let the hype die down a bit first.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Leave it as is. Don't want to risk a second spike in coronavirus threads

 

[dazzer6666]

Not for me - way too early. Everyone knows where to look if they want North Stand Covid - particularly with actual football chat more likely to be increasing now

 

[WATFORD zero]

It should be merged, but not for a while yet. Give it a month or two, and then take another look.

 

[RossyG]

I’d say do it at the end of next month.

 

[GOM]

No, nice to get away from the blanket coverage everywhere.

 

[highflyer]

No, stick with it as is.

You got it spot on and I don't think it's time to change yet. We are a very long way from back to normal. Plenty of people will still be struggling and anxious, even more so as restrictions are lifted, and confusion and doubt over the best way to manage risk starts to kick in.

 

[studio150]

Status Quo

 

[Bozza]

Pretty conclusive - thanks for chipping in.

It's a good point that there has been some Covid-creep onto the main board this week too, which I shall remedy now.

For now, the Big Board will only host the following Covid discussions:

- The Coronavirus Good News thread
- Discussions relating to the impact on Albion, football and sport in general

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Echoing a few comments here, please keep it separate. In my opinion, several other threads should be moved from the main board as they are political threads pertaining to the coronavirus.

Would you ever consider having a politics sub-section? That would clean up the board no end. There seem to be a number of posters across the political spectrum, whose sole point of being part of NSC is to spout off about politics and nothing else.

NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really don't understand how people can't just not click on non-footie threads that don't interest them - it's really not that difficult ! I manage it for American Football, Golf etc.

 

[swindonseagull]

Leave it where it is.. I don’t want to see and hear about COVID every other post

 

[clapham_gull]

Status Quo

Showaddywaddy

 

[BN9 BHA]

NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really don't understand how people can't just not click on non-footie threads that don't interest them - it's really not that difficult ! I manage it for American Football, Golf etc.

Here is one answer to your question.
There is a political thread with the title Shameful, it's now been moved to the Covid-19 section.
How would anyone know this was a political thread by just seeing ' Shameful ' on the Big Board menu?

I would agree with you if all thread titles were obvious.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

I'm pleased to see that at present 85 % say "No" to moving it.

Strikes me that already a few people think we are almost back to normal. We're not.

I note that it is now estimated that only 7% of the population have had the virus so far. That is 1 in 14.

There is as yet no vaccine.

There is as yet no cure.

Very little has changed......apart from Boris Johnson and Cummings new slogan "Stay Alert". Not much is it ?

A thumbs up for the first and significant part of your post.