I was thinking of him too..

He's around and reading. All is well. I'm sure he'll check

He posted yesterday....

😃

Glad to hear he is around.

^^^ I was actually guessing that was the reason but didn’t want to voice assumptions. TBH as much as I like and play many of the games, I feel like the numerous threads have kind of taken over. Combined with the traditional repeating threads it seems like at times you have to not just scroll on by but actually search between to find conversations of substance. I’ve been consciously limiting how much I contribute to any but the original Wordle thread.

But I do read others here and there so I guess I’m conflicted. On the one hand I enjoy them, on the other hand I’m afraid they’re ruining the forum.

ditto what foodonastump said.

I supposed we could try to move all the word games to The Garden Party as the only thing going on there is the FNM threads, but in the past, moving discussions has not been overly successful.

Ya know, that's what happens at a kitchen table. We chat, we laugh, we discuss. We play games. We fix things. We take care of business. As long as we aren't doing our taxes here, it's all good!

I also agree about the game threads taking over. Many of us don't play the word games and are not interested in posts about them. I feel like they have displaced the other conversations.

I thought the games threads would die out after the Wordle novelty wore out. It would be a shame if they were cutting off other conversations. Are the older games still played?

Well, it's not like games threads take the place of other threads...there's an unlimited supply of threads.

But some don't want to wade through the games looking for the interesting coversation threads. Even the NYT doesn't put its famous crossword puzzle on the front page.

I had no idea that members were upset about the game threads. There are only a few of us that post on those every day and I have no problem stopping the posting and letting those threads fall away. I don't know how the other game thread posters feel about it, though.

I can't speak for others but I'm not upset about it. Think of walking by a store's display window - if what you first see doesn't appeal, you move on.

People should do what interests them, that's fine. Since I don't spend time playing solitary games or taking photos of flowers, outdoor scenes or pets (excuse the gentle snarkiness), when a first glance shows that such threads seem to be predominant at that point in time on the summary listing of threads, I move on.

Lucille: What type of threads would you be interested in? The more topics the better! Why don't you start a subject of conversation?

"there seem to have been a preponderance of threads about online games and other such things in this forum that don't interest me."

Ditto. While I do play Wordle and I love Candy Crush (so... I'm addicted to that one), I don't feel the need to share everywhere all the time. It's enough I share too much of wordle to FB. lol

I loved this messageboard 20+ years ago. We were all just people discussing all sorts of things and now it's "what are you eating?", "what are you reading?" "did you get the word today?"...

Not much in the way of sitting around the kitchen table and having coffee and talking about life itself. It's why I usually only check in once a week or so, if I remember.

I just started a thread about podcasts, with an aside about one of my favorites and a recent topic discussed , so two avenues for discourse.

I just assume we've all gone back to traveling and vacation so things are slower now

Why don't you start a subject of conversation?

I start threads here fairly often, I'm not sure how relevant that is to the placement of wordle game threads.

I had no idea that members were upset about the game threads.

I'm not upset with the game threads, I myself look forward to the trivia threads and others. I'm not participating in the Wordle type threads, and others say they are also not doing those. This is (I hope) not meant to be an adversarial conversation.

I noticed the abundance of game threads too. That isn't the reason I havent posted much lately but games are not something I am overly interested in either. I seem to be busy with volunteer things, gardening and outside stuff and a few family matters and trips.

I only play Wordle, Jasdip’s Brain Game, and recently Annie’s ’find the difference’. I have quit posting my Wordle results every day and just post now and then. I jist scroll down until I find something I want to read. Sometimes the Brain Game seems to get lost and I have to find it.

Elmer, glad all is well.

I’m not at all upset about threads that don’t particularly interest me, I just keep scrolling until I find one that does. If others enjoy a certain thread, I hope they continue to do so.

Game threads don't bother me, I skip em'... Life is a big enough puzzle as it is.

"What type of threads would you be interested in? The more topics the better!"

Topics of interest seem to get pulled. The people who don't like or want to discuss substantive topics flag the threads and then poof! they're gone. I know I've been checking in here less often. I don't play the games and when I log on, that's most of what I see. It's not upsetting to me, I just don't stop by as often.

It's similar to my Facebook. I have a friend who posts bird pictures non-stop. I don't want to see all those pictures and they fill up my feed. We're still FB friends but I stopped following her. Now I don't see dozens of her bird pics. I have to intentionally go to her page to see her posts. It's kind of the same here at the KT for me. I have to scroll and scroll to get past the games.

Topics of interest seem to get pulled. The people who don't like or want to discuss substantive topics flag the threads and then poof! they're gone.

Thank you for being perceptive and courageous enough to tell it like it is.

^^^^Yup. I see someone was upset with the Dr. Oz thread!

Even though I just posted to the pharzel thread, I will stop posting to them. I do think they're taking over. Part of the reason I started a couple posts recently about my boring life, trying to get something else here to talk about. ( :

I do like playing the games, every day, in fact. I'm sure I'll get tired of them someday.

I skip all the game threads. I’m an avid Wordle player and never miss a day, but have no interest in sharing my score nor learning other people’s scores.

Kathsgrdn, I really like the threads about your daily life. I find it hard to post like that because like you, I find my life pretty unremarkable and then the places where my life is remarkable usually means something is going sideways.

I agree. I do not like all the games. I don't participate. I'd rather hear personal stories and discussions. I've never been a game person.

Thanks Elmer for bringing it up.

Jane

Yup, i agree with Elmer and Jane. i I do play wordle sometimes but don't share it. I feel the need for discussions again.n

So if you want more discussions, start them....

I don't play them but I don't mind at all that they are posted, I just scroll down.

So if you want more discussions, start them....

Yup

People do start threads (myself included). But there is so much activity on the game threads that they all go to the top. Yes, i scroll, but that gets tedious. A couple of you sound like you’re saying ”hrumph, tough luck”.

Ok. (No, I’m not upset about the game posts. Just losing interest here.)

Suzieque, if more of us post, those new threads will move up on the board.

And here I went and started an Iced Coffee thread. lol Okay, so I'm guilty too....