Forum Civility

This might be it:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/fun-with-chess/the-odd-one-out?page=1

I said had, not has. You are free to disagree, but mind your manners. Your presumption is both ill mannered and false. I wouldn't have over 500 pages of posts in forums I hate. Would you? The most interesting chess topic there in the past two days was deleted in the past hour.

Now, if you want to discuss religion and politics, that other site offers something. But why would you value discussing such matters mostly with fourteen year old chess players? The web is full of places for intelligent, informed discussion of politics, and perhaps religion too. A chess site should have good chess forums. Here at chess.com, and no where else, there is a steady stream of articles by titled players with discussion from site members, as well as forums on scholastic chess, live chess, openings, game analysis, and general chess topics (my list is not exhaustive).

GK is so far beneath contempt that your comparison of the forums here to those deserves a ban from this site. This site has a group for refugees from there, and appears to be attracting many from other sites too.

"The most interesting chess topic there in the past two days was deleted in the past hour."  and why was that ?

It was a witch hunt attempting to smear an alleged cheater through a novel methodology. Not terribly interesting, in truth, but in context of their chess forum as a whole, probably the most interesting.

It would have been deleted here just as fast.

well erik made it clear not to talk about cheating on any forum, fair enough.

It is Puff Puff pass, remember that! Sure bub, ban me for my opinion that the forums here are drivel. Are the GK forum Nazi's setting up house here?  Maybe you have OCD, maybe you are a lonely loser I don't care. The forums here lack intelligence, content, depth of interest other then inane chatter by newbie chess-ers. It is one dimensional and elementary. We are talking forums here not whole site content correct?

 Except, of course, the forums in cheating group.

Well almost stats_man ... you cannot go into them forums and openly accuse someone of cheating ... as many people say "if you suspect it, report it! 

 True statement. The cheat group is mostly to clarify what is cheating and to discuss why some people choose to do it. Some interresting topics come up sometimes.

Yes some VERY interesting topics 

This is a General Forum discussion not a private forum or clubs discussion, caveesh?

 Actually this is site feedback and suggestions. Go to the top of the page and look under "forums home" and it will tell you the forum type.

Thanks.

UFB! I realize this is within the umbrella of the C.c forums., the last posts were discussing private forums or club(s) discussions about cheating. So let us keep this discussion "about" anything "other than" the private or club discussions, sheesh ;-(

 Sorry Mr. Lager but you do not control the content here and the brief cheating forum discussion is part of the natural flow of conversation.

That's life.

@ LAGER

The cheating forum is not a private club, anyone can join, all the best people quarrel there:

http://www.chess.com/groups/home/cheating-forum

It might just be what you are looking for.

I disagree.

Go where you're happy. The quality here won't drop an atom's height in your absence.

lol

ouch.  Ziryab took that guy's attack on the site personally.  Atom's height...lol...cool.

I didn't take it personally. I disagree with his assessment and recognize a troll when I see one. The site he likes has one anemic chess forum. Chess.com has fifteen, plus help and support, suggestions, etc. No other chess site has an entire forum devoted to Chess Organizers.

As I pointed out, if the non-chess forums are his priority, it begs the question why one thinks that a chess site is a place for such discussions.

I just learned today that blocking people means they cannot post in content that a person starts (a nice alternative to having carte blanche over posts).

So I have a "one and done" attitude with trolls in this way. Borg queen and Lager are my inaugural blockees.

I wonder how many blocked lists I am on....hehehe