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TBH jokes should be enjoyed within limits. When they get too out of hand, to a point where it gets distracting for normal conversations, I would agree with culling them.
That said, I did get salty a while ago about a "recommend other people's comics that deserve more attention" thread getting shut down. That was a wholesome thread about spreading the love. It didn't deserve to be locked and hidden IMO. So I guess I can relate to the general idea of "was it seriously necessary to lock that thread?" even if I may not agree with each individual case.
ok this i agree with and SERIOUSLY, THAT THREAD GOT LOCKED?!
well, guess its time to boycott the forums >:l
but the thread im mad about is the trillion novel subs one since... cant really post novels in the comic one but its "tOo SiMiLaR"
I think all this this is showing that we really need a joke category.
There is a lot of humor we need to channel somehow.
Yeah, that's understandable frustration. But if you're trying to protest, it might be more effective to do so with less sodium. 
You wanna come across like you're trying to improve the community, not like you just wanna complain.
One problem with that... the joke category threads would still show up in the main forum page, clogging up the thread list.
I think you can still basiclly edit those tho? Like I I don't get notifications for certain sections in my new threads alert.
edited to fix typo
Yeah, if you hate jokes... Block the category.
I no longer see collaboration category threads. It's blissful.
It's interesting what different people believe are "clogging" the thread list.
It's not about me personally hating joke threads. It's more about, "well, if the mods/admins are shutting down joke threads because they think it's getting disruptive, having a separate category won't solve the issue as effectively as deleting those threads." Because if all categories show up by default... and not everyone knows you can even hide specific categories... yeah.
Tangent but relevant: I never really liked how the Tapas forum handles categories. It's not intuitive nor great for organization. Not sure if there's a feasible way of improving that, though.
Ha! Sorry, wasn't specifically implying you hated jokes.
I'm more along the lines of why does a joke thread gets blocked but a poll about rice or bread pops up for weeks?
What's allowed seems inconsistent.
Guess it depends on where you go to for the forums as a "home base". I use "latest" as my "home" since it shows threads that are most recently posted in. It's fun to skim through and see what's come alive in the last several hours.
I do not understand why that "share other's comics" thread was axed off the list since it was all about talking about other works you've found on the site. I don't see anything wrong with that.
Joke threads unfortunately can take over a forum with too broad of a general section (well or no sub-sections like this one). I basically avoid some for games I genuinely like because it's the same memes recycled every few weeks as people notice and bump old threads, making new users notice and repeat the process.
I know some place with low-effort thread rules, but it basically needs a lot of maintenance because jokes get retired and new ones get overused all the time to keep a consistent list of "things we can't do for the umpteenth time this week". It's a tough issue.
yeah but if they let one joke thread up, it isnt really fair for the rest
i understand keeping it to a minimum but some threads are being closed for dumb reasons, and the merging
all the merging does is have ppl click on the thread, see its 1000 replies long and.... click out...
i don't think they "let one" up. i think it's just when mods are off-shift. that's been a joke in discord groups I've been in. where the mod's are all offline and it's totally joke meme anarchy happening while they're gone, and it's crazy hilarious stuff, but the joke is that it's done when the mods aren't there.
I've also seen this happen on GAIA online
the mods said they would allow the joke thread in question but when someone makes one but FOR NOVELS its shut down, so novelists are not allowed to have a joke thread too?
I guess it's a matter of repetition. It's just like with some of these threads that aren't jokes but keep asking the same thing over and over:
The most recent being "Post your comic that's under 100 subs" and "Post your update for August 2019"
I literally saw 2-3 threads with this exact same title, and I was at the point where I'm going "do people just not read before making a thread? Do they just ignore the "Hey -- this thread is similar to XYZ" that pops up when you make a thread?"
And quite frankly, if it gets so long that there's over 1000 replies with little to no interaction, I would personally feel like it just wasn't a good topic in the first place? That's just my idea, though.
If it's a "post your story under ### subs!" and the thread is several thousand long I don't feel compelled to click it since that sheer number of posts tells me the thread is old, and likely the newest posts don't get lots of views. I may be wrong, but that is certainly my impression.
The "post your latest page august edition" is kinda....meh? It's made for comics. I might skim it, but there's no reason for me to post in it, since I have a novel. So a thread for novels to post their update specifically FOR NOVELS would be preferred. (The prime reason why I started a "post the last sentence you wrote" thread - it can be for novels or comics, and out of context sentences are always funny)