To be honest, I can't see any problems with having General Chit Chat visible to only guests, sometimes we get good members that may join maybe even to join in a quick chat, but after this, they may prove to be a great asset to the forum.
If we have this invisible to guests, then there may be a problem and the amount of helpers may decrease as us lot get older and leave to have a proper life (lol), there won't be any left because they didn't join because of General Chit Chat.
General Chit Chat isn't full of spam, and when it is, it is cleaned or something, people might want to have a positive input to a general chit chat thread, maybe even have more news about a subject, be able to help somebody with a general problem that doesn't fit into msn messenger/msgplus talk/tech talk whatever, so they put it in general chit chat about a band request or something. They could be an amazing guitarist, and because it is invisible they won't join purely because... Maybe that's a stupid example of what I mean but still...
If we make General Chit Chat invisible I believe that a major aspect of one thing we all share in this forum will be lost... Friendship... In general chit chat, we just have general discussions and can make some decent friends and sort out each others troubles... why cloud this from the general public. I mean, if the general public see some of the threads and see how nice we are etc. maybe they stop flaming at us, or get to know us for who we really are other than just some "geeks..."
Well yea... so there's my say...
I'm just going to help and join in as usual... I don't think I spam that bad anyway so...
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