[Madison]

In the past, I think I'd have defended the chit-chat forum as a good place for people to take a break from the good work they're doing and have some fun. Today, I wouldn't be upset for the forum to disappear altogether, as I don't feel like many of the people participating in that forum are doing hard work of any sort. They're goofing off exclusively and making it much harder for people to get answers to questions and to learn from one another in meaningful, relevant ways.

I've gone from checking the content on this site several times daily to checking it twice a week. I believe that I rarely miss anything worthwhile as a result. The growth of this site is exciting and promising, but I'd rather see that there are 14 times as many insightful engineers contributing than 14 times as many high school sophomores.