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Which thread topics, in the main, do you start or contribute to, and which do you have little or no interest in?

(35 Posts)
JackyB Thu 02-Feb-23 14:52:18

I like to read about

travel ( although I haven't travelled for at least 5 years now)
Food and cooking
Household gadgets, tips and tricks
Language - I do read pedants' corner but get fed up with threads after about the fifth post because they revert to the same old things every time.
Fun things to do with grandchildren.
I enjoy the joke threads, photo threads and cartoons.

In other words, inocuous, uncontroversial subjects which don't (as a rule) evolve into bunfights.

I avoid politics and don't bother with anything to do with pensions in the UK because it doesn't apply to me.

Doodledog Thu 02-Feb-23 14:27:49

I use 'Active Topics' to view threads, so never know which forum something's in. It's the title that either grabs me or doesn't, rather than the forum.

I don't do games, and the odds are I don't post on gardening, as I know nothing about it, and I steer clear of RF threads as they get very heated and I'm not interested in the RF other than at a very surface level, but otherwise I flit about a lot. I post in politics, but in most other forums too, I think.

VB000 Thu 02-Feb-23 14:16:26

MrsKen33

I like reading Relationships as I am interested in people, but don’t often contribute.
Never politics as that gets a bit too uncomfortable.
Hate the threads where the conversation gets down to just one or two arguing or patting each other’s backs.
Otherwise pretty random I would say.

Yes most subjects, but avoid politics threads

Joseanne Thu 02-Feb-23 14:14:57

Oooh and definitely Travel

MrsKen33 Thu 02-Feb-23 14:13:44

I like reading Relationships as I am interested in people, but don’t often contribute.
Never politics as that gets a bit too uncomfortable.
Hate the threads where the conversation gets down to just one or two arguing or patting each other’s backs.
Otherwise pretty random I would say.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 02-Feb-23 14:12:19

Usually
Politics (of course😄)
Food
Gardening
TV art and culture
Animals

Vanishingly rarely
Relationships,
pedantry
Style and beauty
Royals
Games

Joseanne Thu 02-Feb-23 13:59:29

In the main:
Food
Home decor
TV, film, Art & Culture
Gardening & Animals
Royal Stuff
Education

Rarely contribute to:
Relationships
Politics
Health
Games

GagaJo Thu 02-Feb-23 13:55:15

I like politics, news, chat, or any random thread that catches my attention.

No interest in games, gardening, pedantry and only very minimal interest in style and beauty.

crazyH Thu 02-Feb-23 13:53:04

Occasionally:
Health
Relationships

Riverwalk Thu 02-Feb-23 13:47:18

In the main, I start or contribute to:

Foodie
Walking & exercise
Health
Politics & News

I rarely contribute to:

Gardening
Baking
Relationships - unless the poster is a name I recognise