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Author Message   Jenny Citizen Username: Jenjen Post Number: 75 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 9:57 pm:        I find it very ironic that the topic name for Maplewood has a subtitle "Related to Local Government," but actually has much more diverse threads such as "when are the streets cleaned" and "which school is the best"; whereas, the South Orange topic rarely has anything BUT local government threads. I think South Orange residents are in the bitter barn. In all seriousness, I have learned a lot as a new resident from the government-related threads; (thanks!) but I do wish there was more thread diversity.   campbell29 Citizen Username: Campbell29 Post Number: 380 Registered: 4-2002 Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 10:39 pm:        If your downtown looked like South Orange's with the taxes we pay - you would be in the "bitter barn" as well. (and I won't even mention the fact that a large portion of the town doesn't have potable water)   Pdg Citizen Username: Pdg Post Number: 664 Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 8:42 am:        How is "when are the streets cleaned?" not related to government? And "which school is best?" should technically be in the Education thread, no? That said, clearly Maplewood's governing body has done more to satisfy its residents than South Orange has. For some relief from the negativity I check out the "Virtual Cafe" or "Arts & Entertainment" and I always check out "Home Fix-it" and "Please Help" to try and help others and learn something myself. I find they relate to South Orange as much as Maplewood and are informative and interesting.   SOrising Citizen Username: Sorising Post Number: 119 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 9:35 am:        Jenny, I agree with you that it would be nice to have additional threads. In a town that likes to hype itself as a lover of art, for example, I wonder why there aren't threads about any of the arts. Who knows?   Dave Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 8925 Registered: 4-1997 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 9:48 am:        Try the Arts topic.   Jenny Citizen Username: Jenjen Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 10:39 am:        I guess, PDG, I was referring to the informative nature of those topic threads, although I'm sure you're right, that both do refer indirectly to the government. I do frequent many of the other threads (Food/Travel, Please Help, etc.). I think my reason for posting was more an observation about the difference between the Maplewood and South Orange boards regarding focus.   Dave Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 8928 Registered: 4-1997 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 10:45 am:        Maplewood was created and named that way because local topics were mixed into the Soapbox. The SO topic was created at the same time. I suppose "related to local government" could be used for SO, too.   SOrising Citizen Username: Sorising Post Number: 121 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 11:49 am:        It is a classification, cross referencing issue, Dave. Art discussions about things specific to SO might be different from other art discussion groups. I will check out the one you referenced, though.   Dave Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 8931 Registered: 4-1997 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 2:36 pm:        It's a messageboard, not a wiki. There will always be topics that could be in multiple areas.   MHD Citizen Username: Mayhewdrive Post Number: 3594 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 2:50 pm:        I thought this was a "Chat Room"?   jersey Boy Citizen Username: Jersey_boy Post Number: 346 Registered: 1-2006 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 11:09 pm:        Dave, I never heard of that before. Here's a link for others who asked, "What is wiki?" http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki J.B.   Nohero Supporter Username: Nohero Post Number: 5204 Registered: 10-1999 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 11:39 pm:        In a larger sense, MOL is a "group blog". Doing all the things that blogs do, before people were talking about blogs.   Just The Aunt Supporter Username: Auntof13 Post Number: 4415 Registered: 1-2004 Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:11 am:        Nohero- MHD was making a reference to a comment one of South Orange's BOT members' made last week about MOL.