New users do post in there. New users started posting in there, making it suck, then resulting in the lock.

I don't care. IRC is a good alternative, but then again, there are some things that are worthy of a post but not a topic. Would you rather have fifty 3 post topics or fifty pages?

Give me an example and I'll tell you where you can post it.

I'm opposed to locking RT.
However, if it does get locked permanently, we need to be more tolerant of silliness everywhere else.

Where would I post "Iowa and Illionois make a heart when together"

I am against locking RT. I think it is a thread with endless potential for greatness.

Where would I post "Iowa and Illionois make a heart when together"

We shouldn't lock RT, srsly. It's a signature of the forum, and a good way to meet everyone.

Make a topic, call it "Things that took you far too long to notice," then post.

Sticky it in the Spam Vault.

The Rules.
You Read Them!
In order to try and keep these threads from becoming unmanageable, some rules have been created, and they accent the forum rules. Please read those first.

1. Spam. For the purposes of RB one word posts should be spam everywhere. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* should also be considered spam. Quality of content trumps speed of response.
2. Ditch the "competition for control of the universe" eh. It has ceased to be funny, and often branches out into little mock battles that fall into the spam definition laid out above. We've got a PbP section for fights, and even the Town has an arena, I believe.
We don't have this problem here

3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well.
4. Stop advertising other threads in RB. Just because these new threads move at speeds more appropriate to a message board than an IM session doesn't mean you need to come over to RB and brow beat people into posting in your latest brainchild.
5. Please stop with single line posts alerting us to your current status -- as in "I'm back." This is Random Banter, not "How to stalk Random forum members."
6. Do not poke, kick or bump the thread. It will move at whatever pace it wants to. Also, please refrain from Captain Obvious comments akin to "My, the thread is fast today."
7. Random Banter can only be as good, or as entertaining, as you make it. Demands to be entertained will fall on deaf ears unless you can add something more meaningful to the conversation.
8. No asking "What's the topic" or the ilk. This is *not* a conversation where you could've missed the begining, it's a forum where the current topic is nicely recorded for you. So read up a bit first.
9. Thread Creator must include the words "Random" and "Banter" as well as the thread #. Try to be concise as well.
10. Every post should contain two visible, legible complete sentences, Subject and Predicate. C'mon, make your old English teachers proud.
11. Remember, Random Banter is not your IM client. If you want to have a back and forth discussion with just one person, look in their contact information for IM details


Anyone found breaking the rules will be sent to stand in the corner and receive a very stern talking to!

This thread is for random discussion, not random chit chat. There is an IRC chat thingy set up for that sort of thing. Not only will you not annoy the people here, you will also help increase the popularity of the IRC chat. It's win/win/win!

You keep using this as your go-to example and I keep wondering: why in the world would anyone want/need to know this?

KILLITKILLITKILLIT!!! At this point, it may as well be renamed "Make outdated inside jokes (OLD USERS ONLY)

I can't see your version at all, though this is hardly the place to talk about that.

Why would anybody need to know the exact number of Strong Bad Emails Senor Cardgage has appeared in? By that logic we shouldn't have a wiki to begin with.

Where's the "I don't care" option? Because I really don't either way.

Would you rather have fifty 3 post topics or fifty pages?

Give me an example and I'll tell you where you can post it.

"What happened to the HI-C Ecto-Cooler?"

I'd much rather have fifty three-post topics... at least then I could find what I was looking for. And if OSD ever got too crowded that way, we could split it up into subforums.