It's a bit silly to think that the demographic of a community can change without the community changing. I have a policy of renaming particularly misleading or rabble-raising threads in the fora i mod once the initial post has been either resolved or debunked to make it more matter-of-fact. Like it or not, there are a lot more casual (or even drive-by) users posting in Talk now, and like it or not, they are more likely to take a possibly confusing or misleading thread title (or post) and run with it. General Antilles makes a very valid observation based on the phenomenon i've just described: to maintain the status quo of Talk, it's necessary now to be more careful about what's thrown around during the food fights.

I like to have fun here, and do (vis my accidental derailing the thread as was pointed out earlier). It is part of being a community. But we have a bit of a Red Queen situation in Talk right now and it's really hard to run without moving.

Edit: I have requested a "transfer" from N900 moderation to Off Topic. Not only will this be less stressful, but it will be easier for me to do the job In keeping with Reggie's much-beloved hands-off approach. Rather than concerning myself with moving threads out of the burgeoning N900 forum, i will instead consider moving threads out from Off Topic to appropriate fora, but generally only when there is interest (ie a request) to consider doing so.

I do think we need to address the poor definition of some of the fora so that moderation and posting can be more straightforward. Please consider participating in the Brainstorm voting on Talk reorganisation.