@will13am I think its important to consider that public mobile wants to create a social element but there is also a need for it. With many members regularly on the community the social element is already there. So often an OP posts and disappears and the helping members end up socializing awaiting a possible response. Alternatively one comment can turn the direction of a thread off on a tangent by no ones real fault it's the nature of the beast.
As an Oracle I'm sure there are great discussions on this matter....and how to handle them Sometimes it's a reprimand or a disapproving tone, or they are quietly and professionally separated and moved to the appropriate section (more often than not the lounge). Other times they are completely left alone or a combination of poor separation, communication and loss of context.
It would be nice if somehow a parallel thread could be created that kept the thread and help there in for the OP on topic but allowed social side created by the thread to stay with it and in context. Like two colour choices green for serious help suggestions and orange for social commentary. Part of what makes the community so welcoming and enjoyable is the lightheartedness while solving problems. Were not at our jobs working (thats the mods job) were out at a lounge relaxing but brainstorming and giving good advice.
The two aspects need to be separate but together at the same time and not necessarily banished to the lounge with nary a notification or pop up to indicate anything is happening in there. It would also make it easier to separate social bravos from helping out bravos for more equitable community reward rankings. As it stands now many social bravos count but 8 members decide which ones do or don't. (Consciously or not and rarely by all 8 oracles mostly 2 or 3.)
