Yeah keep the lounge. if you don't like it don't visit it. Who is it hurting?
If management decides to kill the topics and threads that get the most views and hits, isn't that going against the will of the majority? I mean base it on web stats. By that measure, maybe we should kill off the morbid alternative processes and other lower quantity topics?
To me, killing the lounge sounds like a troll or crank post!
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