What if I create an Off-Topic -> Chat section which doesn't contribute to post count, is ignored from unreadposts by default, hides signatures, and has some additional unpaid mods pulled from the Wall Observers regulars? It'd be exempt from some of the rules in order to allow for the chatroom-like style.
Would be a good experiment, though I wouldn't be against the entire off topic section not counting towards post count because it is massively abused by shitposting farmers trying to rank up their accounts (though my previous suggestion of removing signatures from ranks would also stop that). The off topic board currently doesn't have any moderators at all so I'd just promote a couple of existing staff to there if anyone wants the position. Alternatively, maybe make the chat sub a completely unmoderated board and see how that goes. All those that complain about censorship or moderation would at least have their own hell to exist in

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