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I think the description of General Chat as "Talk about anything and everything in here!" should be changed. It does make it sound like "anything goes" and an open invitation to spam / mindless drivel. Perhaps something more along the lines CN's Off Topic Observatory: "... discuss anything not specifically related to astronomy ..." would be more appropriate. And some guidelines specific to General Chat might be a good idea. I can see how new members might feel cheated when their posts/threads are deleted/locked after having followed all the existing guidelines and having fooled around only in the "talk about anything and everything" section.
Mind you, it is not hard to give your thread some broad topical title and some vague direction, and keep the mods happy. No one has ever been shot down for wanting to just pop in and say hello.
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