Eliminating the Off Topic Forum was a mistake.
It bled posters out of DR1, like water from a broken main.
Like I said, it would be self regulated if posters only had to ignore each other, instead of constant moderation.
The only three topics therein that would still be out: Politics, race and religion. In reverse order the main causes of many wars in the real world.
But they didn't, couldn't or wouldn't. Personally, I think it was an embarrassment to the board.(but that's just me).