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Dikitain posted...

That is kind of where the idea for topic flairs came from, just they aren't enforced on boards unless they have topicality rules.

But the thing is, there's kind of no point to them on any board that has topicality, except to chase fads because you've seen other sites do it. Because they'd pretty much by definition be off-topic. The only boards where they really need to be used (and potentially enforced) are the off-topic boards, where discussion can run the full gamut of subjects.

Not that doing things just because other sites do them is anything new here. Or for that matter, doing things that other sites do without actually understanding why or how other sites do them, sort of making them pointless.