# Should we have a non-Zcash forum category?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/should-we-have-a-non-zcash-forum-category/40630>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/should-we-have-a-non-zcash-forum-category/40630 "2021-12-06T20:02:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![egg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/egg/32/17833_2.png) [@egg](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/egg)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/should-we-have-a-non-zcash-forum-category/40630/1 "2021-12-06T20:02:45Z")

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I see in the forum category “General” there’s a popular topic called ‘[What are you listening to?](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/20456)’ and wondered whether we should test out an “_Off Topic_” forum category for everything non-Zcash related?

A home for chatter about movies, podcasts, music, gaming, brewing, food, hobbies, etc.

I presume we all do stuff outside of Zcash and having other non-cryptocurrency topics floating around might keep people active on the forums.

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/should-we-have-a-non-zcash-forum-category/40630/2 "2021-12-06T22:32:01Z")

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That sounds fine to me, I’ll pass it by the Foundation.

We post all kinds of random stuff on the Zcash Community Discord “off-topic” section, everything from music, to space ship launches, to interesting radio experiments.

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**Author:** ![fireice\_uk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/fireice_uk/32/16429_2.png) [@fireice\_uk](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/fireice_uk)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/should-we-have-a-non-zcash-forum-category/40630/3 "2021-12-07T09:48:45Z")

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It is a good idea. Having no strict “Zcash-talk only” rule on our Telegram makes the place much more community-minded (as opposed to hyper focused on ZEC)

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**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/should-we-have-a-non-zcash-forum-category/40630/4 "2021-12-29T19:11:32Z")

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@egg We now have an off-topic category 🙂

> **[Off Topic Lounge](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/c/off-topic/41)**
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> Welcome to the Off-Topic Lounge

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**Author:** ![egg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/egg/32/17833_2.png) [@egg](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/egg)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/should-we-have-a-non-zcash-forum-category/40630/5 "2021-12-29T20:09:28Z")

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Super! I’m ready to chat. 🥸