>>>Are they any worse than long lists of "happy birthdays.......how long will this last?........what are you having for lunch?.......
But those questions don't appear on AB's front page anyway, Sqad. (You have to go into Chatterbank, or spot them under 'Latest posts', to find them).
I simply wish that somehow (on an already cluttered front page, I know) the Ed could find separate areas for 'serious' questions and 'non-serious' ones. As it stands, someone considering using this site for the first time (to post a serious question, perhaps about health issues or personal relationships) may well be put off from doing so if the only posts showing on the front page are jokes.
Woofgang's post simply echoes what I've been thinking for quite some time but, like Woofgang, I didn't want to appear grumpy by saying anything about it. Jokes should be retained but should either be given a separate space on the front page or, simpler (like posts in CB), removed from it.