I think there used to be a “discussion” section instead of the “social” section. I may be making this up, but I think it was a section where people could start “discussions” whether or not they were in question format? And general was, I think, more strictly “questions only” and was generally expected to have more serious answers…. Honestly, I’m fuzzy on the distinctions of “discussion v. general” anymore. I’ve known the “social” section version of the site far longer by now… I went on a bit of a hiatus and when I came back, the “discussions” section had been replaced. But looking at what the other jellies have said about the sections shifting, “discussions” may have had a short life span?
Were you here when @Mariah joined @PhiNotPi on site maintenance, and they asked for a few suggestions on what to improve? I can’t remember how long ago that was anymore. But anyway there were a few tweaks/touch-ups from that.
The awards and the “Questions for You” both used to work, aha… Phi’s been chasing that/those bug(s) for a while now, off and on… Or anyway they will sometimes start working for a period of time and then stop again. I don’t know the whole backstory there.
That’s all I know, or all I can think of right now. I joined late 2009 and have had been absent for a few of the intervening years.