I find this to be a much wiser approach. Defining a topic-adjacent section, where anything related to Qubes OS and “the Qubes life” goes so long as it is within a couple degrees of relevance, will prevent many of the usual problems associated with off-topic sections while baking-in a set of content restrictions/guidelines that keeps us all focused. My remarks before about our responsibility in making it work still applies, but perhaps not so emphatically. Without an anything-goes off-topic section, we are no longer playing with fire.
Apologies, @Sven, for misunderstanding your suggestion. From the topic post and conversation alone, it is clear (in retrospect) that the point was really what you just said all along. I have a long history with forums and discussion boards, though, all the way back to Usenet, and so have witnessed way too many times just how volatile “off-topic” can become when declared the “topic” of discussion. I hope you take my caution here in good spirits; your suggestion is not a bad one, by any means, even if it were about an unrestricted off-topic. The latter demands more care to do it well, but even it can be done well. I like your clarified idea more, though.
All the best,
John