Is it worth trying to discuss Chess on here anymore?

I was surprised at the level of idiocracy (basic social media nonsense) in these forums when I joined last month. 

I'm 100% disabled due to spine injury,  so playing a word game in a "non topic" thread gets my brain thinking about vocabulary. But still,  I found this an odd place to be playing a word game; and even that thread has people talking back and forth rather than staying on topic. 

My biggest question to chess.com is, why is there even a place for non chess related questions in the forum section? Save that for Facebook or other social media sights that cater to such queries. 

I would prefer this to be a chess forum, period. If people want to be friends and strike up a non topic communication in a questions's comment area,  they have the option to be "Friends" and take their conversation to their private account areas. 

Just my thoughts. I really was surprised at the lack of respect and forum moderation when I first joined.