There's a lot of junkie posts in the Off Topic forum that should really be in the Way Off Topic forum. I don't know how you would correct this, but it's getting really annoying to see that all of the topics on the screen have new posts on them.
Sephiroth
<a href="http://www.rockmanvortex.com/sephiroth">Fantasy Studios</a>
Off Topic forums are getting cluttered
-
SephirothJenova
- Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2001 6:26 pm
- Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
- Contact:
-
dokidoki
- c0d3 m0nk3y
- Joined: Tue Dec 19, 2000 7:42 pm
- Status: BLEEP BLOOP!
- Location: doki doki space
- Contact:
I dunno... "wacko weird crazy" was never defined, so how do you judge the "level of off-topicness"?
What if Off-Topic was for "serious" things like "what's a good brand of printer?" or "I don't like my job", and Way Off-Topic was for "silly" things like "hi hi look at me pay attention to me c'mon I'm new!" or "L00K AT MI KEWL FUNNEE PIC HHA HA HA!!!1"
Of course, "serious" off-topic discussions can degenerate into "silly" ones...
What if Off-Topic was for "serious" things like "what's a good brand of printer?" or "I don't like my job", and Way Off-Topic was for "silly" things like "hi hi look at me pay attention to me c'mon I'm new!" or "L00K AT MI KEWL FUNNEE PIC HHA HA HA!!!1"
Of course, "serious" off-topic discussions can degenerate into "silly" ones...
-
Flint the Dwarf
- Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2002 6:58 pm
- Location: Ashland, WI
Yeah I don't think people even notice "wacko weird crazy" anymore. I mean, they don't distinguish between them. I think they should make another forum called "Off Topic for Bucket and Temjin". Then all the craziest posts will be redirected into a forum "Trash" so to speak.
Kusoyaro: We don't need a leader. We need to SHUT UP. Make what you want to make, don't make you what you don't want to make. If neither of those applies to you, then you need to SHUT UP MORE.
-
priuscomet
- Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2002 7:03 pm
-
kthulhu
- Joined: Thu May 30, 2002 6:01 pm
- Location: At the pony stable, brushing the pretty ponies
No! I leave SovietAMV.org because of censorship! Now AmericaAMV.org doing same thing! BREWSKI!
The off-topic forums are intended for the masses to post whatever the hell they feel like. Old topics get pushed down, anyway. Frankly, all this necroposting is more annoying than topic clutter, which is why I suggested a dead thread expiration, which would either lock the thread from more posts (ideal), or delete them.
Maybe we need more mods, also.
The off-topic forums are intended for the masses to post whatever the hell they feel like. Old topics get pushed down, anyway. Frankly, all this necroposting is more annoying than topic clutter, which is why I suggested a dead thread expiration, which would either lock the thread from more posts (ideal), or delete them.
Maybe we need more mods, also.
I'm out...
-
priuscomet
- Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2002 7:03 pm
-
kthulhu
- Joined: Thu May 30, 2002 6:01 pm
- Location: At the pony stable, brushing the pretty ponies
Re: Off Topic forums are getting cluttered
Uh,threads are SUPPOSED to have new posts in them. And who decides what's off topic and what's way off topic?SephirothJenova wrote:There's a lot of junkie posts in the Off Topic forum that should really be in the Way Off Topic forum. I don't know how you would correct this, but it's getting really annoying to see that all of the topics on the screen have new posts on them.
Sephiroth
<a href="http://www.rockmanvortex.com/sephiroth">Fantasy Studios</a>
Necroposting's part of the clutter, though. Fix that and it'll only help matters.
Trying to regulate the off-topic forums would be a nightmare and a half, I think. We'd need more mods, and I think it'd piss off users if a mod decided to delete a thread for no reason other than "it adds to clutter". There'd be hash flying back and forth over what one mod or another did, and the off topic forums would just degenerate into bickering and grousing about the site.
And I'm not sure we have any good mod material from the userpool right now.Maybe jbone and Ermac, and that's it. And I doubt either one wants a full time mod position. Speak up otherwise.
I'm out...
-
jbone
- Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2002 4:45 am
- Status: Single. (Lllladies.)
- Location: DC, USA
- Contact:
Um, no.kthulhu wrote:The off-topic forums are intended for the masses to post whatever the hell they feel like.
"Way Off-Topic" is for the masses to post whatever the Hells they feel like. (Examples: MY SPLEEN IS YELLOW! Anyone pee yet tonight?)
"Off-Topic" is meant for things that don't fall into the general AMV topics, but which are on at least somewhat fo a similar track. (Examples: Anyone see that new movie? What type of printer should I buy? When's the next Star Trek convention?)
If both forums were intended to be the same thing, then there would be one forum and not two.
"If someone feels the need to 'express' himself or herself with a huge graphical 'singature' that has nothing to do with anything, that person should reevaluate his or her reasons for needing said form of expression, possibly with the help of a licensed mental health practitioner."
-
jbone
- Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2002 4:45 am
- Status: Single. (Lllladies.)
- Location: DC, USA
- Contact:
Re: Off Topic forums are getting cluttered
There are moderators, you just can't see them 'cause they're hidden.kthulhu wrote:And I'm not sure we have any good mod material from the userpool right now.
"If someone feels the need to 'express' himself or herself with a huge graphical 'singature' that has nothing to do with anything, that person should reevaluate his or her reasons for needing said form of expression, possibly with the help of a licensed mental health practitioner."
-
Xanthrax
- Joined: Sun May 06, 2001 2:40 pm
- Location: Cramlington, Northumberland, England
- Contact:
Post subjects are a waste of time.
Did anyone else laugh at the irony dripping from that?kthulhu wrote:No! I leave SovietAMV.org because of censorship! Now AmericaAMV.org doing same thing!
Dead girls don't say no.