THINK OF FUN THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THE BOARD

[Fathom Zero]

Make a couple dick jokes and experiment that way.

[Esuohlim]

Originally Posted by Emu

The thing is though I'm not really sure what's wrong with the forums. I have an overarching sense that something is different about them as compared to, say, 3 years ago. And things haven't seemed stagnant lately. But I can't quite pinpoint a specific cause.

This is spot on, actually. I feel exactly the same way.

[Zomboid]

Originally Posted by Esuohlim

And I don't mean to pick on GW specifically, but a lot of what he posts seems to only be appreciated by Chojin and vice versa. Sometimes it just seems like you two have ongoing inside jokes that nobody gets. This is of course a personal opinion since I'm not too into video games and a whole lot of it goes over my head. It might not for most people, but this is just what I notice.

I agree with that but I think that the same thing can be said for a few other couples or groups as well. It's like 3-6 people are always replying back and forth and there's not a whole lot of times where the rest of the members want to/are able to join in the discussion, if you can call it that.

[Fathom Zero]

You guys are bringing down my mojo. Think Positive!



By the way, the Xy-guy is AOK in my book.

[WhiteRat]

Originally Posted by Chojin

emu, can you explain how the probation system works? I have a somethingawful account, but I know better than to try to get a straight answer out of any of them.

It's pretty simple actually. Internet Cliches, extremely low content posts that add nothing to the discussion, memes, Chuck Norris shit, general thread shitting, etc. are severely frowned upon. Users are strongly recommended to read the rules of the forums which pretty clearly spell out what's acceptable and what's not. Those that are too stupid to read the rules or decided to ignore them find themselves locked out from posting for a random number of hours (mod's discretion).

I read SA regularly, and I feel that they have the best managed forums that i've ever seen but the 100,000+ users makes for one huge community. It's easy to get lost amongst the crowd.

To me, I-mockery is a bastard cousin of SA that refuses to learn that sticking keys in electrical outlets is not a good idea.

EDIT: This request will most likely get wall hacked to death but a Sports forum would be dandy.

[Emu]

Originally Posted by Chojin

emu, can you explain how the probation system works? I have a somethingawful account, but I know better than to try to get a straight answer out of any of them.

Let's say there's a post by someone asking what this strange lump on their foot is and they have pictures. Let's say I respond to that picture with

KILL IT WITH FIRE

or something equally lame. A mod sees it and then the post is stamped with

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

and then my avatar is changed to a kitten in a jail cell and my title says I can't post for X hours.

I'm not saying we have to do exactly that but probations for stupidity is something I'd like to see.

[Guitar Woman]

Careful, 4chan does that! The last thing we men with beards want is 4chan faggotry!

[sspadowsky]

Chojin, just go on a scorched-earth banning spree.

[WhiteRat]

Originally Posted by Guitar Woman

Careful, 4chan does that! The last thing we men with beards want is 4chan faggotry!

What reason would 4chan ever have to probate someone?

[Guitar Woman]

What reason would 4chan ever have to probate someone?

Well, there are worksafe boards, and if a mod catches childporn and the like it's usually an instant ban.

There are other rules too, but you don't care.

[Zomboid]

It's a good idea, but who's judging the posts? Take for example what milhouse said about chojin and gw and their inside jokes.

[Pub Lover]

More word filters. Can we get fag, gay & cock penis blocked? They are said way too much around here.

By me.

And it isn't funny.

[Guitar Woman]

Obviously Zomboid is the only logical choice, I nominate him.

[Girl Drink Drunk]

I think, as pointed out by MM, many posters have just become sick of dealing with each new wave of idiots andor posters that think being zany and totally random makes them the shit. After a while it gets old and people just burn out or lose interest. After about 8 or so years, things are bound to change and people will come and go for various reasons. I can`t imagine the status quo remaining the same for that long with all the gradual wear and tear going on. Some new rules on regulating noob idiocy would be nice, but mabye we also need to realize that we can't control all aspects of the forum.

[Tadao]

Here is something that might be fun to do.

Let's say gangs are formed. Perhaps 4 of them. You could assign 4 leaders and people could request to join or be invited. You should try to get noobs to join.

Now each gang would have their own means of chat (like you used to do with code).

Then you set up a place in which gangs can make everyone laugh.

Now here is the reason why I think it could make a dent in improving the boards. It promotes team work, you would be able to teach noobs the 9 ways of funny, it promotes competition (who's gang is the funniest.), people who never got along (if accepted into the same gang) might form a bond, you know some real funny things are gonna happen.

[Fathom Zero]

We could kill the blacks!

/jk

[Esuohlim]

I think this uncomfortable tension is just the shot in the arm needed actually

[Chojin]

great! now we can get back to posting about how much we all love gay porn.

tadao, that sounds like an interesting concept, but I think some people would just complain about their teammates rather than try to improve them for the good of SOCIETY.

[Chojin]

as for the probation idea, i could create another tier of members that can dish out INFRACTIONS and have the numbers actually mean something. So if someone gets 10 infractions, they get banned for a day or something.

[Esuohlim]

Originally Posted by Chojin

tadao, that sounds like an interesting concept, but I think some people would just complain about their teammates rather than try to improve them for the good of SOCIETY.

Plus Pub would be picked last and that would just be a nail in the coffin for whatever little self-esteem he has left

[Girl Drink Drunk]

Originally Posted by Chojin

as for the probation idea, i could create another tier of members that can dish out INFRACTIONS and have the numbers actually mean something. So if someone gets 10 infractions, they get banned for a day or something.

That sounds interesting. Perhaps we could nominate and vote on some members that have been here for a while and would be approved by the staff and regular members.

[Chojin]

i still have no idea who you are

[Fathom Zero]

I've already got three. Do they count?

[Xydexx]

Originally Posted by WhiteRat

It's pretty simple actually. Internet Cliches, extremely low content posts that add nothing to the discussion, memes, Chuck Norris shit, general thread shitting, etc. are severely frowned upon.

True. I heard through the grapevine that even threads mocking furries are passé there these days. OTOH, these days only idiots hate furries.

I think it's because the folks at Something Awful finally realized that just because something is funny once doesn't mean repeating it a thousand times makes it a thousand times funny.

Y'all could learn a lot from them.

Or not.

[Chojin]

What do furries have to do with this thread.