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Well the new design seems OK, though the avatars are a bit repetitive and they do create a lot of blank space in the listings.
Do the avatars deter new users?
Work is progressing on the chat forum system to enable you (Freeola customers) to have ready made forums on your web sites.
Freeola Bingo is much improved now that it runs constantly. Originally suggested on the forums, Freeola Bingo was intended to give the forums a boost. By the way, it's not intended to be a permanent fixture and Google won't allow us to advertise it, even though it's free.
The site gets thousands of visitors and hundreds of new sign-ups per day, but this is hardly evident on the forums.
It does not seem worthwhile to me, to have eight different forums generating small numbers of posts. Maybe there should only be one.
As the rest of Gameaday is games orientated wouldn't it be better to have one focal point and declare this a games forum. After all you can still chat and post intelligent threads or stories, or talk about wrestling, regardless of what the forums are actually called. Back to our roots perhaps.
Or have chat forums "had their day"?
Do the avatars deter new users?
Work is progressing on the chat forum system to enable you (Freeola customers) to have ready made forums on your web sites.
Freeola Bingo is much improved now that it runs constantly. Originally suggested on the forums, Freeola Bingo was intended to give the forums a boost. By the way, it's not intended to be a permanent fixture and Google won't allow us to advertise it, even though it's free.
The site gets thousands of visitors and hundreds of new sign-ups per day, but this is hardly evident on the forums.
It does not seem worthwhile to me, to have eight different forums generating small numbers of posts. Maybe there should only be one.
As the rest of Gameaday is games orientated wouldn't it be better to have one focal point and declare this a games forum. After all you can still chat and post intelligent threads or stories, or talk about wrestling, regardless of what the forums are actually called. Back to our roots perhaps.
Or have chat forums "had their day"?
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Maybe you want to have some more ideas on the gaming side of things to get people involved with the site.
Things like:
Best in game screenshots, Competitions/challenges on various PC/Console games etc
I think it would be silly to get rid of some of the forums - more likely to get rid of existing members that way than attract new ones.
What about having more focus on game/pc related reviews - could even have a page where the best reviews are listed with some better graphics for the overall ratings.
Things like:
Best in game screenshots, Competitions/challenges on various PC/Console games etc
I think it would be silly to get rid of some of the forums - more likely to get rid of existing members that way than attract new ones.
What about having more focus on game/pc related reviews - could even have a page where the best reviews are listed with some better graphics for the overall ratings.
Chippxero wrote:
> Not only that, the people who where slagging it off weren't just
> doing it because of they were PM members but because they were
> seeing a forum that they had contributed to for years was being
> massacred and changed.
A simple mistake by a programmer with the swear filter does not amount to a massacre and there will always be hostility to changes on this forum by PM members no matter what changes are made or for what reason.
We will soon be trialing some changes and we'll try to do it in a sensible manner. We will attempt over a period of time to introduce a greater focus on games and web development, whilst of course retaining the general chat aspect of the site. We will take some steps to encourage comment particularly on games, with the aim of quite significant increases in games chat, but this may take some time to program up. We will also be attempting to remove some of the barriers to new users. There will be some cuts on the little-used forums and these are likely to change to read-only for an interim period. We'll try to stay in touch with opinion while we go through the changes and I have no idea at this stage whether the changes will achieve their objective of boosting the forums.
> Not only that, the people who where slagging it off weren't just
> doing it because of they were PM members but because they were
> seeing a forum that they had contributed to for years was being
> massacred and changed.
A simple mistake by a programmer with the swear filter does not amount to a massacre and there will always be hostility to changes on this forum by PM members no matter what changes are made or for what reason.
We will soon be trialing some changes and we'll try to do it in a sensible manner. We will attempt over a period of time to introduce a greater focus on games and web development, whilst of course retaining the general chat aspect of the site. We will take some steps to encourage comment particularly on games, with the aim of quite significant increases in games chat, but this may take some time to program up. We will also be attempting to remove some of the barriers to new users. There will be some cuts on the little-used forums and these are likely to change to read-only for an interim period. We'll try to stay in touch with opinion while we go through the changes and I have no idea at this stage whether the changes will achieve their objective of boosting the forums.
I don't think new forums are necessary here, but then I don't think we need to let forums go.
I personally don't think that the chat forum is seeing less trafic due to the other forums existing, there aren't that many posts in many of the other forums either and during Freeola's busier times there were many posts in virtually all the forums, so it's certainly sustainable.
As I mentioned previously, no other chat sites I know of has just one chat room, they all have different subjects. What most of them do, however, is revolve around one central theme, so a Sci-fi chat site would have chat rooms for different programmes and then a central forum, a console chat site would have forums for all the consoles, maybe one for technology and another for general chat etc.
Maybe the issue with Freeola is that it has branched out to many different areas and doesn't specialise in one, but that's also the beauty of the place. The unique thing about it is the GAD system and possibly the 'family friendly' approach, to some extent, which are the selling points and the only way you will get new traffic to actually participate in the forums rather than just pass through...
I personally don't think that the chat forum is seeing less trafic due to the other forums existing, there aren't that many posts in many of the other forums either and during Freeola's busier times there were many posts in virtually all the forums, so it's certainly sustainable.
As I mentioned previously, no other chat sites I know of has just one chat room, they all have different subjects. What most of them do, however, is revolve around one central theme, so a Sci-fi chat site would have chat rooms for different programmes and then a central forum, a console chat site would have forums for all the consoles, maybe one for technology and another for general chat etc.
Maybe the issue with Freeola is that it has branched out to many different areas and doesn't specialise in one, but that's also the beauty of the place. The unique thing about it is the GAD system and possibly the 'family friendly' approach, to some extent, which are the selling points and the only way you will get new traffic to actually participate in the forums rather than just pass through...
Blaming a whole chat forum for the actions of a few members seems radical. (I'm a PM member but I would like to think I haven't undermined these forums)
Not only that, the people who where slagging it off weren't just doing it because of they were PM members but because they were seeing a forum that they had contributed to for years was being massacred and changed.
Surely the current state, and this thread are proof that the change was bad.
Just about everyone on the net who plays games is a Gamefaqs user.
All i wanted was so i could use URLs from that site in threads that i would create on here, but fair enough I'll let it go.
Not only that, the people who where slagging it off weren't just doing it because of they were PM members but because they were seeing a forum that they had contributed to for years was being massacred and changed.
Surely the current state, and this thread are proof that the change was bad.
Just about everyone on the net who plays games is a Gamefaqs user.
All i wanted was so i could use URLs from that site in threads that i would create on here, but fair enough I'll let it go.
Tony wrote:
> ...undermined, infiltrated and compromised?
You must have watched 'The Bourne Supremacy' last night? :¬P
Search Freeola Chat
> ...undermined, infiltrated and compromised?
You must have watched 'The Bourne Supremacy' last night? :¬P
Search Freeola Chat
Chippxero wrote:
> Tony wrote:
> People will be able to do this on their own sites soon anyway.
>
> But you are so against competition from other forums that you
> won't allow people to even mention their names.
>
> Why don't you ban Gamefaqs? as surely they are big
> "competition" for the "walkthroughs"
> section.
I don't recall any Gamefaqs users slagging off this site or trying to disrupt it.
The people here expect us to try to promote this site. Are we likely to do that if we are undermined, infiltrated and compromised?
> Tony wrote:
> People will be able to do this on their own sites soon anyway.
>
> But you are so against competition from other forums that you
> won't allow people to even mention their names.
>
> Why don't you ban Gamefaqs? as surely they are big
> "competition" for the "walkthroughs"
> section.
I don't recall any Gamefaqs users slagging off this site or trying to disrupt it.
The people here expect us to try to promote this site. Are we likely to do that if we are undermined, infiltrated and compromised?
Machie wrote:
> Okay this thread has over 100 replies now. Are we any closer to
> deciding what we're going to do with the forum?
We're not going to do anything. :) Freeola are going to do something (or maybe nothing) when they've got time.
In conclusion, as you were.
> Okay this thread has over 100 replies now. Are we any closer to
> deciding what we're going to do with the forum?
We're not going to do anything. :) Freeola are going to do something (or maybe nothing) when they've got time.
In conclusion, as you were.
Tony wrote:
> People will be able to do this on their own sites soon anyway.
But you are so against competition from other forums that you won't allow people to even mention their names.
Why don't you ban Gamefaqs? as surely they are big "competition" for the "walkthroughs" section.
> People will be able to do this on their own sites soon anyway.
But you are so against competition from other forums that you won't allow people to even mention their names.
Why don't you ban Gamefaqs? as surely they are big "competition" for the "walkthroughs" section.
Alfonse wrote:
> stuff
:O Don't lie! That's my brother's job.
> stuff
:O Don't lie! That's my brother's job.
Sunflower wrote:
> Alfonse wrote:
> Tony wrote:
> Tall, young, slim, handsome, sharp wit, successful, cool, calm,
> rich, single, currently working as a temporary Formula One
> driver at Ferrari.
>
> That's me to a teeeee. Except for the rich and formula 1
> thingy.
> ...And the other 9 elements :P
:(
You found me out, I'm short, old, fat, fugly, dim witted, unsucessful, lame, spasticated, poor, unhappily married and I work outside your local Macdonalds dressed as a McNugget.
> Alfonse wrote:
> Tony wrote:
> Tall, young, slim, handsome, sharp wit, successful, cool, calm,
> rich, single, currently working as a temporary Formula One
> driver at Ferrari.
>
> That's me to a teeeee. Except for the rich and formula 1
> thingy.
> ...And the other 9 elements :P
:(
You found me out, I'm short, old, fat, fugly, dim witted, unsucessful, lame, spasticated, poor, unhappily married and I work outside your local Macdonalds dressed as a McNugget.
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