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I've not been here the longest time, but I've heard a lot of people talking about how forums have changed. How the quality of posts and posters has dropped, and how it seems to be spreading from forum to forum like some sort of disease.
So, what are the symptoms? How does this disease propagate itself?
Do the newbie's bring it in with them? Are certain ignorant individuals the prime carriers? And above all, how can we stop it?
I have a theory.
Among the symptoms is a certain amount of spamming. I think that this is just a side effect however, or one of the main causes. The forums are being choked. Choked by their own popularity.
What I'm referring to I can only describe as "legal spam threads".
For example the “movie chain” thread, and the “what music are you listening to right now?” thread in the Movies Forum.
PS2 Longest Thread
Word Association
Even the recent Puzzle Thread, which I have enjoyed immensely.
And why are they choking the forums? Well, because if you list the chat rooms, and try and pick out where the new posts are happening often you're not interested in the PS2 longest thread, or the word association thread.
Also these threads often dominate the post lists, remaining at the top and making it less obvious where people have been posting in other threads.
As a consequence after a while people no longer check those forums, the decent posters move elsewhere, and the forums collapse.
Like I said, choked by their own popularity.
So how could we stop this?
Well, I do think that it would be a shame to stop these threads. Perhaps the answer is to try and contain them. Maybe one solution would be to create a new forum for them. A "fast moving threads" forum. Containing these threads means that decent posts will be easier to pick out from all the other forums.
What do you think?
Could this be the cause of some forum's demise?
and could this be a potential solution?
So, what are the symptoms? How does this disease propagate itself?
Do the newbie's bring it in with them? Are certain ignorant individuals the prime carriers? And above all, how can we stop it?
I have a theory.
Among the symptoms is a certain amount of spamming. I think that this is just a side effect however, or one of the main causes. The forums are being choked. Choked by their own popularity.
What I'm referring to I can only describe as "legal spam threads".
For example the “movie chain” thread, and the “what music are you listening to right now?” thread in the Movies Forum.
PS2 Longest Thread
Word Association
Even the recent Puzzle Thread, which I have enjoyed immensely.
And why are they choking the forums? Well, because if you list the chat rooms, and try and pick out where the new posts are happening often you're not interested in the PS2 longest thread, or the word association thread.
Also these threads often dominate the post lists, remaining at the top and making it less obvious where people have been posting in other threads.
As a consequence after a while people no longer check those forums, the decent posters move elsewhere, and the forums collapse.
Like I said, choked by their own popularity.
So how could we stop this?
Well, I do think that it would be a shame to stop these threads. Perhaps the answer is to try and contain them. Maybe one solution would be to create a new forum for them. A "fast moving threads" forum. Containing these threads means that decent posts will be easier to pick out from all the other forums.
What do you think?
Could this be the cause of some forum's demise?
and could this be a potential solution?
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The chat forum isn't a place for MENSA members, it is for everyone. I does not discriminate, unlike yourself.
You want every post to be GAD worthy? That would mean about 6 posts a day from the sum of all members. People would get bored and leave.
monkey_man wrote:
> If you're so against the whole system, you could have rejected it. I
> did.
What's the point? I was under the impression that it makes no difference either way.
> If you're so against the whole system, you could have rejected it. I
> did.
What's the point? I was under the impression that it makes no difference either way.
I'm looking for something where the ratio of pointworthy topic of discussion to mindless spamming crap is less than one in a thousand.
This place certainly isn't it.
This place certainly isn't it.
Insane Bartender wrote:
> monkey_man wrote:
> Then why, Sir, are you a Notable?
>
> Did I vote for me? No.
If you're so against the whole system, you could have rejected it. I did.
> monkey_man wrote:
> Then why, Sir, are you a Notable?
>
> Did I vote for me? No.
If you're so against the whole system, you could have rejected it. I did.
IB, tell us what you want to find. I'm feel like I'm stumbling through purple haze.
Simon Says wrote:
> locky1133 wrote:
> I'm just intrigued how a few posts ago you were decorating a notable with
> 'pressures' of Notability, and now your claiming it to be a
> superficial notable system.
NO. I used 'inverted commers'. Sarcasm.
> locky1133 wrote:
> I'm just intrigued how a few posts ago you were decorating a notable with
> 'pressures' of Notability, and now your claiming it to be a
> superficial notable system.
NO. I used 'inverted commers'. Sarcasm.
monkey_man wrote:
> Then why, Sir, are you a Notable?
Did I vote for me? No.
> Then why, Sir, are you a Notable?
Did I vote for me? No.
Insane Bartender wrote:
> but the whole notable election is designed in such a way as to
> be a blatant ego massage for the most popular members of the forum.
Then why, Sir, are you a Notable?
> but the whole notable election is designed in such a way as to
> be a blatant ego massage for the most popular members of the forum.
Then why, Sir, are you a Notable?
monkey_man wrote:
> Maybe people won't like being called illiterate and ignorant and will
> ignore you.
Are you denying that the majority of people on these forums are illiterate and ignorant? I don't fling those words around today because they look pretty, it's because that's how I feel about a lot of people around here. If people object to that, unlucky. Truth hurts sometimes. If they ignore me because of it? All the bloody better. Fewer mindless buffoons to shut out.
> And where in the world on the Internet is there a chat room for aloof
> mofos like you?
Who says I'm looking for people like me?
> Maybe people won't like being called illiterate and ignorant and will
> ignore you.
Are you denying that the majority of people on these forums are illiterate and ignorant? I don't fling those words around today because they look pretty, it's because that's how I feel about a lot of people around here. If people object to that, unlucky. Truth hurts sometimes. If they ignore me because of it? All the bloody better. Fewer mindless buffoons to shut out.
> And where in the world on the Internet is there a chat room for aloof
> mofos like you?
Who says I'm looking for people like me?
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