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Tell us how your day was, say hello or just introduce yourself if you're new to the site.
Post edited by Hmmm... on 29/12/2018 at 18:19.
Tell us how your day was, say hello or just introduce yourself if you're new to the site.
Post edited by Hmmm... on 29/12/2018 at 18:19.
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Well said Nin :¬)
pete_21 wrote:
or crisps shaped like Family Guy characters selling for £140 on eBay.
£150,000 actually ;D
or crisps shaped like Family Guy characters selling for £140 on eBay.
£150,000 actually ;D
I think the users just have to be given a little more encouragement to open threads instead of posting in here. In this case it was pretty obvious we had a hot-button topic that deserved it's own thread.
I don't think there's anything wrong with opening threads, even for little things. No harm done.
I don't think there's anything wrong with opening threads, even for little things. No harm done.
You now realise that the URL for this thread is different to the thread title
Click here
Click here
Nin wrote:
There's nothing wrong with that, it's how things used to be with a healthy turnover of topics. The difficulty right now is we no longer have a large userbase to keep things ticking over, but we'll never regain that base if every small topic, question or discussion ends up in here.
Instead of having an interesting topic with 30+ posts for new visitors to read, this conversation (which is actually quite interesting) will get buried on the next page and never seen again.
That's actually a pretty good point, suppose it would get buried and forgotten and you're right it was an interesting discussion.
But are you guys suggesting that a new thread should be started only for 'hot topic' threads such as the GAME group discussion? What about the off shoot discussion we had about how we feel gaming purchases will most probably be made in the future or the mention of other struggling high st. retailers such as HMV? At what point should these be split up into different threads or would they be OK to stay in the proposed main GAME group thread? Then there's other things we have discussed on here over the past few days such as the online banking security breach or the return of forum members we haven't seen around here for a while or crisps shaped like Family Guy characters selling for £140 on eBay. Do all these require separate threads as well or would they be OK to stay in here? :S
There's nothing wrong with that, it's how things used to be with a healthy turnover of topics. The difficulty right now is we no longer have a large userbase to keep things ticking over, but we'll never regain that base if every small topic, question or discussion ends up in here.
Instead of having an interesting topic with 30+ posts for new visitors to read, this conversation (which is actually quite interesting) will get buried on the next page and never seen again.
That's actually a pretty good point, suppose it would get buried and forgotten and you're right it was an interesting discussion.
But are you guys suggesting that a new thread should be started only for 'hot topic' threads such as the GAME group discussion? What about the off shoot discussion we had about how we feel gaming purchases will most probably be made in the future or the mention of other struggling high st. retailers such as HMV? At what point should these be split up into different threads or would they be OK to stay in the proposed main GAME group thread? Then there's other things we have discussed on here over the past few days such as the online banking security breach or the return of forum members we haven't seen around here for a while or crisps shaped like Family Guy characters selling for £140 on eBay. Do all these require separate threads as well or would they be OK to stay in here? :S
Sonic Chris wrote:
The General Chat thread is the only [i]real continous thread on the forum (ignoring non-chat threads such as the GAD thread). New threads are created and discussed, they just don't last long. You can only debate and share ideas about a particular topic for so long.[/i]
There's nothing wrong with that, it's how things used to be with a healthy turnover of topics. The difficulty right now is we no longer have a large userbase to keep things ticking over, but we'll never regain that base if every small topic, question or discussion ends up in here.
Instead of having an interesting topic with 30+ posts for new visitors to read, this conversation (which is actually quite interesting) will get buried on the next page and never seen again.
The General Chat thread is the only [i]real continous thread on the forum (ignoring non-chat threads such as the GAD thread). New threads are created and discussed, they just don't last long. You can only debate and share ideas about a particular topic for so long.[/i]
There's nothing wrong with that, it's how things used to be with a healthy turnover of topics. The difficulty right now is we no longer have a large userbase to keep things ticking over, but we'll never regain that base if every small topic, question or discussion ends up in here.
Instead of having an interesting topic with 30+ posts for new visitors to read, this conversation (which is actually quite interesting) will get buried on the next page and never seen again.
The General Chat thread is the only real continous thread on the forum (ignoring non-chat threads such as the GAD thread). New threads are created and discussed, they just don't last long. You can only debate and share ideas about a particular topic for so long.
Garin does have a point ... it's just where do you draw the line to achieve the balance?
mind you, looking at the number and variety of threads within General Discussion, the 'Game impending doom discussion' could have been posted as a separate thread
mind you, looking at the number and variety of threads within General Discussion, the 'Game impending doom discussion' could have been posted as a separate thread
The point is, there should be a BALANCE. Its fine having a general chat thread, its not so fine when it swallows up the rest of the forum(s) and you rarely get any new threads as a consequence.
Does saying "How are you all today?" warrant a 'General Well-being' thread? Any sentence could create an entirely new thread. Where does the line stop?
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