Starring out swear words.....

Mr^B · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:17

Burnsy2023 said:
So what is your point again? Summarise please.

Burnsy

Read that:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12371126&postcount=74

Zefan · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:18

Mr^B said:
So he wants it to be a place where you star out words and phrases which annoys certain people, and leave in swearwords so that anyone can see them until a mod wakes up, stars them out and then bans someone for a few days?

Yes, members will then think before they post. That in turn will make this a better place to be rather than a star fest.

Mr^B · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:18

I'm going to bed, I'm tired (and before I get banned or whatever for voicing an opinion).

Zefan · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:19

Mr^B said:
I'm going to bed, I'm tired (and before I get banned or whatever for voicing an opinion).

Why would you be banned for voicing you opinion?

Burnsy2023 · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:19

Mr^B said:
So he wants it to be a place where you star out words and phrases which annoys certain people, and leave in swearwords so that anyone can see them until a mod wakes up, stars them out and then bans someone for a few days?

That's fair enough then I guess.

There should be no need to star out swear words. You shouldn't use them in the first place, if you do, expect to be suspended.

Burnsy

nikebee · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:20

Mr^B said:
I'd love to know how he manages to trace sales of items back to the forums.

I've bought stuff because of a post by someone on the forums before, maybe a recommendation of a PSU, maybe a GFX card review. How is THAT tracked back? Where's the audit trail? Excatly, it's not possible to calculate that.

I dare say that the advertising revenue is POOR, but one can only take a guess as to how many sales are directly or indirectly generated through people reading and posting here.

If OcUK are using any kind of decent stats package for their website (I'm pretty sure they're using Google Analytics so yes they are) then it's incredibly easy to find out whom purchased what and where they came from.

With any good Analytics/Stats program you can narrow down to the landing page of the website that a person started on for that transaction, how long they spent on that page, how long was spent in the buying process and how many visits were made before a purchase was made.

If a user visited a thread on OcUK Forums about 4780 graphics cards 6 hours before purchasing one, one could assume that the money was generated from the thread (or it at least contributed to the person buying the item at OcUK).

nikebee · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:21

Mr^B said:
I'm going to bed, I'm tired (and before I get banned or whatever for voicing an opinion).

Voicing your opinion is no reason to be banned. Healthy discussion is always welcomed here mate

Night night

Frazzles · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:23

Steve2000 said:
Almost zero yes, apart from the bandwidth bill at the end of the month.

Er less of the :rolleyes:

please.

Limited hosting is so 1990's. Unlimited hosting now costs only around £300 per year, so not expensive. No "dons" get paid either, so it's pretty darn cheap considering the business it generates.

This is the year 2008 btw.

Tetras · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:24

Jon Frost said:
I swear all the time! At customers and employees.

We don't want to know about those DVDs you make

nikebee · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:26

Frazzles said:
Er less of the please.

Limited hosting is so 1990's. Unlimited hosting now costs only around £300 per year, so not expensive. No "dons" get paid either, so it's pretty darn cheap considering the business it generates.

This is the year 2008 btw.

It would depend where it's getting hosted though, if he's got his own server hosted in Telehouse or is running a leased line then you're looking a darn sight more than £300

Heck off the top of my head we've got a 2 meg leased line in one of our offices in Haverfordwest and it costs £13k a year.

Burnsy2023 · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:26

Frazzles said:
Er less of the please.

Limited hosting is so 1990's. Unlimited hosting now costs only around £300 per year, so not expensive. No "dons" get paid either, so it's pretty darn cheap considering the business it generates.

This is the year 2008 btw.

I think the :rolleyes:

is justified. OcUK hosting runs in the £10,000s per year. Spie has said many times that the forum does not generate as much revenue as it costs to run.

Burnsy

nikebee · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:29

nikebee said:
It would depend where it's getting hosted though, if he's got his own server hosted in Telehouse or is running a leased line then you're looking a darn sight more than £300

Heck off the top of my head we've got a 2 meg leased line in one of our offices in Haverfordwest and it costs £13k a year.

Burnsy2023 said:
I think the is justified. OcUK hosting runs in the £10,000s per year. Spie has said many times that the forum does not generate as much revenue as it costs to run.

Burnsy

Wayhey someone agrees with me :cool:

dowie · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:29

FrostedNipple said:
What i don't understand is why the swearwords aren't just put into the filter,

Filters discriminate against people from Scunthorpe?

not sure tbh.. would seem logical I guess - if you don't want swearing on a forum then it is fairly non trivial to set up a filter - I'm also a bit baffled as to why they don't

nikebee · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:30

dowie said:
Filters discriminate against people from Scunthorpe?

not sure tbh.. would seem logical I guess - if you don't want swearing on a forum then it is fairly non trivial to set up a filter - I'm also a bit baffled as to why they don't

Read the thread, there's a fair few posts that explain why they haven't been implemented

stigggeh · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:31

Frazzles said:
Er less of the please.

Limited hosting is so 1990's. Unlimited hosting now costs only around £300 per year, so not expensive. No "dons" get paid either, so it's pretty darn cheap considering the business it generates.

This is the year 2008 btw.

i thought everyone knew this forum costs spie 25k per year or was it 50 i cant remember

Burnsy2023 · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:31

dowie said:
not sure tbh.. would seem logical I guess - if you don't want swearing on a forum then it is fairly non trivial to set up a filter - I'm also a bit baffled as to why they don't

Treat the disease not the symptoms

Burnsy

Burnsy2023 · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:32

stigggeh said:
i thought everyone knew this forum costs spie 25k per year or was it 50 i cant remember

IIRC it's between £15 and £20k per year I think.

Burnsy

Steve2000 · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:33

Frazzles said:
Er less of the please.

Limited hosting is so 1990's. Unlimited hosting now costs only around £300 per year, so not expensive. No "dons" get paid either, so it's pretty darn cheap considering the business it generates.

This is the year 2008 btw.

I can safely assure you that this forum costs far more than 300 quid a year. :rolleyes:

nikebee · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:37

Alexa give OcUK a traffic rank of 12,293 in the world... that's pretty darn good :eek:

Burnsy2023 · 26 Aug 2008 at 23:45

Mr^B said:
I'd love to know how he manages to trace sales of items back to the forums.

Alexa said:
Where people go on Overclockers.co.uk:

overclockers.co.uk - 74%

forums.overclockers.co.uk - 26%

That gives you an idea

nikebee said:
Alexa give OcUK a traffic rank of 12,293 in the world... that's pretty darn good

And a rank of 505 in the UK

Burnsy