GD may close for a while

Spie · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:08

Due to the declining standards in GD we are considering closing it for a while.

Bickering, insults, rule-breaking - the list goes on. It's better that you maintain standards here rather than having them imposed on you. It's in your hands ....

Kerplunk · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:09

Your the boss.

Raikiri · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:09

And watch it spill out onto the rest of the forum... maybe not such a great idea but we shall see.

MoNkeE · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:09

Thank God. GD just bores me now - been spending more time in the other forums (music, gaming, hardware).

-RaZ

shifty_uk · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:10

Am I the only one that doesn't want to see GD closed?

Andr3w · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:11

shifty_uk said:
Am I the only one that doesn't want to see GD closed?

I dont either, its entertaining =/

MoNkeE · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:11

Raikiri said:
And watch it spill out onto the rest of the forum... maybe not such a great idea but we shall see.

Not at all. You get a lot of people who post exclusively in GD and wouldn't dare venture into a hardware forum. Quite a few people come here for the social rather than the technical stuff.

-RaZ

Fanatic · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:11

MoNkeE said:
Thank God. GD just bores me now - been spending more time in the other forums (music, gaming, hardware).

-RaZ

Then it wont matter if it stays open or closed.

Pointless closing threads, no one is forcing you to read it, therefore don't click it if you don't want to read it. However others may want to read it.

Zip · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:12

shifty_uk said:
Am I the only one that doesn't want to see GD closed?

I dont want to see it go either

Even though there are crap threads there are a fair few good or funny ones if you know where to look

Kerplunk · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:12

Perhaps its time to inpose the payment system? :confused:

VeNT · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:12

WOOOT!
/me chants, CLOSE IT CLOSE IT CLOSE IT!
GD could do with a little holiday!

Andr3w · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:13

Kerplunk said:
Perhaps its time to inpose the payment system?

Dude,take that back =/

iCraig · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:13

It's a good idea, but what happens when it's re-opened? A few days of sensible threads and back to how it is now? Sounds like a band-aid fix to me.

Removing GD entirely would higher the standards of the forum, if that's what you're after, but the userbase would suffer.

Tru · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:13

VeNT said:
WOOOT!
/me chants, CLOSE IT CLOSE IT CLOSE IT!
GD could do with a little holiday!

We sure could do with a break from your crappy posts.

MoNkeE · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:13

Fanatic said:
Then it wont matter if it stays open or closed.

Pointless closing threads, no one is forcing you to read it, therefore don't click it if you don't want to read it. However others may want to read it.

You're missing the point. It's not that they're not interesting to a particular person - they're largely not interesting to anyone. It's just mindless spam, asking what to buy their father for his 101st birthday (like random strangers would know), how to cook a ham sandwich, and general spam like that.

It's been a long time coming, and maybe people will start to think before they submit.

-RaZ

Gilly · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:14

No big surprise. I thought I saw this coming when the shift towards the more technical side of things was mooted.

Kerplunk · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:14

Tru said:
We sure could do with a break from your crappy posts.

The irony.

z0mbi3 · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:15

Kerplunk said:
Perhaps its time to inpose the payment system?

What's that? Is it like reputation?

Fanatic · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:15

That's why you have a General Discussion forum - to keep the bad stuff out the really important forums :cool:

shifty_uk · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:15

Look at all the arguing in this thread now, doesn't exactly show him that we want to keep it open.

I like GD, a few bad threads doesn't bother me, but I find it generally to be entertaining and very amusing. 80% of my time spent on this forum is in GD.

GD may close for a while

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