Ok, this really is getting to be the silly now.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11665869&postcount=1
<RANT>Jesus these forums are really starting to head down the pan. The level of inane drivel, "my first gf doesn't love me anymore", and now "oh look, rain" type threads is getting out of hand.
These forums used to be a great community of PC and hardware enthusiasts with a fantastic knowledge base around getting the best out of hardware and intelligent conversation.
In the last year it's turned into the internet equivalent of the Jeremy Kyle show.
Come on Dons & Spie, let's get the forums back to it's former self with some hard and fast moderating and guidelines that are followed (just look at the guide to posting in GD FAQ sticky to see how many guidelines are just ignored these days).
Yes I know I won't be popular for posting this, and yes, I could chose to just not read some threads, and no I don't care. More and more people are commenting on the way things are going, not just in GD.
It's about time the place got back to it's previous highs as a great resource for intelligent conversation and enthusiasts supporting OCUK, with a vibrant respectful community. As it stands it's turned it a bad student union full of "i'd hit it" posts requoting the same picture again and again.</rant>
Sorry if that sounds overly grumpy - just needed to get that off my chest.
Of course at it's Spie, OCUK and the Dons that put in the time, effort and money to run the forums, and who am I to pass an opinion, for all I know the forums are a roaring sucess these days generating huge amounts more income than ever before. If that's the case then of course it's none of my business, and let's face it, that's primarily what the forums are for.
I just thought it was about time I mentioned it. The intention is not to offend any specific individuals, the posters here all contribute to the community, and the idea of a GD area along with the others helps build a diverse community, but surely there must be a time to drag the signal to noise ratio back alittle in the other direction?
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11665869&postcount=1
<RANT>Jesus these forums are really starting to head down the pan. The level of inane drivel, "my first gf doesn't love me anymore", and now "oh look, rain" type threads is getting out of hand.
These forums used to be a great community of PC and hardware enthusiasts with a fantastic knowledge base around getting the best out of hardware and intelligent conversation.
In the last year it's turned into the internet equivalent of the Jeremy Kyle show.
Come on Dons & Spie, let's get the forums back to it's former self with some hard and fast moderating and guidelines that are followed (just look at the guide to posting in GD FAQ sticky to see how many guidelines are just ignored these days).
Yes I know I won't be popular for posting this, and yes, I could chose to just not read some threads, and no I don't care. More and more people are commenting on the way things are going, not just in GD.
It's about time the place got back to it's previous highs as a great resource for intelligent conversation and enthusiasts supporting OCUK, with a vibrant respectful community. As it stands it's turned it a bad student union full of "i'd hit it" posts requoting the same picture again and again.</rant>
Sorry if that sounds overly grumpy - just needed to get that off my chest.
Of course at it's Spie, OCUK and the Dons that put in the time, effort and money to run the forums, and who am I to pass an opinion, for all I know the forums are a roaring sucess these days generating huge amounts more income than ever before. If that's the case then of course it's none of my business, and let's face it, that's primarily what the forums are for.
I just thought it was about time I mentioned it. The intention is not to offend any specific individuals, the posters here all contribute to the community, and the idea of a GD area along with the others helps build a diverse community, but surely there must be a time to drag the signal to noise ratio back alittle in the other direction?
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