GD may close for a while

KizZ · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:54

Cleak tbh. :cool:

toy_soldier · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:54

iCraig said:
Well that's what a clique is, an exclusive club. Like mensa. Application by appointment, that kind of thing.

Yes I know what it means, I was referring to you saying you dont see any private parts of the forum etc, which is not what I meant at all.

Kerplunk · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:55

So whos the Queen bee then?

Borris · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:56

Rich_L said:
Clee-Q?

Kli-kway.

Borris · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:56

Tru said:
Sure you can, but you better back up my opinion and lol at the appropriate times. It's a privilege not a right.

Lol, you're so right.

SidewinderINC · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:56

Zefan said:
No it's just a general feeling. I do it all the time. I take less notice of people if I don't know they're name.

ive noticed this in all sections of the forum, and there was a thread about it (in a roundabout way) made by gilly iirc a few days ago - its all subconcious.

ive posted in the motors section maybe once since ive registered here. now i know there are people that will purely post in there and nowhere else so will be far more recognised in that section.

if i bought a car and needed some advice in there, sure i'd get it and with the same politeness as anyone but it might take a little longer as people will see the "locals" threads and always look at those first.

i even do it myself in the music forum, but i'll ususally check out all of the threads after a while.

iCraig · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:56

toy_soldier said:
Yes I know what it means, I was referring to you saying you dont see any private parts of the forum etc, which is not what I meant at all.

So where on this forum, are you invited into a group of people by application only, or reccomendation or whatever?

I think you're confusing this with simple friendship and respect.

Van Hellseek · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:57

iCraig said:
So where on this forum, are you invited into a group of people by application only, or reccomendation or whatever?

Now you're just being pedantic.

G|mp · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:57

Tru said:
Sure you can, but you better back up my opinion and lol at the appropriate times. It's a privelige not a right.

But that means we will become a very small Cleek :eek:

Mr Mister · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:58

Close motors too, too many people in there think they know everything.

fieldy · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:58

Whatever

Freeman · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:58

Ahh well, if it does close i'll be forced into the games section, not bad but gets boring fast.

Need to find another forum.

iCraig · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:58

seek said:
Now you're just being pedantic.

But THAT is that a clique is.

Don't make me grab a defintion from Google.

DRZ · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:59

hilly said:
Gilly and the others, say what you want. There is a clique... defiantely 100%.

BUT, there is only a clique because of people going to meet's together, becomming friends. The older members (in terms of forum age, no birthday age) obviously are more known by as they see their name's mentioned more often. Is the "clique" turnings people's opinions and effecting GD decisions ? No... simple answer.

I'm not a big reader of the GD my self, more of a motor, sports and console poster (As the regulars in there will of seen), why ? Because of the poor state of the GD. I don't want to read what people are having for their lunch, in the GD I want to see proper discussions, not flaming.

Couple of ways in my eyes to solve this. Either people start to use the RTM button's more, or there are more mods on the forums.

Dicuss...

How can it be a clique if anyone can join by just becoming friends with the friendliest bunch on here?

toy_soldier · 15 Aug 2006 at 19:00

iCraig said:
So where on this forum, are you invited into a group of people by application only, or reccomendation or whatever?

I think you're confusing this with simple friendship and respect.

Where in this thread, did I say that you had to be invited, by application only?

I am referring to attitudes, maybe you are right, I have confused all this with the word clique purely because it was used to describe it before.

iCraig said:
friendship and respect.

a lot of it is down to friendship and respect, but this doesnt mean that someone you dont class as a friend should be treated disrespectfully, which I believe is what happens a lot of the time.

Van Hellseek · 15 Aug 2006 at 19:02

iCraig said:
But THAT is that a clique is.

Don't make me grab a defintion from Google.

A clique by definition (Oxford English Dictionary) is a small exclusive group.

The key word here is exclusive. This doesn't mean it has to be a literal "by invitation only" members club. It can also be an exclusive "holier than thou" attitude amongst a group.

toy_soldier · 15 Aug 2006 at 19:02

seek said:
A clique by definition (Oxford English Dictionary) is a small exclusive group.

The key word here is exclusive. This doesn't mean it has to be a "by invitation only" members club. It can also be an exclusive "holier than thou" attitude.

Thankyou, maybe we should form our own group as we seem to share the same opinons

iCraig · 15 Aug 2006 at 19:04

toy_soldier said:
Where in this thread, did I say that you had to be invited, by application only?

Nowhere, but people keep referring to a clique, and that is exactly what it is. E.g. the stonecutters from The Simpsons, it was called a clique.

toy_soldier said:
I am referring to attitudes, maybe you are right, I have confused all this with the word clique purely because it was used to describe it before.

Admittely there is a thin line between a clique and a group of friends, simply because the clique are often friends anyway.

toy_soldier said:
a lot of it is down to friendship and respect, but this doesnt mean that someone you dont class as a friend should be treated disrespectfully, which I believe is what happens a lot of the time.

I'm sorry if anybody, including yourself has been insulted on the basis that they aren't there friend. Ever since I've joined, I've only seen arguements occur when people disagree over a topic, rather than the person themselves.

iCraig · 15 Aug 2006 at 19:05

seek said:
A clique by definition (Oxford English Dictionary) is a small exclusive group.

The key word here is exclusive. This doesn't mean it has to be a literal "by invitation only" members club. It can also be an exclusive "holier than thou" attitude amongst a group.

But a clique isn't open to everybody. Whereas a group of friends usually welcome anybody into their group (within tolerance)

Rich_L · 15 Aug 2006 at 19:05

I think before you post a thread in GD, you should post a thread saying "Is this thread a good idea - Yes/No?" with a short description of what you intend to post, then the Dons can set-up a poll on it.

Then if the results of the poll are overall in favour of 'Yes', you can make the thread

Who's with me? :cool: