GD may close for a while

Fanatic · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:35

A sin bin with a nasty badger at the bottom.

Rich_L · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:36

iCraig said:
Like I've already said 75658 times, it was a short, indescript OP to see how many people grasped it with the small amount of information. Plenty of people did, and thread was successful.

75659

Hehe sorry, just wanted to use the dreaded rolleyes

Spacky · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:36

Putty said:
How about a voting system for each thread (along the lines of the star system except with plus and minus) and if it goes too far into the 'red' the thread is given the boot.

I suggested something similar on this for mods and moh etc, but you will end up with people ganging up on a thread if its got two posts it will be axed instantly by a heavy mob of negative voters.

MoNkeE · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:36

iCraig said:
I didn't say that, I said this:

This is what I was getting at:

iCraig said:
For the record, I agree that the quality of threads is terrible, but I think the people who hate it, are in a minority.

You think the quality of the threads is terrible, yet the people complaining are in the minority and as such, GD should be left as is. If you think it's terrible, why don't you think something should be done?

-RaZ

red11 · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:37

Spacky said:
Will this trigger a mass userbase migration?

Only the people who post exclusively in GD, but there are a few names I see all over the forum that help people in some of the hardware forums that I don't see leaving.

From a business point of view, I see where Spie is coming from, I'm sure GD uses the majority of bandwidth for these forums, and I wonder how many of these people have purchased anything from OCuk or contribute to the hardware forums.

iCraig · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:37

Putty said:
How about a voting system for each thread (along the lines of the star system except with plus and minus) and if it goes too far into the 'red' the thread is given the boot.

We already have that. It's called the RTM button.

If plenty of people RTM a thread, it will get a mod's attention and they will delete it. (If they agree that it's crap)

PaulStat · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:38

Every GD type forum everywhere is the same. Closing it for a few days/weeks/months won't make the slightest bit of difference.

Closing it permanently however, will.

RIP GD.

Maybe i'll be able to concentrate on work now

. Although there are still a fair few sections I still read, hmmmm maybe not

dirtydog · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:38

Tony Soprano said:
Only the people who post exclusively in GD, but there are a few names I see all over the forum that help people in some of the hardware forums that I don't see leaving.

From a business point of view, I see where Spie is coming from, I'm sure GD uses the majority of bandwidth for these forums, and I wonder how many of these people have purchased anything from OCuk or contribute to the hardware forums.

He never mentioned closing it permanently though.

Adam · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:39

Yeah go for it. Reopen it when the school holidays are over and the kiddies are back at school

That would solve some of the problems I think.

Zip · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:39

Tony Soprano said:
From a business point of view, I see where Spie is coming from, I'm sure GD uses the majority of bandwidth for these forums, and I wonder how many of these people have purchased anything from OCuk or contribute to the hardware forums.

We did that thread and it turns out that most people that use GD do buy from OCUK

shifty_uk · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:39

Look at all the rubbish in this thread already

He's hardly going to consider keeping it open when your all fighting like this.

cleanbluesky · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:40

How about an 'Oxygen Theif' avatar as a way to encourage people who post crap to change their ways

red11 · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:40

dirtydog said:
He never mentioned closing it permanently though.

I bet it's crossed his mind, because if I paid for these forums and came in to read GD to see what was there, I personally would have closed it already. Spie has given GD a few chances now and there's no real long term improvement that I've seen.

dirtydog · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:40

shifty_uk said:
Look at all the rubbish in this thread already

He's hardly going to consider keeping it open when your all fighting like this.

It looks like a discussion to me, not a fight.

Wryel · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:40

How about limiting the number of posts/threads people can make in GD? If someone hits their limit regularly it might make them think twice about the rubbish they come out with.

There's only a few weeks till school starts anyway...

Van Hellseek · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:41

I'm all for it. Though in all honesty my problem isn't with the spammers. It's with the pretentious "holier than thou" tone to many of the regulars posts.

red11 · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:41

Zip said:
We did that thread and it turns out that most people that use GD do buy from OCUK

Of course they all do.

Zip · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:41

cleanbluesky said:
How about an 'Oxygen Theif' avatar as a way to encourage people who post crap to change their ways

Might aswell

kitten_caboodle · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:41

I thought the cat talking thread was quite interesting. Mirrored a project I was given at university regarding language acquistion and cognitive understanding - and the differences between the two.

You have the choice of that thread and This yet you choose to label as 'spam' the one that provokes a discussion with people who actually understand the concepts. Maybe it's just too much above some heads.

Or maybe it's down to perceptions in GD of the people who make the posts. Wonder if it was someone other than iCraig - e.g. CBS or similar, then it may not have had the same reception.

fatmas · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:41

Rosbif said:
i havent really noticed anything that is worthy of complaining of... infact i was chatting to sequoia in one thread and thought it was of a very high standard...

Chatting.. Should be done on Msn, email or any other instant messaging service.

Posting anything interesting however is very much welcomed!

Some of the Picture threads have given me a laugh though so let's not get rid of GD