GD may close for a while

Dark_Angel · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:28

I have no idea if any of these ideas would work but:

Why not have a GD a "treat" to members who don't spam, and troll and so on. So you simply disable their access to it. 1 warning and it gets remove for a week, 2 warnings and its 1 month, 3rd warning and they never get access to it again.

Either that, or have the Avitars and so on to do with the amount of time you have been here, say in increments of 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and finally 1 year.

Just a few thoughts though.

kitten_caboodle · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:30

I really couldn't care less about post count. It still astonishes me on a daily basis that people care so much about it. I don't see the relevance at all.

Dark_Angel said:
I have no idea if any of these ideas would work but:

Why not have a GD a "treat" to members who don't spam, and troll and so on. So you simply disable their access to it. 1 warning and it gets remove for a week, 2 warnings and its 1 month, 3rd warning and they never get access to it again.

In theory, it's a good concept. But who defines spam? What's spam to one, is not to another....

mightynimrod · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:30

kitten_caboodle said:
If I meant specific posters, I'd refer to them by name. IMO underbosses and Don's have every right to comment in the forums as they are involved in the running of said forum. However other people, such as mightynimrod, who I quoted in the post are not offering any solutions - as said, merely coming in and saying 'i don't post here, get rid of it'. It's hardly constructive.

Can you actually point me to the post where i said that please?

I do post in GD quite a lot, but it's being spammed to hell, Zefan being one of the members that springs to mind here.

I love a discussion/joke but the relationship threads are utter drivel, and so are most of the responses - most of the threads are pointless i.e a good one today along the lines of "what ison your clipboard ctrl-v"

I mean c'mon.

But then, it's fairly obvious the decision was made a while back - decline was instigated due to reasons that most who were here at the time are aware of, and now the decline has taken hold it presents the perfect opportunity to get rid of GD - which seems was the aim all along.

If that was the case, then as the owner of the forum why didn't he just do that? He didn't need to consult anyone.

Would have been better imo to say ' we don't want the lifestyle forums' and just get rid tbh. At least it would have been more honest.

See above.

Sleepy · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:30

Minstadave said:
I wonder if simply making GD posts not count towards post counts would help reduce the spamming?

Been tried before, didn't take.

Justintime · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:30

sphen said:
It would certainly help with the spam that we get here in GD from those wanting to access the members' market. As for the regular hardcore spammers, well the only thing that will work is stricter moderation, however, I appreciate the difficulties in implementing this.

I'm just not convinced it is done solely to improve post count.

It does and it dosen't, counting towards post count is a little incentive to get community going and peeps posting but it can also lead to spam, so its a double edged sword. Since we started that OT hardly sees traffic at all, even from people who don't spam.

Gilly · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:31

kitten_caboodle said:
I really couldn't care less about post count. It still astonishes me on a daily basis that people care so much about it. I don't see the relevance at all.

Well I care about it. I've never said I didn't. Shows how much I've put into this place.

McDaniel · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:31

i dont really want it to close myself, however im more of a Console's regular now so no major loss.

Dont see how its gonna solve bugger all though, it will just spread to other areas.

kitten_caboodle · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:32

mightynimrod said:
If that was the case, then as the owner of the forum why didn't he just do that? He didn't need to consult anyone.

See above.

My question too really.

mightynimrod said:
Can you actually point me to the post where i said that please?

I paraphrased from these posts: If that is not what you meant, then it's what you implied imo.

1 said:
Good! lets get it back to what it used to be......a hardware enthusiast forum without all this "oooh my hamsters died" or "my gf has ran off with XYZ" it's all pointless babble.

2 said:
It's a hardware enthusiast forum - was pre-nuke days and should be now.

3 said:
Bring it on

Now thats a cracking one, erm - it's relevant to OCUK becoming what it used to be - a hardware dedicated forum.

Seeing as it's closing (yipeeee) i thought i'd give it a farewell shove.

Zefan · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:33

Gilly said:
Well I care about it. I've never said I didn't. Shows how much I've put into this place.

I agree.

da_mic_1530 · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:33

McDaniel said:
i dont really want it to close myself, however im more of a Console's regular now so no major loss.

Dont see how its gonna solve bugger all though, it will just spread to other areas.

same with me mate

tbh i dont like some of the stuff in GD, i simply dont read it, theres enough posted in GD to keep me entertained for a little bit, then i go and do something else like watch TV

i dont think theres THAT much wrong with GD and this whole thing is getting a bit out of hand

Minstadave · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:33

Oblivious said:
HAHA post of the day. You just proved you know naff all.

Thanks for that wonderful input. It was just an idea

And as you can see post count does matter to some people looking at the posts following mine.

DRZ said:
Why cant you see that its the community and friendships that people make here that matters to them FAR MORE than that number under their name? Why dont you understand why so many people are sad to see their home on *** internet fall into decline?

I totally agree with you about the GD community, and I know its very important to the regulars (I said this earlier).

I was just thinking whether the posts not counting towards postcounts would ease the level of spamming in GD.

Eliot · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:34

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

bad bad bad idea GD has the odd good thread, the ocuk pub etc

Sp00n · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:35

Should take post-counts away entirely tbh, they prove nothing.

Dark_Angel · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:35

kitten_caboodle said:
In theory, it's a good concept. But who defines spam? What's spam to one, is not to another....

Agreed with the whole spam thing, but trolling and so on is pretty easy to spot... as well as personal attacks and insults.

Meh, as I said, its just a thought

*EDIT*

I think removing GD adding to your post count is a pretty good idea. Even if it was only tried for a month. Still its Spies choice in the end

da_mic_1530 · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:35

Sp00n said:
Should take post-counts away entirely tbh, they prove nothing.

but then some people would use the

well ive been here since september 02, that means im better than you

so taking post count away is irrelavant really

kitten_caboodle · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:35

Gilly said:
Well I care about it. I've never said I didn't. Shows how much I've put into this place.

I don't think it does Gilly. What shows is the respect you have from other members. Not a stupid number next to a picture.

iCraig · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:36

Gilly said:
Well I care about it. I've never said I didn't. Shows how much I've put into this place.

But it's just a number. It's just the number of times you've hit 'Submit Reply'

I'd rather measure how much I've put into something by achievement, how many friends you've made, or something with substance.

Plus it can't really be an accurate measure either, post counts get chopped, inflated for charity, and pre-nuke post counts have been lost anyway.

Zip · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:36

Sp00n said:
Should take post-counts away entirely tbh, they prove nothing.

Didnt you see gillys post?

Its not posts that cause spam, its spam that causes spam. People dont spam to create a higher count. They post in here because they can

Sleepy · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:36

manveruppd said:
there's the hardware crowd, and the life crowd. There's some overlap, of course, but a lot of GD regulars are here for GD and GD only and never set foot in the hardware forums. I think this makes a lot of the hardware-section regulars feel unwelcome in the life forums.
Some of the oldest members of these forums are here for the hardware section, venturing into GD only sporadically. It's not unreasonable for them to want to have a "chillout room" where they would feel at home rather than being outnumbered by people with absolutely no interest in computers.

On the other hand a lot of old timers who initially came here for overclocking advice but no longer dabble in o/c are still here for the general community.

Kerplunk · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:36

iCraig said:
But it's just a number. It's just the number of times you've hit 'Submit Reply'

I'd rather measure how much I've put into something by achievement, how many friends you've made, or something with substance.

I agree with this guy.