Welcome one and all, to the GD Club.

merlin · 22 May 2003 at 11:47

Good move

Spam free GD at last.

Toast · 22 May 2003 at 12:02

Good idea.

I hope the the level of the posts here will be somewhere in between original GD and speakers corner. I've been waiting for a place like this to arrive

To quote a certain don... 'H'onwards and h'upwards!"

ugh · 22 May 2003 at 12:02

Originally posted by 2blue4u
This has been discussed - at great length. Spammers are more than welcome in here - as long as they leave their nasty likkle habits behind

So if the spammers are welcome here, only if they change there habits, whats the point in the other GD?

Surely if they kill there spam, we dont need 2 GD's ?

MindYerBeak · 22 May 2003 at 12:08

Originally posted by ugh
So if the spammers are welcome here, only if they change there habits, whats the point in the other GD?

Surely if they kill there spam, we dont need 2 GD's ?

GD is of a more casual nature, sir. Spam as such wouldn't be tolerated here, if considered to be spam. A much heavier hand will be taken here.

afraser2k · 22 May 2003 at 12:21

I think it's been established that post counts will never be abolished in the forum, after all it's what keeps people in there (IMHO of course).

What got me was the amount of people who said they didn't care if post counts were removed but were "up in arms" when it's suggested.

I'm glad that this new section has been created as I really was getting fed up with the same topics in GD being discussed again and again.

ugh · 22 May 2003 at 12:24

Originally posted by MindYerBeak
GD is of a more casual nature, sir. Spam as such wouldn't be tolerated here, if considered to be spam. A much heavier hand will be taken here.

So why not ditch the other GD and just have GD Club with the intention of coming down hard on spam?

It would cut your workload as u wouldnt have to worry about GD Zone.

afraser2k · 22 May 2003 at 12:26

Because the "spammers" would not tolerate such an action and would degenerate every other section into a spam-fest.

ugh · 22 May 2003 at 12:26

Originally posted by afraser2k
Because the "spammers" would not tolerate such an action and would degenerate every other section into a spam-fest.

So GD Zone is just for spam then? :confused:

Sp00n · 22 May 2003 at 12:28

Originally posted by ugh
So GD Zone is just for spam then?

Evidently so.

Keith · 22 May 2003 at 13:28

Originally posted by ugh
So GD Zone is just for spam then?

But what is spam?

If this forum is going to be run the way I understood it to be, it is for the kind of chat that interests more mature members. That's not to say that the kind of chat that interests younger members is spam and therefore worthy of deletion, but simply that what interests the older members is different from what interests the younger members.

Older members like music, but you're not likely to find them them in the same nightclub as teenagers. Tastes are different!

As I understand it, therefore, this forum will see less of threads like :-

What mobile phone should I buy? Older members are more likely to buy what THEY want than what everybody else thinks they should.
Teenage angst. What should I do about my boy/girl friend. I'm sure it's important to those concerned, but, oh yeuch!.
What Uni/what Uni course should I pick? As if anyone else would know?
XYZ stating on TV now!!! Surely, we can all read a TV guide?

....... and so on.

I'm hoping that the way this pans out is that this forum (don't like the name, by the way) is that content is separated accoording to target age group - a bit like many radio stations. There's nothing to stop anyone of any age listening to a given station, but the content might not appeal to them.

It also hopefully means that the pace will slow down a bit in each forum, and that the threads that interest the older members (who are a minority but a significantly sized minority) will no longer whizz down the first page list at the speed of light to disappear into obscurity.

For me, this forum is great timing. I only came back here because of the debate about GD2,and had decided last night that as nothing was happening, I wouldn't bother coming back any more. Now, I'll hang around long enough to see if this forum succeeds or not.

kaiowas · 22 May 2003 at 13:32

Originally posted by Bod
Good, hearty, relaxed chatsies is the order of the day people

Wasn't it decreed a while ago that this is a forum, and that there was a perfectly good IRC channel for 'chatsies'?

Also I have a habit of posting witty (possibly susbject to opinion

) one line comments which may or may not be off on a tangent whenever I pick up on things said by other members. Although I don't consider this particularly spammy I'd like to just check whether this sort of lightheartedness be allowed to continue in here or should I go and play with the kids?

Keith · 22 May 2003 at 13:38

Re: Re: Welcome one and all, to the GD Club.

Originally posted by kaiowas
...... Although I don't consider this particularly spammy I'd like to just check whether this sort of lightheartedness be allowed to continue in here or should I go and play with the kids?

I'd certainly hope there will continue to be scope for a light-hearted element in here.

I hope it's more about the type of threads than the age of posters or the content of individual posts. In any sort of GD, there should be scope for appropriate humour.

Phantom · 22 May 2003 at 13:39

it will eventuallly become a blur as to what is expected where... a bit like many shades of grey..

Conanius · 22 May 2003 at 13:42

Originally posted by eidolon
This is exactly what OCUK needed and I personally think it'll work well.

here here... now mr beaky sah... please grace us with some of your fine posts :cool:

MindYerBeak · 22 May 2003 at 14:02

Re: Re: Welcome one and all, to the GD Club.

Originally posted by kaiowas
Wasn't it decreed a while ago that this is a forum, and that there was a perfectly good IRC channel for 'chatsies'?

Also I have a habit of posting witty (possibly susbject to opinion ) one line comments which may or may not be off on a tangent whenever I pick up on things said by other members. Although I don't consider this particularly spammy I'd like to just check whether this sort of lightheartedness be allowed to continue in here or should I go and play with the kids?

God forbid we should ever stop lightheartedness, good sir. A joke here and there does no harm. The problem starts when people reply with a single Smiley or a lonely LOL, which tends to degrade a post more than the comment ever would.

Christo · 22 May 2003 at 14:27

Good idea, it will be interesting to see how it pans out. I hope this just doesnt give a green light for spammers to totally spam the other forum, I actually never really minded the so called spam really.

ugh · 22 May 2003 at 14:37

Originally posted by Keith
But what is spam?

If this forum is going to be run the way I understood it to be, it is for the kind of chat that interests more mature members. That's not to say that the kind of chat that interests younger members is spam and therefore worthy of deletion, but simply that what interests the older members is different from what interests the younger members.

Older members like music, but you're not likely to find them them in the same nightclub as teenagers. Tastes are different!

As I understand it, therefore, this forum will see less of threads like :-

What mobile phone should I buy? Older members are more likely to buy what THEY want than what everybody else thinks they should.

Teenage angst. What should I do about my boy/girl friend. I'm sure it's important to those concerned, but, oh yeuch!.

What Uni/what Uni course should I pick? As if anyone else would know?

XYZ stating on TV now!!! Surely, we can all read a TV guide?

....... and so on.

I'm hoping that the way this pans out is that this forum (don't like the name, by the way) is that content is separated accoording to target age group - a bit like many radio stations. There's nothing to stop anyone of any age listening to a given station, but the content might not appeal to them.

It also hopefully means that the pace will slow down a bit in each forum, and that the threads that interest the older members (who are a minority but a significantly sized minority) will no longer whizz down the first page list at the speed of light to disappear into obscurity.

For me, this forum is great timing. I only came back here because of the debate about GD2,and had decided last night that as nothing was happening, I wouldn't bother coming back any more. Now, I'll hang around long enough to see if this forum succeeds or not.

Thanks

Explains everything for me

Cheers

Élynduil · 22 May 2003 at 14:39

Will "hear, hear" posts or ones where the poster quotes but says nothing or just says they agree be deleted? I find those contribute nothing and are just a way to up postcount, same people do that allot of the time.

Will Gill · 22 May 2003 at 14:42

Originally posted by Élynduil
Will "hear, hear" posts or ones where the poster quotes but says nothing or just says they agree be deleted? I find those contribute nothing and are just a way to up postcount, same people do that allot of the time.

hear, hear

seriously though this sounds like a good idea i hardly ever posted in GD simply because i could relate to 5% of the posts, hopefully this area will address the differing levels of maturity (as in age) represented on these forums

MindYerBeak · 22 May 2003 at 15:01

Originally posted by Élynduil
Will "hear, hear" posts or ones where the poster quotes but says nothing or just says they agree be deleted? I find those contribute nothing and are just a way to up postcount, same people do that allot of the time.

Aye, sir, they will be mercilessly obliterated, shredded, mutilated, Nuked and trod upon wherever they occur.