State of the TFP (Long) - Page 6 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Cynthetiq · 07-20-2007, 04:32 PM

masturbate.

DaveOrion · 07-20-2007, 05:05 PM

I haven't been around for a few months, but I have been busy. I could have popped in after work but to tell the truth I didn't want to. I knew I couldn't stand to see another 'Prove there is a God' thread or one of its many off shoots. Religion & politics can make for some very heated discussions and that's where the mods come in.......or not. More often it was not.....oh well, life goes on, if not here then somewhere else....
It takes a certain kind of person to be a mod, slow to anger, level headed, objective, diplomatic, and most of all, completely unbiased. One mod I encountered a few months ago had none of these qualities and hopefully is one that is MIA. A mod on a power trip is any easy way to bring a board down.

Also, if this a board for college kids then state this, No One Over 30, Please. If this a board for atheists or agnostics only then state this too, NO Christians, Please. Is this a porn site, general discussion site, or what??? You may attract more people with the porn, but they're unlikely to be donors, they're just looking for free porn. You may end up turning more people off than gaining paying members, especially women.
Sorry for the rant, just my .02 cents............

Cervantes · 07-30-2007, 11:56 AM

The infamous "What happened to TFP" thread was one of my few thread starts. It was an innocent question, posted by a returning MIA trying to catch up on what had transpired, that turned into a life of it's own.

I was stunned and discouraged to see what had happened in my absence from reading the thread..

I have to second the opinions of too strict rules when it comes to starting threads.
Necroing is considered really bad form on most other boards I have visited but here it is the expected norm.

I dunno about bandwidth, but couldn't there be some sort of archive maybe on a different domain? After a certain amount of time a thread is inactive it goes into an archive that is only used as reference and the topic is once again open for a new thread?

I dive heads first into discussions, sometimes they get heated but most of he time I end up making a fool of myself. When I first started visiting TFP that was accepted, it was even seen as the normal evolution of a contributing member. Now?... I dunno, something in the climate here has changed, everyone expects double references perfect behavior. The rules stifle creativity as they are now.. Necroing an old post isn't even a remotely decent solution, it is counter productive since people will only look at the OP and some of the answers and in the best case scenario try to start a discussion about that, not looking at the post that brought the thread back to life.

People who have been on boards around the internet is aware of this, they know that whatever question they have won't be answered by practicing necromancy, but the rules forbid opening up a new thread about a topic that has been discussed before.
It's a catch 22, your damned if you do and your damned if you don't so what's the point of even trying?

Sty · 08-03-2007, 03:23 AM

afaik all board software have an option where you can define certain time frame after which all threads get locked (if there has been no replies), hence killing necroing automatically.

07-20-2007, 04:32 PM	#201 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	masturbate. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

07-20-2007, 05:05 PM	#202 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	I haven't been around for a few months, but I have been busy. I could have popped in after work but to tell the truth I didn't want to. I knew I couldn't stand to see another 'Prove there is a God' thread or one of its many off shoots. Religion & politics can make for some very heated discussions and that's where the mods come in.......or not. More often it was not.....oh well, life goes on, if not here then somewhere else.... It takes a certain kind of person to be a mod, slow to anger, level headed, objective, diplomatic, and most of all, completely unbiased. One mod I encountered a few months ago had none of these qualities and hopefully is one that is MIA. A mod on a power trip is any easy way to bring a board down. Also, if this a board for college kids then state this, No One Over 30, Please. If this a board for atheists or agnostics only then state this too, NO Christians, Please. Is this a porn site, general discussion site, or what??? You may attract more people with the porn, but they're unlikely to be donors, they're just looking for free porn. You may end up turning more people off than gaining paying members, especially women. Sorry for the rant, just my .02 cents............ __________________ *Syriana*...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...

07-30-2007, 11:56 AM	#203 (permalink)
Cervantes Psycho Location: Above you	The infamous "What happened to TFP" thread was one of my few thread starts. It was an innocent question, posted by a returning MIA trying to catch up on what had transpired, that turned into a life of it's own. I was stunned and discouraged to see what had happened in my absence from reading the thread.. I have to second the opinions of too strict rules when it comes to starting threads. Necroing is considered really bad form on most other boards I have visited but here it is the expected norm. I dunno about bandwidth, but couldn't there be some sort of archive maybe on a different domain? After a certain amount of time a thread is inactive it goes into an archive that is only used as reference and the topic is once again open for a new thread? I dive heads first into discussions, sometimes they get heated but most of he time I end up making a fool of myself. When I first started visiting TFP that was accepted, it was even seen as the normal evolution of a contributing member. Now?... I dunno, something in the climate here has changed, everyone expects double references perfect behavior. The rules stifle creativity as they are now.. Necroing an old post isn't even a remotely decent solution, it is counter productive since people will only look at the OP and some of the answers and in the best case scenario try to start a discussion about that, not looking at the post that brought the thread back to life. People who have been on boards around the internet is aware of this, they know that whatever question they have won't be answered by practicing necromancy, but the rules forbid opening up a new thread about a topic that has been discussed before. It's a catch 22, your damned if you do and your damned if you don't so what's the point of even trying? __________________ - "Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.." - "Religions take everything that your DNA naturally wants to do to survive and pro-create and makes it wrong." - "There is only one absolute truth and that is that there is only one absolute truth."

08-03-2007, 03:23 AM	#204 (permalink)
Sty Patron Administrator Location: Tôkyô, Japan	afaik all board software have an option where you can define certain time frame after which all threads get locked (if there has been no replies), hence killing necroing automatically. __________________ br, Sty I route, therefore you exist