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Okay, guys, crunch time.
I've been a member of the TweakTown forums from quite a while (quite a bit longer than November 2001, in fact, that was just the last server crash/update/whatever).
I was here back in the good old days when the Off Topic thread was actually called Off Topic. I was here when signatures (if you actually had one) were text-only.
Now, I realise this doesn't automatically make me know what's best for the forums - there are others who have been around for longer, others who have had more experience with forums around the net.
But, I do know when I'm not having fun, and I'm not having fun with the TweakTown forums anymore. Sure, I'll flick through the threads, maybe learn something new, maybe try to help someone out - but it's hard to do these days without being innundated with a 50:1 spam/pointless to useful post ratio.
Talking to a few other people, I've discovered that they have pretty much experienced the same thing. A lot of users have just left the forums for these reasons (where are you, Grim Reaper? Oldbugger? RDR?), users that didn't just post crap, but helped people. And helping people is, after all, the main reason that the TweakTown forums exist - not, as some people seem to think, to spam and play word games.
So, I'm proposing a serious, interesting, and, above all, on-topic discussion about the possibility of changing the status quo. What the hell am I talking about? ForumTopia, the perfect forums. Basically:
--- No post counts. No post counts, less spamming. Less spamming = good.
--- Users do, however, get stars/a rating of some sort - it is - gasp - based on how helpful a user is, voted on by other members that have been helped.
I expect about a grand total of zero people to like this idea. But basically, I just need to get it off my chest and out there.
What do you think?
I've been a member of the TweakTown forums from quite a while (quite a bit longer than November 2001, in fact, that was just the last server crash/update/whatever).
I was here back in the good old days when the Off Topic thread was actually called Off Topic. I was here when signatures (if you actually had one) were text-only.
Now, I realise this doesn't automatically make me know what's best for the forums - there are others who have been around for longer, others who have had more experience with forums around the net.
But, I do know when I'm not having fun, and I'm not having fun with the TweakTown forums anymore. Sure, I'll flick through the threads, maybe learn something new, maybe try to help someone out - but it's hard to do these days without being innundated with a 50:1 spam/pointless to useful post ratio.
Talking to a few other people, I've discovered that they have pretty much experienced the same thing. A lot of users have just left the forums for these reasons (where are you, Grim Reaper? Oldbugger? RDR?), users that didn't just post crap, but helped people. And helping people is, after all, the main reason that the TweakTown forums exist - not, as some people seem to think, to spam and play word games.
So, I'm proposing a serious, interesting, and, above all, on-topic discussion about the possibility of changing the status quo. What the hell am I talking about? ForumTopia, the perfect forums. Basically:
--- No post counts. No post counts, less spamming. Less spamming = good.
--- Users do, however, get stars/a rating of some sort - it is - gasp - based on how helpful a user is, voted on by other members that have been helped.
I expect about a grand total of zero people to like this idea. But basically, I just need to get it off my chest and out there.
What do you think?
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