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I pretty much only read 3 threads on this forum
Eris:
But the problem is that people will automatically just tell people who start a new thread that they should go to the Blog Thread. Sure there are stuff in there that should be there, and there is also stuff in the blog thread that would make good threads. If Elizzybeth started a thread about her grandmother and wanted to talk about the grieving process then it would be an interesting thread and people could give their own experiences, but it was posted in the blog thread and any real potential discussion was reduced to simple condolences or offers to PM conversations, because her original post got lost in the masses of posts in there and people missed it.
I am not saying it should be gotten rid of, I just think that because people post things in there it means the potential new threads are being lumped in there and not explored that well.
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 20 Jan 2009, 18:42 ---I hate tomatoes but I'm capable of not eating them. I don't need all tomatoes everywhere destroyed.
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How would you feel if in order to get a quality steak you had to eat a barrel full of tomatoes first? That's kind of what the blog thread feels like.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 20 Jan 2009, 18:36 ---Being less pissy about new threads would help this. While I'm all for bitching about shitty execution of new threads, we've had some real winners in concept (I'm looking at you Weird Relationship Thread
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This is the main issue as I see it. In my mind, all the other stuff about consolidating forums and instituting page limits is secondary to the simple fact that people around here have gotten too habitually cliquey and insular. Go back to the beginning of "I Like HURRR" and you'll see all kinds of threads started on a whim and tossed aside just as lightly.
Also, the couple threads from back then that I looked in had posts by duchess tapioca. I have to assume that any decline in the forums is related to her departure. In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm sure of it. Just forget the beginning of this post.
(jesus christ this took me forever to write. writing this post was a lot like trying to read all the way through a wikipedia article; every other word was a merry jaunt across the internet)
jon, I was totally going to comment that you yourself are sometimes pissy about new threads, but I checked in the Weird Relationship thread and you were the first person suggesting that people lighten up and let the thread be. I don't know if my thinking that you are among the naysayers is a figment of my imagination because I can't be bothered to look further than that one thread, but clearly I was mistaken in that one instance at least.
0bsessions:
You were mostly right. For the first maybe year to year and a half of my time here, I was a big naysayer of new threads from new forumites.
Then I realized the pointedly obvious fact that being pissy over every new thread based purely off of the users post count and/or grammar is why we can't have nice things. The best course of action in these instances is to point out how much we hate poor grammar and then go about our business by trying to salvage the thread. I think the Weird Relationship thread might actually be where I really realized it. That was a thread with a lot of potential that people judged extremely harshly because MidnightUmbreon had started his first few posts off rather inauspiciously. Fortunately, people backed the fuck up and actually participated and it had a good run. I'd say it's pretty shit now, but that's to be expected of most threads that last as long as it has.
est:
I just locked the blog thread. Thing was over 120 pages long. Some of the things being said in here helped the decision, but I never really liked the idea behind the thread in the first place and I honestly think it stifles new threads because given the choice between the possibility of posting a new thread that might be replied to with "lol, get a blawg" and choosing the safety of the blog thread people will post all sorts of shit in there that could just as easily be made into a new conversation.
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