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Post by Stu on Apr 20, 2004 14:54:57 GMT -5
I hate these message boards
they get clogged up with everyone adding pictures to their messages, endless polls that only have a few votes, avatars why?? and the entire board gets riddled with smiley faces.
I liked the old board as it was much better, you could just leave a message without all this fancy stuff
now it will be full of wacky people with their crazy avatars trying to show off
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Post by Fat Reg on Apr 20, 2004 15:08:09 GMT -5
Well, I agree with some of those ponts, Stu - personally, I hate seeing loads of smileys. Avatars I'm cool with. But the old board, though I loved its simplicity was too limited in its appearance options. Plus I can use this as a mailing list on occasions, and I wanted the facility to have "sticky topics" and many of the other features associated with a "proper" board. Oh, and no pop-up ads...
I'll miss the old board, too, but I hope you'll give this one a try - it's the quality of the posts that are of prime importance, and I think this will encourage more posting. Stick with us, mate!
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Post by ~ MAR ~ on Apr 20, 2004 17:00:01 GMT -5
I hate these message boards they get clogged up with everyone adding pictures to their messages, endless polls that only have a few votes, avatars why?? and the entire board gets riddled with smiley faces. I liked the old board as it was much better, you could just leave a message without all this fancy stuff now it will be full of wacky people with their crazy avatars trying to show off Yeah I agree....most of the posts on the old forum were more concentrated on Reading festival......however, it was soooo impersonal, and there was hardly any atmosphere of 'community'. Now to some of us that is important. I've been posting on fat reg's festies for nearly 2 years now and I never felt so comfortable posting as I do now. And so what if there are now smilies and avatars and sigs and post counts? I give it a couple of weeks and everyone will be used to this forum, and happy with it. And are you calling me wacky?  |
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Post by Fat Reg on Apr 20, 2004 17:46:39 GMT -5
And I rather like the fact that I can see how many people are users of the board by the number of registrations - I've always guessed at how many "regulars" there have been. And that you can see who's online at any point - especially good for sending messages directly - had a nice message-based chat with Mar this afternoon. Beat working, for sure!
I think Mar's right - people will get used to this. I'm used to it already.
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Post by jimmyfloyd on Apr 20, 2004 18:32:16 GMT -5
I'm not convinced that allowing lame pics/smileys should be allowed. Stu is right about that.
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Post by spyddy on Apr 21, 2004 13:39:17 GMT -5
People will get used to these boards... ive been using similair boards for a few years now and i can tell you they are a lot better compared to the old one. I know its simplistic ways suited many but people will soon pick up on how to use the boards.
For one thing the layout actually makes it a lot easier and the forum takes hardly any time to load compared to the old one.
Good job Mr.R ;D
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Post by DaveyC on Apr 21, 2004 16:22:39 GMT -5
People will get used to these boards... ive been using similair boards for a few years now and i can tell you they are a lot better compared to the old one. I know its simplistic ways suited many but people will soon pick up on how to use the boards. For one thing the layout actually makes it a lot easier and the forum takes hardly any time to load compared to the old one. Good job Mr.R ;D Well said that man. |
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Post by S8N on Apr 21, 2004 16:32:32 GMT -5
I'm still more of a fan of text based (nntp) boards than this stuff cos it's so fast but these aint so bad.
I like Avatars cos it makes for an easier way to recognise who is posting what and they give you individuality and community, which the last board lacked.
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Post by Digsy on Apr 22, 2004 9:04:43 GMT -5
now you see i`m one of those geeks who love all this smily/avatar stuff so this board is awesome....loads better than that crap old one dave  |
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Post by Fat Reg on Apr 22, 2004 9:27:30 GMT -5
But your avatar link is broken, Disgy! You'll be losing geek point for that!
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Post by Digsy on Apr 22, 2004 9:33:23 GMT -5
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Post by Trigger on Apr 22, 2004 18:26:02 GMT -5
Nah dude your avatar is still broken.
I agree with Reg and Mar, its a nice looking forum, you know who are regulars and who only visit the forum once a year type thing. You can private messege people, You know when people you want to talk to are online, Avatars are cool, Pictures are also cool aslong as used for the right reason. for example people can show there festival pictures on the forum and stuff, no need for a link etc. And I cant see how a picture will annoy, if you dont wanna see it scroll past it.
Trigger.
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Post by ~ MAR ~ on Apr 23, 2004 0:57:32 GMT -5
Nah dude your avatar is still broken. I agree with Reg and Mar, its a nice looking forum, you know who are regulars and who only visit the forum once a year type thing. You can private messege people, You know when people you want to talk to are online, Avatars are cool, Pictures are also cool aslong as used for the right reason. for example people can show there festival pictures on the forum and stuff, no need for a link etc. And I cant see how a picture will annoy, if you dont wanna see it scroll past it. Trigger. You're absolutely right! And hence another valid argument for seperate subject headings here too.....ppl will want to post their festie pics so we could have a section dedicated to that alone.  |
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Post by Fat Reg on Apr 23, 2004 2:57:52 GMT -5
Already thought of that, Mar, and once the festival has happened, I'm going to make a section where people can post their reviews and a few pics if they have them. The other option is to use a "photo album" type service and make an "open" login for that so everyone can make albums to share their thoughts. That way, this site will become the best "community" festival resource on the web. Probably.
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Post by T8 on Apr 23, 2004 3:02:53 GMT -5
Sounds like a good idea. Will def have some pictures from this year to post to you Mr Reg. Im still hot on the trail of finding tickets at a low price for all you ticketless people  Will keep up the work till i explode!!! lol. keep up the good work FR |
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Will keep up the work till i explode!!! lol. keep up the good work FR