A taste of what's to come...

[Tj]

I keep coming across stupid posts recently, and people who generally seem to just want to cause trouble. Is it logical to assume that when/if CD is released, there'll be quite a considerable influx of people with similar intentions to people such as Chester the Molestor etc?  This place could become un-moderatable (...if that's a word. Well, it is now) if thousands more people start registering. I think our community - so to speak - here in it's current form, would/will become a thing of the past.

[Eazy E]

Cut the bullshit, are you asking to be a moderator?   

I guess the situation you're suggesting would be if the CD is actually successful.  If that were the case, it would be a situation that hasn't ever really existed (where the internet exists and there are a lot of GN'R fans -- Fuck's sake that just reminds me how long ago GN'R actually released an album).  It will be interesting to see, but I'd think most of the people you're talking about will head to a site like mygnr.... I think the way people on this board post doesn't give the "Chester the Molester"s of the world whatever satisfaction they are looking for.

[Izzy]

I have to agree with Tj - this board is being swamped by increasingly stupid posts, in the past we've had a core of decent people posting but since the beginning of the year - well, so many of the posts are just mindless, and i don't think any names need mentioning.

[Pandora]

That's something I have personnally considered, and it's worrying me a little. We will probably need stricter rules, if not more moderators. Wait and see....

[jarmo]

Some people whine at me when I mention it in the GN'R section. I don't like the fact that we get more and more "LOL", "Yeah! It rocks", "I totally agree!", "Great post! LOL!" etc kinds of posts.

In addition to that a lot of people think it's a good idea to talk about other things except GN'R in the GN'R section. For example, Nirvana....

I'd like to think that people can sort out their own posts before we need to start doing that. So if everybody could just think for a second before posting, I'm sure everybody would be thankful.




/jarmo

[Jim]

Nothing is too much for us to handle.

Sorted.

[R4tfink]

I'd like to think that people can sort out their own posts before we need to start doing that. So if everybody could just think for a second before posting, I'm sure everybody would be thankful.

/jarmo

Point taken, i will do so in future! ?

What you have to bear in mind though, a lot of the more recent posters, who post bollocks, continue to NOT think before posting and non of them learn their lessons or read the rules...

Maybe, as a suggestion, you should post the rules of the forum in the initial sign up process so people are aware and if they break the rules, ban them.
I know its a hardline to take but sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

I learnt with constant beatings in Jarmo's cupboard whilst in the Gimp uniform...i think the NOOBS should learn some damn discipline as well!

UI, you cant even handle your Mascara properly when applying it to your gothic eyes! How could you handle 150 million GNR fans who post shit....??

[jarmo]

Maybe, as a suggestion, you should post the rules of the forum in the initial sign up process so people are aware and if they break the rules, ban them.
I know its a hardline to take but sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

The rules do show up when you register and you even have to check a box that says you agree.



/jarmo

[R4tfink]

Get rid of the check box...i dont know about anyone else, i never read them...unless im buying summat!
Then when u ban someone, you can say...READ THE RULES.

Theres gotta be someway of making the Noobs know about the rules and that if they break them, they will be booted. Perhaps im being too harsh, however, ive noticed a decrease in the number of "Regular and long term" posters in the last couple of months, im not saying the amount of shite we sift through to read something worthwhile is causing this but it certainly puts me off posting! That and the moderators being shit and the admin being a dictatoring evil scumbag!

[MCT]

I think you're overreacting here Teej. There's always been, and will always be a certain status quo and cyclic surge of some degree of cretinism here on the board. It's unavoidable, not un-moderatable*.

Now granted, there will surely be an influx if and when CD gets released, but it will most definitely be handled, as Jim said. And speaking of said moderator, it's just as well to use him as an example:

He's constantly locking, warning and what have you, whilst citing substandard behavior as the cause for his actions in a forum where the benchmark of member quality is higher (because of exemplary moderation) than other half-assed rock band forums. It's great! And so I don't really see a looming crisis.

Oh, and is there really someone called Chester the Molestor?

*Not a word

[*Izzy*]

and i don't think any names need mentioning.

*Izzy*

I think

Maybe, as a suggestion, you should post the rules of the forum in the initial sign up process so people are aware and if they break the rules, ban them.
I know its a hardline to take but sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

The rules do show up when you register and you even have to check a box that says you agree.



/jarmo

But lots of people probably skip to the end without reading and just check the box. I think the Gn'R sections should be more strict and the people who start really really stupid threads should be warned three times then banned

  Izzy?

[Izzy]

and i don't think any names need mentioning.

*Izzy*

 

I wasn't referring to you - should i have been?

[SLCPUNK]

Some people whine at me when I mention it in the GN'R section. I don't like the fact that we get more and more "LOL", "Yeah! It rocks", "I totally agree!", "Great post! LOL!" etc kinds of posts.

In addition to that a lot of people think it's a good idea to talk about other things except GN'R in the GN'R section. For example, Nirvana....

I'd like to think that people can sort out their own posts before we need to start doing that. So if everybody could just think for a second before posting, I'm sure everybody would be thankful.




/jarmo

I totally agree!

Great post!

 

[Axls Locomotive]

Some people whine at me when I mention it in the GN'R section. I don't like the fact that we get more and more "LOL", "Yeah! It rocks", "I totally agree!", "Great post! LOL!" etc kinds of posts.

In addition to that a lot of people think it's a good idea to talk about other things except GN'R in the GN'R section. For example, Nirvana....

well you could always make sure that anyone who makes a post with the name nirvana in it gets instantly deleted

[D]

How do u defeat an attention whore?

U ignore them

when those people come on and post nonsense

dont complain, dont post, dont cuss them out, dont do anything, simply dont post or say anything

they will quickly get bored and find somewhere else.

[R4tfink]

How do u defeat an attention whore?
U ignore them
when those people come on and post nonsense
dont complain, dont post, dont cuss them out, dont do anything, simply dont post or say anything
they will quickly get bored and find somewhere else.

Works in day to day life, but not in the high tech media world!
Say we get 100 new members, all starting new topics, all bullshit in the GNR section, are you telling me, you want to sift through page after page of crap i certainly wouldnt and thats what discourages me to even look at the link for the GNR section, and more recently, The Jungle.

Maybe im over reacting regarding the number of new people but you get my picture?
At present we have 4174 using 8718 topics to post in?
My question, how many of these are locked and or contain threads we have all(old timers 3 years +) seen before?

Its gonna happen, if CD is released and there will be some pissed of fuckers, but will the pissed off = the attention seeking whores we see all too often?

D,
Do me a favour if you will, count all the threads that mean nothing out of the 8718, ie, Bollocks, shit posts, Slash Vs Buckethead, etc etc.
I expect an answer in 10 minutes GMT. that will be 9:50PM.
Happy hunting fucker!

[Izzy]

How do u defeat an attention whore?

U ignore them

when those people come on and post nonsense

dont complain, dont post, dont cuss them out, dont do anything, simply dont post or say anything

they will quickly get bored and find somewhere else.

But they don't - c'mon don't force me to list names - these people don't write opinion they write nonsense, 'priests have no souls and believe in utmost cruelty' was one i ran across the other day - and they don't go away.

This board has a lot of intresting characters and is great for learning about bands (must have added 100 bands to my collection due to this place!) - its just very frustrating to see these same people writing nonsense every day and in every thread

[Eazy E]

D,
Do me a favour if you will, count all the threads that mean nothing out of the 8718, ie, Bollocks, shit posts, Slash Vs Buckethead, etc etc.
I expect an answer in 10 minutes GMT. that will be 9:50PM.
Happy hunting fucker!

LOL, you want a total for the number of shit posts?  Just look at your post count.   

[R4tfink]

But they don't - c'mon don't force me to list names - these people don't write opinion they write nonsense, 'priests have no souls and believe in utmost cruelty' was one i ran across the other day - and they don't go away.

This board has a lot of intresting characters and is great for learning about bands (must have added 100 bands to my collection due to this place!) - its just very frustrating to see these same people writing nonsense every day and in every thread

I agree! ?

Amen to that.

[Hammy]

Not only do they chat shit but we have numerous threads that are identical if they used the damn search function they would know we already have exisiting threads for their topics...when they start a damn thread to ask what people think of an album if they'd used the search function they'd see 20+ people had already said what they think of it.  They always fucking SHOUT, and what's with the vs. obsessions?  The GN'R sections in a time warp topics keep popping up everyday but if you went back 2 years you'd find half of them are just the fuckin' same