A taste of what's to come...

[MCT]

Exactly! Cyclic surge...

[N.I.B]

So I'm not the only one getting tired of reading "WTTJ played in my local Starbucks today!!!" topics???

Great!?

Why not just get a hardcore / insider board where only members above 500 / 750 / 1000 posts and at least one year membership can post?

I don't mean something like "fan 1st grade" and "fan 2nd grade" or so. But do you people have any idea how many 12year old kids will come to this board (once CD is out) and do what 12year old kids do on the internet?

Keep in mind that at least 50% of this board are WAY over 20 if not 30.

You could have like 100 mods - it won't help much once the Kindergarten opened its gates. So maybe closing one of ours should be taken in consideration.

Just an idea...

ok so lets say that we put your idea to use. A 1000 post or over club. You get one guy thats been on the board for a year, knows whats going on, and has 1000 posts. Ok pretend this person gets into the 1000 or over club. What would happen if you found out this guy is 12-14 as you put it? What happens then?

[Eazy E]

All I can say is, this happens from time to time. We've had a board since 1999, or something like that, and occasionally we get a flood of newbies.

It takes a while for them to get the "feel" of the place I guess.

But since 1999 (6 fuckin' years!) there hasn't been a Guns N' Roses album released with new material.  IF that does happen and it is successful, there will be more than the typical "flood" of newbies and that's where the problem might come from.

[Izzy]

That the number of members - and consequently, cretins - has, is and will continue to increase, is certainly something that can't be argued. But some of you guys are going off yer fuckin' heads as if there's some sort of impending crisis about to befall us; whereas the truth of the matter is that we're operating under the same general conditions that we always have operated under! The only difference is the natural proliferation of the new members. It's like I said, same shit, bigger pile. And because this is a very well moderated forum, and has obviously done well in the past, I have complete faith that Jarmo will do what must be done, if and when such a time comes.

Its not some impending crisis i'm concerned about, i'm concerned with the problem here and now.

Oh look - first thread i see

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=21205.0

We have had this thread a hundred times - why can't people just use the search function?

And look who started it - one of these core 'newbies' that this whole thread is about

look more!

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=21207.0

What will you be doing the day and night of the release of CD?

 

Virtually all the most regular posters on the board have posted in this thread expressing concerns - when you consider how many other major posters we've lost of late, something is clearly wrong.

Will there be anyone left worth a damn when CD finally arrives?

[Doc Emmett Brown]

I am on one forum that has the 'ignore' feature. It is great. You can put the people on that feature and NEVER see what they wrote. I love it.

Now there's an idea - it's almost like having the power of a BanMaster.   

The downside is missing out on the occasional laugh.  For example, that guy who always posts in red or bold in the Axl/Slash/Duff lawsuit thread.  I usually ignore him, but one time he made this hysterical post about how sex makes you gain weight or something to that effect.  I laughed for a good minute or two.

The LA Times had to shut down their internet experiment because some idiots posted pornography.  I havent seen this Chester the molester guy, but fortunately he failed to sabotage HTGTH.

[Axls Locomotive]

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=21207.0

What will you be doing the day and night of the release of CD?

hahaha, one day someone will post the "How much will the Chinese Democracy CD cost" thread or "how many pages will be in the CD booklet" thread are these people really that boring?

[D]

Random SLC, Izzy,Kujo,Journey,TJ,Arron,mike you all dont know newbie posters like I do, U are doing a great disservice to this board by not taking the time to really study this subject.

U are in the public, you are misleading everyone, I have studied this extensively, I am an expert now and I know the psychology of why Newbie posters start these kinds of threads.

Random doesnt know, SLC doesnt know,Journey doesnt know,Izzy doesnt know, I know and why do I know? cause I took the time, did research, I learned everything about this subject and if more people were like me and took the time, this board would be a much greater place.

no no i dont wanna hear your excuses, what u are doing is wrong and isnt right.

please i beg u all, just do the research, gain the knowledge that Ive gained by spending countless hours looking into this.


I really hope u all have seen the Tom Cruise Matt Lauer interview where Tom totally went off and started talkin like I was up there to Matt.

It was unreal how crazy Tom sounded.

anyone else see it?

[Izzy]

Random SLC, Izzy,Kujo,Journey,TJ,Arron,mike you all dont know newbie posters like I do, U are doing a great disservice to this board by not taking the time to really study this subject.

U are in the public, you are misleading everyone, I have studied this extensively, I am an expert now and I know the psychology of why Newbie posters start these kinds of threads.

Random doesnt know, SLC doesnt know,Journey doesnt know,Izzy doesnt know, I know and why do I know? cause I took the time, did research, I learned everything about this subject and if more people were like me and took the time, this board would be a much greater place.

no no i dont wanna hear your excuses, what u are doing is wrong and isnt right.

please i beg u all, just do the research, gain the knowledge that Ive gained by spending countless hours looking into this.


I really hope u all have seen the Tom Cruise Matt Lauer interview where Tom totally went off and started talkin like I was up there to Matt.

It was unreal how crazy Tom sounded.

anyone else see it?

The hell.....?

[SLCPUNK]

GNR Section

i used to do kickboxing....

okay, i'd love to meet ya

We now have a thread that could go off on a Dating tangent!
Awesome, first thread i noticed cus i was aware Axl has done some Martial Arts and i was intrigued that a thread in the GNR section garnered some interest for me...

Wish i would of never braved it now!

Im staying well away now, that place scares me!

I dunno man. I mean, we have an umbrella thread (whatever that means) which was good for a few laughs. I'm sure others find that totally absurd. So how can we decide what is not worthy, and what is?

[SLCPUNK]

So I'm not the only one getting tired of reading "WTTJ played in my local Starbucks today!!!" topics???

Great!?

Why not just get a hardcore / insider board where only members above 500 / 750 / 1000 posts and at least one year membership can post?

I don't mean something like "fan 1st grade" and "fan 2nd grade" or so. But do you people have any idea how many 12year old kids will come to this board (once CD is out) and do what 12year old kids do on the internet?

Keep in mind that at least 50% of this board are WAY over 20 if not 30.

You could have like 100 mods - it won't help much once the Kindergarten opened its gates. So maybe closing one of ours should be taken in consideration.

Just an idea...

ok so lets say that we put your idea to use. A 1000 post or over club. You get one guy thats been on the board for a year, knows whats going on, and has 1000 posts. Ok pretend this person gets into the 1000 or over club. What would happen if you found out this guy is 12-14 as you put it? What happens then?

Well there are 15 yr olds that act like 35 and 35 who act like 14. If a kid of that age has over 1000 posts, more than likely he/she has not pissed of the mods and ads something to the discussion. 1000 posts is a lot of posts. Even if the person wasn't breaking any 'rules', by posting dumb topics, eventually they'd fade away well before the 1k mark.

[SLCPUNK]

Random SLC, Izzy,Kujo,Journey,TJ,Arron,mike you all dont know newbie posters like I do, U are doing a great disservice to this board by not taking the time to really study this subject.

U are in the public, you are misleading everyone, I have studied this extensively, I am an expert now and I know the psychology of why Newbie posters start these kinds of threads.

Random doesnt know, SLC doesnt know,Journey doesnt know,Izzy doesnt know, I know and why do I know? cause I took the time, did research, I learned everything about this subject and if more people were like me and took the time, this board would be a much greater place.

no no i dont wanna hear your excuses, what u are doing is wrong and isnt right.

please i beg u all, just do the research, gain the knowledge that Ive gained by spending countless hours looking into this.


I really hope u all have seen the Tom Cruise Matt Lauer interview where Tom totally went off and started talkin like I was up there to Matt.

It was unreal how crazy Tom sounded.

anyone else see it?

The hell.....?

I think he has finally drank one protein shake too many!!!

[D]

 

go to my Tom Cruise thread and watch that video and u will see what I was doing up there and it will make sense.


I can tell Izzy got tripped out

[SLCPUNK]

I think posters over 7 thousand posts should only talk to those with an equal amount or more.

D......you gotta leave bro, sorry.

 

[D]

Shit ill just post and quote my own post and answer myself, I talk and answer myself in real life so I could do it on the board as well!

[SLCPUNK]

Shit ill just post and quote my own post and answer myself.........

LOL, you practically do that now. No special post count needed!

 

[Jim]

A note about an 'invitation only' section...

...Firstly, it would never happen. Even if I may actually at times be in favour of it...........

The only way it would work is if it was exactly as I just refered to it as...Invitation only.

Ammount of posts? Longetivity of activty on the board? Come on, what the fuck. That means nothing to me. Surely, by that logic, the umbrella guy would get it.

It would only work if it was just that, invitiation only.

But it will never happen.

This is a public board.



*Urm...The above is my decision, and is thus not 'period', nor conclusive....

[Jim]

Appologies for my posting twice in a row here, but I wish to address another point of which I forogt, and it may be missed if I merely 'edit' my above post....

...Congratulations, you're on the right track to getting this thread to be confined to a few people joking and, as a consequence, not taken seriously anymore and, thus, nothing being done. And, therefore, this thread dying. At least, as far as myself, and various other people go....

Not a criticism, if you will forgive my sarcasm, just a warning.

[D]

Not to offend or piss any of my friends off but I think some of you are being too crabby and uptight. Message boards are suppose to be fun and entertaining. if everyone just posted and no one ever joked around or went somewhat off topic this board or any board would get pretty boring and bland very very quickly.

I can understand a page or two straight of nonsense, but If I take a jab at a poster in a funny way and they jab me back or if anyone does it I find it some of the best shit on the board. Some of you need to learn to relax and just chill, not every thing has to be law and order and stuffy and serious all the time.

so what if someone starts a stupid thread, u have the right to not open it, if its ignorant it will quickly be buried on page 3 in no time.

some are bitching just to bitch cause they have nothing better to do.


On Topic:

Just because a few newbies post crazy shit and what not doesnt mean every single new poster will do so.

I think this board could use an injection of life from some new blood.

I dont think regular posters have stopped posting due to the ignorance of new posters, I think it has more to do with nothing going on lately, even the jungle has been sorta slow here lately with nothing all that interesting.


Im gonna stay optimistic that most newbies will follow the rules and contribute to the forum in a positive way.

Message boards vary so much that it takes a little while to adapt to the style of each board, I know I dont post the same over on my sports forum as i do here, there is an adjustment period to learn what u can and can't do.

cause a poster starts a couple shitty threads and generally posts bullshit doesnt necessarily mean they will always continue to post that way.

[Jim]

so what if someone starts a stupid thread, u have the right to not open it, if its ignorant it will quickly be buried on page 3 in no time.

Simply put, you're wrong.

[Jim]

Again, I post twice in a row, but with better reason...

...If I merely edit, seeing as you are online, you may miss my response, and I appologise for being too blunt.

My point is that personal jokes are not exactly what I would look for in a board that I want to read.

Fine, you and SLC going back and forth with each other can be a laugh, but do I want to read that more than once?

Frankly, no.

Bluntly, if I see the type of 'banter' like that, then i will stop reading a thread.

Simply put.

I know it can be fun, and if as a development of a thread (say, differeing of an opinion that leads thus to...'banter'...then, I agree, it can be funny) then I'll laugh along with the rest of you...
...Obviously not out loud, of course.

Getting too serious was not where I was heading with my above post, in fact, I was heading nowhere.

My point was that if you want something to be done, and discussion to be had...

...Then at least one thread must be sacred. Surely?