This forum is turning really shit

[icanicant]

Always going to get some annoying threads but positives clearly outweigh the negatives imo. Especially taking SNH into account. House section is great for finding new stuff as are certain other threads already mentioned like the dungeon one.

[gwa]

if you care about an online forum turning to shit then your personal life must be a bore.

trust.. i used to feel the same way myself.. hours upon hours have i whinged to badger to only realise that i don't give a fuck.

don't get me wrong; i owe a lot to this place.. but i've got what i needed

[knell]

i've always loved this section of the forum, never a dull moment in many regards...


agree with Sheff though, the production forum really took the brunt of the onslaught, those who are still there and dishing out quality advice rather than sarcasm must have the patience of saints

[wub]

agree with Sheff though, the production forum really took the brunt of the onslaught, those who are still there and dishing out quality advice rather than sarcasm must have the patience of saints

[firky]

Basically I just get sick of seeing the same people argue over the same tired shite. Post more cool shit!

there's nothing you can do to sort the problem other than resorting to extreme application of the rules (or tightening them even further), and mass bannings... which is more than a little tempting but not really the way to go

it's easy to enough to get rid of blatant trolls but the sad thing is that most of the kids come across as trolls when they're just ignorant little fuckwits. where do you draw the line between troll and idiot? you could say that someone like that wouldn't be missed but if most new members got banned then very quickly we'd stop getting any at all

Yep, absolutely. You can't ban people just for being idiots or for trolling now and again. But threads that get derailed into trite about which country is more racist America or Britain, or how shit America is because XXXXXX, and then there's the good threads that get wrecked - remember that one Mala started? Jesus, thank god some of the people on that thread aren't representative of 'the scene'.

FWIW am not having a go at the forum or how it's ran, just more wondering out loud why and how it's gone down hill.

Science and astronomy theads ftw.

Some good discussion going on too, we just need to polices the trolls and blatant derailing of threads a little better.

Yup, I like the science nad astronomy threads too. I guess because I like getting a heads up on articles, essays and videos on such things, gwa, that does not equate a boring life. This place can be a good resource for finding good stuff I haven't seen or heard before, so yeah I do care to an extent!

[firky]

More photography threads too... could do a photography comp?

[Duffman]

It seems every forum was better back in the day according to people on various forums. It's just nostalgia most of the time, I mean it's a forum ffs.

[cityzen]

Science and astronomy theads ftw.

yeah been loving these. shame decent discussions are hard to come by though

Needs more Magma.
As for the American orientated threads, I like them. They do go to shit quite quickly but I don't know any Americans or outright American haters IRL, so I enjoy learning the views from both sides.
This forum has done a lot for me; it teaches me things, brings new amazing artists to my attention and takes my mind in directions that it may never have gone otherwise.
I hope i'm not part of this perceived problem Firky, but if I am, you have my apologies.
YAY DSF!!

[firky]

I hope i'm not part of this perceived problem Firky, but if I am, you have my apologies.
YAY DSF!!

Magma made some good posts, can't say I agree with the bloke who thinks Nick Clegg is a hero all of the time, but I respect his opinion all the same!

Nah! No one person is, I am equally guilty of taking the piss out the yanks and trolling time to time.

I noticed someone is calling you a dick or something in their sig. That's exactly the kind of pathetic shit that I am on about.

[drokkr]

More photography threads too... could do a photography comp?

I'll get on it. Lots of dope shit bookmarked

[firky]

I have loads of stuff too!

[cityzen]

I noticed someone is calling you a dick or something in their sig. That's exactly the kind of pathetic shit that I am on about.

It's actually "Dear Cityzen, bum bye bye batty boy.". I'm not actually too sure what that means, all I know is that i'm now in three people sigs! Who's a badman?

[wub]

It's actually "Dear Cityzen, bum bye bye batty boy.".

And they says kids aren't being taught properly at secondary school any more...

[test_recordings]

As my old yogi said: "Be the change you want to see in the world".

So if you do as what you want the world to be like the world can be like that, no?

[esfandyar]

firkles, if you left Id be very sad.

really though if you go on any forums there are shit posts with shit people, and its pretty equally distributed. the internet is indiscriminatory with how people congregate. SNH actually has gotten a lot better I was thinking.

[christophera]

Listen grandpa, theres 5 years of threads saying this forum is crap. Start your own forum. You seem to have the golden recipe. Spare us all the whining. You know where the door is...

AND IF YOU DON'T LOVE AMERICA, THEN GO LIVE IN COMMUNIST CHINA!

[Kodachrome]

[belalala]

Listen grandpa, theres 5 years of threads saying this forum is crap. Start your own forum. You seem to have the golden recipe. Spare us all the whining. You know where the door is...

AND IF YOU DON'T LOVE AMERICA, THEN GO LIVE IN COMMUNIST CHINA!

good point...

[fractal]

seckle's right though... be the change you want to see and all that...

been reading these forums going to shit threads for years now, i'm sure someone wrote one when this last bunch of "ninjas" set up camp here in 08

for those of us who use this place to find information on music, mixes and shows---- it still rocks! if you're looking for a place for talking about other shit online, i would try disensus or summat

[christophera]

i hate dissensus so much