Hey Rumpleforeskin: What Do You Like and/or Dislike About This Board?

[Torn Rose]

Originally Posted by Tommy

the user name script thingy is getting a bit annoying

Agreed.

[spookyx]

likes;

honest answers from people I trust
the right amount of humor mixed in.
useless warriors great comments
SEO and Mr Marylou's IRC chat sessions
radio show

dislikes

drama sometimes for no real reason.

[lorsha]

Damn, I found this thread to late. I just read everyones comments. What to add, that has not already been said ...

Likes: The members. Truly nice people here.

Dislikes: Drama threads.

[spazlabz]

Likes -
I like the way sponsors get treated special here
I do appreciate the difference between the business area and the bullshit area... most times I like to think I am ONLY interested in the all business forum because you know.. us spazes are renowned for our business acumen heh heh But lots of times its nice to see a good joke or just talk about nothing of consequence.

I like that I can brag that I joined this forum four days before it officially launched... makes me feel like someone important even if facts speak otherwise and I have a low post count. ( I remember the great database crash! )

What I don't like (and why my post count is low)
Clique-ish - it is like a knot. There is a core group of people that dominate the board... I guess it happens at every board but it seems pretty difficult to break into that clique around here

The board breakdown, while useful, feels to spread out to me
why can't newbies post business questions in the main forum?
why can't TGP questions be asked and answered in the main forum?
why can't link list questions be asked and answered in the main forum?

my point is those are all business related but probably don't get as many page views and the main forum does. More posts in the main forum in my mind equals more page views which benefits everyone not the least of which is the thread starter. I might be able to add something to a link list question... you know.. as someone who works for a sponsor... but I don't even check those other forums. The main forum is where my eyes go every time with an occasional peek into the chit chat area. Condensing the board and only having a few highly specialized 'other forums' would be something i would like to see.

you can probably afford to give a little room to wiggle when it comes to mentioning programs or services. There is blatant spam and there are people trying to work within the guidelines to bring their program to the attention of your members. I respect that sponsors should be treated special but if i am paranoid about about every sentence I use in a post it is going to take me more time on the board with less results so I don't post... I do not honestly have the time to become friends with everyone and while I am chatting with them on ICQ mention that my site rocks and is under exposed.

By tying my hands or making me nervous about what I write it makes me not want to write. How do I get business done if I cant mention the program I work for by name? if i check my sig between long absences to make sure it still conforms with the rules (I have that page bookmarked no kidding and this is the only site I feel the need to do it with)

I love this board and I never pass up the chance to recommend it to as many people as I can... I think there is a wealth of knowledge here that is unparalleled. But I don't post as much as I could because of the reasons stated above...

thats it, hope that helps


spaz

[Reality Wife]

I like that the board is neatly divided into specific forums, which saves time searching for what you might want, but that might also leave some webmasters overwhelmed. I totally agree with the "New Post" idea. I actually find the username script amusing but also can understand how it might turn off others. I think the board has a much cleaner look than all other boards, if you know what I mean. I actually come here quite often to read threads but I don't post often for many reasons. Either I have nothing to add even though I found the thread interesting, or I dont want to get blasted by some guy who thinks he is board royalty just because he has a million posts(FYI - this has not happened on this particular board), or maybe I started to write what I thought was a well thought out post, only to preview it and realize I just wasted 10 minutes writing jiberish, or just maybe I forgot my user pass and dont feel like walking to the office to find the email it resides in(just lazy).
I do appreciate the fact that Greenguy went to the trouble to email us and ask for our input on his great board. Its quite clear that he cares about his board and I appreciate that. I will make a conscious effort to post here much more often.
This board rocks! @ Green Guy

[adairk]

No Dislikes, but the sites that people own here are out of my league!
I just own a few webcam sites and don't have the content you people seem to be looking for and the contacts I had made to site owners had been ignored si I felt I was just wasting everyones time including my own here.
All the best,
Ken Adair

[rokanrol]

I think, then I post

[mist]

I like this board because it’s huge collection of adult webmaster knowledge. Time here is never a waste, you always pick up something new or have nice laugh, just like it’s suppose to be. I think you guys does an outstanding job running it.

[Ms Naughty]

It's good to see I'm not the only one frustrated by the search function. I know Sparky assured me otherwise but the search form really doesn't do Boolean "AND" searches properly which is why it so often returns a gazillion results.

I do think the board has become a bit cliquey over the past year and that newbies or even non-regular posters may come in for more abuse sometimes than they should. Yes, newbies can ask silly questions and it's nice to have occasional drama but sometimes I think the "friendly" factor has dropped just a little.

I like the idea of some kind of tutorial for new people.

As for what I like - well, there's a lot. The main thing is that business always comes first here, which saves a lot of time. I've found the board very useful in searching for new sponsors as well as great for networking and general amusement.

GGs stats are great.

Ooh, another small complaint just popped into my head - some of the sponsor listings are a bit out of date.

OK... enough for now.

[Greenguy]

Search & Admin: these seem to be 2 recurring "dislikes" aobut the board & I'm not sure we can correct either of them. It's not like this is a custom script - it's the same script that pretty much every board out there is using

I don't search too much, but when I do, I haven;t noticed any problems that have not always been there.

As far as the admin goes, I think it's fine as well - maybe I've used it enough to know where most of the stuff is hidden?

****

Again, keep'em coming - I think Jim & I will do the entire Radio Show on these topics & see what "dislikes" we can work on correcting

[eman]

If the site were called Greenguy and shithead I'd still come here.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by eman

If the site were called Greenguy and shithead I'd still come here.

Thanks for that, eman Really, all of these are good comments. But like Greenie said, we aren't sure what we can do about the board software itself. I rarely use the search function but I did last week searching 2 names using "and". The top thread showed was the one I was looking for. But I will see if there is anything on vbullitin addressing this problem.

[eman]

Originally Posted by Jim

Thanks for that, eman Really, all of these are good comments. But like Greenie said, we aren't sure what we can do about the board software itself. I rarely use the search function but I did last week searching 2 names using "and". The top thread showed was the one I was looking for. But I will see if there is anything on vbullitin addressing this problem.

No offence, I hope. I have a linklist-centric bias and Greenguy is my business model

[johnnybg]

Like:
1. Great member base, like no other adult wm board.
2. You can do business, without bs.
3. You can have fun while doing it.
4. Great moderators who keep this place tidy.

Dislike:
1. I spent too much time thinking about what I dislike, so I didn't make another free site.

BTW, if you need better search for this site, you can try to Google
"<search term> site:greenguysboard.com"

[nekrom]

Likes:
A) The whole business concept of this place, which is bloody refreshing.

B) Archiving the weekly radio extravaganza, even if it's just two blokes banging on, I still find it humorous.

C) The occasional pissing threads, love reading them with my morning coffee.

D) Greenies stat dumps. A fantastic reference point that I can use as a what to market guide with my traffic.

E) The newsletter. Compared to most other bs ones, It's actualy worth reading.

F) No rubbish payed to post setup and a bazzilion sigwhore wankers posting about unlike other boards.

Dislikes:
None really, and that's the honest non-sugar coated truth.

-N

[Ms Naughty]

Something I forgot to add:
I like that this board is relatively free of the sexist bullshit you see on other boards. GG&J doesn't assume that every webmaster is male and the guys here (mostly) don't make stupid or "pretendy sexist" comments just to piss the girls off.

Of course, now I've said that you'll all do it.

Ooh, that smiley is another good thing.

Oh, and I also like the thing where nobody is posting porn photos because we're all just so bored with porn LOL Even if this thread is useless without pics.

[Torn Rose]

Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

"pretendy sexist" comments just to piss the girls off.

LOL....

I'm shocked, I would never do that.... Right ladies? (to all the ones who know me)

[Greenguy]

Keep'em coming - my hot secretary chick is taking notes

[Tart]

I hate that the java chat always says
#####Unregistered copy, evaluation only
#####Please ask webmaster to register it
every time i post something in chat
Other then that I'm happy!

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Fonz

- The Search Engine chat is at an impossible hour for some of us. An archive of that chat would be very nice.

We will see if Bill can start to save a text copy of the chat room once he starts them back up.

Originally Posted by LB

- Far too sensitive. Many members are far too easy to offend and too quick to lash out. Sometimes it feels like walking on egg shells, and while this is a small and tight community it can also be a hostile community towards 'outsiders' at times.

I think this is because some things are really obvious to some people & they have a hard time grasping that they might not be as obvious to others (I have this problem)

I know there was a thread where you got bashed a bit What was that one? Maybe I can clear it up a bit.

Originally Posted by LB

- Too many subforums. My board time is limited, and while I spend most of it on netpond, I have always read GG&J and try to fit in some time here. I like to look at a main forum with heaps of posts in it, not have to click around a whole heap of subforums. Just personal preference though, and honestly I think its not something you could change now.

You do realize that Netpond has 40 forums & sub-forums, right?

Originally Posted by ponygirl

I can't make the Member's List button on the top menu work. It just takes me back to the main forum page.

We disabled that as it had a lot of info on there as far as who all of the board members are, their emails, IP's etc. I think we took the link out a long time ago, but the board upgrade might have put it back in (even though it's turned off)

Originally Posted by swedguy

I could be wrong (it has happened before #€&/!), but a year ago or two ago there were more new people coming here and staying. Now it feels like the same old crowd and a new head popping in every now and then, but doesn't stay around for too long.
I think a lot of it has to do with the attitude towards new people. Might not be just because they are new, but because they are clueless and someone ends up chewing their head off.

2257 brought everyone out of the woodwork I have noticed this as well & some of them confuse the shit out of me. People will register, make a post or 2, not even come close to being bashed & then you never hear from them again

I wonder how many people miss the part of the "welcome email" that asks them to post in the "Welcome To The Board" thread, start a thread announcing that they are a new member, it gets merged & they assume it got deleted?
(and no, I'm not going to change doing that, because it's clearly in the welcome email - lol)

Originally Posted by Tommy

the user name script thingy is getting a bit annoying

Oh stop! We don't use it nearly as much as we used to - plus look how popular this thread is because of it

Originally Posted by Mr. Blue

-I'd kind of like to see a tutorial section on the forum. There's so much bad information given out on other boards, it would be great to just have a section on how things should be done. Eventhough there's a noobie section on the board, the information often gets spread out or buried in a few weeks and god help if people actually use the search feature, lol. It would be nice to have tutorials though written by some board members in their area of expertise. Maybe make the threads locked so they don't get cluttered with comments, etc.

Give us examples of what you think we should have tutorials on. I've had a tutorial for building free sites in my head for a long time now, but the problem is that it's really fucking long & every time I start to type it up, it seems to get longer

Originally Posted by Mr. Blue

-Attached images....just have them open up in the thread I know this function can get abused, so maybe you can put a limit on who can use it, say 100+ posts before they get that priviledge. Personally, I just like the pictures opening in the threads rather than a seperate link.

This ain't GFY my friend - it'll be abused (even by people in the Buddy Christ Club) it'd slow down the board, it'd encourage people to get their post counts up, etc. Just click the link

Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

Ooh, another small complaint just popped into my head - some of the sponsor listings are a bit out of date.

MrMaryLou is working on a project right now, but once that's done, I will have him go thru them & get things updated (problem is that it's a 2 month task - lol)

[LB]

Originally Posted by Greenie

I think this is because some things are really obvious to some people & they have a hard time grasping that they might not be as obvious to others (I have this problem)

I know there was a thread where you got bashed a bit What was that one? Maybe I can clear it up a bit.

Yeah thats a good example of me stepping on toes without realising. Though I hear similar comments from a wide range of people who don't post here, and the word 'sensitive' or 'touchy' is usually used.

You do realize that Netpond has 40 forums & sub-forums, right?

Yeah but I can get almost a total look at np threads by checking out 3 forums ... here there are useful posts all over the place. I suppose is a really good thing, but being used to having most posts in the main forum .. sometimes it seems strange to me that the main forum here could have 1 post and a subforum may have 10 new posts. Probably not a biggie

[Mr. Blue]

Originally Posted by Greenie

Give us examples of what you think we should have tutorials on. I've had a tutorial for building free sites in my head for a long time now, but the problem is that it's really fucking long & every time I start to type it up, it seems to get longer

You gave a good example there...a good freesite tutorial would be great to help demystify it for those people that don't regularly build freesites and who may be getting funky information from another source.

Gallery building, I'd be tempted to write that one myself, lol, of course I'd get the stamp of approval from a TGP God before I'd post it just to make sure everything is copacetic.

Photoshop tutorials...granted there's tons of them online as is, but there's shortcuts that you learn that makes photoshop a little more approachable and practical for "porn" tasks...i.e. batch processing, watermarking, etc, etc.

It's just I see some amazingly stupid advice given out on forums and usually by people who claim expertise, but have a vested interest in tossing out worthless information.

[swedguy]

Originally Posted by Greenie

We will see if Bill can start to save a text copy of the chat room once he starts them back up.

I would LOVE that

Originally Posted by Greenie

I think this is because some things are really obvious to some people & they have a hard time grasping that they might not be as obvious to others (I have this problem)

When I got into mainstream, I was confused as fuck. They were talking about the same shit as in adult, but everything was named differently.
Since I have been in this for some time, I knew where to find info about what they were talking about. Search, find a sticky thread on the boards, FAQ somewhere or just poke around on the boards/resources.
But if I was fresh, I would probably have posted and would've got flamed to pieces.

So how about a sticky (and also add it to the welcome email) with the most common questions? Maybe you have it already (I admit, I haven't looked lately ).

Originally Posted by Greenie

I wonder how many people miss the part of the "welcome email" that asks them to post in the "Welcome To The Board" thread, start a thread announcing that they are a new member, it gets merged & they assume it got deleted?
(and no, I'm not going to change doing that, because it's clearly in the welcome email - lol)

Maybe send a PM to all the newbies that get their welcome thread moved to the real thread?
It's clearly in the welcome email where to post. But sometimes people miss stuff and instead of pissing them off by thinking that their thread got deleted, send them a friendly PM saying that it got moved to the proper place.

[cd34]

search may or may not be fixed.

mentioned in radio show: Adult Term Glossary
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...ad.php?t=18900
http://www.fetishphiles.net/adult-we...glossary.shtml

[bluebrit]

Likes:
The people I've met in person and the ones i've met online since becoming a member of this board.

My understanding of this business has been learned from those who have been in it from the beginning and the replies they give to questions asked or topics raised in the various forums. The collective knowledge base on this board is a gold mine if you take the time to read, consider and implement whats being given by them as free advice to everyone. In most other businesses such a knowledge base would cost you a fortune to tap into and to not take into account whats written here, is foolhardy IMO.

Dislikes:
Emmy still makes me get out of bed to do chores after working all night, albeit at 4 in the afternoon

regards to all bluebrit