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

[Torn Rose]

What are the total post counts to those threads? And didn't the "Hey Torn - what's this "rage" thing?" thread go on and on and on for MONTHS?

You might only use it 20 times or whatever, but when the threads never die and when we see them in sigs the joke gets played to death.

Maybe after a day or two with no post the threads with it in the title get edited?

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by Greenie

spazlabz - just do me one favor - the next time you see a thread that you are squeamish about posting to, run it past me & I'll do my best to see your side, explain our side & we'll go from there

deal GG


spaz

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Torn

What are the total post counts to those threads? And didn't the "Hey Torn - what's this "rage" thing?" thread go on and on and on for MONTHS?

You might only use it 20 times or whatever, but when the threads never die and when we see them in sigs the joke gets played to death.

Maybe after a day or two with no post the threads with it in the title get edited?

The post counts of those 11 threads are HUGE compared to other threads, which is why we do it

The 3 sponsor threads that it's in were, oddly enough, not solicited by the sponsors - those were my hair-brained ideas & they were done as soon as I saw the threads (so it wasn't something that was done days after the thread was created to gain additional exposure)

And let me remind everyone that the Rage Cash thread was a disaster because they delayed the opening of the program, which meant that thread was around 6-8 weeks before the program launched (and that's the reason you haven't see one since)

I did just realize that I contradicted myself when I said that only 3 of us could use it, because we can insert it into other people's threads - so I think that we (meaning me) will stop doing that as to not confuse people.

[sleeves]

I've been reading this board for a long time. I like that its a webmaster board and not a spam fest. I also like that the people on this board seem for the most part to be dialed in and know what they're doing unlike 99% of the other boards out there.

[Worldnet]

This board is cool, and has more business posts than the garbage posts on some boards. I really need to visit it more often.

[Jeremy]

Likes:

- That Green fella (although his mrs is much nicer).

- Board Categorisation. Makes it nice and easy to browse through topics of interest. Although it can occasionally lead to missing other threads. Maybe big / important threads could be "copied" so they're live on other parts of the board as well, but they're still just one thread? (I think WMW can do this, dunno if this version of VB can).

- Hey [Username] type threads. They're an innovative way of getting attention and personally, the responses to some of them are as funny as the "I'm just a sexy girl" thread of old on another board.

Dislikes:

- Cliques, herd mentality & mimicking the Board Leader's attitudes with magnified zealotry. This goes on pretty much at all boards all over the web unfortunately and I don't believe it's been started or encouraged by GG or Jim in any way. I've never liked gangs, so it tends to make me more of a lurker.

[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

[matt]

I like the way the forums are divided. It's good not having to peruse all threads to find ones on the topics I'm interested in.

And there's some really good posts here, many of which are on topics that don't seem to appear on other boards I read.

The search is ok, not great, but I guess that's an issue with vB.

I really dislike the 'herd mentality' as Jeremy put it. And a lot of people seem set in their ways / down on new ideas & doing things differently. I commend GG for making changes to his LL rules cause it's good to try a different format & freshen things up for both him and submitters. But on the other hand being down on people that want to list a few galleries or whatever else on their linklists is pretty rough. Copying and / or doing things exactly the same way as everyone else is not the way, IMHO, to make money in business.

[Maj. Stress]

If it has not been mentioned yet, I'd like to have archives for OTB just like the radio show. I have a feeling I missed a good one last week.

It would also be nice to see if anyone has commented on recent threads that I have posted in. Some days I have a short memory and this board can move pretty fast at times.

Other than that, this board is a great source of information and sometimes amusement. (That UW character can be pretty funny at times.)

[ponygirl]

Originally Posted by Maj. Stress

It would also be nice to see if anyone has commented on recent threads that I have posted in. Some days I have a short memory and this board can move pretty fast at times.

If you go into your user panel under Messaging & Notification there's one called Default Thread Subscription Mode and you can change the default to get an email when someone replies to a thread you've posted in. Is that what you mean?

[Maj. Stress]

Hi Ponygirl,
Thanks for that info. I never looked into that before. I'll have to play with it some more and see if I can just select certain threads that interest me. It would be a waste of time and resouces to receive email notifications on just general chit chat, etc. I was thinking more along the lines of just checking a box in a thread to let me know when it is updated.

[Ms Naughty]

Hey, I think I'll second that suggestion about mousing over a thread to get the first sentence. I don't know if the board software can do that but I think it might save time.

[cd34]

Originally Posted by Maj. Stress

I was thinking more along the lines of just checking a box in a thread to let me know when it is updated.

Up top, Thread Tools, Subscribe Thread.

[Maj. Stress]

Originally Posted by cd34

Up top, Thread Tools, Subscribe Thread.

Thanks Sparky and Ponygirl. I now have a new toy to play with that will save some time.

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by cd34

Up top, Thread Tools, Subscribe Thread.

Learn something new everyday...thanks Sparky

And thanks Major Stress for even asking about that...definitely should be a time saver

[dos]

have well spoken

[pcum]

The greatest thing on this board is everyday you find something new or different you can use and stay in this business

what I like to see in the future is some kind of projects we can do together get for example more traffic

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

Hey, I think I'll second that suggestion about mousing over a thread to get the first sentence. I don't know if the board software can do that but I think it might save time.

That option really annoys me & I think it was turned off for a reason other than my annoyance

Maybe Sparky can see if there's a way to add it as an option in the User CP?

[rokanrol]

I think, then I post

[Neveena]

i like this, because is full, everything you need is here! every respons on question...i get without asking

[Lisa]

I wasn't going to say anything...but then I figured if I don't then you'll never know eh?

The ONLY thing I dislike about this board is the sometimes pedantic moving of posts to other forums. A while ago I posted a thread in the main forum looking for a particular type of content. I posted it there because I wasn't just looking for content providers to come out of the woodwork and spam me, I was also looking for recommendations from people I trust.

Sadly it was moved to the 'I'm looking for...' forum. Appropriate? Probably. Useful? Not at all. Not only did I not get even a reply from a spamming content provider, but considering that most people don't read that forum unless they have something to offer (ie. sell) or are extremely bored, I ended up with no answers at all.

I find it difficult to believe that not one member of this board knew where I could get what I was looking for...but those that most likely could, never saw me ask the question before it got moved.

To me, that devalues the enormous business knowledge available on this board. It's there...I want to be able to take advantage of it damnit!

[coaquest]

As Mr Yum ,said: that you have opened this thread spekas volumes about your integerty! (that's our accent, not a typo)

WE (married monogamous couple) are very glad to have found your board and read avidly! We have a concept we are working on, and as a consequence, we have been "lurkers" here up to now.

Likes:

Real webmasters discussing real mechanics / operations / situations.

Real and honest opinions, answers, and suggestions...not trumped up BS *free advertiseing* crap.

Dislikes:

We don't really DIS-like anything about the board. We are sometimes overwhelmed by the shear wealth of information available...but that is also something we like about this board...and your whole GG&J idiom altogether. WE don't hink you should try to pander to a narrow demographic within this already specific genre of Web-Folk. WE think that it is up to all of us on our own to disseminate.

Sometimes there are cat-fights on the board...but they are more entertaining than bothersome, especially when it is obvious that the involved parties are completely missing one anothers' points/ arguments: but that is a critique of but a few threads...not a statement of how you run the board, so we hope THAT element is just something you accept as part of human nature.

Speaking for ourselves; we came here in search of knowledge, and so far we are able to find answers enough to our questions by searching the board and following through links you provide. We hate to be the 3,458 th person to ask a question, so we always put some effort into finding our answer before we get *lazy* and ask for ourselves...as a result, we have learned more than we thought we wanted to know, and are better for it!

Note: we had to re-register in order to post this (not a problem). WE are completely happy (so far) with the operation here...but give us time and maybe we too can develop some attitude for someone to rip apart - and we can ALL have a good luagh at THAT!

Thanks for breaking the Ice for us with this thread!

[Lemmy]

Likes:
- The separation of bull and business. Whatever you do don't merge any of the forums. IMO places like GFY are completely worthless for anything but spamming.
- The actual usefulness of business related posts, lotsa good stuff here for someone wanting to learn.
- The username thingy, makes me feel loved.

Dislikes:
- I agree with those who have said this can sometimes be a harsh environment for newbies. On the other side of that coin is the amazing fact that so many people who in reality are in competition with each other get along so well and help each other out.

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Lisa

...The ONLY thing I dislike about this board is the sometimes pedantic moving of posts to other forums...

That really is a "better safe than sorry" policy, because if those threads were allowed out here, there'd be more of them & they'd be very full of spam.

I know I read that forum everyday & if I have something to contribute, I do - and from the other people that do post there from time to time, I think there are a lot of bigger board members reading that forum as well.

Originally Posted by Lemmy

...- I agree with those who have said this can sometimes be a harsh environment for newbies. On the other side of that coin is the amazing fact that so many people who in reality are in competition with each other get along so well and help each other out.

When Jim & I opened this board, one of the points we wanted to get across was that we'd never sugar coat anything, so we sometimes come across as know-it-all assholes

But we're trying to get better (especially me) Look at the thread that Simon form IA Cash posted about what to start up (TGP, Link List, etc) 2 weeks ago I'd have bashed him senseless But I think that I was helpful while I also got the point across that you do actually have to work to make decent money

[stuveltje]

what i like about this board:
-i like i still see the same persons here who i met at ans board when i started this bizz, the newbies i have met ...most are gone. so seeing the good old persons around gives me a bit a home ( oh yeah i probably talking bullshit again, but then me not english hehehe)
- the amound of new friends i made here
- the fact you realy can post what you think here, ofcourse if you start to flame people you should also post the reason why.
-the fact i talk bad english and still i am accepted on this board ( think of it, when i post on dutch boards i put also english words in it, so i am also bad with dutch writing)
- the laughs
- the help
- the seperate forums
what i dislike:
ahummm this..... and ahummm that........again this i realy dont know what i dont like oh yep, tell me more about the secret forum naa its a great place