we're discussing in the staff forums on how to end this rather annoying 4chan & bashing trend that has been going on lately on the forums
4chan trends aren't that unhealthy...
they can be funny.
its an interesting discussion and there will certainly be consequences
I think as long as 4chan stays in the testing forums, then it should be ok
yeah.
its everywhere.
and no, it's not ok
oh
i wish you could read this staff topic, you would totally understand
I wish I could too :/
well, at least desu died out.
all I know is that i really like the gbatemp forums and members. they feel like a family too me
we'll take action soon to solve these issues, this whole thing is turning the forums into a bunch of crap not worth reading.
I wish 4chan and the "anon" crap never existed
I dont really see much 4chan stuff going on...
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20080227.jpg
can you link me to a topic thats an example?
thats totally what we're seeing now
discussions used to be interesting, now half of the posts are 4chan memes
"TITS OR GTFO"
"Troll."
"Lulz"
"Epic win"
dont tell me you havent seen this all over the place
I really dont see that very much...
well I see it every day, every time I load gbatemp
I only go to topics in the top 10 last replied ones
yeah well maybe I just read more topics than you do
the problem isnt 4chan itself
its the way people are behaving
they're behaving 4chanly
see what I mean
lol?
like they're on a meaningless random image board
well gbatemp is not a meaningless random image board.
now, cotello. are you saying peoples replys to things? or are you talking about whole discussions?
you should know rule #1
"# When replying to a topic, don't; unless you have something meaningful to say or something that will contribute to the discussion. Posts such as "Yes" or "I agree" or "LOL" are useless and are wasteful on the servers. This is not GameFAQ's!
it's all in here
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?act=boardrules
maybe the rules could be numbered by priority?
why would we need to establish priorities when you are required to respect ALL the rules
I personaly think that the only way to stop the random crap is to make an area thats just for it. (like the testing area) because it will happen. you cant ever get rid of it for good without getting rid of most your members
I really think that trying to rid it off of the forums will not work and just be bad.
OsakaTemp: that's not our intention for now. we're strill trying to decide on what to do
heh...
Costello:
i have an idea
I have an idea if you can actualy do it
robot9000 it
but seriously, it feels like GBAtemp is turning into 4chan, with the /b/ section being the Testing area. people post all sort of bullshit in there (they would post anything like porn, or illegal files if the testing area wasnt moderated)
* ScrubberS hides in a corner as if he's doing nothing wrong
it will eliminate meme posts
whats that?
i'm all ears, osaka-chan
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/01/14/robot9000-...-noise-in-chat/
ok, it doesnt have to be this exact punishment, you can do whatever you want.
but..
make it so if anyone posts any of those bumb words you hate outside of the testing area, then make it so they get -1 post instead of +1
like, if its anywhere in their post
this doesnt sound like a grown-up solution =P
so people will stop responding to real topics with memes
what if it's a typo?
like, someone typing the word me twie by accident?
you cant typo "tits or gtfo"
we need a constructive solution