State of the 'Temp; Summer 2016

[BurningDesire]

This thread... Is where it will all change forever.

 

[Swiftloke]

This thread... Is where it will all change forever.

Meanwhile, 8 new threads were created in the last hour asking for help in the 3ds cfw section alone.

 

[DinohScene]

...and other times a picture is worth a thousand words. As I said, everything depends on the context and execution, not everything can be an automated process. Some things will always be up to the moderating stuff, and deciding whether a silly picture added to a post was bait or not is one of those things. We can't lose track of what we're trying to achieve here - who's the bad egg in this scenario? The person who added a meme to their post or the ten people who posted a vitriolic shitfit over it?

It's the general 4chanism behind it.

It should be much more frowned upon.

 

[BurningDesire]

Meanwhile, 8 new threads were created in the last hour asking for help in the 3ds cfw section alone.

Dear god. For real. We need content managers. Or... maybe we need a noob forum which only noobs can access until they get a medal.

 

[Rob Blou]

Seeing a thread like this gives me hope ... It shows me that a lot of people want a better Temp
If we all do our part we can do it!

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

If I'm wrong to think this, somebody tell me why.

The previous post which I read from you was of the same writing format and somewhat hostile, in the sense that those who died in the Cairo tragedy should be effed off and only the GBATemp user who passed away should be remembered (my apologies for not remembering his name). That's your opinion, not mine. I also brought that up because travelling by air plane has started to make me worried due to the potential risks (especially within Europe) whether it could have an electrical failure, terrorist bomb or what have you but besides that, innocent people died and you were heartless in regards to those. I get that you don't need to care but at the very least you should have been respectful because they were just victims in yet another air plane tragedy.

If I get bashed for not agreeing with the OP, that's okay, people can feel freely of someone else whilst being respectful.

 

[Xanthe]

How about the Mods calling people retarded with almost every closure of a thread? What do you think of that?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

How about the Mods calling people retarded with almost every closure of a thread? What do you think of that?

I have never seen a mod EVER use that specific wording

 

[Kioku]

How about the Mods calling people retarded with almost every closure of a thread? What do you think of that?

Um. Source please? Never seen this.

 

[mashers]

I don't think the users can be blamed entirely for this. The more mature (in years) members of this site will remember times before nice user-friendly web forums with thousands of members; times when you had to post your message on a bulletin board or usenet group and wait days (or even longer) for a response because the communities were so small. Now that Internet communication has become so fast-paced and bustling, people who haven't had the experience of more protracted online support and communication are understandably impatient - hence they don't search (or don't know how to). I do realise that this is extremely annoying though as the same threads are being posted time and time again.

I feel the solution to this may include simplifying the landing page of the forum. The default home page is only really user-friendly if you already know how to use a forum. For the younger members, I feel there may be too much information and they don't know where to start. If you don't really know what you're looking for, it's hard to sift through all that information to find what you're looking for. I propose a simplified home page with a very crude FAQ which leads to more specific topics, ultimately drilling down to a tutorial, forum thread or article providing the specific information needed. A bit like those contact pages on web site which ask you what you need help with, then get more specific before ultimately providing an FAQ page. This can be helpful for guiding users towards the information they need quickly and without them having to wade into a forum full of threads with a confusing amount of information.

With regard to the shitposting, I think you will always get that in a forum which focuses on a hobby enjoyed by younger people. Some younger members will not have the maturity to understand the disruption this can cause to a community. The only solution is stronger moderation to enforce the boundaries. Some users have been allowed to get completely out of control, and some threads have gone on much longer than I feel they should have. I mean no disrespect to the mods in saying this - I can only imagine how stressful it must be for so few staff members to manage a forum comprising so many members. I think recruiting a team of level-headed members who are able to carry out low-level moderation tasks (such as recommending members for suspension/banning, locking threads, deleting posts, moving threads to EOF and giving warnings) would alleviate much of the burden, especially if efforts are made to recruit from a range of time zones so that a mod is more likely to be online during each 24 hour period.

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How about the Mods calling people retarded with almost every closure of a thread? What do you think of that?

I have never seen a mod EVER use that specific wording

Um. Source please? Never seen this.

I don't want to get involved with an argument here (or perpetuate one), but I did actually see a thread earlier today (or possibly yesterday) where a post had been hidden from public view with a moderator comment of something like "no need to go full retard". I can't remember which thread it was, but I definitely saw it.

 

[Xanthe]

Um. Source please? Never seen this.

I have never seen a mod EVER use that specific wording

I don't have a specific thread from memory, but I do have a PM that was personally sent to me from a mod and he called me retarded. I will happily send you screenshots if you'd like to see

 

[pwsincd]

I have had the 3ds threads blocked for the longest time . Even created my own forums out of necessity to discuss things with people without 20 posts of crap mid thread.

It's been like this for ages and many people complain . Nothing gets done . So we give up complaining.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

The previous post which I read from you was of the same writing format and somewhat hostile, in the sense that those who died in the Cairo tragedy should be effed off and only the GBATemp user who passed away should be remembered (my apologies for not remembering his name). That's your opinion, not mine. I also brought that up because travelling by air plane has started to make me worried due to the potential risks (especially within Europe) whether it could have an electrical failure, terrorist bomb or what have you but besides that, innocent people died and you were heartless in regards to those. I get that you don't need to care but at the very least you should have been respectful because they were just victims in yet another air plane tragedy.

If I get bashed for not agreeing with the OP, that's okay, people can feel freely of someone else whilst being respectful.

You mean the post I made thirty minutes after hearing that one of my close friends and mentors had died, when I had no idea that anything was wrong with him? The one I typed with tears in my eyes just before drinking roughly 20 shots of whiskey to dull that pain?
Yeah, it was quite likely a bit hostile. That occasionally happens when you're furious with the world.
It's not the way I usually speak.
So let me apologize, now that I've come to terms with my own loss.
I have no idea what it's like to be in your shoes. I've never flown, never been out of my home country, and never really had to consider that sort of fear.
I was lashing out irrationally and I'm sorry.

 

[BurningDesire]

I have had the 3ds threads blocked for the longest time . Even created my own forums out of necessity to discuss things with people without 20 posts of crap mid thread.

It's been like this for ages and many people complain . Nothing gets done . So we give up complaining.

Those forums are clean and dandy!
Even though I never go on them anymore

 

[KSP]

So bassicly what needs to happen is we need to

Go 'underground' again?

And kiss all that lucritave targeted advertising goodbye, hell no.

Once you go legit, you don't go back.

Like it or not, but Temp has become mainstream, fortune five hundred companies and crown corps advertise on this site.

This ain't your grandpas temp no more. I'm surpised CBS Ent Group hasn't try to buy this place out.

 

[BurningDesire]

And kiss all that lucritave targeted advertising goodbye, hell no.

Once you go legit, you don't go back.

Like it or not, but Temp has become mainstream, fortune five hundred companies and crown corps advertise on this site.

This ain't your grandpas temp no more. I'm surpised CBS Ent Group hasn't try to buy this place out.

Hang on. It's going to take me a day to reply to that with feelings. My lungs are dying holy shit I haven't laughed like this in a while.

 

[KSP]

Hang on. It's going to take me a day to reply to that with feelings. My lungs are dying holy shit I haven't laughed like this in a while.

I was literally shocked at an advertising banner that popped up on temp a few days ago.

Keep in mind, I knew the old temp. back when it was like Maxconsole. Yeah I'm old.

I'm not gonna name the company, but I was like shit, Temp has become GS.

 

[Issac]

Something that was brought up before, a long time ago: Hide the post count. Back then I was opposed to it, because I thought it was a good quick indicator of who's an active member, and probably can be trusted. Now I don't feel the same.
This won't stop the constant flood of newbie questions à la the pokéfloods of yore. It would somewhat help stop the excessive posting that's obviously for boosting their post count though. Where every other post is by the same member, just commenting something insignificant "heh, me too", "wow, really?", "I guess", and so on.

I don't mind a thread derailing for a short while, like in my steam key giveaway thread: someone who joined almost at the same time as me commented about that fact, and we exchange a few posts about that.
Apart from such smaller things, where threads don't completely derail, I'd like to see a stricter moderation for a while. A purge if you will.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

Hang on. It's going to take me a day to reply to that with feelings. My lungs are dying holy shit I haven't laughed like this in a while.

He's not as wrong as you're implying he is.

 

[BurningDesire]

He's not as wrong as you're implying he is.

I never said he wasn't legit. That is the funniest thing i read to day for some reason.