Does anyone feel that we should close the registration and clean up the non-active accounts.
It may be in the wrong area! Mods could move it for me if possible.
It may be in the wrong area! Mods could move it for me if possible.
See above. Banning someone who makes a poor topic is not an acceptable punishment.mrSmiles said:Do you ban the user?Ace Gunman said:Oh, and to Urza: "OH MAN MY FAVORITE ROM SITE CLOSED DOWN", and "IS BLAH BLAH DUMPED YET???" were made against the rules in the recent rules update.
yet people will still do it regardless of it being against the rules.
Yes, and then they will be punished.
Oh, and to Urza: "OH MAN MY FAVORITE ROM SITE CLOSED DOWN", and "IS BLAH BLAH DUMPED YET???" were made against the rules in the recent rules update.Urza said:QUOTE
No.
You make a pussy move and lock the topic.
Alright faggot.Ace Gunman said:And if every punishment was as harsh as you wished it to be you would have been banned the first time you insulted another member.
elenar said:In my experience when IRC channels, usenet groups, or MUD's that I used to participate in back in the 90's had a drop in users, the fun factor of them would decrease rapidly. It's user interaction that makes the internet worthwhile, love it or hate it.
I've been looking for a good sig, mind if I quote you here? Just too funny to pass up.Urza said:A more effective solution would be to dole out temporary suspensions when people make stupid threads (aka, "WHICH FALSHCAT DO I BUY????", "OH MAN MY FAVORITE ROM SITE CLOSED DOWN", "IS BLAH BLAH DUMPED YET???", "FUCK I REALLY WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH MY SISTER" = automatic one week suspension, no negotiation).
Unfortunately shaun and Costello are "noob lovers", so this will never happen.
DarkSpace said:I don't know when I made this thread I was hoping for a nice debate, and for the most part it's worked out. I've seen people's points and Urza's seem to have really hit the nail on the head. I mean it's the disrespect that made Gaitsuo (I"m not sure if I spelled it right, but last thread I looked at he resigned) quit.
Also I'd have to say despite the fact that we were all new users once, some of us learned to give respect in order to get some back. To some noobs and even some more experienced members it's all take, take, take and not give and take like a community should have.
It's not so much about the total as it is about intent and pride. users have come to GBAtemp and registered for whatever reason. It's something to be proud of and celebrated. And some users come back after years of inactivity. So we wouldn't want them to come back to a deleted account.AshuraZro said:Total number of accounts mean nothing if many are not active. There's nothing wrong with a little pruning. I would think some house keeping on old accounts would be a good thing to do anyways. Perhaps remove all accounts that have not logged in in the past 6 months and also have not made a single post at all. The kind that you can pretty much next to guarantee they won't be returning.
I'm not a huge fan of some of the kind of people that are attracted to the forums these days but I'm not going to suggest disallowing them by any means.
So here's what I propose to do with new members. Don't limit the registration but fill the registration page with check boxes for each section of the rules. Make it so they at least have to pay a little more attention to them. Hell, you could just implement this form of a registration during big releases along with the other noticeable measures taken. I'm just saying, try harder to get the point across. Sure it can make registering inconvenient but rules are rules. Make them read the rules a little more. Shit, maybe even toss a word in the rules they have to type to continue. I'm just thinking out loud on that of course.
I'm going to spout a few extras and add to it just for the hell of it.Ace Gunman said:As for your second idea, the staff have talked about that before, and it's very possible we may do that, or something like that, in the near future.
beedog19 said:really don't think it would be a good idea. Everyone starts out as a noob so you can't really hate on them.
i came here doing research on slot 1 kits, i didn't know much about them. that did not make me a *noob* and frankly i find the constant mention of that term hilarious since we use to use it over 20 years ago in regards to phreaking. all of a sudden if you do something dumb your a "noob" or if you dont know answers before you ask your a "noob." not knowing information classifies you as a beginner. however, not researching in any form, as in not bothering to attempt to find an answer before you pos.... that is a constant problem here, as too many people add remarks to threads with out researching or knowing the facts. people just seem to want to raise their post count, and/or prove they know more than the next guy at times. also so many people post the same answer in a thread, which i still do not understand. if the second post answers the questions, why do 10 subsequent people feel they have to post the exact same answer in their own words? these are the people i would allow you to call "noobs," these are the people that need to be reprimanded in some form. poor netiquette waste space, bandwidth, and time for others on the forum who are attempting to do research or help others with their legitimate problems.
jesus jph, 5,999 posts... you better slow down you might go blind =P
QUOTE(AshuraZro @ Oct 2 2008, 11:28 PM) How about a user's first 5-10 posts are instantly reported for review similar to that of a user reporting a post? Or to be a little more lenient, the post is checked for specific keywords like rom, download, iso, game, etc and then either flagged if it meets that requirement or it forces the user to view the rules once making that post. I'm sure that'd add some stress so that's likely something that would probably need to be disabled during high traffic but again, I'm just tossing out some more thoughts.