Too many members

[coconutbowling]

Originally Posted by nickels

I have $1 to spend what should I buy?
Is xxx better then yyy?
When is NFS coming out?
Why do good games cost so much?

Personally, I love answering these questions every day. That is why I love newbies and their inability to use the search function.

It could be worse. Imagine TA filled with kids who make threadss saying "Why isn't HOS free?"

[ibelongintheforums]

Originally Posted by coconutbowling

It could be worse. Imagine TA filled with kids who make threadss saying "Why isn't HOS free?"

i got an ideas

only let juniors posts like 15 posts a day, only let members post 30, and senior 50
sticky for best games(i already suggested that)
automatic rule pop-up
only can sign in once every 30 minutes

[arn]

what's funny is that this topic will become a recurring theme over the years. I bet in 6-8 months there will be a post by someone saying that February-March were the "good old days" and that there are too many members.

- I don't think there are "too many" members. I think more people adds a lot of energy and perspective to the discussion.
- I think people will realize we tend to be rather strict with our rules, but I've had experience moderating large forums and that's really the only way to go.
- The best that can be done is try to be friendly to the new people, and they will figure it out.
- Report posts if you feel posts are detracting from the thread. This includes off-topic posts, insults, spam. All of these are against the rules.

arn

[brewstermax]

Originally Posted by arn

what's funny is that this topic will become a recurring theme over the years. I bet in 6-8 months there will be a post by someone saying that February-March were the "good old days" and that there are too many members.

- I don't think there are "too many" members. I think more people adds a lot of energy and perspective to the discussion.
- I think people will realize we tend to be rather strict with our rules, but I've had experience moderating large forums and that's really the only way to go.
- The best that can be done is try to be friendly to the new people, and they will figure it out.
- Report posts if you feel posts are detracting from the thread. This includes off-topic posts, insults, spam. All of these are against the rules.

arn

Probably. Macrumors forums are far too large. I lurk there a lot. But it can add to the discussion, and I'm thinking of making a cool TA members, unofficial IRC, since we won't be getting our own forum.

[ibelongintheforums]

Originally Posted by brewstermax

Probably. Macrumors forums are far too large. I lurk there a lot. But it can add to the discussion, and I'm thinking of making a cool TA members, unofficial IRC, since we won't be getting our own forum.

i already made a "cool" TA member group.........

im gonna suck up to the mods and invite them.....


thanks arn for your response but the forums jumped up a hundred today. yesterday the record was 285 or so and now its like 385.

[le'deuche123]

Originally Posted by brewstermax

Reorganization? No, it needs reform. I mean, the strictest rules ever for about a month, and about 100 temp. mods to control it, and get this mess worked out. That would fix it.

STFU. You joined in what November whoopty freaking doo!

[Kamazar]

Originally Posted by ibelongintheforums

i got an ideas

only let juniors posts like 15 posts a day, only let members post 30, and senior 50
sticky for best games(i already suggested that)
automatic rule pop-up
only can sign in once every 30 minutes

yeah, no, that won't work. there'll still be spam. just in small quantities.

sticky threads? not a bad idea. not yours though LOL
automatic rule pop-up? HELL NO! I'm not seeing that every single time I log in (doubt it's even possible unless you code the forum yourself).
that makes no sense.

fail IBITF fail

[ibelongintheforums]

Originally Posted by Kamazar

yeah, no, that won't work. there'll still be spam. just in small quantities.

sticky threads? not a bad idea. not yours though LOL
automatic rule pop-up? HELL NO! I'm not seeing that every single time I log in (doubt it's even possible unless you code the forum yourself).
that makes no sense.

fail IBITF fail

dont i always fail????

no it only pops up once

this is off subject but there needs to be something more to friends other then just having a extra friend

[Rocketman919]

Originally Posted by brewstermax

There are simply too many members on TA. 300 right now, 300 something new record earlier. It is outrageous. I know that it gets arn money from ads, but the new members are about to drive me crazy. They post pointless threads without searching, and just spam and ruin the whole homely feel that TA used to own. What has happened to the old TA? Appearently it died in December, right around the 25th.

It died when our awesome group was shut down by the man. We lost a few brothers that day

[le'deuche123]

Originally Posted by Rocketman919

It died when our awesome group was shut down by the man. We lost a few brothers that day

Honestly you and Arn are the first "veterans" I've seen posting on here