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General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby ssar » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:04 pm

Lets split this forums' General Discussion section into a few sub-forums, as there appears to be a whole heap of different posts relating to the same general field.

e.g.

1) Sport
2) Entertainment (Movies, Music, TV, Gaming, Audio-Visual)
3) Politics & worldly Current Events
4) General Discussion
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Sarvis » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:28 pm

Nah. Not really enough traffic to need it, and it makes more work for people wanting to just browse a forum quick.
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Gormal » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:04 pm

At the very least please make a political subforum (preferably one that autobans anyone who posts in it) because the huge number of threads lately from our chest thumpers has really made the forum suck.
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Kifle » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:32 pm

Gormal wrote:At the very least please make a political subforum (preferably one that autobans anyone who posts in it) because the huge number of threads lately from our chest thumpers has really made the forum suck.


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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Sarvis » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:37 pm

I propose we create a new Admin. The role of this Admin will be to pre-approve each thread before it actually becomes public. That way we can only talk about approved topics.
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Ragorn » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:53 pm

If there were any threads in this forum that weren't political arguments, then I might support a political sub-forum.

The only three sub-forums you need on this BBS are:

1) Political arguments
2) Thilindel's forum for suggestions to the imms
3) Questions about when 2.0 will be ready
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Kifle » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:07 am

Ragorn wrote:If there were any threads in this forum that weren't political arguments, then I might support a political sub-forum.

The only three sub-forums you need on this BBS are:

1) Political arguments
2) Thilindel's forum for suggestions to the imms
3) Questions about when 2.0 will be ready


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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby ssar » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:12 pm

Just a Politics & Current Events sub-forum then.

Yea.
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby avak » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:43 pm

There has been an average of one new thread per day in this part of the BBS. Usually the titles are pretty descriptive: reflection on the presidential race, Inaugural Address, Democrats new formula: cut taxes and raise spending, etc.

Is it really that cumbersome to sort through? How about we just all agree to make thread subjects descriptive enough that innocent bystanders don't accidentally get trapped in a wild and crazy political discussion?

But, on another note, I'd like to propose that we ban signatures because it technically takes longer for my browser to load that crap.
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Shevarash » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:47 pm

I don't think there's currently enough post traffic within General to require sub-forums, but I'll keep the idea in mind for sure if that changes. Thanks for the suggestion, Mogr.
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Ragorn » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:50 pm

avak wrote:But, on another note, I'd like to propose that we ban signatures because it technically takes longer for my browser to load that crap.

If your net connection is so slow that an extra 256 characters of text makes a notable difference in your page load speed, then I truly feel for you :(
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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby avak » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:04 pm

Ragorn wrote:
avak wrote:But, on another note, I'd like to propose that we ban signatures because it technically takes longer for my browser to load that crap.

If your net connection is so slow that an extra 256 characters of text makes a notable difference in your page load speed, then I truly feel for you :(


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Re: General Discussion Sub-Forums

Postby Kifle » Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:12 am

avak wrote:
Ragorn wrote:
avak wrote:But, on another note, I'd like to propose that we ban signatures because it technically takes longer for my browser to load that crap.

If your net connection is so slow that an extra 256 characters of text makes a notable difference in your page load speed, then I truly feel for you :(


Hey man, not all of us have access to that new 56.6k technology.


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