07-02-2003, 04:18 PM
It's the "if no one's posting anyway, what's the harm?" theory that I really hate.
People aren't posting because they come here, read some threads, see that they have no fucking clue what's going on because it's ALL chatting and inside jokes, then decide that the board sucks and don't bother coming back.
If you want to have a few boring chat threads, fine, have your boring chat threads.
BUT WE NEED OTHER FUCKING THREADS.
When chat threads are ALL that exists, it fucking sucks.
I can't even remember the last time I read a thread in OT. I'm only in this one because Six-Pack linked me.
Fuck, it's at the point where I'd welcome TeenWeek's news stories with open arms, just to have SOMETHING posted that isn't a stupid bullshit thread.
It's sad, because I've put a bunch of work into this place, and find myself thinking along the lines of what Ninny said... that this place has just become a useless fucking wasteland.
I was working on a major new feature, and stopped it, halfway done, because I simply did not fucking care anymore. I figured the few people who did stick around on the board - the chatters - wouldn't give a shit about it anyway, so I didn't bother.
More traffic would be greatly appreciated, but I think it would also be helpful if more people posted more diverse threads. What happened to threads based on news stories? (With some commentary of course, not just a cut and paste job.) What happened to the threads where you post some stupid but hilarious Flash cartoon you randomly found on the internet?
There was a day when there was more than just stupid chats - and when people are longing for the past, 420, THAT is what the are longing for. It's not living in the past. It's knowing what a good board looks like. That good board just happens to be in the past.
People aren't posting because they come here, read some threads, see that they have no fucking clue what's going on because it's ALL chatting and inside jokes, then decide that the board sucks and don't bother coming back.
If you want to have a few boring chat threads, fine, have your boring chat threads.
BUT WE NEED OTHER FUCKING THREADS.
When chat threads are ALL that exists, it fucking sucks.
I can't even remember the last time I read a thread in OT. I'm only in this one because Six-Pack linked me.
Fuck, it's at the point where I'd welcome TeenWeek's news stories with open arms, just to have SOMETHING posted that isn't a stupid bullshit thread.
It's sad, because I've put a bunch of work into this place, and find myself thinking along the lines of what Ninny said... that this place has just become a useless fucking wasteland.
I was working on a major new feature, and stopped it, halfway done, because I simply did not fucking care anymore. I figured the few people who did stick around on the board - the chatters - wouldn't give a shit about it anyway, so I didn't bother.
More traffic would be greatly appreciated, but I think it would also be helpful if more people posted more diverse threads. What happened to threads based on news stories? (With some commentary of course, not just a cut and paste job.) What happened to the threads where you post some stupid but hilarious Flash cartoon you randomly found on the internet?
There was a day when there was more than just stupid chats - and when people are longing for the past, 420, THAT is what the are longing for. It's not living in the past. It's knowing what a good board looks like. That good board just happens to be in the past.
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