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what does it take to become a AfterDawn Addict ?
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15. April 2007 @ 10:08 |
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It doesn't have to be techy related.. General knowledge, etticate, sanity etc could all be taken into account.
I agree it's not a perfect solution; a perfect solution would be if smacktards were non exsistent in the frist place..
Humph!
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15. April 2007 @ 10:14 |
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Its not about smacktards...its about intelligent people posting to gain rank...
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 10:16 |
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"frist place"? is that your mental sanctuary? :-P
i don't know of any kind of test that could be employed and be 100% right for what this site needs. i think maybe less warnings would be good.
in the rules, it says an email addy is an auto-ban, yet i see this get warning after warning. sometimes, i guess i think mods are a bit easy on the newbies and junior members. if they're banned a few times, maybe they'll learn. if they get warning after warning, by the time they get to addict, only admin can ban them.
...speaking of which, considering how poorly i normally contribute, that may be the only reason i haven't been banned.
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 10:21 |
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altercuno, the intelligent people don't post to gain rank. it's morons that repeat what they've read to give an ambiance of intelligence and gain undeserved rank.
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15. April 2007 @ 10:28 |
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Excellent point. Quite often it seems the same information is just regurgitated within the enclosed circle that aD's becoming. Everybody's repeating everybody else. I've seen people reply to threads with their set formula which quite often ignores the question. New people post with a different contribution/viewpoint and they become an object of attack. ..
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15. April 2007 @ 10:32 |
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i don't know of any kind of test that could be employed and be 100% right for what this site needs. i think maybe less warnings would be good.
I dont usually see warnings tbh (except for sig violations), what we need is more people to report offensive posts..considering the amount of bannable offenses the amount of reports is very tiny.
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 10:36 |
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i'm by no means a long-time member here. AD's been around going on 10 years, and i just joined in april of 2004. however, i can honestly say in that time period, i've witnessed a gradual downwards spiral as AD has grown in size. well, scratch that, it's more like a ...muted sin graph. there's an ebb and flow, yet we're still seemingly headed in a self-destructive direction. this is natural--it happens as forums grow. there's nothing but idiocy to blame, and we can thank the awesome admin and mods for keeping the site up as well as they do.
in the end, i think the ultimate solution is to improve public education and teach youth respect for the systems they depend on for successful survival instead of the rebellious nature of youth culture. by no means am i saying rebellion is bad; i'm saying that idiots rebelling is bad.
on the relatively minuscule scale of AD to the world, though..well...we're screwed.
*edit*
dvdback, i know myself and several others hit the button dozens of times a day. the problem is the console forums; most of us are scared shi'iteless (bad pun!) to enter, lest our brains implode.
i'm all for a limit on posting in the console forums, and maybe some kind of limit on the amount of accounts that can be created a day (kind of like controls on immigration); hell, maybe even "close our borders" for a while. during that time period, mods could clean house. torrent sites do it to keep leeches out. maybe we could keep our own leeches out.
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15. April 2007 @ 10:36 |
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Dunno about that...reporting other members would - except for spam - make me feel uncomfortable. Why not have more mods? Doesn't seem like a lot for a site this size...
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15. April 2007 @ 10:37 |
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It is shocking the way things always seem to go down...like they fall apart under their own weight...
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 10:40 |
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last post edited. important points. read them, y'all. :-P
we don't need more mods. those levels are just fine, and the system remains efficient the way it is. too many cooks and, well, you know.
it *is* a problem with more people needing to hit those buttons, as only a few of us doing it doesn't quite work. don't be afraid to. it's part of being a responsible member.
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15. April 2007 @ 10:52 |
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I agree the place needs a good clean out and Ad needs to make its mind up if it wants to be the No 1 tech forum on the web and do all it can to keep long time posters, or let it go on as it is.
I see Addicts who were long time posters here turning up on other forums saying they have had enough. Those are the last people you want to see go, and reading between the lines they haven't wanted to go, but feel they haven't got a place here.
If Ad has a policy on such matters I wonder what it is?
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 10:55 |
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AD's policy is if you don't like it, leave. whether you're a contributor or a leech, it all flows one way.
now that i think about it, i'm completely in support of my prior musings about stopping people from joining for a while. that would keep the poo-for-brains members from creating account after account over a few days. and this seems to happen a lot.
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15. April 2007 @ 11:17 |
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Agreed. I joined another forum and had to wait 7 days before I could post, and no starting threads until you had a post count of 50. Mods were always handing out warnings and referring people to the rules and non compliance meant goodbye.
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 11:18 |
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well, this suggestion is in the right forum. maybe an admin will consider it.
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15. April 2007 @ 11:31 |
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i and other mods would love to back to auto-promote, it absolutely categorically would stop a shedload of kiddies post-padding and talking utter crap in the Console Forums just to hit a stupid 'rank'. I just happened to hit that 'rank' within a year i think it was, meant nothing to me, i just had far too much free time and fingers that needed occupying.
However as to keeping on top of the Forums, it's easy.
..as to offensive reports, they are NOT used even a fraction of the amount they should be (trust me they're not, i won't give a figure of how few people actually frequently report infractions, you people would be somewhat shocked) but luckily us mods prowl all over the shop so we catch a fair few perps quickly, but it's a letdown re how few people hit that 'offensive pointless prat' button. i've said it in a few threads and i'll keep saying it, but unfortunately most regulars (you know who you are ) would rather chat about all sorts of irrelevant tosh across far too many threads than do something useful with their (obvious copious) free time.
Anyway, enough from me, it's a bit pointless commenting as it doesn't achieve a great deal. Back to my very loud music and beer.
-edited a few times due to beer typing, TV time methinks..
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15. April 2007 @ 11:32 |
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I like the idea of AfterDawn closing it's doors for a while. Maybe invites should be issued if you have someone who wishes to join and that member can vouch for them.
Lol.
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 11:35 |
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aww, creaky, how often do we drag thread off topic before the original poster's questions have been answered? not very, i don't think. :-(
another good suggestion, jack.
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15. April 2007 @ 11:39 |
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i lurk (ie and never post) on an obscenely unhealthy amount of threads, so i get to see how much crap does goes on. Oh and i forgot to mention, i notice a lot of 'help duplication' in threads, mainly the DVD Shrink Forum, am watching the situation a while longer first to see if it remedies itself
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 11:41 |
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okay, let me rephrase that: do i need to correct my posting habits, creakster? i'd rather be chewed out now than banned later. ^.^
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15. April 2007 @ 11:43 |
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nah you know i'm always right behind you, it's all the others that i'm on about :P
here's how i'll explain it... i lurk on a lot of cdfreaks threads (even post on some when i have time) and for instance, it's very rare (admittedly i only lurk in a couple forums) that i see threads go awhol (saw one last week) so when it happens it jumps out at me like a poke in the eye so i can imagine what people must think of too many AD threads. I only don't clamp down on it a fraction as much as i should because my replies would be seen far,far more in (adult) threads, such that it would take the edge of my presence, ie people would see me so often they'd ignore my quips/putdowns and pokes in the eye etc...
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 11:45 |
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and here i was worried for a moment. *whew*
ultimate solution: give a black '69 dodge charger, a supply of "clean" guns, and the ip address of all the retards.
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onya
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15. April 2007 @ 11:46 |
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Originally posted by Ripper:
I like the idea of AfterDawn closing it's doors for a while. Maybe invites should be issued if you have someone who wishes to join and that member can vouch for them.
Lol.
Exellent point of view there...and very workable. Let the mods go through the "ranks" and clean up (Muppicide) whats needed and then re-open the gates. Couple that with a vote to promote, this place would be hard to beat.
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15. April 2007 @ 11:50 |
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Originally posted by onya:
(Muppicide)
- LMAO that's another top comment there :P
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Auslander
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15. April 2007 @ 11:55 |
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think closing down the joining system for time here and there is feasible, creaky?
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onya
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15. April 2007 @ 12:01 |
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Originally posted by onya:
(Muppicide)
- LMAO that's another top comment there :P
Wish I could take credit.....I first saw Janrocks refer to certain members as Muppets. I swear I almost fell of my chair. It just happens to be descriptive enough.. without being overly nasty. Very apt and very humorous. Nice one jan ;)
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