Adapting the boards for a broader audience Options

[Psykopath]

This has been brought up a lot recently with the revived push for new members.

Too many random BS posts (be it crude, sexual, etc.) are flooding the boards in random places. Certain threads are understandable (like in LR&AR), but to post about "tit hats" in a "Letters of Recommendation" thread is getting annoying.

I understand that this is the internet, yadda yadda, and I don't necessarily mind random crude humor...but we will not attract new members by continuing such childish e-behavior.


BUT!!!... we mods have been chastised in the past for doing such things as controlling excessive language.

SO, what's it going to be? Free for all and no new members?
or
Mods keeping things as the rules say & have a more friendly messageboard to attract newer members?

This post has been edited by Psykopath: Sep 29 2007, 12:09 AM

[Inferia]

This may be somewhat silly, I really think when referring to people people should really use their login name. Since I don't go to Tech, I don't really know who some people are talking about when they use the people's real names. This makes participating difficult.

Another suggestion maybe to monitor new topics. I'm not sure how practical this is, but this will eliminate a lot of the topics where there is only a link in the topic.

[impala454]

This may be somewhat silly, I really think when referring to people people should really use their login name. Since I don't go to Tech, I don't really know who some people are talking about when they use the people's real names. This makes participating difficult.

this is a good idea, not just for people who don't go to tech but also new people to the board who don't know everyone's names. i think the ability to change your username should be removed too, as that really confuses people.

[Spectatrix]

this is a good idea, not just for people who don't go to tech but also new people to the board who don't know everyone's names. i think the ability to change your username should be removed too, as that really confuses people.

It's good practice to use their display name, but I don't think there should be an explicit rule about it.

The ability to change your username is fine, given that you can go to a person's profile and view their user name history.