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

[cupcake]

Rate a Raider was what originally brought me here. I thought it was a pretty cool "hot or not" type deal, which is superficial, but hey looking at pretty/ugly people is what the internet is all about.

I think if you got that domain name back and ran an Ad in the campus paper that would attract a host of narcissistic techsans. use that as a coverpage of sorts for techsans.

the moderators need to be hacked down. you need two or three professional Mods (like Spectarix) to run this site...not 15 friends with different styles.

the friend thing...I think it's great many of you are friends in real life, but the dramallama crap is annoying as hell.

I am still a member here for two reasons.

1.this place is populated with intelligent people. rare are the forums where everyone has above average intelligence.

2. to get a fresh viewpoint that I normally wouldn't have or subscribe to. even if I will never see things the way many of you do, I like to be well-versed and give things much consideration.

reasons I participate in other forums:

1. humor. Marines are funny as shit, thick skinned, irreverent, and like to brutally burn each other as a show of affection. There isn't a whole lot of that going on here. I don't really know why, except that when I see an occasion to burn someone I don't, mainly because I might actually offend someone's sensitivities and I'm afraid people will just berate me for being stupid.

2. Intel. while everyone here is smart, they aren't the most experienced. there is no replacement for wisdom that comes with age. sometimes it's good to get an old salty dog's opinion on something like car insurance than a young buck's.

something to think about is that you will be an alum for far longer than you'll be a student. there are a ton of tech alum out there that would love to have one central site to get info on sports and whatnot. this place could be it, but not if people are cliquish and rough on newcomers (which you are).