Old Fashion PB and J Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, Marwood & I said: Quite right too. What's the point in challenegeding people all the time? It's like a broken pencil. Broken Pencil < Pencil full of lead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFifthHorseman Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 minute ago, The Resurrection said: This place is what you make it. But when you constantly have some of these guys just kicking up dust, then it loses some luster. Maybe you just gotta know how to act. I was a longtime member of the All Pink Floyd Fan Network (APFFN) forum back 15 years ago...when I was 16! On dial up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, The Resurrection said: This place is what you make it. But when you constantly have some of these guys just kicking up dust, then it loses some luster. Lustre 1 minute ago, The Resurrection said: Broken Pencil < Pencil full of lead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, TheFifthHorseman said: Maybe you just gotta know how to act. I was a longtime member of the All Pink Floyd Fan Network (APFFN) forum back 15 years ago...when I was 16! On dial up Oh, believe me. I know how to act. I have made some of these guys lose their minds and have tantrum status melt downs. @seanfingh do you remember my constant trolling of Roy back in the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, Marwood & I said: Lustre First off, ill whack you with that stick and change the color of ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, TheFifthHorseman said: Maybe you just gotta know how to act. I was a longtime member of the All Pink Floyd Fan Network (APFFN) forum back 15 years ago...when I was 16! On dial up The old dial up noise actually sounded a bit like the Floyd. Martin Sinescu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, The Resurrection said: First off, ill whack you with that stick and change the color of ya! Colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mcknowitall Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 8 minutes ago, Marwood & I said: Half the landing page would disappear if that were the criteria! I am being self protective. ccgmod1 would love to keep plastering my name on that thing...not that I deserve it or anything like that or anything.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Marwood & I said: Colour I knew you were one of them non-murican types Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFifthHorseman Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, The Resurrection said: Oh, believe me. I know how to act. I have made some of these guys lose their minds and have tantrum status melt downs. I know you do! I meant they. I don't think I could ever have a meltdown online, or at all. What would that accomplish?! Nada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFifthHorseman Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, Marwood & I said: The old dial up noise actually sounded a bit like the Floyd. The early stuff, yes! Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast was a essentially a man cooking a morning meal Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RockMyAmadeus Posted February 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2018 40 minutes ago, Architecht said: I'm not opposed to raising like limits. I just think it's better to find a number that's needed by most users, than to take the cap off entirely. Ideally, abusers would hit the limit, but most legitimate users wouldn't notice that there is one. Seasoned vets have a higher limit because they aren't going to be fake accounts liking things to be disruptive, but because some switch flips when you hit 10k posts and you are now better at liking. It was just a convenient pre-existing group to grant more likes. We already raised the limits once. We'll probably do it again if the cap is being run into repeatedly by normal users. It's just that, as Marwood says when he brought it up previously (and we raised the cap at that time), after that "I thought I had some good points really, but no one joined me in the fight so I gave up." -- It didn't seem like many people were running into the limit. So it seems we're somewhat close to where the limit should be. Maybe a little low. This is a perfect example of micro-managing. Was there a huge problem with people abusing the like system? No. Frankly, the like system shouldn't exist in the first place, but it does, so we deal with it. There weren't tons of "fake accounts" serial liking posts to create a disruption, but you put in controls anyway. Is there some advantage, some benefit, to the like system? Is someone awarded a cash or other prize if they get the most likes? Does anyone besides the one liking and the one being liked really care? No, no, and no. Life has risk. Trying to mitigate every possible scenario, restricting everyone on the off-chance that a tiny group of people are going to be "disruptive", is the very definition of micro-managing. There is simply no need for such a limit on a board populated by (ostensibly) adults. Is it a big deal? Nope. Is it even worth this much discussion? Nope. But it is a perfect indicator of an attitude and ethos that goes so much deeper than this specific issue, and threads like this are where you have ended up. How about simply letting people be free to like, or not like, as they see fit, as much as they want, or as little as they want, rather than trying to determine some "number" that is "needed by most users" (in your view, of course)...? COI, paul747, Domo Arigato and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 minute ago, TheFifthHorseman said: I know you do! I meant they. I don't think I could ever have a meltdown online, or at all. What would that accomplish?! Nada To quite the great T.O "Get ya Popcorn" it was typically for amusement, and to prove some people were just jerks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icefires Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Architecht said: Would it help to create a sub forum of some sort based around story discussions? It might feel a little like the movies sub forum. I could see focusing it a few different ways: Threads about the story line of anything newly released Threads about any story line that you are currently reading right now Other? Enough with the boring stuff. What we really want to know is why did you hold Paradise Comics submissions for a full year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 26 minutes ago, The Resurrection said: who are you? are you even serious? Do you know how many of the "old guard" paid for funerals, replaced burned down houses, helped members when they lost their homes, gave money to those who were in NEED, and NEVER asked for even a thank you! You want to talk about the character of those men and women like you are capable of telling your hole from the one in the ground? Are some of the guys a bit snarky, yes, do they like that the sense of community has lessened in time? Yes. But I am shocked that a guy who has been here for such a short time knows SOOO much about what made this place to begin with. Even I missed some of the best times on this board, and yes we are a little reserved in who we take in after countless scammers, frauds, and thieves have made their way in over the years? Damn, there are reasons for things and maybe if you listened more you would understand why people are the way they are. I wish the "old guard" would come back because alot of those people were good people and are missed, especially when they provided some awesome conversation. I want to give this post a months worth of comix4fun, Prince Namor and RockMyAmadeus 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comix4fun Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 2 hours ago, kidcolt said: I joined in 2005 and would visit here at least 5 times a day and my post count is still just 4211. Comix4fun joined in 2002 and has a post count of 40,3018. Roy Vintagecomics joined in 2004 and has a count post of 89,027. My question is what the heck do you post about to get this many post. They must respond to even their own post WOW!!! 40,000 posts is not that much. It's around 7 a day if you broke it down. However, you could have several dozen posts in a sales thread in a single day. Then there are the scammers, pitched battles in the probation area, the funny meme-offs, animated gif fests, dringenberg "for eBay" threads, talking about new movies and how much they sucked/ruled, talking about new comics and how much they sucked/ruled, talking about auction results and how much they sucked/ruled...... Really, if you think about it, I've been slacking at 40,000 posts. Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grebal Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 minute ago, TheFifthHorseman said: The early stuff, yes! Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast was a essentially a man cooking a morning meal Marmalade; I like marmalade. Back OT: it's deadest I've noticed it over the ~2 yrs I've been here. But I've seen similar life-cycles on other message boards, probably the next phase we see will be another spurt of growth and not death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 minute ago, comix4fun said: 40,000 posts is not that much. It's around 7 a day if you broke it down. However, you could have several dozen posts in a sales thread in a single day. Then there are the scammers, pitched battles in the probation area, the funny meme-offs, animated gif fests, dringenberg "for eBay" threads, talking about new movies and how much they sucked/ruled, talking about new comics and how much they sucked/ruled, talking about auction results and how much they sucked/ruled...... Really, if you think about it, I've been slacking at 40,000 posts. You'll never beat Roy. He's the Chuck Norris of post counts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, Marwood & I said: You'll never beat Roy. He's the Chuck Norris of post counts... ...his post counts have post counts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comix4fun Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, Marwood & I said: You'll never beat Roy. He's the Chuck Norris of post counts... Fine by me. I wish him well on his inevitable six-figures. Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
