Ian
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Scoobynet has the 'Muppet Show', MIG calls it 'Chit Chat'. I've seen it elsewhere as well. Would a forum to talk crap be a good idea? Where I can move threads which are deemed below par and where Steve, Ojc and vibrio can fester wasting electricity?
[Edited on 05-09-2004 by Ian]
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Kerry
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yes like on cruisinuk they have a forum called "ram it" where anything goes 
and on cruiseboard they have general chat and cruiseboard lounge
i think its an excellant idea and ive seen it work very well 
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AdamF
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
where Steve, Ojc and vibrio can fester wasting electricity?
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AdamF
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good idea btw go for it
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Sooty
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I duno, from a lazy point of view it would mean changing between forums. I just use General Chat, dont really look on any of the others. Supose would filter out all the crap, but would take more admin to maintain. I guess if your willing to put the effort into it, it could be a good idea.
Im 50/50
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Tiger
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To be honest - i think this forum would become pretty much redundant and i would expect to see the amout of posts at least halved in here with half the traffic moving to the new forum.
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Kerry
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yes but u could sit in the crap forum and talk crap while at the same time have a sensible post in the general chat where u will get sensible answers and noone will hijack it
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Tiger
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You reckon?
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Ian
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Ben, I for one would spend as little time as possible in there, so while the point about traffic has some truth in it, I'm certainly not alone?
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J da Silva
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go for it ,steve ojc vibrio and me will be the only ones using it properly though
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Kerry
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well if they do then admin can get tougher as they will have no excuse to post crap when there is somewhere to do it....would probably be better for people at work too as they will know any threads they open in the general chat will be work friendly
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Tom
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Yer that wud be gud imo
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kerzo
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i think it has a lot more advantages than disadvantages so a good idea then!
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GREG 1
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Yep good idea, but then again it would be as i said this to the mods 
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Craig W
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Very good idea. But i agree, the mods would have to toughen up
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Ian
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A few people have asked me for one over the years and I've never liked the idea of dedicating an idea entry in the threads database to just crap. However I'm keen to shake off this notion that its called General Chat so we can pap on about nothing as if the Internet were actually as important as real life
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Sooty
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Actually, thinking more about it, I dont think it would get used alot. Like the 'other' forum. Most of the crap would still get caught in the Main general chat forum. Could do a trial for a week and see what happens?
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Ian
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We've got somewhere to move it though Sooty. We can be stricter with moderation without actually deleting things.
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Tom
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sounds good
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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Ben, I for one would spend as little time as possible in there, so while the point about traffic has some truth in it, I'm certainly not alone?
I do think its a great idea - there was talk about it a while ago i remember - i just think that everyone enjoys tittle tattle coz theres only so many things you can talk about cars - i would use both even though i use the rest of the forums very rarely.
Start another website that just talk bollocks then you could have two very well used sites I can suggest a few moderators too The only thing is - what would you call the individual chat forums
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djlee_dj
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this is one of the worst / but best forums on the net ........... its shit cause most are kids talkin shit who dont even drive ....and good cause u say wat you want 2 who you want
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Nismo
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yeah i think its a good idea, seperates the crap out
if your after a mod, i know someone who would be intersted
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Tom
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spank the monkey
or chewin the craic
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Ian
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quote:
Originally posted by djlee_dj
this is one of the worst / but best forums on the net ........... its shit cause most are kids talkin shit who dont even drive ....and good cause u say wat you want 2 who you want
To be honest, that's not why the site exists. The days of behaviour like this are unfortunately limited.
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Daimo B
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I agree with this Go for it
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