THE4RINGZ;1045298 wrote:This place goes to hell quickly if I get banned. People come here just to see what I write. And you can take that to the bank.

The Equalizer;1045429 wrote:Which one of them ordered the papa johns?

SnotBubbles;1045305 wrote:I don't like new DeyDurkie. Please just tell me to go fuck myself and call me a *** so I will feel better...

ernest_t_bass;1045311 wrote:I almost choked on a Jolly Rancher.

wes_mantooth;1045314 wrote:Me and Durkie have a gentleman's agreement that he will be new, more tolerant Durkie. Although, I always thought his "fuck yourself"'s were a term of endearment.

DeyDurkie5;1047323 wrote:homo

sleeper;1049174 wrote:I also agree the "buddy buddy" nature of this forum is a turn off for most new users, but let me ask you Justin, are you really focused on new user acquisition? I don't think that's the goal of this forum, unless you are having issues funding the costs of the forum and need to generate more revenue.

sleeper;1049174 wrote:I will not name names, but its clear that some moderators are creating different rules for different people.

justincredible;1049183 wrote:The main goal is to improve the overall quality of the site.

ernest_t_bass;1049188 wrote:A great goal, but it is also relative. Each user will have different opinions on what you could do, remove, etc. to help change the site.

THE4RINGZ;1049200 wrote:I think there is a culture that has developed here for most of us who have been around for a while. We know the personalities or acts that certain other posters have. We know what to take serious and what not to. Somethings certain perople say, can and should be taken with a grain of salt. Some people are simply trolls or come on here looking to argue.

With that being said, I believe this site wold be difficult for a new user to understand, just like anyone being thrust into a different culture. There should be a "rookie camp" or D-league for new users to learn the lay of the land before coming onto some of these threads and getting totally overwhelmed.

JMHO

justincredible;1049183 wrote:Yes I would like new users. Yes it is one of the goals of the forum. No I am not having issues funding the forum. Yes I would like to generate more revenue.

The main goal is to improve the overall quality of the site. That leads to new users and more revenue.

justincredible;1049196 wrote:I trust my own judgement. I've managed to keep this place up for two years when no one expected it to last more than a few days/weeks.

sleeper;1049210 wrote:As its setup now, new users will be hard to acquire. You have ignored my advice in the past so there's no point in offering any more.

THE4RINGZ;1049200 wrote:I think there is a culture that has developed here for most of us who have been around for a while. We know the personalities or acts that certain other posters have. We know what to take serious and what not to. Somethings certain perople say, can and should be taken with a grain of salt. Some people are simply trolls or come on here looking to argue.

With that being said, I believe this site wold be difficult for a new user to understand, just like anyone being thrust into a different culture. There should be a "rookie camp" or D-league for new users to learn the lay of the land before coming onto some of these threads and getting totally overwhelmed.

JMHO

ernest_t_bass;1049186 wrote:You will find that literally everywhere. This place is no exception.

sleeper;1049216 wrote:Really?

Believe it or not, I've moderated a much larger site than this one will ever be and there was no such place for inconsistent moderation. Moderators were vetted a ton by the users and if you couldn't hack it, you were ousted and a new moderator was put into place. Luckily for me, I was well respected amongst the community for enacted fair moderation regardless of my personal bias' towards any subject.

Here, there are no vetting of the moderators. The moderators here were put in place when this site was barley functional and lack the necessary skills to be an effective moderator. Now that this site is fully functional and has a significant user base, there needs to be a new mandate to put effective moderators into place. Moderators also have to be held to a higher standard and can ill afford to participate in any rules violation, no matter how harmless it may seem. New users don't understand the friendships that have been built here and assume that name calling and personal attacks are the norm and accepted.

Until these issues are addressed, this forum will stagnate at best and decline in the most likely scenario.

justincredible;1049221 wrote:Link?

sleeper;1049222 wrote:To what?

justincredible;1049223 wrote:To the much larger site that you moderated.

justincredible;1049215 wrote:Good post. I agree.

Look, I'm not trying to add 10 new members a day or anything. It would just be nice to have an infusion of new members every once in a while. It will help keep things from getting stale. I think the forum as it stands right now is fine but it's never a bad thing to want to see it improve.

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