I see a handful of people grumbling about its removal, a handful of people agreeing that removing it was good, and the vast majority of the forum not caring.
I don't know whose mind you're reading, but it ain't mine. I judge it a success, because now there's less silliness except for where it's supposed to be, and it means polls will be put in higher-trafficked areas of the forum.
I actually don't disagree with the move, but the move itself has been horribly done. You've erased a forum completely that people did use, and you've done it without any warning whatsoever. From what angle has this been a success?
I see a handful of people grumbling about its removal, a handful of people agreeing that removing it was good, and the vast majority of the forum not caring.
I don't know whose mind you're reading, but it ain't mine. I judge it a success, because now there's less silliness except for where it's supposed to be, and it means polls will be put in higher-trafficked areas of the forum.
Everybody but you is talking about the process, not the result. :V
Mostly because you didn't notify that you were going to pull the plug on the subforum and delete all those threads
Threads weren't intended to all be deleted, just the spam ones. Again, we don't know why they disappeared, and the system still "half-shows" them but we don't know where they are. They're probably orphaned but there's no easy way to recover orphaned threads. Others that were definite junk, were decided to be deleted.
Originally Posted by Laith
But that you dropped it since, again it was done without notification and because some of those threads had legit and interesting discussion.
About one in three, yes. But nothing "super vital." And if need be, I do have access to database backups. Restoring them to actual threads, like I said, is much trickier.
Originally Posted by Laith
Do they go out of Fanfics? Pretty sure they don't so they don't notice.
Which proves my point about it being low-traffic nicely.
Originally Posted by KENTA
I actually don't disagree with the move, but the move itself has been horribly done. You've erased a forum completely that people did use, and you've done it without any warning whatsoever. From what angle has this been a success?
The success is in getting polls out of a forum where there was relatively little traffic, and in encouraging them to be posted in the forums where there is more traffic on a regular basis so that more people see them, along with giving a second separate forum for silly polls so that we don't have silly polls shitting up the rest of the forums.
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Old Quote Crap!
Originally Posted by eddyak
99% of all Terminators would destroy John Connor over any other carbon-based life form.
Originally Posted by RoadBuster
Why do you think we got all these mods? So I can sit back and do jack shit, obviously!
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
I propose more forumite-based words. Like Darpleosity (adj. a state of existence signified to calmly analyzing and making an argument/case in a way that defuses tensions and makes the participants in said argument look like twats for continuing on with antagonizing and/or being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn while also using good-natured humor to enhance said post).
Originally Posted by DezoPenguin
Having been, as I3uster put it, "other clueless dude" earlier today in precisely this fashion, I'm going to have to be in favor of necromancy. Or be a hypocrite. But as a lawyer, I prefer to get paid when I indulge in hypocrisy, thank you, so I'll stick with necromancy.
[14:06] [Cruor] petri is it possible to play Phoenix III/Steppewolf without it crashing
[14:08] [Kelnish] no
[14:08] [Kelnish] it isn't
[14:09] [Cruor] how can there be so many bugs
[14:09] [Cruor] in one mod
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Because quality assurance doesn't exist anymore
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Unless it's Quality Ass, U Rance
[14:10] [Daiki] ...
[14:10] [I3uster] oh god dp was funny
[14:10] [I3uster] apocalypse confirmed
[14:10] [Wakame] the horror
Why not kill the random polls subforum and move all the threads into the 7th
To be honest, the Random Polls subforum was mostly created not just for random polls, but to catch the other polls as I was moving the bulk of them before I deleted the polls forum( I didn't want to dump them right in the 7th, afraid the server would go wonky, which it did anyway, of course) , and then it went weird as it moved, deleting the polls there entirely. As it was primarily created in my attempt to save the polls, which failed epically, it doesn't have much purpose, so I'm not against killing it) . Is their any other board moving/subsidizing we should discuss besides Doujin Projects/Events and Gatherings, which Spinach brought up, for us to consider?
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To be honest, the Random Polls subforum was mostly created not just for random polls, but to catch the other polls as I was moving the bulk of them before I deleted the polls forum( I didn't want to dump them right in the 7th, afraid the server would go wonky, which it did anyway, of course) , and then it went weird as it moved, deleting the polls there entirely. As it was primarily created in my attempt to save the polls, which failed epically, it doesn't have much purpose, so I'm not against killing it) . Is their any other board moving/subsidizing we should discuss besides Doujin Projects/Events and Gatherings, which Spinach brought up, for us to consider?
Consolidating the board issues set of sub-forums would be a good move methinks. Announcements and policy polls can be stickied, technical issues use one thread anyway, and everything else is just people bitching.
I already did, by bruising another one of my toes.
Now shaddap before I post a picture of that.
"Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a goddamn vampire if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking dick." Of Leaves and Lilac - Two weeks in the life of Tohno Akiha.
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Old Quote Crap!
Originally Posted by eddyak
99% of all Terminators would destroy John Connor over any other carbon-based life form.
Originally Posted by RoadBuster
Why do you think we got all these mods? So I can sit back and do jack shit, obviously!
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
I propose more forumite-based words. Like Darpleosity (adj. a state of existence signified to calmly analyzing and making an argument/case in a way that defuses tensions and makes the participants in said argument look like twats for continuing on with antagonizing and/or being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn while also using good-natured humor to enhance said post).
Originally Posted by DezoPenguin
Having been, as I3uster put it, "other clueless dude" earlier today in precisely this fashion, I'm going to have to be in favor of necromancy. Or be a hypocrite. But as a lawyer, I prefer to get paid when I indulge in hypocrisy, thank you, so I'll stick with necromancy.
[14:06] [Cruor] petri is it possible to play Phoenix III/Steppewolf without it crashing
[14:08] [Kelnish] no
[14:08] [Kelnish] it isn't
[14:09] [Cruor] how can there be so many bugs
[14:09] [Cruor] in one mod
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Because quality assurance doesn't exist anymore
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Unless it's Quality Ass, U Rance
[14:10] [Daiki] ...
[14:10] [I3uster] oh god dp was funny
[14:10] [I3uster] apocalypse confirmed
[14:10] [Wakame] the horror
Why not just not allow people to make polls in GD? Then they'll have to go to 7th to make their polls.
Not all polls are useless, though some people seem to be trying damn hard to convince us that they are.
"Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a goddamn vampire if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking dick." Of Leaves and Lilac - Two weeks in the life of Tohno Akiha.
Returning real soon-like!
Old Quote Crap!
Originally Posted by eddyak
99% of all Terminators would destroy John Connor over any other carbon-based life form.
Originally Posted by RoadBuster
Why do you think we got all these mods? So I can sit back and do jack shit, obviously!
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
I propose more forumite-based words. Like Darpleosity (adj. a state of existence signified to calmly analyzing and making an argument/case in a way that defuses tensions and makes the participants in said argument look like twats for continuing on with antagonizing and/or being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn while also using good-natured humor to enhance said post).
Originally Posted by DezoPenguin
Having been, as I3uster put it, "other clueless dude" earlier today in precisely this fashion, I'm going to have to be in favor of necromancy. Or be a hypocrite. But as a lawyer, I prefer to get paid when I indulge in hypocrisy, thank you, so I'll stick with necromancy.
[14:06] [Cruor] petri is it possible to play Phoenix III/Steppewolf without it crashing
[14:08] [Kelnish] no
[14:08] [Kelnish] it isn't
[14:09] [Cruor] how can there be so many bugs
[14:09] [Cruor] in one mod
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Because quality assurance doesn't exist anymore
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Unless it's Quality Ass, U Rance
[14:10] [Daiki] ...
[14:10] [I3uster] oh god dp was funny
[14:10] [I3uster] apocalypse confirmed
[14:10] [Wakame] the horror
Lately the polls have been on-topic and have spawn some great discussions.
Poll subforum when?
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Eclipse - a Saber Alter oneshot Requiem for a Race - Altrouge and Ortenrosse hunt the TAs ( 1/3 chapters, discontinued ) Memories of a King - a 'Saber Origins' story ( 8/? chapters, discontiuned ) A Small Warmth - a post UBW-Good oneshot, Saber/Rin Devil's Thrill - Narbareck hunts down a DAA Blackmore ( 10/10 chapters, finished ) Boundary of Loneliness - Ryougi Shiki/Alphard Al-Shua oneshot. Lemon-flavoured
Lately the polls have been on-topic and have spawn some great discussions.
Poll subforum when?
It's not happening.
"Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a goddamn vampire if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking dick." Of Leaves and Lilac - Two weeks in the life of Tohno Akiha.
Returning real soon-like!
Old Quote Crap!
Originally Posted by eddyak
99% of all Terminators would destroy John Connor over any other carbon-based life form.
Originally Posted by RoadBuster
Why do you think we got all these mods? So I can sit back and do jack shit, obviously!
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
I propose more forumite-based words. Like Darpleosity (adj. a state of existence signified to calmly analyzing and making an argument/case in a way that defuses tensions and makes the participants in said argument look like twats for continuing on with antagonizing and/or being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn while also using good-natured humor to enhance said post).
Originally Posted by DezoPenguin
Having been, as I3uster put it, "other clueless dude" earlier today in precisely this fashion, I'm going to have to be in favor of necromancy. Or be a hypocrite. But as a lawyer, I prefer to get paid when I indulge in hypocrisy, thank you, so I'll stick with necromancy.
[14:06] [Cruor] petri is it possible to play Phoenix III/Steppewolf without it crashing
[14:08] [Kelnish] no
[14:08] [Kelnish] it isn't
[14:09] [Cruor] how can there be so many bugs
[14:09] [Cruor] in one mod
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Because quality assurance doesn't exist anymore
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Unless it's Quality Ass, U Rance
[14:10] [Daiki] ...
[14:10] [I3uster] oh god dp was funny
[14:10] [I3uster] apocalypse confirmed
[14:10] [Wakame] the horror
They're not returning, it's that simple. As long as everyone actually acts like adults and doesn't flood GD with crappy polls, there isn't exactly a problem, is there?
"Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a goddamn vampire if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking dick." Of Leaves and Lilac - Two weeks in the life of Tohno Akiha.
Returning real soon-like!
Old Quote Crap!
Originally Posted by eddyak
99% of all Terminators would destroy John Connor over any other carbon-based life form.
Originally Posted by RoadBuster
Why do you think we got all these mods? So I can sit back and do jack shit, obviously!
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
I propose more forumite-based words. Like Darpleosity (adj. a state of existence signified to calmly analyzing and making an argument/case in a way that defuses tensions and makes the participants in said argument look like twats for continuing on with antagonizing and/or being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn while also using good-natured humor to enhance said post).
Originally Posted by DezoPenguin
Having been, as I3uster put it, "other clueless dude" earlier today in precisely this fashion, I'm going to have to be in favor of necromancy. Or be a hypocrite. But as a lawyer, I prefer to get paid when I indulge in hypocrisy, thank you, so I'll stick with necromancy.
[14:06] [Cruor] petri is it possible to play Phoenix III/Steppewolf without it crashing
[14:08] [Kelnish] no
[14:08] [Kelnish] it isn't
[14:09] [Cruor] how can there be so many bugs
[14:09] [Cruor] in one mod
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Because quality assurance doesn't exist anymore
[14:10] [Dark_Pulse] Unless it's Quality Ass, U Rance
[14:10] [Daiki] ...
[14:10] [I3uster] oh god dp was funny
[14:10] [I3uster] apocalypse confirmed
[14:10] [Wakame] the horror