Alright. I have noticed recently that these boards have been suffering from an obscene amount of spam and one on one conversation based posting. The entire vibe and feel of the boards have, in my opinion, reached a kind of low. The debate threads are more stagnant than ever. The lounge is a waste of time. The entertainment threads suffer any kind of in-depth or worthwhile posts. It just seems like the community boards are really beginning to suck.

The problem is, how would we solve this problem?
Do we need to punish those spammers? If so, will traffic decrease to a useless degree?
Maybe we can try to attract some older parties?
The debate thread could become exclusive. But, then it might actually become entirely stagnant.
The idea for an art subforum seems to be a push in the right direction.
Or maybe I should just find a more suitable community board?

What do you guys think?

i think uhhhhhh....i think hmmmmmm....i think....ughhhhhh

let me get back to you.

its all elba

Seriously, you're right. It makes cb more boring- even if it's exciting for the first few seconds, "ZOMG SOMEONE MADE A SCANDALOUS THREAD LOLOL!", it really gets annoying, especially when people think it's funny. IT'S NOT.

Yeah, what we need right now is more active non-idiot members. That would help a lot.

[edit]

I agree with the art subforum proposal.. a lot of the potential art subforum material is going into photography where it doesn't exactly fit. -shrugs-

define what an idiot member is please. i am unfirmiliar with this term.

Actually, Evan, it's not all me.

Besides, I haven't had this much fun in cB for a long time.

That would be us, Chinese Club


The problem is, how would we solve this problem?
We can't...or we can wait until summer's over
Do we need to punish those spammers? If so, will traffic decrease to a useless degree?
No, there is too many of us.
Maybe we can try to attract some older parties?
Hahahahaha
The idea for an art subforum seems to be a push in the right direction.
Another subforum?
Or maybe I should just find a more suitable community board?

ill do like sally did...

The problem is, how would we solve this problem?
so many verbal warnings= some type of punishment. i think that spamming and one-on-one convos should be the least of our worries, or at least not taken so seriously. i know that it does get old and have done it myself, but sometimes its not hurting anything. if it gets too out of hand, intervention by a mod can result and verbal warnings are issued.
Do we need to punish those spammers? If so, will traffic decrease to a useless degree?
read above
Maybe we can try to attract some older parties?
sure
The debate thread could become exclusive. But, then it might actually become entirely stagnant.
dont go there, but at some point in time, things are going to seem to be less lively no matter if there are rules or not.
The idea for an art subforum seems to be a push in the right direction.
agreed
Or maybe I should just find a more suitable community board?
no, this place is fine.


you

lol me neither


i guess spam does suck for the people that post long ass posts and want everyone to read them.

Mods definitely need to be stricter with punishing the spammers. A lot more warnings are definitely in order.But, the ironic thing is that a couple of the mods are actually participating in the spamming. So, I'm not sure how people would react to hypocrisy.

If we attracted older parties, I doubt they'd want to stay because the CB population is generally middle/high school kids. Worth a shot? Maybe. As long as they're not pervy ones who hang out in the booty/chest topics.

I hate to say it, but I already have been looking at other community boards because I'm frustrated with CB.

We've had some lows before, but I think this one is particularly bad, since no ones actually trying to protest it, for fear of being a hypocrite or power hungry. Personally, I'd try harder if I hadn't lost the ability to do so about 6 months ago.

As it is, mods, f**k the tolerance thing. It's not working. It was a great idea, and some of us could have handled it, but the majority now cannot.

I also can't believe you're letting a literal spam thread stay open in forum games after all the controversy over Justin's thread. I'm not trying to blame you, it's just ridiculous.

It's Evan's fault that I've been "spamming" lately. I usually dislike it when people have full on off topic convo's in threads.

Sorry but I can't help it when Evan keeps relpying back

umm...some of the facts pointed out are true...some people antagonize each other into spamming...

Online. 12 user(s) are reading this topic. 0 guests, 2 anonymous members, 10 members.
jooleeah, Programmer, Libertie, L!ckitySplit, xbabyboo, Acid Bath Slayer, This Confession, SylverLunarSweetie, incoherent, peggysturr

and just by creating this topic...U've started yet another spam thread....we know it's wrong....but it's summer and most people really don't give a damn...which is sad

I've had all of no luck with that one. I can't find any appealing and sufficeiently active boards that are entirely separate from cb. There is one that branched from it and is now completely independant of it, but still, I joined that through here.

When cB starts to get more stricter, it's when people get bored with it & leave.

The issue has been raised before. Actually, many times before. In fact, most people feel it after a certain amount of time of being here.

I don't have the time to dig up another post I made on the issue, but it basically boils down to this: Most of cB is made up of what I call "drive-by posting". The threads are such that a person comes in, posts a response without reading any other part of the thread, then leaves, and never comes back to see how the thread develops.

Furthermore, people are too locked into sticking to the main point or going completely off-topic. Either the thread becomes spam, or all new people come in, read the first post, respond, and leave. Few people stick with a thread to watch it evolve and have a conversation.

Interesting posts—ones that require more than a quick response—are overlooked simply because they require more time to both read and respond intelligently. Unfortunately, these are generally the more conversation-worthy threads.

Basically, the only threads that stay on the first page are ones to which people can respond quickly, such as "What's on your mind right now?" or "Anoymous shoutouts"—ones that also don't generate any real discussions.

There are also a lot of issues with cB not being a community. I actually discussed this with Dani in the IRC channel the other night. cB is unique compared to most forums I go to, in which everyone is friendly and gets along. cB has small groups of people who get along, but as a whole, I don't find much of a sense of community.

Actually, I have found my thoughts on the issue, which were posted here:

• http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...3&#entry1991983
• http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...0&#entry1999780

The problem is, how would we solve this problem?

_ wait til' summer is over more than likely. =/
Do we need to punish those spammers? If so, will traffic decrease to a useless degree?

_Punishing them may help in some ways but also it won't They'll get mad and they will tell others and it will just end up this big discussion and people will leave and yea it will just be unactive.

Maybe we can try to attract some older parties?

_I think this would be nice, or get people to bring more new people.

The debate thread could become exclusive. But, then it might actually become entirely stagnant.

_ the debate section has been doing quite well lately, I usually stay out of it. Not that big of a debate person so I'm not answering much questions conserning the debate section.

The idea for an art subforum seems to be a push in the right direction.
Or maybe I should just find a more suitable community board?

- I think it would be neat to have one. A lot of people do come here for the art stuff and stay out of the community center and other stuff so just having that art one would be nice and more than likely will bring more memers



sorry mis-spelled stuff. I haven't slept in close to 3 days =/


I agree wtih Micheal in many ways as well

What? How?

explain how this is a spam thread just because there a 12 members in here voicing their opinion.

^I think he assumes this will be consumed like everything else

and yet he's probably one of the only people here that has said the least about the actual topic.

I know. It's quite ironic.

And once again, as I'd said before, I agree with Michael. However, we still don't seem to actually be getting anywhere with that. We may have regressed, for that matter.

If I actually thought there'd be a point, I might have even talked James and Justin into starting another revolution. Sammi's rage aside, it did kind of get somewhere. And if nothing else, it was genuinely amusing.

I think it's also because people feel that they can't get personal here, which results in no one really getting to know each other. Few people post things like "I was at work today and I had this epiphany…" or "This happened to me, and it really made me think…" Even when people do post that stuff, they always end it with something like "Has this ever happened to you?" And then a bunch of people post answers like "Yeah, happens to me," and move on, which pretty much negates the personality of the original post.

Posts don't always have to be general. You don't always have to ask something of the members. Sometimes you have to just post what's on your mind. (But then, of course, you get people with replies like "Save it for your Xanga" and whatnot…)

Also, I think too often people try to post things that will be long-lasting—will make this "all-powerful" 20 page barrier and spawn a "v2" thread. Threads don't have to be like that. I'd rather have a short, personal, interesting, provactive thread, rather than 20 pages of "Anonymous shoutouts".

It's never a good sign when someone starts a thread with "v1" in the title. I really hate multiple versions of threads like this in general, though. It didn't used to be that way.

In a way, things seem too chat-centric still.

I would enjoy that
I just always get quoted =/
And then something happens.



well thats when we say theres chat rooms for that
and the treads are to say whats on your mind and your opinion of the topic and the first post in it.
not what everyone else said.

Although I'm quoting you guys and saying what i just did. oh well.