i remember back in the day Options

[micron]

i had to go to page 3 or 4 for yesterdays topic. what happened?

[KrunkMuzik]

That's what Im asking! Just ran outta things to talk about I guess...

[Retrogressive]

Everyone's made different forums within CB, so they all get moved from the lounge.

[micron]

hmm, thats sad. it took a good minute for a reply. haha. =)

[micron]

Everyone's made different forums within CB, so they all get moved from the lounge.

ahh that could be it.

[micron]

what are some new things you want to see in createblog?

[micron]

or the internet for that matter?

[DaTru KataLYST]

I'm inclined to agree w/ retrogressive on this.

[KrunkMuzik]

Everyone's made different forums within CB, so they all get moved from the lounge.

It's like everything falls under a category. Nothing's really "random" anymore.

[micron]

yes i know im double posting. but this makes the topic more busier than it really is. =)

[DaTru KataLYST]

i remember one time Jusun septaposted.

It was awesome !

[micron]

oh haha me too! those good old days. i remember when i took requests for xanga scripts. =)

[Retrogressive]

I think also, CB has fallen into these odd cliques. The Anonymous shout-outs prevail over a lot of us.

[micron]

thats how the auto subscriber came about. haha dont know if any of you guys were here to remember that one. caused xanga a lot of problems i heard. =P

[DaTru KataLYST]

You took requests once?!?

woah way before my time hahaha


Remember: I will kowtow and kiss your feet if you create Nighttime skin for cb3.

[micron]

I think also, CB has fallen into these odd cliques. The Anonymous shout-outs prevail over a lot of us.

hmm but how about genuine community bonding stuff? whens the last time something like that happened?

[Retrogressive]

Remember: I will kowtow and kiss your feet if you create Nighttime skin for cb3.

agggreeed.

[DaTru KataLYST]

happens all the time, i think.

[micron]

You took requests once?!?

woah way before my time hahaha
Remember: I will kowtow and kiss your feet if you create Nighttime skin for cb3.

yup. and our xanga visitor tracker. that was the very first one on the internet, made way back more than two years ago, and requested by seon ho (krnxswat).

i remember those days well!

[DaTru KataLYST]

there's a lot of bonding and a lot of drama. I think cB is pretty perky in the social stuff.

[micron]

You took requests once?!?

woah way before my time hahaha
Remember: I will kowtow and kiss your feet if you create Nighttime skin for cb3.

haha nighttime skin. maybe if you were a pretty girl, i would kiss yours AND make the skin. haha.

[micron]

You took requests once?!?

woah way before my time hahaha
Remember: I will kowtow and kiss your feet if you create Nighttime skin for cb3.

haha nighttime skin. maybe if you were a pretty girl, i would kiss yours AND make the skin. haha.

[DaTru KataLYST]

All of staff is pretty. Pretty much girls, too! =o

[Retrogressive]

there's a lot of bonding and a lot of drama. I think cB is pretty perky in the social stuff.

Yeah, but there are still cliques. Not too bad though, CB socially is pretty good.

I think a lot of once xanga people are going over to being hosted and having sites.

[micron]

ooo. the server did a 404 on me, hence the double post. which makes me wonder, how stable is createblog (the server)? do you find it fast and reliable?

[micron]

All of staff is pretty. Pretty much girls, too! =o

haha theres a reason for all that.

[DaTru KataLYST]

The Xanga diaspora saddens me. Independent blog domains aren't so effective for teens.

[KrunkMuzik]

The server is fine. Not a problem for me.

[DaTru KataLYST]

the server hasn't died on me for a long time.

[micron]

The Xanga diaspora saddens me. Independent blog domains aren't so effective for teens.

hmm, what do you mean? do you find that people are moving away from xanga to their individual blogs? thats interesting, since xanga provides such a nice big community...

hmm, and in that case, should we also support mt and wp?

[Retrogressive]

The Xanga diaspora saddens me. Independent blog domains aren't so effective for teens.

Really?

[micron]

The server is fine. Not a problem for me.

cool! thanks for the feedback.

what's your name? hi, i'm jusun. nice meeting you! =)

[DaTru KataLYST]

hmm, what do you mean? do you find that people are moving away from xanga to their individual blogs? thats interesting, since xanga provides such a nice big community...

hmm, and in that case, should we also support mt and wp?

I feel Xanga is starting to die out. For the techno-smarts they will run off to wordpress and such. As with the others they seem to move off to Facebook or MySpace.


I have no idea about Tagworld...what is that? It shows on cB's adsense =P

[Gigi]

haha theres a reason for all that.

Oh my!


I like this thread. =]

Yeah, I remember those days. We used to be more tightly-knit before all the drama and cB revolution stuff.

[KrunkMuzik]

cool! thanks for the feedback.

what's your name? hi, i'm jusun. nice meeting you! =)

Marco. Same here, Jusun!

[Retrogressive]

hmm, what do you mean? do you find that people are moving away from xanga to their individual blogs? thats interesting, since xanga provides such a nice big community...

hmm, and in that case, should we also support mt and wp?

I'd like to see that, I don't really frequent the xanga scene. And I know a lot of kids who have stopped using it just because they have grown in design ability and have the option to have there own domain or get hosted.

[DaTru KataLYST]

Oh my! 
I like this thread. =]

Yeah, I remember those days. We used to be more tightly-knit before all the drama and cB revolution stuff. 

Seonho acted hella nice in the pioneering days!!

What an age that would be to live in.

[micron]

Really? 

i dont see why people would want to move away from an already established community. doesnt the community draw others to join? whats the use of having a blog when no one really reads it?

[fameONE]

I'd like to see mods accept responsibility for their actions. The site is running well, and they all are doing a pretty decent job with catering to the needs of the community, however, the morale of this entire community reminds me of high school. For them to be respected the way moderators should be, and for community to be a place where everyone generally gets along with one another, the personal bullshit needs to come to an end. Be professional.

This site keeps growing and growing and growing. With topics becoming more and more diverse, its understandable that people will feel as though they all need a proper place. That's fine. But I understand that running a forum costs money and using more space costs money. Then again, I like the random, off the wall, conversation topics that used to take up The Lounge.

However, if more subforums are going to be created, then 'Entertainment' needs work. Movies/Music/Books/Misc

I really feel that the newspaper should be given another shot. There are some really outspoken members in this community that can contribute by writing in depth, interesting and thought provoking articles to inform and entertain the entire community. Its great discussing a given event, and its fun talking about last night's sports game, but wouldn't it be better if there was a livlier recap of it all?

"Man, the game last night was ill. Kobe had like, 80 somethin' points."
How about a game summary and analysis?

Skins. The babyblue and white is pretty bland.

All for now.

[*islandgirl4eva*]

Oh my! 
I like this thread. =]

Yeah, I remember those days. We used to be more tightly-knit before all the drama and cB revolution stuff. 

I remember those days. An oldie like me...wow. Haha.

I'm happy to hear about a cB3, and yet, a bit sad. This place has blown up so much, though. Of course it's going to change again.

i dont see why people would want to move away from an already established community. doesnt the community draw others to join? whats the use of having a blog when no one really reads it?

Myspace. There's not really any use for a blog there, yet, they have one.

[KrunkMuzik]

I'd like to see that, I don't really frequent the xanga scene. And I know a lot of kids who have stopped using it just because they have grown in design ability and have the option to have there own domain or get hosted.

Yeah. It's like Xanga forced everyone to learn web designing skills, since everyone wanted to customized their Xanga page. Once everyone learned the basics, they moved on to bigger and better things.

[sadolakced acid]

not my fault...

i think teen blogs are just being abandoned and such. people get bored of reading about what other people's days were like.

me? i'd like to see cB have either a webcomic, or a blog.

you know, something to read when it's getting a bit slow.

[DaTru KataLYST]

i dont see why people would want to move away from an already established community. doesnt the community draw others to join? whats the use of having a blog when no one really reads it?

I think people find the established communities to be the typical scene while they want to be unique with their own domain and blog. It's how i felt back then.

[yo pusha]

However, if more subforums are going to be created, then 'Entertainment' needs work. Movies/Music/Books/Misc

word.

i really think that the entertainment forum needs to be divided into

- Music
- The Big Screen (TVs and Movies)
- Misc


and all the interest subforums is NOT a good thing. especially "current events".. i see no reason why current events needs to be seperated from lounge... yall complain that the interests forum is dead, yet you add more and more forums to it..

[*islandgirl4eva*]

not my fault... 

i think teen blogs are just being abandoned and such.  people get bored of reading about what other people's days were like.

me?  i'd like to see cB have either a webcomic, or a blog.

you know, something to read when it's getting a bit slow.

Webcomics would be awesome. Krissexy and the crew should be recruited to work it.

[Retrogressive]

i dont see why people would want to move away from an already established community. doesnt the community draw others to join? whats the use of having a blog when no one really reads it?

Well, there are rotations and such that get your site seen. Not all of them are blogs. A lot of kids have stopped with xanga.

[hi-C]

All of staff is pretty. Pretty much girls, too! =o

Because grrrls rule, boys drool dur.

hmm, what do you mean? do you find that people are moving away from xanga to their individual blogs? thats interesting, since xanga provides such a nice big community...

hmm, and in that case, should we also support mt and wp?

It's worth a try. I've seen a few people ask for moveabletype and wordpress skins.

[DaTru KataLYST]

I'm against the creation of subforums. They spread the community and forum out too much.

[micron]

I feel Xanga is starting to die out. For the techno-smarts they will run off to wordpress and such. As with the others they seem to move off to Facebook or MySpace.
I have no idea about Tagworld...what is that? It shows on cB's adsense =P

hmm whats so great about myspace? i still dont have one and dont particularly understand whats the big craze about it. same with facebook.

also, why does one need a myspace + facebook? dont they serve the same purpose. perhaps its because they target different people?

i think if myspace was good enough, people wouldnt migrate to facebook once they hit college. the only reason people do today is because myspace.. well, needs a lot of work.

maybe i cant start a social networking site. wooo hooo! haha.

[sadolakced acid]

becuase we got tired of tones of posts in the lounge about the latest thing happening.

i mean, some of us still read the newspaper.

[micron]

Oh my! 
I like this thread. =]

Yeah, I remember those days. We used to be more tightly-knit before all the drama and cB revolution stuff. 

viva la revolution!

[*islandgirl4eva*]

I'm against the creation of subforums.  They spread the community and forum out too much.

Yeah, it's spread us out a bit more, but it's also more organized. That's a plus.

The lounge is, and will remain, where we all congregate in randomness. It's our gathering place.

[yo pusha]

i think if myspace was good enough, people wouldnt migrate to facebook once they hit college. the only reason people do today is because myspace.. well, needs a lot of work.

i think myspace and facebook are for two different things, one is to keep contact with people from school, and one is for meeting new people..

[Gigi]

Xanga's still really big around here.

I love the huge community thing, though. I've been offered subdomains before but I've turned them down because I didn't want to become restricted by the host's requirements or leave my Xanga friends behind.

eProps are just more satisfying than comments, is all.

[hi-C]

I feel Xanga is starting to die out. For the techno-smarts they will run off to wordpress and such. As with the others they seem to move off to Facebook or MySpace.
I have no idea about Tagworld...what is that? It shows on cB's adsense =P

But facebook doesn't offer a blog...

[fameONE]

hmm whats so great about myspace? i still dont have one and dont particularly understand whats the big craze about it. same with facebook.

also, why does one need a myspace + facebook? dont they serve the same purpose. perhaps its because they target different people?

i think if myspace was good enough, people wouldnt migrate to facebook once they hit college. the only reason people do today is because myspace.. well, needs a lot of work.

maybe i cant start a social networking site. wooo hooo! haha.

MySpace became great once I got into music. It was meant as a networking tool, and professional, it works like a charm.

I've met more people at UTSA through Facebook than in face-to-face, chance encounters.

[micron]

I'd like to see that, I don't really frequent the xanga scene. And I know a lot of kids who have stopped using it just because they have grown in design ability and have the option to have there own domain or get hosted.

alright. consider it done! (after the initial cb3 launch, maybe in a week or two, we'll support it!)

[*islandgirl4eva*]

i think myspace and facebook are for two different things, one is to keep contact with people from school, and one is for meeting new people..

I don't like meeting new people on Myspace. In fact, I don't really like Myspace anymore. I love my Facebook. As my friend said - "Keeps the trash out." I wouldn't quite word it that way, but it's true, for the most part.

[KrunkMuzik]

I'm against the creation of subforums.  They spread the community and forum out too much.

I agree. EVERYTHING's going to fall under a category and some forums are going to be REALLY dead.

//Edit. FINALLY! After almost two years... 1000 posts.

[micron]

I'd like to see that, I don't really frequent the xanga scene. And I know a lot of kids who have stopped using it just because they have grown in design ability and have the option to have there own domain or get hosted.

oh, but thats only a handful of people, compared to the general public who really dont know what they are doing..

[Retrogressive]

Yeah, it's spread us out a bit more, but it's also more organized. That's a plus.

The lounge is, and will remain, where we all congregate in randomness. It's our gathering place.

I think people want to see change so much because it's a bit slow so they push for all these subforums. It's distressing to people just starting out who get lost.

[DaTru KataLYST]

hmm whats so great about myspace? i still dont have one and dont particularly understand whats the big craze about it. same with facebook.

also, why does one need a myspace + facebook? dont they serve the same purpose. perhaps its because they target different people?

i think if myspace was good enough, people wouldnt migrate to facebook once they hit college. the only reason people do today is because myspace.. well, needs a lot of work.

maybe i cant start a social networking site. wooo hooo! haha.

I'm quite fond of Facebook, when i use my friend's acct (im still in highschool..and hs Facebook isn't hot) it seems it's the best networking tool for college people. It really does seem to connect everyone. All your text and picture..pretty much anything you upload or type on Facebook is hyperlinked to other people and networks.

I'm not fond of Myspace, so yea...but i think it's so big I'm gonna join it anyways now.

[sadolakced acid]

i have an idea:

take the newspaper

and instead of have the articles published in issues all together, have them published in "blogs".

i think it'd be pretty interesting. i mean, the stuff in the newspaper was pretty good and would make excellent blog posts.

[yo pusha]

look

cars, food, current events, humor, health

in my opinion, those (just like forum member Rico) dont need to exist.. there are not enough posts in food and cars to flood the lounge. current events was doing fine in the lounge. humor should become a thread in games, or even a sub-forum called "spam", which would operate similar to forum games. health could just be deleted or make the posts go into boys or girls locker

[*islandgirl4eva*]

look

cars, food, current events, humor, health

in my opinion, those dont need to exist.. there are not enough posts in food and cars to flood the lounge. current events was doing fine in the lounge. humor should become a thread in games, or even a sub-forum called "spam",  which would operate similar to forum games. health could just be deleted or make the posts go into boys or girls locker

But searching for topics can be a pain, especially if it's all in one forum.

[DaTru KataLYST]

Oh jesus you're right Facebook doesn't offer blog....

Hmm I wonder why they don't put it in, it seems to fit into what they offer as a networker.

[yo pusha]

But searching for topics can be a pain, especially if it's all in one forum.

eh i never thought searching for topics would be really difficult

i just set it to show topics with keyword and then date: anytime and i find what i wanted to find..

[fameONE]

What if our individual profiles were used as a networking tool similar to Facebook's?

[KrunkMuzik]

look

cars, food, current events, humor, health

in my opinion, those (just like forum member Rico) dont need to exist.. there are not enough posts in food and cars to flood the lounge. current events was doing fine in the lounge. humor should become a thread in games, or even a sub-forum called "spam",  which would operate similar to forum games. health could just be deleted or make the posts go into boys or girls locker

That's excatly what I was thinking. I've noticed that not a lot of people post on there. Once EVERYTHING falls under a category, it takes away from other forums (like the lounge).

[hi-C]

I think Facebook is trying to avoid too many comparisons to myspace.

[*islandgirl4eva*]

eh i never thought searching for topics would be really difficult

i just set it to show topics with keyword and then date: anytime and i find what i wanted to find..

It all depends on the topic being searched, but I can see your point.

What if our individual profiles were used as a networking tool similar to Facebook's?

I find that to be a really interesting concept. It might make the sense of community a bit stronger, if nothing else.

[*mzkandi*]

This thread is booming with activity, this is what I like to see.

[yo pusha]

What if our individual profiles were used as a networking tool similar to Facebook's?

that would be REALLY dope if someone could actually make it happen, but it would be a lot of work.. but it would be REALLY REALLY DOPE.. and it would attract more members

[iDecay]

This thread is booming with activity, this is what I like to see.

That's what I like to see too. I haven't seem once this alive since like.. last year.

[DaTru KataLYST]

I think Facebook is trying to avoid too many comparisons to myspace.

I think Facebook is 1 million times better than Myspace.

It's very clean. I like it. And it kinda restricts stalkers...I've had to work around that to profile people

[*islandgirl4eva*]

I think Facebook is 1 million times better than Myspace.

It's very clean. I like it. And it kinda restricts stalkers...I've had to work around that to profile people 

Yeah. No creepy middle-aged men asking you for nude pictures. Thank God.

[Retrogressive]

that would be REALLY dope if someone could actually make it happen, but it would be a lot of work.. but it would be REALLY REALLY DOPE.. and it would attract more members

It would be sort of like the drama scene. Justin built that from scratch, it's quite awesome.

[DaTru KataLYST]

I don't think a Facebook interface would work on cB other than eye candy.

But I agree it'd be awesome. But I think the gains aren't as astounding as the work.

[hi-C]

This thread is booming with activity, this is what I like to see.

Fastest growing thread in a while. Since the whole HeeWee incident

[fameONE]

This community is great when things are going smoothly (socially). But when it's not, you see the ugly come out of people.

The networking idea will get members to meet new members. And as this happens, it broadens each individual's social circle. Facebook being my prime example still.

I've met people on here that would make lifelong friends (and then some). I think everyone should have a shot at that.

[micron]

I'd like to see mods accept responsibility for their actions. The site is running well, and they all are doing a pretty decent job with catering to the needs of the community, however, the morale of this entire community reminds me of high school. For them to be respected the way moderators should be, and for community to be a place where everyone generally gets along with one another, the personal bullshit needs to come to an end. Be professional.

This site keeps growing and growing and growing. With topics becoming more and more diverse, its understandable that people will feel as though they all need a proper place. That's fine. But I understand that running a forum costs money and using more space costs money. Then again, I like the random, off the wall, conversation topics that used to take up The Lounge.

However, if more subforums are going to be created, then 'Entertainment' needs work. Movies/Music/Books/Misc

I really feel that the newspaper should be given another shot. There are some really outspoken members in this community that can contribute by writing in depth, interesting and thought provoking articles to inform and entertain the entire community. Its great discussing a given event, and its fun talking about last night's sports game, but wouldn't it be better if there was a livlier recap of it all?

"Man, the game last night was ill. Kobe had like, 80 somethin' points."
How about a game summary and analysis?

Skins. The babyblue and white is pretty bland.

All for now.

thank you for such a thoughful response. the majority of the people here are either in middle or high school, and such, i think its appropriate that the site has a highschool feel. but i do understand where youre coming from. some of the older createblog members may find them themselves unable to associate with the site because of this very reason. maybe we ought to organize the forum by age group, rather than by general topics like we have currently. or add a new catagory with a middle school / high school / college peeps / working peeps forum.

in any case, i agree with you that the forum needs work in a lot of aspects. but i like to think its just the growing pains of cb. in time, everything will be ironed out. i promise you!

[sadolakced acid]

oh- idea!

people are moving to independent blogs and such because they give more flexibility of design and stuff.

but they do lose the community, the blogrings, the charts.

what is cB could do this? create a community for blogs, where you could have a community with your new independent blog?

of course, allow regular xanga, etc. blogs to join in on these "cb blogrings"

and it would be nice if you could subscribe to blogs in many comunities.

so you could read bloggers, xangas, myspaces, etc. all from one subscription page.

[micron]

dang. so much response. im still respoding to page2 replies. cant keep up!!!

[*mzkandi*]

maybe we ought to organize the forum by age group, rather than by general topics like we have currently. or add a new catagory with a middle school / high school / college peeps / working peeps forum.

That would be great.

[DaTru KataLYST]

oh- idea!

people are moving to independent blogs and such because they give more flexibility of design and stuff.

but they do lose the community, the blogrings, the charts.

what is cB could do this?  create a community for blogs, where you could have a community with your new independent blog?

of course, allow regular xanga, etc. blogs to join in on these "cb blogrings"

and it would be nice if you could subscribe to blogs in many comunities.

so you could read bloggers, xangas, myspaces, etc.  all from one subscription page.

I like the idea. Feels like the Topsite, though..

[Retrogressive]

A CB website rotation would be AMAZING.

[yo pusha]

maybe we ought to organize the forum by age group, rather than by general topics like we have currently. or add a new catagory with a middle school / high school / college peeps / working peeps forum.

nah id rather it be organized by IQ.. LOL

[*mzkandi*]

oh- idea!

people are moving to independent blogs and such because they give more flexibility of design and stuff.

but they do lose the community, the blogrings, the charts.

what is cB could do this?  create a community for blogs, where you could have a community with your new independent blog?

of course, allow regular xanga, etc. blogs to join in on these "cb blogrings"

and it would be nice if you could subscribe to blogs in many comunities.

so you could read bloggers, xangas, myspaces, etc.  all from one subscription page.

I know a forum that has that and it's great. The first time I saw it I remember wishing cB would do something similar.

[*islandgirl4eva*]

I do agree with separating by age groups.

[KrunkMuzik]

dang. so much response. im still respoding to page2 replies. cant keep up!!!

Haha. Back in the day when people posted as much as they're doing in this thread.

[Spirited Away]

Hmm, Brandon you said "newspaper"... did you mean cB News?

[*islandgirl4eva*]

Haha. Back in the day when people posted as much as they're doing in this thread.

Those were good days.

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[*mzkandi*]

FAE!

[hi-C]

maybe we ought to organize the forum by age group, rather than by general topics like we have currently. or add a new catagory with a middle school / high school / college peeps / working peeps forum.

Does that first idea go for createBlog as a whole? If so, I'm not sure it's a good idea. I think it might cause some "division," you know?

[Spirited Away]

KIERA! Hi!

[sadolakced acid]

I like the idea. Feels like the Topsite, though..

mm yes...

so don't include website 'rankings', include 'top picks'

basically, if it were possible to have rankings, don't post them, but have someone go through them and pick out the ones they like.

so you could have something like "micron's picks" or something.

so, jockying for more views won't get you anywhere if your posts are crap anyways.

[*islandgirl4eva*]

KIERA! Hi!

Ack! I Fae! Let's fight!

*Moon tiara magic!*

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[DaTru KataLYST]

I don't think age group separation for cB is a good idea .

[yo pusha]

so look

i know a couple of people here post on this forum called niketalk (sup wayne, jonn, stephanie, angela).. it got about the same number of people as CB, but it looks much more active. why? because it only got three forums in its "community center".. General, Sports/Training, and Music..

this site niketalk, has a competitor called ISS. ISS got about 1/5th of the active participants niketalk has. why? because ISS got like a million forums. theres one called the "poll forum", one called the "flamethrower forum (where you post jokes), etc

createblog is turning into ISS.. as i said before we need to get rid of most of those forums in interests.. only forums i think are necesary in interests are Debate, Writing, Fashion, Sports, Technology.. everything else is just excessive

CREATEBLOG NEEDS TO GO ON THE LINDSEY LOHAN DIET. lets lose some forums!

[*mzkandi*]

x2 Hrmmm....maybe your right.