I'm sorry to say this, but..... Options

[DoubleJ]

What the hell has happened to this place? It has gotten to be really boring around here as of late. Now I know that as a mod, I am not supposed to say that, but it is honestly how I feel.
Some of you people need to leave cb, as it has turned into consuming your lives, and you are starting to look petty and childish at the minimum.

If you notice, the same bullshit topics are getting bumped left and right, and everything in cb seems to be going in one big circle. There are only so many times when you can honestly say that it is slow because of summer. Hell, I have more interesting convos and discussions on cbc than I do in cb. As a matter of fact, cbc is way more active than cb is.

My point is this, we have got to start changing things up in the form of new topics, people, and what not. This place really could use a stiff kicking in the ass. I remember when I first joined back in November, I would post like 100 times a day....Now I am lucky if I post 6 or 7 times a day.

COME ON PEOPLE! WAKE UP AND LET'S START MAKING THIS PLACE HAPPENING AGAIN!

[libertie]

^We used to talk about that same thing when it first started happening, or rather, when it first became this big of a problem. What's funny is that back then, people were complaining that it wasn't as good as it was the year before. Now people are complaining that it's not as good as it was then. It's true, this place doesn't feel the same as it did a year ago, two years ago, or even three years ago. Thinking about what it used to be like doesn't help change the problems we're having now, and let's face it - we're driving people away and not doing anything to stop it.

Michael's right. Half (if not more) of the members here read the first post of a topic, respond without reading anything else (except maybe the last couple of posts), and then never post there again. There's no discussion going on, and of course there's nowhere to post when you only post once in a topic and never revisit it. And hell, when people post somewhere and think, "Hmm, I wonder if anyone responded to my post" only to find out that nobody even read it, that doesn't do anything to encourage people to act any differently. The way CB is right now, we have a bunch of people who don't care to read other people's posts, but they all expect other people to read theirs. Do you see where that might be a bit of a problem?

Whoever it is that's proposing we start enforcing the a-hole rules around here, get a f**king clue. Sure, let's send anyone who might be somewhat intelligent packing and attract only douchebags. That's exactly what we want!

I certainly don't have a problem with this topic; if anything I'd prefer to see people talking over problems rather than just stating over and over that they exist like a broken record. I appreciate the constructive responses, and I'm choosing to ignore the idiotic responses from people who clearly didn't take the time to read Javonn's post, much less the rest of the thread. Great job, congratulations on being a part of the problem rather than the solution.