If you could change anything about this forum...

...what would it be?

Please don't say "I wish it wasn't so slow, and made me double post, and...", because that's been talked into the ground already.

Examples: different forum software (for a different look, more features, etc), different/more rules, more enforced rules, different sections, forum members-only features (early looks at reviews, votes on topics, etc).

Let's hear what you guys have to say.

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We need moderators! You'd be perfect for the job, FatBurger!

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

Fonts.
Longer sig (200 characters).
Moderators (assigned for their lack of bias on manufacturer leaning.
A fighting section.

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moderators would be nice...
but i think what we need more than that is the "terminate thread" ability.
stop any more posts in a dull insipid flamewar thread/ any threads of extreme stupidiy and flame inducing.

different forum engine?
many i see use a similar variant...
extremepcuk, overclockers.com.au.
seems to wrok well.

oh, but definately LONGER SIGS.

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

Are there are better forum engines out there? Get one in which you can ignore people. It just has to be an option.

Make the sigs longer.

Get rid of the sig of the week since no one takes care of it.

Mods. We need mods. Fredi is great when he's around and he's helped me out a bit, but he's rarely around. We need someone to close threads. We also need a mod that can put things in perspective without being biased. There are way too many threads now in which one side says one thing, another says something else, but the truth remains buried under all the bias. The CPU section is filled with way more than opinions at this point.

Create an Intel section. Create an AMD section. It seems to work on other forums.

Reset peoples titles, but not post counts if they deserve it. Bring back the post count so that people can see who got reset even though they have a zillion posts. Give out custom titles for the morons as well as the contributors. I'm not sure what's professional, but Forum Troll should really be a title. I hate it when a troll creates a BS post only to have a bunch of newbies come and say "really??". Let there be an Intel Lover and an AMD lover title.

Create a WinXP section. I have no idea why this hasn't been done.

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Maybe have a user rating type deal. We can rate the members and whenever they make an intelligent post or flame, we can give them a higher or lower rating. Once their rating gets below a certain level after a certain number of votes, then they get a "forum troll" title etc etc... It can be useful for new people who are looking for help.

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i'd say a chat room would probably do wonders. i think more people would be apt to "slug it out" in chatroom if there was one.

[insert philosophical statement here]

u do realise that there will always be trolls who will look forward to getting a label "troll of the week" and a dumb pic...

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

Great idea. It might discourage certain un-named ones who turn threads into personal conversations from...turning threads into personal conversations.

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I still like it the way it is.
If there is something important to be said I think a person can see through trolling and flamming.
The trollers and flammers provide entertainment and once the smoke clears something will be learned. Whether it's about hardware, software or morality.
I don't think the idea of voting for how responsible a member is or having titles such as forum troll are a good idea because it places a judgmental bias on the member.
Freedom of speech is great and when a member gets out of hand we the group as a whole have been very efficient policing ourselves.
No need to give a member a special label like forum troll because if a member trolls we'll figure out who they are and ignore them anyway.

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yes, the forum look might be improved.

first, they will have to rewrite the code to make it shorter, use CSS, HTML4.0 standards and relative links. That wil help faster browsing for unfortunate ppl like me who stay on the on the rside of the globe, need 33 hops to get to te THGC server and have a 64k cable that loads even the login page in 1:30 minutes or longer.

Each member could have a personalised icon to represent him/her that would reflect his/her personality. You could select one from stock icons or upload your own.

A client for this forum is absolutely necessary, I am trying to write one that looks like Outlook Express newsgroups reader will release it in freeware asa it is ready.

A official body of members that would look over technology matters and other social matters, like a fraternity dedicated to computer hardware but with a commitment to the society.

and thge best thing, we could arrange yearly THGC bash at some venue in the US or Europe or Asia where we guys could actually meet each other and talk and fight, Yo would certainly like this.

and then, bigger signatures, ability to post image links (maybe not attatchments) of course that would be moderated before they are online.

is that enough?

girish

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Fat would make a good mod, I dont think ray would tho, he is biased.

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if thats a repeat of a previous post, it was intentional. it was the last post on the page, too less number of people see it. ;-0

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Would you guys be willing to have a previous member suddenly jump to mod status.

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A select few.


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Rather than an ignore function that makes the user invisible you just change the font color to grey (depending on the background, but on white it would be light grey) so that you can barely see the writing and just float over it.

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That’s a tough one FatBurger. There are a lot of solutions. But solutions cost money and time and I am sure THG Community isn’t the highest thing on their budget tree. Perhaps a simple forum reset could do you all some good. Account resets may also help. But the biggest thing that could save hard disk space would be to delete posts after say 30 to 90 days (that’s a kind of safe standard I think). But I wouldn’t mind seeing a new gateway software and/or hardware. Because I have noticed once you are in the forum it seems to be quite fast. Not as fast as say [h]'s or Anad but decent (unless you have to hop like a rabbit to get to the site ).

Now I don’t think the forum software should be replaced as some of you know Fredi did hand code this site himself, it is his baby and I am sure he’s more than apprehensive of just dumping it. But slight modifications would do good (he did recode and optimize it a while back).

Now I personally would love to have a little dancing spud under my name it would be hella cool. But I do know from icq chats with fredi he can implement the ignore function/graying/user opinion votes/and user mod capacity. You’ll have to convince the man that it is necessary to implement them, but remember site administrators don’t like loosening control of there sites.

Well I have said my piece back into the wood works I go.

-Spuddy


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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Spuddy on 01/23/02 04:39 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Perhaps the forums would load faster if only the actual content would load when you go to a new page, instead of the entire page (i.e. all the buttons and stuff to the left).

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This one jumped to the top to but it's not as noticeable since it's a newer thread. I tell you they are randomly doing it.

<b><font color=green>Lizards</b></font color=green> for <b>THGC</b> Mascot!!!

not to mention several less members........

anyways i wish FOR CUSTOM COLORS FOR ALL!

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this is BS, <font color=red> <b> Fredi </b> </font color=red> can already do all that has been mentioned. i think thats how it should be. HE IS the forum webmaster, so those powers should only belong to him.

don't forget, this is a forum and its main porpuse is to help and educate people, its not a damn chat line. now i know some of us use it as a chat line, my self included, but then again we all do.

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i just read your other post, you too smart for me, now i stop talking too you

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Some of us did on the German site. One post lasted about 4 hours before it was locked.





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Neither would we.


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The speed of this forum has increased since <font color=red>Fredi</font color=red> did all the archiving so
the last thing we need is to slow it down again.
I downloaded the original EGQ post and it was around 46meg.


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