ScotchDave Posted May 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Sorry Tom, ;) you do a great job really :lol: (Y) , but I thought it was a big problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Bit harsh. You should try modding sometime. ;) ← Maybe I wasnt clear with that, it wasnt aimed so much at mods, rather than all people giving it then "you MAN NEW MEMBERS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEL LIKE I CAN!!!111 GET THE FUK OFF AND MAKE SOME GOOD POSTS YOU WILL NEVER GET VALIDATED LIKE THAT!!11" replace the word "blocked" with "abused" and it makes more sense, apologies Ad! Its obviously a tough task dealing with the whole forum but theres enough people out there that want to help, so saying that university stuff gives no time to do stuff on here isnt really fair given the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Sorry Tom, ;) you do a great job really :lol: :- , but I thought it was a big problem. ← It is a problem.. not denying that either. But its the best thing I can think of.. as always, suggestions welcome of how it can be improved (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted May 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 If I think of any I will tell you, but the solution I see is give more mebers the validate option? or even have a nomination thread like in SMC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkey_monkey_boy Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 would it be possible to tidy up NMC a bit too by getting rid of the shits who just write crap and spam the place up, that way those members who are trying to get validated might not mind being in NMC as much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameer Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Just a quickie about adding a chit-chat section in New Members... NMC is crap. Everyone knows that. But maybe that's the whole point of it? New people who sign will be forced into the forum they may not like as much as the rest of the forum, thus creating incentives to become a better member. If we throw in chit chat sections and whatnot sections, they'd practically have a nice little forum of their own going on, and some of them wouldn't really care for the upgrading. One forum is fine for them. Makes life easier for the validating crew, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerrie-Anne Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 I think that maybe they shouldn't be so strict on posts, Their are some really crap posts in NMC and they are really boring, us members have the whole forum (I know we have earned the privellage) but try posting well to crap boring topics that have been done to death! I think NMC is good, it is serving its purpose really well but i know how boring it can get I know you'll say, well if its boring then you'll post well and get validated but it isn't always that easy.... I don't think that there should be a chit chat forum in NMC but just cut down a little bit on what topics are aloud and what aren't..... Maybe? Kerrie. ;) XXX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 ahem Our members have made a total of 333676 posts We have 2882 registered members The newest member is SupaCow Most users ever online was 384 on Apr 25 2005, 12:34 PM ← Ah, fair enough... I just remembered seeing someone was like member 5, _ _ _ before and commenting on it to someone... Danny and Tom do prune the members list for people who don't use their usernames and shit, so it could be from that... Or I could just be wrong ;) Anyway - Ben: I see what you mean. I thought you meant us mods at first so I didn't really reply 'cos everyone's entitled to an opinion I guess, but yeah, it gets properly annoying when a new member does a shit post (by accident or by design) and then you get a stream of members just having a go at them, each repeating the one before hand. It's just more hassle than I can really be bothered to deal with, and it's totally pointless, which is why I even put a message in Tom's sticky about it. STILL f**kers ignore it though. Might have to have a zero tolerance approach for a bit with members who keep shit-talking all the NMC people... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 If I think of any I will tell you, but the solution I see is give more mebers the validate option? or even have a nomination thread like in SMC. ← All the moderators and admin can upgrade people. There really is no need for anymore. I scour the new member forum each day, to see if there is anybody worth upgrading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Word, Mr. George. There's a validation thread in Senior Member chat, and that's used pretty frequently. People still put up people's names in there, but to be fair, it's slowing down a bit now. Admin's weren't ultra fast at validating 'cos Danny and Tom have lives and have a job running the forum as it is, so when we got the validate option too, we all tried to clear the backlog of people. That's why there was a shitload of people validated really quickly. However, now, it seems most of the people left in there aren't really putting a lot of effort in. Before anyone goes hideously nuts at me, this is just from what I've seen from having a quick scan through there (Topic titles like "Echo Control Owners Post Ur Pic Of Ur Bike In Here" don't really suggest super good quality post quality, etc.). People are still being validated, so it's not all bad. Anyway, like Sameer said, NMC doesn't really need to be super good because hopefully people will get themselves noticed for good reasons pretty quick and get validated. Nick managed to do 4 posts and got validated just to show people it could be done, Desire68 got validated almost instantly, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interested Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 I often read NMC and I can see why a lot get frustrated in there,they post for weeks, sometimes months and get ignored,then they see someone join and get validated on one post.Not everyone makes a good post every time they post,not sure what the solution is ,the mods validate those they think are ready. NMC does work I just read the one Mark closed ;) They don't need a chit chat,its called NMC not trials chat,so they should be allowed to talk about anything in there (within reason).Without members jumping in and saying this is only trials . Perhaps if a New Member pm's a mod when they have been here a month,the mod could then look at his posts to see if he can be validated. That way those that do join will know if they behave they might be validated after a month,it must put people off joining if they look in there and read people have been waiting months to be validated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Ah, fair enough... I just remembered seeing someone was like member 5, _ _ _ before and commenting on it to someone... Danny and Tom do prune the members list for people who don't use their usernames and shit, so it could be from that... Or I could just be wrong :P Well I'm #4996, so I guess there's been some pretty heavy pruning going on over time. Shame I didn't wait for 4 more people and get #5000 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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