Okie dokie. I personally think we're moving in a positive direcction, but there are a few problems that I need to address. Excuse me if this gets extremely long, I have a lot to say...
The mods. No, this isn't a flame against them. I'm actually glad of what you're doing (most of the time), and I suggest that you keep up the good work. The only problem is, that we don't have enough of them. On the old forum, all the threads were all listed on one single page. Very simple to navigate. And you guys could keep it clean easily with your numbers. But. The new layout consists of more pages to sift through, taking much more time. It now also requires you to go through every single folder, because it's not in that easy one-page set-up like before.
I've noticed that there's rarely more than one or two mods on at any given time. That is a problem. With all the labor required to moderate the boards, we'd need atleast four on at all times during the day and late evening to keep the [Noise] section in check. Our half dozen amount of mods worked great on the old forum. But now we've expanded, and we need the amount of mods to expand with it.
Incoherent Babbling. I don't know why or how it got like it is, but that folder needs a major purification. It's full of repeated threads, spamming, and out-right idioticy. It's getting horrible down there, and something needs to be done, before it's too late.
Chatting. We've all done it, though not all of us can admit it. I for one can. But that's beside the point. Luuv has posted a thread somewhere in [Noise] explaining of what chatting involves. Sadly, it's still very general. We need to give a full definition of what chatting is. Actually, I rarely see threads involving the sort of "chat" you describe - "OMG LOL WUTS ^ ???//" - but I still see threads being closed down for chatting. I think we need to further clarify what chatting is, because it seems that certain mods have different views of what chatting is.
Rank Cheats. Okay, maybe it isn't really cheating, but there are many problems with its system that let people easily increase rank "illegally." I think ranks are a great advantage to any forum. It shows who's the die-hard posters, and who the newbies are. But! It has many flaws. Its system is easily cheated in many ways. People spam their refresh button to get page views required. I know I'll probably get flamed for saying this, but people should increase rank ONLY in online time. It's the only way to keep people from cheating the system.
More Ranks. We should have more ranks. Like, after every 5000 minutes you've spent online, you increase a rank. And after 25,000 minutes or so, you get the "VIP Rank." To those that don't know what that is, that is a special rank given to the older members. At that time, they're allowed to delete what title of a rank they have, and input something else. Like, instead of it saying "SwimFan" under my name, it would say some random title. It's a great feature, and that wouldn't be violating any rules to my knowledge. VIPs also have the ability to upload avatars, but since that choice is removed, I guess that ability would be obciously omitted.
I'll add more reasons if I can think of any.
and I like the new fonts. They're cool. The boards have a great look now and the boards are what keeps me alive and calms me. Thats why I love the boards.
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