It's all well and good saying the forums are boring, stale, etc...
So, here's a big idea  ...
Start an "exciting" forum yourself.. What are you passionate about??? What's your interests or hobbies? What would you like to get advise on???
A bit of creativity, imagination and fresh insight into a new forum can work wonders  ... |
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"Yes it is.
Think people are put off posting cos of the negative feedback.
I know I am."
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Well, if everybody thought that way, the forums would be a lonely place indeed...
I've put up forums where I've got a great chat going and others where I've got crickets...
A risk you take every time you start a forum... |
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"Yes it is.
Think people are put off posting cos of the negative feedback.
I know I am.
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Well, if everybody thought that way, the forums would be a lonely place indeed...
I've put up forums where I've got a great chat going and others where I've got crickets...
A risk you take every time you start a forum..."
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Anyway, forums are forgotten after a few days anyway so wouldn't sweat it  |
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"Nasty comments or pms put people off commenting for sure.
Thank you"
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Tbh I was like that myself at the start. Would type analyse and re-write just in case someone took exception to my words..
And you know what? 
Someone did take exception and was both ignorant and rude to me. There was also a few white knights thrown in... However a lot of Fabbers were supportive and stuck up for me and I've even got to meet a few of them since
So, as a great poet (willy Shakespeare I think?) once said "every rose has its thorn"  |
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"Nasty comments or pms put people off commenting for sure. "
bang on. The forum used to be great craic when I first started here and even if it was a bit pg at times there was no bitchiness like there is now and along with the amount of trolls and fakes now it's just a browse and go place anymore. Everything changes sometimes for good but here it went for the worst  |
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"Nasty comments or pms put people off commenting for sure. bang on. The forum used to be great craic when I first started here and even if it was a bit pg at times there was no bitchiness like there is now and along with the amount of trolls and fakes now it's just a browse and go place anymore. Everything changes sometimes for good but here it went for the worst "
You're dreaming in afraid. The forum is actually sterile compared to what it was like three or four years ago. Almost every single thread used to end up with bans, posts and entire threads being deleted. It is so much calmer than it used to be. Most of the complaints above seem to be suggesting that it's actually too pc and boring. |
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"If all posters on thread are criticising the forum, are we not then criticising ourselves?
Then change it so
Wise lady, as always
...with a cracking arse as well! "
Trust you Mick. Though there is scientific evidence the fatter the arse the smarter the lady..according to Oxford university so my brains must be in my butt
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/news/a41272/women-bigger-bums-smarter-healthier/  |
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"Nasty comments or pms put people off commenting for sure. bang on. The forum used to be great craic when I first started here and even if it was a bit pg at times there was no bitchiness like there is now and along with the amount of trolls and fakes now it's just a browse and go place anymore. Everything changes sometimes for good but here it went for the worst
You're dreaming in afraid. The forum is actually sterile compared to what it was like three or four years ago. Almost every single thread used to end up with bans, posts and entire threads being deleted. It is so much calmer than it used to be. Most of the complaints above seem to be suggesting that it's actually too pc and boring. "
The good old days. Shame they went as the forums where first class entertainment |
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"It is too PC here these days along with all the white nights.
I like being a dick because dicks fuck pussies and dicks also fuck ass holes."
Take it you do a lot of wanking |
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"Nasty comments or pms put people off commenting for sure. bang on. The forum used to be great craic when I first started here and even if it was a bit pg at times there was no bitchiness like there is now and along with the amount of trolls and fakes now it's just a browse and go place anymore. Everything changes sometimes for good but here it went for the worst
You're dreaming in afraid. The forum is actually sterile compared to what it was like three or four years ago. Almost every single thread used to end up with bans, posts and entire threads being deleted. It is so much calmer than it used to be. Most of the complaints above seem to be suggesting that it's actually too pc and boring. "
I won't fight with ya Mike but I disagree |
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"Nasty comments or pms put people off commenting for sure. bang on. The forum used to be great craic when I first started here and even if it was a bit pg at times there was no bitchiness like there is now and along with the amount of trolls and fakes now it's just a browse and go place anymore. Everything changes sometimes for good but here it went for the worst
You're dreaming in afraid. The forum is actually sterile compared to what it was like three or four years ago. Almost every single thread used to end up with bans, posts and entire threads being deleted. It is so much calmer than it used to be. Most of the complaints above seem to be suggesting that it's actually too pc and boring. I won't fight with ya Mike but I disagree "
I'm right though. The forum was like a bloodbath. There were threads removed on a daily basis. There were regular fights between the same few people who would eventually get lifetime bans only to reappear a week later with a new profile. It was incredibly entertaining but extremely disfunctional. You couldn't discuss anything without a row starting. There were also some seriously intense debates about issues like religion, politics, clerical abuse, etc, and then the one where someone wished the English queen a happy birthday. That was hilarious and timeouts aplenty. I'm sure there are still plenty here who'll remember back that length. The forum these days is incredibly calm compared to then. |
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Its not the first time I have walked away from the Ireland forum because of infighting bitching and general bad tempted private fights carried out on threads
Probably won't be the last either.
But if people are bored with the forums then they have the power to change it ....
Post some different threads.
Who knows it may even attract some of those who peek inside then go away because they don't like what they see ...
Or worse when they attempt to participate they are targeted or made to feel unwelcome..
Forums....inclusive..
Not always... |
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