The quality of ATOT...

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: HBalzer
I'd say part of the problem is often when someone posts something remotely interesting everyone jumps in with their stupid REPOST crap.
1. It makes me think twice about posting because someone may have posted that topic 3 years ago and I missed it.

You SHOULD think twice about posting. If it is just yet another stupid YouTube video, it has probably been posted at least twice and nobody cares anyway.

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
I think the quality of threads is what has caused the problems. Four years ago most of the threads were serious. Sure, there were always a few more neffish threads that were allowed, but most were actually useful. In fact, if you read most of them you might actually learn something (home improvement, wtf is this spider, etc). Now it is the total opposite. I lay this on the mods as we have no control over locking/deleting threads.

Agreed. there's way too much BS that isn't even funny. I think the mods should be more on the ball and harsher. Threads should be removed is they're just a load of old cack.

 

[jlbenedict]

it all boils down to a majority of posters on the forums are teenage punks, that think they know everything

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: HBalzer
I'd say part of the problem is often when someone posts something remotely interesting everyone jumps in with their stupid REPOST crap.
1. It makes me think twice about posting because someone may have posted that topic 3 years ago and I missed it.

You SHOULD think twice about posting. If it is just yet another stupid YouTube video, it has probably been posted at least twice and nobody cares anyway.

And yet everytime a video is reposted there are more people saying "lol that was awesome" than people saying "REPOST". The repost-shouters are just e-Penis stroking morons.

 

[dug777]

It's the same it always has been in my short tenure here.

Stop whinging. If you don't like it, fsck off.



The same could be said for the way the forums are moderated.
AnandTech Moderator

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: HBalzer
I'd say part of the problem is often when someone posts something remotely interesting everyone jumps in with their stupid REPOST crap.
1. It makes me think twice about posting because someone may have posted that topic 3 years ago and I missed it.

You SHOULD think twice about posting. If it is just yet another stupid YouTube video, it has probably been posted at least twice and nobody cares anyway.

And yet everytime a video is reposted there are more people saying "lol that was awesome" than people saying "REPOST". The repost-shouters are just e-Penis stroking morons.

Yes, the majority of people who *reply* may say that.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Go back in time and enjoy the glory days again.

 

[arcenite]

The quality of ATOT decreases with the quality of the posters.

 

[KeithTalent]

Ok, I'm new here, so I do not remember the 'good ole days', though I have gone back in history and read some of the old threads out of curiosity, but I thought this was 'off topic', defined on the front page as follows:

A public meeting place, a Pub, if you will... A place for computer junkies to boldly post Off Topic... Things you might want to tell everyone... Or things you wouldn't say to anyone else.

So if someone wants to post embarrassing information, stupid thoughts, or whatever, I believe it is their prerogative to do so, regardless of whether you believe the post/thread is worthwhile. If you do not like what someone has to say, tell them so, or just do not read their thread/post.

I sometimes find ATOT informative, sometimes offensive, and sometimes completely stupid, but I always find it entertaining and that is why I keep coming around here. If the entertainment level decreases to a point where I do not enjoy it anymore I will leave.

Thank you for your time.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: HBalzer
I'd say part of the problem is often when someone posts something remotely interesting everyone jumps in with their stupid REPOST crap.
1. It makes me think twice about posting because someone may have posted that topic 3 years ago and I missed it.

You SHOULD think twice about posting. If it is just yet another stupid YouTube video, it has probably been posted at least twice and nobody cares anyway.

And yet everytime a video is reposted there are more people saying "lol that was awesome" than people saying "REPOST". The repost-shouters are just e-Penis stroking morons.

Yes, the majority of people who *reply* may say that.

Therefore the majority of people who cared enough to post hadn't seen it, or had seen it and liked to see it again anyway.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
it's because the popularity of the AnandTech forum rose throughout the years. i haven't been here long, but i do notice that people are now starting to just post about things that should be ing their blog. granted that this is ATOT, but still. i don't care about your latest girlfriend woe. it's getting annoying. the other sections have gotten better because the people who come here to discuss matters inteligently, have left ATOT due to this problem. we need to stop it. although ATOT is a message board and people are free to post whatever they want, that doesn't meant that you should. ATOT is a forum. not a personall blog. keep that in mind.

so what are some typical posts that belong in a blog and not in ATOT? girlfriend/boyfriend troubles? car troubles? car buying decisions? what about pictures from one's vacation? those belong in a blog, but i enjoy reading them in ATOT. i for one enjoy ATOT for what it is. If i dont like a thread topic, i just move on to the next thread

thats the problem. if more people did this, it would be 10x better. but no, someone has to thread crap or be an asshole just for the hell of it. if you don't like a topic stop reading. if you don't like a certain member, why even click on a thread with that person's name? its not like you can't see that info before you even click on the thread.

too many people just want to be e-badasses

 

[DougK62]

Morons figured out how to get on the internet. That's the problem. It was cool when it was just nerds...

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
it's because the popularity of the AnandTech forum rose throughout the years. i haven't been here long, but i do notice that people are now starting to just post about things that should be ing their blog. granted that this is ATOT, but still. i don't care about your latest girlfriend woe. it's getting annoying. the other sections have gotten better because the people who come here to discuss matters inteligently, have left ATOT due to this problem. we need to stop it. although ATOT is a message board and people are free to post whatever they want, that doesn't meant that you should. ATOT is a forum. not a personall blog. keep that in mind.

so what are some typical posts that belong in a blog and not in ATOT? girlfriend/boyfriend troubles? car troubles? car buying decisions? what about pictures from one's vacation? those belong in a blog, but i enjoy reading them in ATOT. i for one enjoy ATOT for what it is. If i dont like a thread topic, i just move on to the next thread

thats the problem. if more people did this, it would be 10x better. but no, someone has to thread crap or be an asshole just for the hell of it. if you don't like a topic stop reading. if you don't like a certain member, why even click on a thread with that person's name? its not like you can't see that info before you even click on the thread.

too many people just want to be e-badasses

:thumbsup:

 

[Lord Evermore]

This applies to all the sub-forums, not just OT.

I pine for the days of 6000 registered members and forum sotware that wiped the database every once in a while. I pine slightly less for the days when there were maybe 20,000 members and a fresh new piece of forum software that didn't lose everything on a regular basis. Everything after that I don't so much pine for, as I do cringe about it.

Sheer number of users and posts are a major problem. It took half a decade to get to like 60,000 accounts, and then it doubled in half the time. It used to be possible to actually read every thread in every sub-forum (all 5 or 6 of them), and postcount was just a friendly rivalry. Now postcount is a goal.

Of course age is also an issue. I've gotten older, many of the people who were posting when the forums started are gone, larger numbers of younger people have joined (which only makes sense as older people are less likely to be getting online and discovering this type of forum). In real life, people my age are starting to look at young people and wonder what's wrong with them, how they can listen to that music, how they can be interested in things like texting each other on their tiny phones all the time. Same thing happens with online discussions.

It would have been nice if AT had aged along with those of us that were around in the early days, remaining a place with relevance for us, but it didn't. Some are still here though plugging along, but I think most of the really early people are gone. I'm just here because I can't go jump into some other forum and learn their ways and culture, when they're largely following the same demographic and types of users that AT has, for the same reasons.

Of course, I also blame some staff and types of behavior, but I won't go into it beyond that.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Each wants to not look in the mirror.

P&N - Bush/Clinton is evil
OT - YAGT / <insert here> is HOT (drool)

Anantech Moderator

Know what'd be really nice? If the moderators used their moderator login for that purpose, and used their own logins if they want to participate in the discussion.


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[Platypus]

Is it really as bad as everyone is making it out to be?

Yes, hasn't been the same since 02 and most of the good, older members are long gone.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Lord Evermore
This applies to all the sub-forums, not just OT.

I pine for the days of 6000 registered members and forum sotware that wiped the database every once in a while. I pine slightly less for the days when there were maybe 20,000 members and a fresh new piece of forum software that didn't lose everything on a regular basis. Everything after that I don't so much pine for, as I do cringe about it.

Sheer number of users and posts are a major problem. It took half a decade to get to like 60,000 accounts, and then it doubled in half the time. It used to be possible to actually read every thread in every sub-forum (all 5 or 6 of them), and postcount was just a friendly rivalry. Now postcount is a goal.

Of course age is also an issue. I've gotten older, many of the people who were posting when the forums started are gone, larger numbers of younger people have joined (which only makes sense as older people are less likely to be getting online and discovering this type of forum). In real life, people my age are starting to look at young people and wonder what's wrong with them, how they can listen to that music, how they can be interested in things like texting each other on their tiny phones all the time. Same thing happens with online discussions.

It would have been nice if AT had aged along with those of us that were around in the early days, remaining a place with relevance for us, but it didn't. Some are still here though plugging along, but I think most of the really early people are gone. I'm just here because I can't go jump into some other forum and learn their ways and culture, when they're largely following the same demographic and types of users that AT has, for the same reasons.

Of course, I also blame some staff and types of behavior, but I won't go into it beyond that.

very true. naturally, though, i can't concur with you wholeheartedly, as I'm of the generation "who listens to that music" D) but I can definitely see from your viewpoint. Sometimes I wonder what's wrong with my generation as well...

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Lord Evermore

Each wants to not look in the mirror.

P&N - Bush/Clinton is evil
OT - YAGT / <insert here> is HOT (drool)

Anantech Moderator

Know what'd be really nice? If the moderators used their moderator login for that purpose, and used their own logins if they want to participate in the discussion.

Awwwwwwwww a Mod wannabee

 

[sao123]

there's 2 problems with ATOT...



the average age(maturity level) of the members is decreasing

there is a finite amount of topics that can be discussed during the life cycle of an internet message board. we have reached that limit, and now everything is a repost/rehash

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Awwwwwwwww a Mod wannabee

I agree with him dave, you should use your real account when you want to discuss things, and use the mod account for those purposes.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: sao123
there's 2 problems with ATOT...



the average age(maturity level) of the members is decreasing

there is a finite amount of topics that can be discussed during the life cycle of an internet message board. we have reached that limit, and now everything is a repost/rehash

no, it's just that people can't find more intelligent things to talk about. I can come up with threads that aren't reposts, I just don't feel like posting them for whatever reason.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Platypus

Is it really as bad as everyone is making it out to be?

Yes, hasn't been the same since 02 and most of the good, older members are long gone.

Remember AT was born when PC's were still up and coming in power and experimentation to get them stable.

Now PC's have more power than the Apps can possibly use and stable to the point of Government/Microsoft Intel/AMD looking to take them over.

In other words they control every aspect of YOUR machine. It no longer would belong to you. The PC actually belongs to the Government/Microsoft Intel/AMD platform called "Trusted Computing Alliance".

Between that and the Government/Corporations (see Internet Nuetrality) looking to completely take over the Internet to control the flow of the Internet and Information, the Internet is on the edge of becoming extinct in the U.S. as we once knew it.

Yes, that means AT also on the edge of becoming extinct as well.

Enjoy

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: Lord Evermore

Each wants to not look in the mirror.

P&N - Bush/Clinton is evil
OT - YAGT / <insert here> is HOT (drool)

Anantech Moderator

Know what'd be really nice? If the moderators used their moderator login for that purpose, and used their own logins if they want to participate in the discussion.


--------------------------------------------------------------
Rank has it's priviledges

Anandtech Moderator

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[AnandTech Moderator]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Awwwwwwwww a Mod wannabee

I agree with him dave, you should use your real account when you want to discuss things, and use the mod account for those purposes.

It's a discussion of a forum issue and believe it or not, Mods have input in that area.
In fact, I should have moved this to Forum Issues but if we don't let the wankers vent every once in a while, they blow the lid off this place.

BTW, those of you forced to post on these forums:
list your name in this thread and we will contact the appropriate authorities and see if we can get your shackles removed.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Platypus

Is it really as bad as everyone is making it out to be?

Yes, hasn't been the same since 02 and most of the good, older members are long gone.

Remember AT was born when PC's were still up and coming in power and experimentation to get them stable.

Now PC's have more power than the Apps can possibly use and stable to the point of Government/Microsoft Intel/AMD looking to take them over.

In other words they control every aspect of YOUR machine. It no longer would belong to you. The PC actually belongs to the Government/Microsoft Intel/AMD platform called "Trusted Computing Alliance".

Between that and the Government/Corporations (see Internet Nuetrality) looking to completely take over the Internet to control the flow of the Internet and Information, the Internet is on the edge of becoming extinct in the U.S. as we once knew it.

Yes, that means AT also on the edge of becoming extinct as well.

Enjoy

What the f does that have to do with the thread? Try to keep your conspiracy theories at the very least confined to threads where they're somewhat relevant. That last line could pretty much be replaced with anything and make about as much sense. "That's why donuts don't taste as good as they used to."