Things You Want Changed

[phasseshifter]

I would like to see a "sticky" in computer help...stating this...."have you changed your mobo ..if so did you take particular notice that the new mobo fastening screw holes.may differ too the new mobo infact may and or will have different fastening screw holes..that you should match up the stand off`s before fitting the new mobo".....end quote......i believe this will make a huge impact as far as major catastrophes are concerned....

 

[Ketchup]

I would like to see a "sticky" in computer help...stating this...."have you changed your mobo ..if so did you take particular notice that the new mobo fastening screw holes.may differ too the new mobo infact may and or will have different fastening screw holes..that you should match up the stand off`s before fitting the new mobo".....end quote......i believe this will make a huge impact as far as major catastrophes are concerned....

We get a few, but not too many threads related to that. Maybe some forums do, but not much here. Computer help is a bit of a melting pot. Some things could fit in other subforums here and there, and I am fine with that.

 

[jackstar7]

I'd say it is time for a Display board broken into Televisions and Monitors. The discussions in VC&G just degenerate so quickly that I don't think people can have a useful discussion of the merits and flaws of various monitors and TVs out there.

I typically end up on [H] for such discussions, but I think the enthusiasts here are typically capable of better analysis and research.

 

[Captante]

I apologize me if this has been said already but I'm far too lazy to read through 11 pages of suggestions at the moment to find out.

What I'd like to see would be an offer of amnesty to most (if not all) of the old-school members that have been perma-banned. This place was far more lively and interesting in years past before the ban-hammer was IMO over-zealously applied.

Please be advised that I have no interest in a debate over who was right or wrong in any given dispute or in pointing fingers. My only interest is in forgiveness and the overall good of the forums.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

I apologize me if this has been said already but I'm far too lazy to read through 11 pages of suggestions at the moment to find out.

What I'd like to see would be an offer of amnesty to most (if not all) of the old-school members that have been perma-banned. This place was far more lively and interesting in years past before the ban-hammer was IMO over-zealously applied.

Please be advised that I have no interest in a debate over who was right or wrong in any given dispute or in pointing fingers. My only interest is in forgiveness and the overall good of the forums.

first, set your pages 100 posts per page!

Second, see my 5-thesis and affirm/disavow what of it you will:

Change Requested: Allow users to designate their own custom user titles
Why: It is currently possible but no means of 'earning' it is listed

Change Requested: Bans limited to one year except for spammers
Why: People change, perspectives change, tempers calm down. I've lost a number of people that I consider friends because of the permanent banning policy.

Change Requested: Paid moderation
Why: When someone is paid to do the job they become servants of the community; there is no "respect" due to them, as moderation is their job, not labor they are giving away. For example, the amount of power give to a stewardess is amazing, but she still acts like her job is customer service.

Change requested: Ability to have a temporary/different forum handle for L&R
Why: Over the (nearly) decades we've all gotten to know each other quite well; If I say on L&R "My wife cheated on me" someone could figure out who I am and it could cause her problems.

Change requested: A legitimate means of reporting a moderator for abuse which gets to the ears of someone interested in retaining membership
Why: Procedural justice, the sense that the way we do things is fair for everyone, is essential to maintaining a general sense of openness and fairness.

With this many people, there should be some sort of mission for the forums; a vision for where it is going; and a set of values that it adheres to. Further it should be run more strategically: New products should be introduced that meet current needs/demands; and people who use the forum for something unexpected should not be repressed but seen as bringing an opportunity to serve a new market.

 

[Captante]

first, set your pages 100 posts per page!

You can do that? Who knew? :awe:

Still the same number of posts to read though just a bit less clicking.

see my 5-thesis and affirm/disavow what of it you will:

I agree with pretty much all of it. :thumbsup:

 

[Bateluer]

Can I call an asshat an asshat when they're acting like an asshat without getting warnings?

 

[EliteRetard]

Can I call an *hat an *hat when they're acting like an *hat without getting warnings?

No.

 

[JEDIYoda]

My suggestion is that we leave the mods alone and let them do their job!

The Mods are not running amok and as volunteers they do a good job of policing themselves if the need arises!!

Compared to other sites- the mods here rock!!

If anything perhaps they should be compensated for their time!

Such compensation could include a free Sunday Buffet in the Mod lounge!

A new 60 inch Samsung Television in the mod lounge!

The new owners could fly the Mods and their families to the destination of their choice in the Purch Lear Jet!!!

If all else fails maybe some 2 ply toilet paper instead of that cheap one ply stuff in the Mod restroom!!

 

[olds]

Can I call an asshat an asshat when they're acting like an asshat without getting warnings?

Yes. In the social forums, not in the tech forums.

 

[Omar F1]

As far as you guys don't transfer the forum to ads banner like Tom's one, the forum would be fine.
Thanks very much for all the active / old members who we been reading & enjoying their posts over the years.

 

[Ken g6]

Change Requested: Bans limited to one year except for spammers
Why: People change, perspectives change, tempers calm down. I've lost a number of people that I consider friends because of the permanent banning policy.

I'm leaning toward agreeing with this.

Change requested: Ability to have a temporary/different forum handle for L&R
Why: Over the (nearly) decades we've all gotten to know each other quite well; If I say on L&R "My wife cheated on me" someone could figure out who I am and it could cause her problems.

Sounds like a great idea. But it appears to be somewhere between difficult and totally impractical.

 

[Chaotic42]

How about making all posts in L&R anonymous?

 

[TurtleCrusher]

How about making all posts in L&R anonymous?

I would go there if that was the case

 

[JamesV]

How about one password for the main AnandTech page and the forums? Maybe even add Dailytech, so I don't need three different passwords for basically the same site.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

How about one password for the main AnandTech page and the forums? Maybe even add Dailytech, so I don't need three different passwords for basically the same site.

I use face-book as my universal log in.

I log into every other forum (including slash dot) using my FB account. I also 'like the science/tech news i'm interested in and then share the interesting articles.

That it has never even occurred to me to 'like' daily tech is a problem of marketing; that I can't click on the 'Facebook' logo to log in is a problem of integration; that the Powers That Be around here are focused on preserving purity instead of focusing on their core value potentials, particularly as they relate to the next generation of this forum's target market, is why it's better a corporation capable creating dynamic change, instead of a person with his identity wrapped up in the project, has ownership.

Now, if typical MBA practices are enacted the core value proposition of the Anandtech brand will be diminished greatly. Monetizing and focusing on quarterly bottom lines instead of relationally building and extending the brand is a typical MBA misstep. I am almost certain that the majority of the 'value' of an MBA (where you become a jack of all business fields) is the dunning-kruger effect:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

I have a Ph.D. in business administration; but I focus on strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. While I also have an MBA I would never pretend like I could develop a good capital structure for your business, or help you avoid taxation by reverse merging into a company with excessive net operating losses: But an MBA who knows a LOT less about capital structures and accounting than I do will pretend that they can... because they took a class or two in accounting, finance, marking, org behavior, supply chain, and ended it all with a course in business strategy.

Use specialists, particularly those who seem unsure of themselves in many realms, for they are the ones that truly know their craft.

 

[piasabird]

I think we need a forum section for Servers. People are always asking questions like what case will hold 12 SATA drives or something like this. Another good one is how to build a Video server or a game sever?

 

[OutHouse]

Move L&R back to OT.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Get rid of OT...after all every post is off topic...
Have separate forums for everything.....
Police Abuse....
Animal husbandry...
Archeology....
Music.....
Massage....
Grooming....
How to tie knots.....
Gastronomical delights....
Kitchen appliances...
Jokes...
Science fiction....
Love and marriage....
and the list goes on and on.....all with separate subforums....
For example....the Music forum would have separate subforums...
Compostition and theory
Vocal pedagogy
Clasical music...baroque..renaissance..madrigals...
etc...

 

[Greenman]

Get rid of OT...after all every post is off topic...
Have separate forums for everything.....
Police Abuse....
Animal husbandry...
Archeology....
Music.....
Massage....
Grooming....
How to tie knots.....
Gastronomical delights....
Kitchen appliances...
Jokes...
Science fiction....
Love and marriage....
and the list goes on and on.....all with separate subforums....
For example....the Music forum would have separate subforums...
Compostition and theory
Vocal pedagogy
Clasical music...baroque..renaissance..madrigals...
etc...

It would be a God send for those with OCD.

 

[norseamd]

I use face-book as my universal log in.

I log into every other forum (including slash dot) using my FB account. I also 'like the science/tech news i'm interested in and then share the interesting articles.

That it has never even occurred to me to 'like' daily tech is a problem of marketing; that I can't click on the 'Facebook' logo to log in is a problem of integration; that the Powers That Be around here are focused on preserving purity instead of focusing on their core value potentials, particularly as they relate to the next generation of this forum's target market, is why it's better a corporation capable creating dynamic change, instead of a person with his identity wrapped up in the project, has ownership.

Now, if typical MBA practices are enacted the core value proposition of the Anandtech brand will be diminished greatly. Monetizing and focusing on quarterly bottom lines instead of relationally building and extending the brand is a typical MBA misstep. I am almost certain that the majority of the 'value' of an MBA (where you become a jack of all business fields) is the dunning-kruger effect:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

I have a Ph.D. in business administration; but I focus on strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. While I also have an MBA I would never pretend like I could develop a good capital structure for your business, or help you avoid taxation by reverse merging into a company with excessive net operating losses: But an MBA who knows a LOT less about capital structures and accounting than I do will pretend that they can... because they took a class or two in accounting, finance, marking, org behavior, supply chain, and ended it all with a course in business strategy.

Use specialists, particularly those who seem unsure of themselves in many realms, for they are the ones that truly know their craft.

 

[WelshBloke]

I think we need a forum section for Servers. People are always asking questions like what case will hold 12 SATA drives or something like this. Another good one is how to build a Video server or a game sever?

Rename the memory and storage forum and use that one?

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Some of the Führer’s physical ailments – the uncontrollable trembling of his left arm and hand – suggest, as noted earlier, a form of Parkinson’s disease, but mentally Hitler’s traits put him at least somewhere on the autism or Asperger’s spectrum, possibly with extreme pathological demand avoidance (PDA) syndrome, which can develop in childhood. Sufferers typically exhibit obsessive behaviour, a lack of boundaries, avoid everyday work and social demands due to their own high anxiety levels, and feel they are not in control. They often possess great communication skills, but in appearing charming when feeling secure, they lack depth in their understanding of colleagues and intimates, and suffer excessive mood swings, often switching violently with a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ tendency, having real problems controlling their temper, which can take the form of prolonged tantrums and violent outbursts. Speer observed these increase in frequency as the war drew on; in one conference at which he presented unwelcome statistics, ‘That alone made Hitler nervous and angry. Although he listened, I could see by his expression, by the lively fluttering of his hands, the way he chewed his fingernails, that he was growing increasingly tense . . . When I had finished . . . Hitler was no longer in control of himself. His face flushed deep red; his eyes turned lifeless and fixed. Then he roared at the top of his lungs . . . Abruptly, he terminated the conference, cutting off all further argument.’

 

[IronWing]

I agree with reducing the number of social forums though it isn't a big deal to me.

More importantly, as this is a tech site, put the rest of the social forums behind the members-only wall as is done with L&R. My reasoning is that the tech forums should be outward facing to provide a resource to folks looking for answers to their tech questions. The social forums should not be the draw to the site.

Also, some sort of "go to last post in a thread" button would be nice. Until I started using a tablet I didn't realize how much scrolling one has to do to view threads when there is no end key available.

 

[IronWing]

How about one password for the main AnandTech page and the forums? Maybe even add Dailytech, so I don't need three different passwords for basically the same site.

Isn't it the case already that if you are logged into the forums, you are logged into the main site? I don't recall ever registering for the main site but I seem to be able to post comments under my forum name/password. Maybe I did register way back when and have forgotten.