| sleepless.in.brisbane |
| I rarely post on BrisbaneForums, and this is the reason why: I'd say about 75% of ALL threads that start off normal are either: A: Jacked by people who are OBVIOUSLY 14 years old, with no sense of logic or maturity of any kind. B: Spun off into a full out flame war This board has it's fair share of intelligent people, but how can that intelligence shine when it's drowned out by constant bickering and utterly immature thread-jacking? How many times do you have to say "Oh XXXX you are so gay" or "XXXXX your mama is a **********" before it STOPS being funny? How many times do we have to see an intelligent conversation burn up because some guy comes in and adds some kind of retarded statement like "hahaha you will burn in hell"? There are at least 2 sides to every argument, and there is no statement on earth that will go unchallenged. Debate is HEALTHY, conversation is HEALTHY, stating opposing views and defending your arguments soundly is HEALTHY. Acting like a kid, giving lame one-liners which QUICKLY grow old and cussing someone out for not agreeing with you are NOT HEALTHY FOR THE FUTURE OF BRISBANEFORUMS.COM! I am truly disappointed. Before I came to Brisbane I read a lot of articles on this forum, and truth be told there are a LOT of highly intelligent individuals on this board, whether I agree with them or not. I was helped immeasurably by the users on this site. What saddens me, though, is that all this intelligence is drowned up by utterly riWakerleyulous posts. I am not going to bother quoting any of them, because finding them is as simple as clicking pretty much ANY thread on this forum. I have managed webforums before, I have read posts on many, MANY webforums, and never before have I seen something more chaotic and disorganized than IRAQ on the entire internet. ADMIN: The problem is clear. There are users here who serve no purpose here but to jack threads and aggravate people who are trying to have an intelligent discussion. These users with a history of 100% negative contribution to the forums have to be banned. There are also users who regularly act like idiots, but show flashes of true intellectual ability, which DOES contribute to the forums (but is far outweighed by countless posts which contribute NOTHING). These users need to be warned. These are the basics of webforums use..LURKERS read posts on a forum over a long period of time, and eventually start posting. I cannot imagine how many intelligent people have visited this site to read posts and, eventually, contribute, but were scared off by the alarming flurry of immature posts constantly disrupting previously SANE threads. This domain name is a good one, and the idea to have forums centered on Brisbane is really great. BUT, you must remember, it is the users that Wakerleytate the popularity and success of this website, and if there are users who are here to DEGRADE from the experience, then brisbaneforums.com will remain a breeding ground for bored kids with nothing to do all day but disrupt threads started by people who actually take the time to contribute valuable information, which in turn is CRUICIAL to the success of this website. ADMIN, in a nutshell, you need stellar moderators, and you need to set rules in place (which are available on virtually any one of the thousands of successfull webforums out there) to guarantee that BrisbaneForums.com is a success. If anyone would care to agree of disagree with me, in a civilized manner, by all means go ahead. Consider this post my suggestion for a better experience for all of us at brisbaneforums.com |
| Snype |
| Well damn right you pointed out the matter. Some of the moderators like me have access and can censor only some assigned forums. Good thing after may requests HP got banned. If he come back, I wont care if his reincarnated life doesnt effect the forum. Well this forum needs many updates:- 1, Update the version of phpBB - and add quick reply, 2, Some moderators given power to warn and ban some users for troubling ppl. 3, Target members with quality posts and assign them a forum-for example members like Brisbanesoul and recently joined arnie have experience and are well-acquainted with different fields in Brisbane. Their advice have helped many members. If we assign em some forum section it would be of immense help and increase the popularity of the forum. It's true as sleepless pointed out members with quality posts increase the popularity of the forum and admin has to give em perks to retain em. |
| kPax |
| no offence ..but it has been said before..some moderators..u know who..r not even fit to be moderators cuz they r as messed up in their head as some of the users... a guy talking about some girls he has been with and describes them as hoes and bitches all the time..its just disgusting..so how fit is he as a moderator, editing in an intellectual conversation?? |
| lochness |
| Gosh I never thought of myself as a lurker, just someone who wanted information and was happy to browse around and look for it with out interferring. My mother always taught us, if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all, and sleepless you are right, alot of threads I first began to read were chaos. One recent thread, (which began as a tribute just about ended up a blood bath), was Mister Maktoom's passing (gosh I hope I spelt that correctly), which ended up being just disgusting, when all the poor lad who began it was trying to do, was express his sympathy to the Misters family. Brisbanesoul has been a fountain of information for myself and my family, I am more than happy to say that he is the reason I continue to look through the forums. His answers are always informative, educated, and from what I have read unbiased. His advice has been invaluable to us. So all in all I suppose I am a 'lurker', only a hand full of posts over quite a few months, compared to others, but I will only weigh into something I feel is either relevant to me or I feel I can give some worthwhile contribution too. As the saying goes "slow and steady wins the race" and I am an old lady now :laughing6: |
| moonbaby |
| Amen to that Sleepless! I have not been a member long but I have noticed the same problems as you. I have not made many posts because I find it difficult to lower my standards to the level that some members seem to be stooping. as lochness says, if you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all. How about the moderators create a new section especially for those members who wish to thread jack and be childish? |
| gangster |
| Sleepless... Congratulations my friend on taking the time to post this. I totally endorse every single thing you have said. Well done, one of the best posts i have read. TAKE NOTE --- Lamot!!!!! |
| AhmedBinAbdullah |
| I AGREE with you. There are VERY YOUNG QUANTITY members and VERY LESS QUALITY members. Ahmed |
| Brisbane |
| The rules will be enforced in a much more severe manner in the forums I manage. I am tired of all the crap being slung around on this forum. |
| AhmedBinAbdullah |
| Appreciated Brisbane |
| Brisbane |
Bienvenu Ahmed. I already starting closing some threads. |
| gangster |
Hi Brisbane With respect it is not really the thread that need locking etc, it would be more appropriate to delete abusive, bad language/racist "posts". But more importantly Brisbane - i think the moderators have to look at themselves first. Lets be honest, Lamot is not fit to moderate. His language is disgusting, and he is the most rudest person i have ever experienced. thanks |
| Brisbane |
Greetings gangster, It is not easy to follow-up with every nasty word that is thrown around on this forum. We do try our best but things are getting way to nasty these days. Closing a thread is a last resort. But for the 2-3 ones I closed today, I had no choice but to because the degree of disrespect and insults being slung were...ummm... extreme! As far as I know, Lamot moderates the Fight Club. Why that forum needs a moderator in the first place is beyong me since its core purpose is to allow members to flame one another :) I know that his posts can be offensive and I understand where you are coming from. He is now away from Brisbane, hence away from the forums. When he comes back, should this continue and should people find him offensive, let me know and I will speak to him. I would like a three strike system in place. 1) Warning 2) Warning + temporary one week ban 3) Ban Peace! |
| yurki500 |
| I agree totally with what has been said, hence why I believe that the "fight Club" section was opened where people could be as abusive to eachother as they liked. However, this seems to have spilled over into general forums now. Close the topic and ban the culprits. :lol: |
| yshimy |
| Sleepless, Thank you for raising this issue and taking aciton. To be honest i've been passive to this, this forum helped me alot comming to brisbane with information and i tried to do my part on helping new members, but the problem is what you mentioned. About fight club, I think it is for the purpose of flaming each other, i thought it would be intellectual flaming or having extremem idea's but not insulting and cursing each other. Anyway, Hope we see better forum in the future and... Ciaoo all |
| gangster |
Brisbane Respect to you my friend, you have posted what i think most of us wanted to hear. I can probably speak for the majority on here and say, that your idea of implementation is spot on, and is needed in here. Thank you |
| fairbloodydinkum |
| well done, well said.... a lot of crap goes on in forums...heaps go on behind the scenes....it's not easy running them, chasing everyone about and checking on post's....banning and deleting...it's a full on job.... believe me i know...i've been running forums for a few years.... it's a team effort... :wink: |
| Dario Western |
| Hi, I have only been on this forum for a couple of weeks now and I am amazed at how quiet it's gone. As a moderator of a number of forums myself, here are some tips and advice we can use to help it become a thriving and effective one: 1) Give members who post up offensive message a PM warning them of their conduct. If they do it again, give them a temporary ban and if they persist then permanently ban them and delete their posts as well. 2) Install a photo album of some events that are happening in Brisbane. Give the members some idea what people in this town are like, the activities they enjoy. That way they'll know we are real people and not just some anonymous computer hacks. 3) Organise some activities for forum members - whether it's pub crawl (for older members), or a family picnic in the Botanical Gardens, or maybe to go out and see some live bands or a movie. Encourage people to get involved with real life activities as well. 4) Make sure that the staff you elect are good, reliable and reputable types. Make an effort to meet them in person at least twice a month to get the general gist of them. I have seen countless forums on Yahoo! by people who started them on a whim and never gave a brown rat's arse about them afterwards. Thus, they became havens for spammers and people who were genuinely interested in what their groups stood for ended up quitting because they were sick and tired of crap coming into their inbox. 5) You could ask that everyone who signs up for this forum have their own personal website as ID such as a myspace, bebo, or facebook site or even their own generic one so we know they are genuine about this forum and encouraging it to grow. This is what has been done with the Brisbane Photography forum in order to keep out spammers or people who are out to abuse the forum's liberties. That's about my 2 cents worth. |
| jfish1936 |
| I dunno, the quiet colours are more peaceful than a jazzy blue pattern like some places! But welcome, Scottie, keep coming and let's get this as lively as FBD |
| Scottie |
| IT seems that the forum is dead are there any active members left?? i cant really see much abuse all i can see is alot of spam and advertising. |
| fairbloodydinkum |
| 8) just popping back in a for a sec.....don't give up on this forum peoples....the name is a good aussie name...all forums go through slumps...i know... And it's hard to see what people want to read and discuss....we keep asking people what they want to see on the forum..what changes, whats needed to make everything run better and pull in new members... I look at these places as small suburbs.....starting off empty and people eventually move in..and of course not all are going to be buddy buddy...there are some that just want to rock the boat and press everyone's buttons to stir them up or scare them off....and admin and staff have a full on job to keep thses morons under control or ban them..as i said before in another post...a lot go on behind the scenes of a forum as this that most of you readers/debaters/discussers have no idea about... The only problem i see with BF.com is the outdated forum program that has little or no extra added scripts like most forums..... some colour be nice...I go a bit overboard on design..but a coloured pastel shade usually looks neat and soft on the eyes....and resize the width of the forum to 98%..not pxl If this is privately owned, updates to phpbb should be available free on their server. Get rid of the ads. Problem members...not a lot you can do but suspend or ban them...or give them another chance...sometimes it takes some people a little time to work out the forum their on, mellow out and settle down....others just want to cause as much disruption as possible..believe me..it's what they do..and it's these odd ones that can make or break a forum... The best thing to do is a member cleanout now and then...get rid of unwanted lurkers and dead members..keep the info fresh and updated.. It all comes back to having a good staff team on the board that all work as one well oiled machine..deleting spammers and editing out swearing and crap from posts the instant their made.. Using a warning system of so many points, and their suspended or out the door... Not that i can talk..i'm the biggest softy on the net...but i like to give certain people 2/3 chances, and/or try to find out why they are the way they are, other than just go banning or deleting them off the forum...everyone has personal problems and some just need an outlet like a forum to get some feedback on their issue...or someone to just lend an ear.... So forums as this are not just text and a program...they can mean a lot to some people that have little in their lives...or for those that need companionship..make friends...or have their say on whats in the news.. hope i haven't rambled on here...but those that started this site went to a bit of trouble to provide a place where people from anywhere can find some info on brissy and places..maybe find a friend or just a casual chat. just my bit.. don't give up 8) |