OT: What makes a 'better' forum?

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Strenuus, Jul 22, 2014.

  1. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Don't know if this should actually go into OT, and if it does, feel free to move it.

    Would you like a HUGE forum with 500+ viewing at any time, but so many posts and threads that you have to spend hours just to get what you need.

    OR

    A small, 40+ at a time, moderate number of threads, good amount of opinions and smack talk with the requisite drama, but all in all good people that you can actually get to know.

    One is Houstons, the other is ours.

    I would not be able to stand a board with 500 on at any one time... I like a small community... but I know some people always wish that we had more people...
     
  2. Rhal

    Rhal Well-Known Member

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    I like a decent amount of people on the forum and new people showing up all the time but not so cluttered that I don't recognize all the names of people who have been here more then a few months.
     
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  3. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Wish the forum had tailfins and big chrome bumpers.
     
  4. HailBlazers

    HailBlazers RipCity

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    'better' mods :devilwink:
     
  5. riverman

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    I like the layout here. To me a good forum is one where people talk with each other instead of at each other. Some forums have way more people but a lot of them are clueless or just kids without much to contribute. Recently I think this forum has improved because it's not just 2 or 3 people filling up pages with angst and bickering. Blazers edge is too cluttered for me to enjoy or feel I know something about the fans. Having an ignore function is great although I've only used it twice. My biggest criticism is how new members are welcomed sometimes. Seems better now though. I love that Sly streams courtside here and others link interesting articles to the site. All in all it works for me
     
  6. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Are the 500 posters as dumb as Houston's? That makes a big difference in determining my answer. I don't think I would like 500 of any members. Game threads would be a mess!
     
  7. Minstrel

    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    500 people at any given time who are all producing really interesting and well thought out threads and posts.

    That's my vote.
     
  8. Schilly

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    People who police themselves instead of being asses
     
  9. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    I am not the mod this forum deserves but the mod this forum needs.
     
  10. JFizzleRaider

    JFizzleRaider Sad Panda Global Moderator

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    I've posted on fanhome, bbb.net which turned into bbf and now s2.

    Came over to s2 because of connections from bbf way before the blazers migration happened.

    I prefer this style much more than any others, but I do miss forming friendships with people who cheer for different teams. Have a couple that I still talk to that used to post on s2 when a ton of nets fans were here.
     
  11. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Only our forum allows you to call Denny a fool and not be banned
     
  12. riverman

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    You really are pretty consistent and you're here all the time. Having spent years on the old Blazers official website with no mods whatsoever, it's commendable Sly. You do a great job. Just out of curiousity, how many regular members are on this site?
     
  13. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    I don't know, Denny doesn't let me see the member list anymore after I tried to get everyone to join Amway.
     
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  14. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    So worth it.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    That's what I was saying.
     
  16. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    That would be nuts. Impossible.


    ...... aww damn... I'll do it. That shit is BANANAS!

    B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
     
  17. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    What's Dennys view on Mary Kay? I really need to get a foothold in this bustling economy that is SportsTwo.
     
  18. BlayZa

    BlayZa Misbehaving responsibly

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    we're far too insular to accommodate a forum with that many opinions, i mean we struggle with what we have :P
    I'd take a smaller group of super passionate and mostly well-informed fans any day of the week.
     
  19. riverman

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    You should have hawked Herbal Life instead. Common mistake
     
  20. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I've said this before, but the downside of having a small community like this is that it has a very small town feel. It's extremely hard to moderate a small group of people who have been posting together for a long time. I wish we had more active posters to break up some of the same feuds and arguments that have been running for years. Unfortunately the youngens don't post on forums anymore. Eventually this will go the way of the chat room.
     

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