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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...
 
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.
 
Wish the forum had tailfins and big chrome bumpers.
 
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
 
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!
 
500 people at any given time who are all producing really interesting and well thought out threads and posts.

That's my vote.
 
People who police themselves instead of being asses
 
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.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I am not the mod this forum deserves but the mod this forum needs.
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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?
 
riverman said:
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?
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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.
 
Minstrel said:
500 people at any given time who are all producing really interesting and well thought out threads and posts.

That's my vote.
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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!
 
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.
 
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.
 
Natebishop3 said:
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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That's kind of why I posted this. For one, if there's 500 people on a forum for Houston, then maybe it's not dying?

But, if wanting new blood so to speak, that could just cause more trouble than it's really worth. I like small town feels, though. That's why I love Portland, it's a big city but it never feels like it's trying to be bigger than what it really is. (Though, I know that's up for debate by some.)
 
IRC for lyfe!

sadly, you're right.
 
one thing i can add, is that for anyone not from Portland/Oregon/USA (AKA me in New Zealand) this is definitely the place to be for informed Blazers chat - small pays dividends for me in this regard. we have some great posters here, people close to the organisation and boatloads of passion.
 
BlayZa said:
IRC for lyfe!

sadly, you're right.
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IRC :biglaugh: Well done.

I think Message Boards will always be around in some capicity. It's not as "motion-forward" as AIM and ICQ were in the day... you can implement so many things in those and change it up... but the old stand by, a message board, will always have a home.

HAM radios are still around, for crying out loud. lol. It may be used by a certain group only, but that certain group will stand by it.
 
BlayZa said:
one thing i can add, is that for anyone not from Portland/Oregon/USA (AKA me in New Zealand) this is definitely the place to be for informed Blazers chat - small pays dividends for me in this regard. we have some great posters here, people close to the organisation and boatloads of passion.
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I can't wait to see the game threads next year after getting to the 2nd round. I'm going to have some popcorn at the ready.
 
Strenuus said:
IRC :biglaugh: Well done.

I think Message Boards will always be around in some capicity. It's not as "motion-forward" as AIM and ICQ were in the day... you can implement so many things in those and change it up... but the old stand by, a message board, will always have a home.

HAM radios are still around, for crying out loud. lol. It may be used by a certain group only, but that certain group will stand by it.
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Anybody else happy they hung on to their LP collection? Those wedgie looking space guitars from the 80s never killed off the classic Les Pauls or Strats. Drum machines and synths didn't destroy real drummers or horn sections. Karaoke will never destroy Open mikes with real musicians. I'm older than most fans here probably and no young whippersnapper will ever get rid of me...(now watch me get banned)
 
We are trying to get more prizes and more access to players this next season.

Also being able to post tweets has been a nice improvement. Now we just need an Instagram and Snapchat plug in.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
We are trying to get more prizes and more access to players this next season.

Also being able to post tweets has been a nice improvement. Now we just need an Instagram and Snapchat plug in.
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I'll plug in my snapchat to your instagram.
 
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