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(Originally posted on: 05-06-03 12:31:27 PM)
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A lot of people have been talking about...stuff I don't feel like rehashing despite its relevancy. However, there have been proposals for solutions...not many, but there have been.
One proposal has been to merge Retardation Station (home of a ton of threads and, well, retardation) and Inside Discussions (the semi-serious, semi-ordinary chatting hoo-hah). The merger would probably be a good idea, but as FA said (I think) and others, the spamming and trolling and flaming and bullshit of RS would only pollute the pristine, welcoming environment of ID. On the other hand, stricter guidelines would prevent shitty threads and other wastes of time and bandwidth.
Another proposal that I put forward was to prevent new users from posting in RS and TEZ until they accumulate a certain number of posts elsewhere. This trial will test their intelligence, their maturity, their--well, fortitude in a way. If they screw up in the other forums by violating the Terms of Service, they get banned. However, if they can last out the trial period, then they can be allowed to post in RS and TEZ.
Another measure would be to create a shame forum for RS threads. This would limit the bullshit in RS and allow for some more entertaining threads to waste quality time. It would also please both sides in a way because the stupid people have their stupid place, the smart people have their stupid place, and ID and RS will remain somewhat separated.
ANOTHER MEASURE (lots of measures, ain't it?) would be to reestablish once more what threads go into ID, and what threads go into RS. Even though most of us should know by now, some of us do not. Even though most of us read the forum descriptions, some of us do not. Even though most of us read the Terms of Service, some of us did not. This group of people who do not know the rules and guidelines, protocol and routines, etc. etc. may be the reason why thread originality has been waning and more shit has been infused into the various forums.
The next to last suggestion would be to place more restrictions on RS and give the moderators of RS banning power. Sure, it's fun to watch the admins and Sandamnit get "bored" once in a while, but sometimes the retardation of RS could stand to be a little less...retarded. And eliminating certain members, or banning those members from RS, at least, would curb the asinine, idiotic, annoying threads that are so annoying they're not even worth being called "spam threads".
And the last idea would be to leave the forums the hell alone and let them ascend to the heights of interweb heaven...or descend to the fiery inferno of worthlessness.
So far, these are the ideas that have been pooled--if there have been additional ones, or ones that haven't been fully developed or even proposed yet, put them here. If we condense all our debates to one single thread, it saves bandwidth and it's all there for general reference so that people know what's going on and the problems being discussed.
Whew. So yes. Let's brainstorm and think and configure.
Stolen from Tyr to describe my plight:
I feel inadequate when I see you being very witty. What's your secret? Drugs? Surgery? Purgatory?
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