Having been a member now for a few months, is it me or has the topic of conversation and discussions wained.

When i first joined, there were several interesting topics posted throughout the day. At present nothing really seems to be happening.

Why is this?

Is it the time of year?
The weather?
Have SF members left or moved on to other forums?

Come on guys, lets get some interesting debates going again.

Start one then! Or pick up one that has fallen by the wayside!

Why don't you start one ?

had just been thinking the same thought today.

Yes, me too - I'm beginning to wonder whether the forum is gradually running out of steam as the number of undiscussed topics decreases.

I used to be quite an active poster on two other fora, but they gradually became repetitive and stale. I hardly ever visit them now, let alone post. I agree with you about the generally poor quality of recent threads on SF (of the kind such as 'what's your favourite Quality Street'). Perhaps there is a forum life cycle (with SF now on the wane). However, remember its August and many people will be away on holiday. Also, parliament is not sitting, so there will be fewer threads generated by domestic political news. SF also has more members than ever before (although perhaps its a bit like Private Eye - the more readers it had, the worse it got). I know exactly what you mean though.

Maybe there's not much going on in current affairs at the moment. I certainly can't think of much worth discussing at present.

maybe we're running out of things to talk about? I dunno, it seems like lots of the new topics started can be linked to old posts and are merged (the "search site" option is often overlooked, I admit to doing it myself!).

Membership on here has grown by a few hundred just since Monday, so it is hard for all new topics to be original. I agree with LordChaverley that fora (?- hmmm never used this but I like it!) can become a bit stale after a while.

I agree with suggestions made elsewhere on here that maybe members who are inactive for 3 or 6 months should be pulled, that way membership stays active and topics (hopefully) stay a bit more innovative? I don't know how else to improve the quality of discussion. Again, it's been pointed out elsewhere that discussions which get too political/heated/libellous need to be pulled- I understand this entirely from Geoff's point of view, but maybe this contributes to the problem EyeSpy is highlighting?

Well,

As we often say - if you have something you want to discuss, then kick it off.

August is a slack time because of holidays, light nights, no politicians in the House, etc.

But seriously, the Forum post count does go up and down.

Joe

Totally agree with you EyeSpy! Nice to see that the sarcastic posts have been and gone, thanks for that Classic Rock and nick2. I was recommended to this site and found it very interesting when I joined. But have since found it less interesting. Maybe it will pick up when everyone's back off their jollies!

In no way, was this meant to be a detrimental thread to Sheffield forum or any other member.

I understand why the topics have slowed down with the time of year etc. it just comes a bit tedious with polls on things like Greggs, and do you knwo greggs have got another shop.

Lets get the serious subjects rolling, I am trying to think of something that will get the old grey matter stimulated, others are advised to do the same.

Originally posted by benclements2
Totally agree with you EyeSpy! Nice to see that the sarcastic posts have been and gone, thanks for that Classic Rock and nick2. I was recommended to this site and found it very interesting when I joined. But have since found it less interesting. Maybe it will pick up when everyone's back off their jollies!

They weren't being sarcastic though, just making an obvious point.
It's up to the forumers concerning the quality of the posts and if you're a watcher rather than a contributor then you hardly have grounds for complaint...
Although if this is the general tone of your posts I'm more than happy for you to sit in the background lurking

I've noticed - dare I say it - that Sheffield Forum has got a bit boring on occasion recently! :o But that's only in comparison to the lively arena of intellectual cut'n thrust it's been in the past!

I'm just typing as I'm thinking here - so none of this is thought out, but maybe this is something to think about?

What about having a cut-off date for old threads? I don't know how long - maybe 6 months or something? If a thread hasn't been added to in that time, it gets completely archived off. Not got rid of or anything at all like that, just separated from the 'Live' Forum?

That way, only relatively 'live' topics get accessed in the day-to-day topic-handling of the Forum. It would help keep topics fresh and up-to-date, without newer postings getting "lost" when new and old threads get merged.

That way, perhaps the newer members can feel they can start posting on a subject that interests them, without feeling they'll get jumped on by older members for covering old ground.

I'm sure we've all got topics of interest we'd like to post on, but feel it'll be seen they've been done to death by previous members. If really old, neglected threads get archived, perhaps there'll be an impetus to get them revived, in a newer fashion?

Just some thoughts.

StarSparkle :)

it comes and goes I find - sometimes the threads are lively other times they just tick along like now - wait till September I'm expecting a boom come the autumn...

Being such a diverse bunch of people we'rre obviously going to find different topics interesting. I avoid all matters to do with sport as that would bore me silly and tend to find the heavy political threads slightly dull as well. However the forum is very useful for info and I often use it for a bit of light relief as there are some real 'gems' to be found.
I've also noticed some slightly less interesting threads can be very entertaining with a few well worded posts and as I'm quite nosey i always like to find out a little bit about othe peoples lifestyles even if they're completly alien to my way of thinking.

Another contributing factor to the decline of posting standard, in my opinion, is the frequency of forum meets, where things get discussed in real life rather than in cyber space. (I'm not saying this is a bad thing).

Originally posted by StarSparkle
I've noticed - dare I say it - that Sheffield Forum has got a bit boring on occasion recently! :o But that's only in comparison to the lively arena of intellectual cut'n thrust it's been in the past!

I'm just typing as I'm thinking here - so none of this is thought out, but maybe this is something to think about?

What about having a cut-off date for old threads? I don't know how long - maybe 6 months or something? If a thread hasn't been added to in that time, it gets completely archived off. Not got rid of or anything at all like that, just separated from the 'Live' Forum?

That way, only relatively 'live' topics get accessed in the day-to-day topic-handling of the Forum. It would help keep topics fresh and up-to-date, without newer postings getting "lost" when new and old threads get merged.

That way, perhaps the newer members can feel they can start posting on a subject that interests them, without feeling they'll get jumped on by older members for covering old ground.

I'm sure we've all got topics of interest we'd like to post on, but feel it'll be seen they've been done to death by previous members. If really old, neglected threads get archived, perhaps there'll be an impetus to get them revived, in a newer fashion?

Just some thoughts.

StarSparkle :)

Good idea - or, they could have two areas: 'current' and 'old'. The [new] user could search out their topic of interest in the old forum, and request it to be reopened, and then start posting in it. This will save time with starting new threads.

Originally posted by SHarper
Another contributing factor to the decline of posting standard, in my opinion, is the frequency of forum meets, where things get discussed in real life rather than in cyber space. (I'm not saying this is a bad thing).
This is something I'd noticed some time ago.

There seems to be a collection of once-regular posters who now only seem to contribute to the 'dev cat', 'sola' or 'trippets' threads. Have you seen how many posts those threads get now :shocked:

Don't forget though, even those forumers who aren't on holiday are enjoying their time out of doors in Sheffield instead of posting whilst the weather is warmer.

And the warm weather brings with it an element of 'I can't be bothered' - well that's my excuse. I have hit 'reply' several times recently, only to sigh and click 'back' instead :rolleyes:

I think all the good topics have been done to death by now, also the forum got a little less interesting when the members started meeting up with each other.

Still some good post though. Things Moms Say was a very funny thread, maybe the newbies could add to it, don't have time to search for it, have to go to work.

Originally posted by Strix

I have hit 'reply' several times recently, only to sigh and click 'back' instead :rolleyes: [/B]

You with nothing to say.....I cannot believe it (he said in his best Victor Mildew* voice) :D

* intentional. just to save the pedants coming on.

;) :D

May I offer up some constructive criticism and, in doing so maybe make this particular debate more contantional?

I, among many, now find that the forum has become too over moderated.

It has been said many times by many posters that open discussion is often stifled by a certain group of regulars/elite/clique - call them whatever - that ridicule & start name calling and so effectively ending debate & frightening off newbies.
Mods AND ordinary users.

It's like pack-mentality school-yard bullying in may ways.
Then complain "there's nothing to do" when no one wants to know them or become involved.

I am not having a go at any individual in particular now - as I say, these are comments I have read many times.

It's lost it's friendliness.

In many ways its camp studenty style & thread genre are in themselves open to a minority interest.

Which puts off many 'grown-ups'.
That sounds derogatory - it's not intended that way.

I'll end now and let someone else take up the baton.

See where it runs? :thumbsup:

I don't find the forum to be over moderated, but i feel they are a little lacklustre in implementing the forum rules.

Here we go look : precisely my point (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55308) poor lads first post.

Bet he don't come back :rolleyes:

Well said Don. Some good points there. I've noticed the pack mentality too, particularly on some of the political threads, where certain posters seem more concerned to engage in self-congratulatory reinforcement of each other's opinions and prejudices rather than engage in genuine debate. When challenged to come up with the intellectual goods, they tend to resort to name calling, no doubt in order to hide their poverty of thought and their inability or unwillingness to countenance fresh thinking or ideas which stray beyond conventional wisdoms. The other thing I've noticed about certain posters is that their powers of comprehension appear to be limited, In other words, they seem to have a considerable talent for missing the point of what is being said.

I reckon it is you. Hey! What can I say? There are thousands of topics and you don't have to be called KookyKoo (great name) in order to resurrect them.

There will ba another big posting when the next round of bombs go off.

Dragon

Yes basically I just clicked "last" along the bottom, scrolled through some ancient threads, found one I like and added my bit. Go on, resurrect some!!! :clap:

Originally posted by KookyKoo
Go on, resurrect some!!! :clap:
And feel the wrath of t020? :suspect: (got the t-shirt :D )

Actually..... where's he got to? :confused:

Well,

It takes all sorts to post threads and debate stuff.

Have a look at this graph of posts for 1st to 19th August, taken at 09:00 each day (http://www.communitynet.org.uk/sfstats/TotalPostsAug.jpg)

That's about 27,900 new posts on the Forum. This is AFTER taking out posts that have been deleted.

That's about 1470 posts a day, about 1 a minute.

Obviously, there are dead times in the middle of the night, but in terms of activity this isn't bad for a quiet time.

I'd agree that there is need for some juicier posts soemtiems on the forum, but like I said previously that's up to people to kick off.

And Don, I'm NOT getting in to Moderating again - this was discussed recently and I get fed up of repeating the same arguments.

And as for studentty style and the thread genre that puts of many 'grown ups', I'm sure that your recent thread on the 'companionship' qualities of Girls Aloud vs Spice Girls will certainly have inflamed the academic minds on the Forum. :D

Joe

Originally posted by JoeP
And Don, I'm NOT getting in to Moderating again - this was discussed recently and I get fed up of repeating the same arguments.

And as for studentty style and the thread genre that puts of many 'grown ups', I'm sure that your recent thread on the 'companionship' qualities of Girls Aloud vs Spice Girls will certainly have inflamed the academic minds on the Forum. :D

Joe it inflamed my mind :hihi:
Was just joining in mate - with the type of thread that receives replies. :D

Anyhoo! Since tonight I'm gonna be a ressurrecter!

Bring out your dead :evil:

DK:thumbsup:

At this time of year it gets a bit dull for those of us who navigate by 'view new posts' when it turns up almost a whole page of accommodation ads :(

Joe - can I resurect the 'subscribe to this thread' debate.

Can we have the e-mail alert removed from it, please? It's a useful facility on a fledgling forum, but is now just a complete nusiance on here. Nobody wants to receive 40 e-mails in an hour over a popular topic ;)

And perhaps a filter for 'new posts'? so we can eliminate eg. the accommodation ads?

*hides from the cross-fire having not 'contacted us'* ;)

Ah, but you missed the opportunity to shoot for the intellectual high ground, Don! :)

Seriously, I would agree that the 'seriousness' quotient goes up and down on the Forum. Having belonged to a number of online forums over the last 15 years I'd say that SF is pretty typical.

The 'culture' of the Forum changes to reflect the users' interests and attitudes. Which means that it's in the hands of all of us if we want to see SF have a certain 'culture' about it.

Joe

Originally posted by Strix
Can we have the e-mail alert removed from it, please? It's a useful facility on a fledgling forum, but is now just a complete nusiance on here. Nobody wants to receive 40 e-mails in an hour over a popular topic ;)

Just untick the email notification box when you post :)

Originally posted by Siân
Just untick the email notification box when you post :)
Where? :confused:

I clicked subscribe at the bottom of this page and couldn't see anywhere to do that Siân :(

When you reply to a post you get a number of options in the box just underneath:


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If you forget to do that you can unsubscribe if you go to your options.

Originally posted by LordChaverly
The other thing I've noticed about certain posters is that their powers of comprehension appear to be limited, In other words, they seem to have a considerable talent for missing the point of what is being said.

Yet aren't you guilty of missing the whole point of an open forum?
If you were involved in a debate in the pub f'instance you'd hear the other person out then agree/disagree with them? Surely you'd allow that person the right to their opinion irrespective of your own? No matter how ill informed you consider them? It was called good manners at one time, if I recall.

This is not the Guardian, the Telegraph or the Times newspaper

It's a lively interesting mix of a diverse set of people. You may not care for threads such as the quality Street one, there may be some who regarded your 99 people in the 99p shop thread as frivolous but it hasn't exactly edged out the more serious topics! There's something for everyone near enough
A recent thread that I was enjoying got hi-jacked by four individuals and turned into a dreary mish mash of repetitiveness
I couldn't deny them their right to prose on forever in Guardianese but I was rude enough to point out that perhaps it should be moved to the I'm Bored section. It's as easy as that sometimes and I didn't have to call anyones intelligence into question but at least the posts varied after that.

I've enjoyed a lot of your posts but this one.....no. It reeked of pomposity

Originally posted by LordChaverly
The other thing I've noticed about certain posters is that their powers of comprehension appear to be limited, In other words, they seem to have a considerable talent for missing the point of what is being said.


I'll get my coat then:(

Originally posted by JoeP
Ah, but you missed the opportunity to shoot for the intellectual high ground, Don! :)

Joe

I get you Joe - it should have been Mediaevil Baebes (http://www.mediaevalbaebes.com/) / Bond (http://www.classicfm.com/index.cfm?nodeId=1600&sw=800)

;)

Originally posted by Splodge_CRB
Yet aren't you guilty of missing the whole point of an open forum?
If you were involved in a debate in the pub f'instance you'd hear the other person out then agree/disagree with them? Surely you'd allow that person the right to their opinion irrespective of your own? No matter how ill informed you consider them? It was called good manners at one time, if I recall.

This is not the Guardian, the Telegraph or the Times newspaper

It's a lively interesting mix of a diverse set of people. You may not care for threads such as the quality Street one, there may be some who regarded your 99 people in the 99p shop thread as frivolous but it hasn't exactly edged out the more serious topics! There's something for everyone near enough
A recent thread that I was enjoying got hi-jacked by four individuals and turned into a dreary mish mash of repetitiveness
I couldn't deny them their right to prose on forever in Guardianese but I was rude enough to point out that perhaps it should be moved to the I'm Bored section. It's as easy as that sometimes and I didn't have to call anyones intelligence into question but at least the posts varied after that.

I've enjoyed a lot of your posts but this one.....no. It reeked of pomposity

Splodge,

You are right. I read my post again and I agree it did. I'm just in a bad mood today. I liked your comment about Guardianese.

Regards,

LC

Must admit I'm rude myself when I have a headache

Thought you weren't your usual suave self! :D

Best wishes

Splodge

Originally posted by Strix
And feel the wrath of t020? :suspect: (got the t-shirt :D )

Actually..... where's he got to? :confused:

Don't worry, I'm here. :D Though I only got back from a fortnight away last Sunday, and also I have to say there don't seem to be as many interesting threads to get involved in at the moment. In my experience on here, I find there are highs when there are lots of really good threads going on and I find myself making about 20 posts a day (ouch, *nearly* as much as you) and lulls when most threads seem uninteresting and I might only post 1 or 2, or even none all day.

Originally posted by StarSparkle
I've noticed - dare I say it - that Sheffield Forum has got a bit boring on occasion recently! :o But that's only in comparison to the lively arena of intellectual cut'n thrust it's been in the past!

I'm just typing as I'm thinking here - so none of this is thought out, but maybe this is something to think about?

What about having a cut-off date for old threads? I don't know how long - maybe 6 months or something? If a thread hasn't been added to in that time, it gets completely archived off. Not got rid of or anything at all like that, just separated from the 'Live' Forum?

That way, only relatively 'live' topics get accessed in the day-to-day topic-handling of the Forum. It would help keep topics fresh and up-to-date, without newer postings getting "lost" when new and old threads get merged.

That way, perhaps the newer members can feel they can start posting on a subject that interests them, without feeling they'll get jumped on by older members for covering old ground.

I'm sure we've all got topics of interest we'd like to post on, but feel it'll be seen they've been done to death by previous members. If really old, neglected threads get archived, perhaps there'll be an impetus to get them revived, in a newer fashion?

Just some thoughts.

StarSparkle :)

but you're just that scary scottish mad women who hangs around the street corners in Wlakley!!:o :o :D

My post rate tells lies t020 ;)

I joined in March, but forgot this place existed until 30th September when I made my first post :P

Scary huh? :hihi:

Originally posted by Strix
My post rate tells lies t020 ;)

I joined in March, but forgot this place existed until 30th September when I made my first post :P

Scary huh? :hihi:


Just a bit... especially for a newly wed. ;)

With 12 years previous ;)

TO20 & Strix, shouldn't this conversation be by pm or chatroom ?

:o :hihi: :lol: :clap:

I will be posting less on this site from now on (thank god some people say) I've had enough of the same people posting over and over again and they use threads as a chat room...i think Sheffield Forum has got too big...............and i will take a back seat from now on....for FRODO :)

If the interesting people take a back seat, doesn't that leave SF to the bores, whingers and people who just post anything just because they are bored.
Perhaps we should get marked 1 -5 boring to interesting and awarded points.

Mind you the wingers can be very interesting!

And isn't it sometimes how jaded we feel ourselves when reading the posts that influences us.?

hazel

Originally posted by hazel
If the interesting people take a back seat, doesn't that leave SF to the bores, whingers and people who just post anything just because they are bored.
Perhaps we should get marked 1 -5 boring to interesting and awarded points.

Mind you the wingers can be very interesting!

And isn't it sometimes how jaded we feel ourselves when reading the posts that influences us.?

hazel
I think a lot of people have been put off by the constant criticism (and downright rudeness) of spelling and grammar mistakes.English may not be the first language of posters,all the threads I have looked at this morning seem OK to me,but I do not have a degree in English or anything else for that matter.

Originally posted by Classic Rock
Start one then! Or pick up one that has fallen by the wayside!

Victory.:clap:

Although i did not expect as much response, i thankyou for your valid comments.

The beauty of the forum is differing opinions, on a variety of different subjects. I would not want that to change and just hope the SF has a long life yet to come.

May i also point out that this thread is written under sleep depravation due to me collecting my new 8 week old puppy yesterday evening. Just in the process of learning her to type so we can get a dogs perspective on life in Sheffield.

Originally posted by matsalleh
I think a lot of people have been put off by the constant criticism (and downright rudeness) of spelling and grammar mistakes.English may not be the first language of posters,all the threads I have looked at this morning seem OK to me,but I do not have a degree in English or anything else for that matter.

Do you think this is because the nitpickers have not much more to offer and they do this to boost their frail egos.
I do agree though that a certain standard shoulld be kept and we don't fall into the trap of text language.

hazel

Originally posted by hazel
Do you think this is because the nitpickers have not much more to offer and they do this to boost their frail egos.
I do agree though that a certain standard shoulld be kept and we don't fall into the trap of text language.

hazel


Urgh! text language, now that is a subject of its own and should be banned entirely.

I read a report not so long back in a national paper, where teachers were having to go back to basics with kids who were aged 12-14 as they had lost all concept of grammer and the english language. They were actually submitting essays written in text language.

It also berates me, when people tend to communicate by numerous text messages, rather than dial and speak to each other. One example is my brother who rather than ring me, decided he would send approximately 12 texts one after another. Surely a call would have taken far less time and cost less money.

Rant over.

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
TO20 & Strix, shouldn't this conversation be by pm or chatroom ?

:o :hihi: :lol: :clap:
And your post should have been too ;)

'Pots' 'kettles' :hihi:

Originally posted by robbie
but you're just that scary scottish mad women who hangs around the street corners in Wlakley!!:o :o :D

:o :o :o

So you HAVE seen me around, then? :D :P

StarSparkle

PS Love you too, Robbie!

Originally posted by EyeSpy
I read a report not so long back in a national paper, where teachers were having to go back to basics with kids who were aged 12-14 as they had lost all concept of grammer and the english language. They were actually submitting essays written in text language.
I'd be very interested to know how many of these teens couldn't read/write at all prior to text messaging ;)

Well this is an interesting topic, I shall give my "bit of my piece of mind" on this, I didnt read all the comments as some were a bit pointless

I dont find the posting in Agust to have gone down, some of the topics are a bit boring and pointless, maybe some people want their post figure to go up, not sure, but each to their own.

I find that I post more now than I did when I first joined, its hard to work out how people will react to you at first... will they like you or not .... I agree there are alot of meets and people do talk about alot of stuff, I have started to go to the Sunday meet and now I have met more poeple (who are very nice),. makes me feel better at posting and I post more now than ever..... I would guess this is due to me meeting the people on Sunday. (I use PM more now).

The "post a topic" for a new person can be quite daunting and you do feel that people are waiting for you to make a mistake, and say "this has already been done" etc etc, although I do use the "search" facility it isnt the "best thing" around, and is quite hard.

I feel people should be less "aggressive" towards new ones and "help them" rather than "pick spots". I have fallen for this trap of posting when it has been done.

I am going to start one today that I thought of last night (I shall of course use the search facility)

Someone did mention certain people only post on certain topics, I am one of those, I have my set one I keep going back to, but always like to join in but not for one to put something on "every" post.

Well I have gone on long enough now. Hope I havent upset anyone. (I am good at that ;)

Peter I think you're spot on there. People are all too eager to jump in a thread & squash it. When you're brand new you don't know how it works & that you should search for similar topics. There's rather a lot of smugness sometimes that must put people off.

I post A LOT because I am a chatty person & get into a bit of banter with many threads.

Yes I saw one thread get squashed and bad comments, but must say the MOD`s are good at cleaning them up.

I am doing research now for my new thread, watch someone start it before me, lol

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
Here we go look : precisely my point (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55308) poor lads first post.

Bet he don't come back :rolleyes:
The SF judge/ jurors/ & executioners have struck (and won) again.

Hope you lot are proud? :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
The SF judge/ jurors/ & executioners have struck (and won) again.

Hope you lot are proud? :thumbsup:

Don,

It may come as a surprise to you to find that you don't know everything that goes on on this Forum.

I'm not going in to details publically but for a number of reasons that thread has been pulled.

As Mods we have a set of responsibilities to the community of users on SF and the community as a whole that we take seriously.

If you have a problem about thread Moderation, contact us via the 'Contact Us' link. This is the second time I've suggested this to you in this thread.

Joe

This thread's just made everything worse - now we've got Don dredging up all manner of pointless and irrelevant threads from the dawn of time. Somebody stop him please!!!

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
TO20 & Strix, shouldn't this conversation be by pm or chatroom ?

:o :hihi: :lol: :clap:

Not wanting to start a fight with "regulars", but perhaphs this is why they have 12000+ posts between them?

Just a thought!

Originally posted by benclements2
Not wanting to start a fight with "regulars", but perhaphs this is why they have 12000+ posts between them?

Just a thought!

Nah.. I go for quality, not quantity. ;)

Or perhaps not (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=786123) ;)

When you've done reading all 249 pages let me know how many of my posts are in the 'haha, very funny' bracket :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Strix
Or perhaps not (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=786123) ;)

When you've done reading all 249 pages let me know how many of my posts are in the 'haha, very funny' bracket :thumbsup:

Yes but we already knew most of your posts were like that. :D

Originally posted by t020
Yes but we already knew most of your posts were like that. :D

:suspect: boy do you tell fibs t020 :P

There are a number of forumers on here who have joined in exactly this debate as to the quality of my posting - in my support I might add :D

Originally posted by EyeSpy
had lost all concept of grammer


Had lost all concept of grammar.

is it me or is this forum starting to get a bit dull. There seems to be so many boring topics to read these days, and full of crap. It used to be good but recently I have just been bored by it.

It's a Sheffield forum for Sheffield people and events. There are going to be days when there's not much on.

Why not take a quick google search and find other forums while this 'boring' period passes :D?

The 'boring' topics are started by members. Maybe, as a member, you could start one of greater interest????

I'm sure this was mentioned somewhere recently, but I can't be bothered to go and look :rolleyes:

:hihi:

I suspect apathy is playing a part ;)

I dont find the forum dull at all, but I have only been posting since about June time this year.

Give us some interesting topics then

Liven it up a little and don't complain. Have u put in topics that have been interesting? Think about it this way what you might find boring other people might not, everyone has a different idea of boring. I know what you mean, a while ago I thought the forum wasn't as good as it could be but things change and now its ok (Could be better I admit)

As I often say to folks, if you aren't seeing what you want to see, post something that interests you.

Having said that, I think that we do often see a periodicity in the Forum - quiet for a while then it flares up again.

Joe

is it me or is this thread starting to get a bit dull. :!::wink:

Originally posted by MarkB
There seems to be so many boring topics to read these days, and full of crap.

You mean like this one? :shakes:

Originally posted by Strix
I'm sure this was mentioned somewhere recently, but I can't be bothered to go and look

or as Joe said ...... periodicity (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55311) :D

Originally posted by Andy
You mean like this one? :shakes:

... more like this one (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55311) :D

Can't be bothered to post a comment. Bored of this.

It's good to see people jumping to the defence of this forum so quickly. I don't think you could call it 'dull' at its quietest times! lol

This is the worst thread I have read today. Grow up adults!

Originally posted by Kerry_Lou
.......Grow up adults!

Now there's an assumption!:D

Originally posted by Kerry_Lou
This is the worst thread I have read today. Grow up adults!
and thats' the worst post iv ever read :loopy:

Originally posted by Kerry_Lou
This is the worst thread I have read today. Grow up adults!

Way to go Kerry! :thumbsup:

I do know what you mean, but was pleased the other night when the 'stolen avatar' thread saw a brief return to forum form of yore :D (but you had to be there)

It's great when several members click into the same humour and a topic runs away with itself :clap:

('stolen avatar' saw everybody steal Shiesh's dancing elmo, so it looked like she'd written the entire thread for a while :D )

Originally posted by Strix
I do know what you mean, but was pleased the other night when the 'stolen avatar' thread saw a brief return to forum form of yore :D (but you had to be there)

It's great when several members click into the same humour and a topic runs away with itself :clap:

('stolen avatar' saw everybody steal Shiesh's dancing elmo, so it looked like she'd written the entire thread for a while :D )

That particular thread was fun! Laughed myself silly at the posts. Read it again next day when everyone had changed their avatars back, and it was still funny!

However, this brings me to my point...... does anyone else think that the threads which start during the day are somewhat boring compared to the threads which start in an evening?

I notice that late at night there are a gang of regular posters who start threads which are light-hearted and humorous. It's like a winding-down time from a stressful day. Maybe MarkB ought to log-on at different times of the day?

Originally posted by JoeP
As I often say to folks, if you aren't seeing what you want to see, post something that interests you.

Having said that, I think that we do often see a periodicity in the Forum - quiet for a while then it flares up again.

Joe maybe if you stopped banning people cos you don't agree with their humor or politics it might get interesting...... can you just try letting people say what they really feel for a few days and see what happens. you 've banned me for quoteing the koran to muslims and for bringing up the the subject of clitorectomy.also for calling a male student a lesbian. you said it was to unpleasent .....by the way are you an x student.. if so I'am sorry if i hurt your feelings................................love gobby

Maybe MarkB sleeps at night Red ;)

I think I'm on Joe's side there Deadgobby :suspect:

This forum got very much worse than it is now when we were allowed a free-er reign for a couple of weeks - It got totally over run by a thuggish element who put many regulars off for a few days. It took weeks to recover after the mayhem was swept out :mad:

I laughed the other day when the first thread I saw was "How often do you shave?". That really is scraping the barrel.

Obviously you've not seen the farting thread then, Tim. :help:

Originally posted by redrobbo

I notice that late at night there are a gang of regular posters who start threads which are light-hearted and humorous. It's like a winding-down time from a stressful day. Maybe MarkB ought to log-on at different times of the day?


Agreed.

I am on the forum from the minute I wake up :blush: till I go to bed. I come on here at work too, and dont finish work till about midnight, and when I get back I do see a lot more humorous posts than I have done in the daytime or while im at work.

Is itme of is it this thread? It should be closed

I think he made a fair point actually and I certainly had a couple of weeks of feeling this way too - usually because I got sick of people jumping down your throat every 2 seconds (ooooh like this thread too now). But I got over it and the last week has been fab again.

Originally posted by TimmyR
I laughed the other day when the first thread I saw was "How often do you shave?". That really is scraping the barrel.

This may of been a boring topic I can't comment as I haven't read it but it did make me think of my ex sat shaving her legs and she has really long legs so that thought wasn't boring.
I am put off by some thread titles as they sound [to me] boring but then in this diverse world what one person finds boring another one finds enthralling.

Haven't you people got anything better to write?

Originally posted by Kerry_Lou
Haven't you people got anything better to write?

No, have you?

I have a comment for everything but I can never really think of anything to say. I was just getting annoyed as this thread seemed like a school playground! Well I could write my life story but no one wants to hear that

We don't know whether we want to hear your life story or not and so why don't you give us a few of the juicy highlights and then we [if interested] can ask for more.
Don't ask me to do the same as most of my life is boring with very few juicy highlights and so I tend to just contribute to other people's threads and don't start many of my own.

Things are only boring if you let them be, i like the forum because as individuals, we are all from different backgrounds and to read everyones different points of view is interesting, simply because we all think differently and have different views about everything we do... from chavs to lawyers from dads to aunties we are all individuals with our own different points to make...... but that my different individual opinion:D ;)

what a sad existence... :gag:

Originally posted by spyro2000


I am on the forum from the minute I wake up :blush: till I go to bed. I come on here at work too, and dont finish work till about midnight

Originally posted by Big_Dipper
what a sad existence... :gag:

Tell me about it. :(

Originally posted by WallBuilder
We don't know whether we want to hear your life story or not and so why don't you give us a few of the juicy highlights and then we [if interested] can ask for more.
Don't ask me to do the same as most of my life is boring with very few juicy highlights and so I tend to just contribute to other people's threads and don't start many of my own.
Parents divorced, 2 step sis's & 2 half sis's, went to a private school, played chess nationally a year ago, modelled, I have travelled, been bedbound for 6months, had close relatives die, had intimate times on a french beach, had some really cool relations aswell as the bad.

overall sf is very good.. a lot of forums are dead, ok some topics suck but different strokes!

Well, if the current batch of threads are not to anyone's liking then why not have a look through the thousands of back pages until you find something interesting?

That's what I have been doing a bit of recently.

Just to add to the glut of current boring topics:

I am nearing my 1000th post and feel as if I'm getting old or something... like it's a big deal.

Now excuse me, I must go and find something interesting to post about; I don't want to be wasting my last formative posts warbling on with a lot of old nonesense.

(But then again... why change my habits now)?

Originally posted by WallBuilder

I am put off by some thread titles as they sound [to me] boring but then in this diverse world what one person finds boring another one finds enthralling.

I completely agree with this observation Wallbuilder. Thread titles have often put me off reading them. I thought the red subaru alert thread was going to be about car fanatics.....a subject I find distinctly boring. But as it grew in the number of posts, and kept topping the list of new posts, I had a peek, and found one of the funniest threads I've read in ages.

So, now, I've learned not to judge a book by its cover, and at least look at as many different threads as possible. And that's why I'm often still on the forum at 3 in the morning! :hihi:

I find to make up a Title the most dfficult part as I know myself if the title is not inviting I don't read it yet my recent peaceful one had a very bland Title and was read by hundreds. So I suppose one man's meat is anther man's poison.

hazel

Oh no Hazel - it wasn't a bland title - quite the reverse.

To be honest it looked to me like you were about to jump off a bridge or something ;) I got quite worried until I read it with some relief.

Do you know Tony, I never looked at it from that angle,
both Tiitlewise or Lifewise. Just trying for liife without hassle.

hazel

Originally posted by Tony
Oh no Hazel - it wasn't a bland title - quite the reverse.

To be honest it looked to me like you were about to jump off a bridge or something ;) I got quite worried until I read it with some relief.

Took the words right out of my mouth Tony, i was afraid the click onto Hazels thread when i read her tital, i thought she was talking about going to God ! i was so pleased she was still alive enough to answer my pm, thought i might have been too late Hazel...... sorry

Hazel hope you have a lap top pc so you can take us with you !

Sorry for the shock to your systems---- my sense of humour must be back cos it makes me smile. (what was it jeffrey Barnard said) some-one will know.

I don't beleive in God Poppins so be a bit hypocritical of me to opt for him at the last min. However I do believe in the suport of my fellow forumers so will continue to have a computer in my life
.Might be a bit of a gap but will let you know my plight on my peaceful site.
Thankyou for thinking of me

take care
hazel

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
it inflamed my mind :hihi:
Was just joining in mate - with the type of thread that receives replies. :D

Anyhoo! Since tonight I'm gonna be a ressurrecter!

Bring out your dead :evil:

DK:thumbsup: really don,if the viagra didnt work what chance do you have? :clap: :clap: but ill give it a go

I've had a quick flick through this thread [which mainly consists of bickering] and I suddenly recalled something that I'd read on a previous thread which referred to the "Forum Elite". Would anyone care to shed some light on who / what they think this "elite" is and indeed, if one exists at all.

Also, I think people are taking the Forum too seriously at times. I don't believe it's supposed to be a forum where the world's problems are discussed and solutions devised; in my mind it's just meant to provide a bit of light relief from the working day. It's a silent form of 'office banter' and I for one would not turn my nose up at anybody wishing to discuss their favourite Quality Street if they so wish. If it's boring I just click the X in the corner and go to another website. Similarly if a conversation in the office is boring I get back to work. Is it worth debating how little there is to debate? Life's too short.

ps: It's Friday my good people!! :)

I think that what happens is that some people think that there is a sort of cabal, and especially one that receives special treatment from the Mod Team. This usually occurs when somebody doesn't get their own way ;)

Anyway, just to confirm that there isn't any such thing, as a few long standing, respected members will confirm after receiving bans. :evil:

All communities find that some people get on better with some people than others, and this place is no different really. It's open for anyone to just get stuck in - within the usual of course. :)

A Forum Elite.....

Hmmm.......reminds me of the Simpson's Treehouse of Horror Episode where Ned Flanders is Dictator of the world and runs 'Re-Nedification Centres' where the elite meet to have their spirits broken... :)

Have to agree with Tony - there's no Forum Elite 'cos we couldn't work out how to do funny handshakes on the Internet. :D

And I bet everybody's elite would be different, :)

Joe

There may be no forum elite or ' forum luvvies' but there most certainly are different rules for different posters. It is a good thing too. Without making this 'personal', I know from experience that less sympathy will be shown by moderators towards those transgressors of rules who it is assumed 'should know better', than towards those regarded by consensus as 'thick'. Which is why I took my recent [deserved] two day ban for 'unkindness' to another poster as a compliment.

The moderators on this forum are extremely fair. On reflection, I would not respect the team if they had allowed my regrettably cruel posting to stand. I had overstepped the mark, thinking that I could get away with almost anything as 'Timo'. I was wrong. They were right.