When I started this forum in April 2003 we all contributed to each others threads.
Then the forum was much smaller and we never knocked anyone for there views, exept t020 who is to me a very respected member of this forum but has always been exentric in his views from day one.
However, when you now make a thread I get the impression that people don't want to discuss matters but instead choose to try and prove ou wrong or to argue for the sake of argueing.
Threads on certain issues are " your view " on a subject yet these days for to many answer them to shoot you down just for the sake of it.
Instead of slagging one off because you don't happen to agree try putting in your view on the subject or better still don't reply at all.:rant:

Changed the subject from 3mins ago, cycleracer after my response to your priggish answer on " Middle-aged men with Baseball Caps".

OK I will retire from this thread, and let you revisit the past.

Your right, the ones that annoy me the most are the sarcastic people who reply just to be stupid to a serious post.

To be honest because of the amount of members on the forum, we're bound to have a few idiots on here and the best thing to do is just ignore them. Some of them post just to get a reaction.

I find I stopped posting some time back and to be honest don't feel as compelled to read up on the threads - new or old.

Maybe everyone got caught out at work!

This place has definitely gone down the pan with poorer quality posting and more and more trivia.

Originally posted by shoeshine
Changed the subject from 3mins ago, cycleracer after my response to your priggish answer on " Middle-aged men with Baseball Caps".

OK I will retire from this thread, and let you revisit the past. You really are as your avitar says in CLOUD CUCKOO LAND :loopy:

Originally posted by Cycleracer
You really are as your avitar says in CLOUD CUCKOO LAND :loopy:

Would you have said that in the "Good Old Days" you revere?:)

Originally posted by shoeshine
Would you have said that in the "Good Old Days" you revere?:) We did'nt have clowns like you on then so I would'nt have needed to which is why this thread speaks for itself that we do have a lot of unintellegent idiots on now which we did'nt used to have.
Get my meaning Shoeshine.:suspect:

Originally posted by Cycleracer
We did'nt have clowns like you on then so I would'nt have needed to which is why this thread speaks for itself that we do have a lot of unintellegent idiots on now which we did'nt used to have.
Get my meaning Shoeshine.:suspect:

Aaaahhhh the Good Old Days........before Base ball Caps .......
:)

I can understand what you are saying cycleracer, however those joining now respond to the board as they see it at the present.
To get it back to the level of intelligent debate that you remember all people have to do is start a decent thread.
I have only been on here a few months so maybe not best placed to comment on the posts of yesteryear, but i do see a lot of decent posts spoilt by chatroom banter, flirting and inappropriate comment.
At the end of the day it's down to the users to make the Forum the way they want it, within the rules obviously.

The Forum's changed in the time I've been a member.

But a lot of the quality of posts on here depends upon people ding two things :

First of all contributing to threads or starting new ones.
Secondly, if there is crap reporting it and help us deal with it.

The Mods have recently started trying to tidy up 'serious' theads that have bene invaded by crap - thsi sometimes gets us quite a lot of stick for being jobworths, having no sense of humour, etc. but we do it.

There are a lot of 'serious' posters aroudn today who create some very interesting threads - there are also people interested in the lighter side of teh Forum and they're equally welcome.

The Forum reflects to a great degree what the users want - if people want to change the type of postings on here then the nswer is pretty obvious, really - post up the sort of stuff you want to see!

Joe

There are loads of decent, interesting, thought provoking threads on here. Ok, some get a bit contaminated by daft comments, but most of these are usually a harmless bit of fun and the ones that aren't can be reported. I usually think twice about reporting a post that might be better off in the 'Really Bored' section (though I have been known to), because I think the mods would think something along the lines of 'ooooh, hark at her doing our job for us!'.

Anyhoo, it seems to me that there are four different camps on here. Forgive the vast over-simplification from a relative newcomer, but I'm telling it as it seems to me.

First, there are the people who contribute to serious debate intelligently, expressing their views, agreeing/disagreeing with and so debating the views of others. Second, there are those who post mostly jokey stuff. Fine by me, and I do itself myself sometimes, but mostly it really belongs in the 'Really Bored' section IMO. Third there are the people who express their views and opinions (and might usually be in the first camp), but don't like to hear those of others and/or who cry about it if someone corrects something that is known to be incorrect. IMO, views and opinions should be expressed, no matter how barking others might think you are, but if you say something that is known to be wrong, or that others believe to be wrong (factually, morally, whatever), then someone will stand up to correct it. Last, there are the trolls, who post (usually offensive) garbage from their first post on, and usually last about four posts in total max. Get rid, I say.

I think if the forum was totally serious or totally jokey, it wouldn't be as good as it is today. I like it. I spend faaaar too much time here, it keeps me from my work if I get into a debate, but I do feel happy here :).

Oh I agree, there are some very good threads on here and very informative ones to.
The first thing I do when I want help or info is to come here and you can guarrentee that someones come up with the answer.
By no means do i tar everyone with the same brush.
Its the ones that just delibrately post just to give you a load of s""t because they don't happen to agree with you.

An example is " Man taking photos of school while kids where in play ground " that is a thread i posted recently and the crap that people threw back like stop getting paronoid, so what they could have been taking photos of the school.
The thread asked for members to put in any facts about the incident as it was unclear of what exactly happened.
A member of this forum came out with facts of what happened which clarrified my intial post and what I wanted to do is alert local people who have kids at this school and any other parent who cares about this issue and all I got was idiots who call me paranoid.
Now that post has changed the way parents now pick up there children from Monday as they will be segrigated into class groups and brought out by the teachers.
Now the school is not paronoid, they obviously feel that there is cause for concern.
Sometimes you cant do right for doing wrong with certain members.

Cycleracer,

You'll ALWAYS get someone disagreeing with what you post on a thread that contains 'emotive' material - that particular subject area is particularly emotive at the moment and so I think is inevitably going to generate different points of view - I don't think it necessarily means people are being difficult for the Hell of it but some will be expressing a genuinely felt position.

I understand your concerns, though - but I guess with 20,000 people there are bound to be different views.

Joe

It's not just here, it's an internet-wide phenomenon. things have never been the same since stupid people were allowed online!

:rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant:

Originally posted by PottShrigley
It's not just here, it's an internet-wide phenomenon. things have never been the same since stupid people were allowed online!

:rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant:
LOL. Yeah, get rid of the stupid people. They shouldn't be allowed to express their views in public ;) .

JoeP

Of course its bound to change and I am not against people disagreeing but its the ones who disagree for the sake of disagreeing especially when you put on a serious thread.
But your right, with 20,000 members its bound to have changed unfortunately it will attract the ignorant.
However, the History and expats section is still high quality and gets the best responce by the best posties in my view.

Glad thats not gone the same way.

Originally posted by Cycleracer
JoeP

Of course its bound to change and I am not against people disagreeing but its the ones who disagree for the sake of disagreeing especially when you put on a serious thread.
But your right, with 20,000 members its bound to have changed unfortunately it will attract the ignorant.
However, the History and expats section is still high quality and gets the best responce by the best posties in my view.

Glad thats not gone the same way.
Don't you think that some might be disagreeing not for the sake of it, but because they really feel strongly about the topic and about their view on it? Just because someone has a view that's strongly opposed to someone else's, doesnt make them ignorant. Of course, the racist and homophobic garbage spouters are exempt from what I've just said. They really are ignorant.

What annoys me a bit is the need to preface everything you say on here with 'in my opinion' or words to that effect. I do it myself sometimes. It should be obvious that what you're posting on here is your own opinion. What you're saying might or might not also be fact, depending on the subject, but it's easy enough to make clear which is which when you post.

i miss people that arent hear anymore! like deejay, and others i cant remember, bring em back!

Originally posted by ppn_2204
Don't you think that some might be disagreeing not for the sake of it, but because they really feel strongly about the topic and about their view on it? Just because someone has a view that's strongly opposed to someone else's, doesnt make them ignorant. Of course, the racist and homophobic garbage spouters are exempt from what I've just said. They really are ignorant.

What annoys me a bit is the need to preface everything you say on here with 'in my opinion' or words to that effect. I do it myself sometimes. It should be obvious that what you're posting on here is your own opinion. What you're saying might or might not also be fact, depending on the subject, but it's easy enough to make clear which is which when you post. Yep, but I have no gripe with people disagreeing.
Its the ones that slag you down for having an opinion.
Example....Having a go at the thread holder for saying what ever but not leaving an opinion to go with it.
If I disagree with someone I tell them but I also tell them why and put my view, not just call someone a c**t and not even leave an opinion.
There is a difference.

Originally posted by Cycleracer
Yep, but I have no gripe with people disagreeing.
Its the ones that slag you down for having an opinion.
Example....Having a go at the thread holder for saying what ever but not leaving an opinion to go with it.
If I disagree with someone I tell them but I also tell them why and put my view, not just call someone a c**t and not even leave an opinion.
There is a difference.
Yes, I completely agree. That's dreadful, and not worth wasting the effort in responding.

Originally posted by Cycleracer
You really are as your avitar says in CLOUD CUCKOO LAND :loopy:

How about this one then.... Oh perfect one:confused:

Originally posted by Cliff Clavin
:thumbsup:

Thanks Cliff, really. The blokes tying himself up on this thread, and if he goes back to the "Base Ball" thread he is in the same situation

Originally posted by Cycleracer
You really are as your avitar says in CLOUD CUCKOO LAND :loopy:
Leave Shoeshine alone! He's participated in some good threads and he's a nice bloke too. If you don't like the jokiness, just ignore it.

Originally posted by shoeshine
How about this one then.... Oh perfect one:confused: I rest my case..........:gag:
Pss,,whats up, think this threads about you... Your getting paranoid.

Sometimes, when I get bored, I read pre-2004 threads - names such as Tony Ruscoe, Malikah, Mo, kittykat - who seemed to sound like an intelligent poster (but I could never work out {her?} views, MichaelW and Mike, to name a few.

Quality posters! :D

Originally posted by Cycleracer
I rest my case..........:gag:

Of course you left out the insult you posted at the time to initiate this response.
Anyway...you go back to the heady days of 2003. I will return to SF 2006...there are people I wish to communicate sensibly with.

I quit this Topic as of NOW.:thumbsup:

Originally posted by shoeshine
Of course you left out the insult you posted at the time to initiate this response.
Anyway...you go back to the heady days of 2003. I will return to SF 2006...there are people I wish to communicate sensibly with.

I quit this Topic as of NOW.:thumbsup: Good, you said that on page 1 and your still here....Wheres that ignore button, I've never used it but theres always a first time.

Originally posted by ryan123
i miss people that arent hear anymore! like deejay,

Helloooooooooooooooooooo :wave:

It is I, Le Deejay, I will say this only once!

Originally posted by kentboy119
Sometimes, when I get bored, I read pre-2004 threads - names such as Tony Ruscoe, Malikah, Mo, kittykat - who seemed to sound like an intelligent poster (but I could never work out {her?} views, MichaelW and Mike, to name a few.

Quality posters! :D They are the posters I am on about and it seemed like one big happy family then, but as JoeP said its got so big its lost the quality it once had, there my words not JoePs:thumbsup:

Originally posted by Cycleracer
They are the posters I am on about and it seemed like one big happy family then, but as JoeP said its got so big its lost the quality it once had, there my words not JoePs:thumbsup:

With due respect to all these people, they've left the Forum for whatever reason, and have been replaced by others who are no doubt just as erudite and entertaining.

There are many small groups on the Forum who get on VERY well with each other - they socialise offline, play football matches, go to the theatre, have child friendly meets, conduct business with each other, support each other in times of trouble...the list goes on.

To me that sounds like the behaviour one might expect to find in a community of people who are reasonably friendly with each other.

With 20,000 members it's impossible to envisage a situation where everyone posts on everyone else's threads and everyone likes each other. But it IS possible to envisage a situation where lots of groups of people get together to enhance each other's lives in various ways, both online and offline - and that's what happens here.

And yes, we do get some nutters, trolls, spammers and bad 'uns, like any community of 20,000 people.

The Forum isn't the same as it was - it's almost certainly more representative of the population of this city than it was 3 years ago.

Joe

I agree with Cycleracer, so many repeat threads, pointless threads and ones spoiled by people taking the mick. JoeP says report it but i have done that and had PM's was had a go at for being a spoilsport and being no fun, and if i reported all of them then i'm sure the mods would get a bit miffed with me too.

Originally posted by fuzzy
I agree with Cycleracer, so many repeat threads, pointless threads and ones spoiled by people taking the mick.

Seems to be loads of pointless threads: Blonde or brunette, cant decide what socks to wear, whos the best looking on the forum . . . . . . .

Originally posted by mega_monty
Seems to be loads of pointless threads: Blonde or brunette, cant decide what socks to wear, whos the best looking on the forum . . . . . . .
These are alright, but they should be posted in the 'really bored' section.

Originally posted by Cycleracer
They are the posters I am on about and it seemed like one big happy family then, but as JoeP said its got so big its lost the quality it once had, there my words not JoePs:thumbsup: I have to agree with Cycleracer on this, about three years ago it did seem like one big happy family on here :) but like Joe says times have change and people have moved on.

Originally posted by Jon
I have to agree with Cycleracer on this, about three years ago it did seem like one big happy family on here :) but like Joe says times have change and people have moved on.

I'd agree with that, the internet on the whole has become a lot more hostile since this forum started. It seems like some people want to post just to make a name for themselfs.

Originally posted by mr craig
I'd agree with that, the internet on the whole has become a lot more hostile since this forum started.

"a lot more hostile" you say? I wonder if your avatar - depicting a violent, hostile act - could be a contributory factor?
Just a thought.

Red . I was thinking the same thing.

Perhaps a new area of the forum could be developed for those original members who are missing the old 'one big family' feel of the olden days.
It could be the SF Veterans section and you can only access it once you have been a member for 3 years.
you could have a special badge and us newbies would have to have an initiation ceremony to get in once the three year probationary period is up, but only after intensive sensible posting tuition and examinations.:wink:

Originally posted by mega_monty
Seems to be loads of pointless threads: whos the best looking on the forum . . . . . . .

Agree with you on this one-

We do not need a best looking thread on the forum- sorry!

We all do not look like Tom Cruise and certainly dont want to be put on hotornot for public ridicule.

I also dont like all the 'who's the best' threads on the forum that keep popping up all the time as well- they are so pointless and are just very very boring as the same old same old keeps popping up.

Originally posted by mr craig
I'd agree with that, the internet on the whole has become a lot more hostile since this forum started...

I don't think you can blame Sheffield Forum for all the ills of the internet. Ok, it has introduced a hardcore of South Yorkshire to the web on a daily basis, but come on...

Originally posted by mr craig
It seems like some people want to post just to make a name for themselfs. Its called freedom of speech...... what ever is posted on this forum, we have the choice to reply or not... being different makes life more interesting... chavs/lawyers/teachers etc etc all come together on here and thats what makes it so interesting..."the good old days of this forum".... sounds to me like you think its dead and buried... dont you think it would be a very boring place to be if all the wit and sarcasm was taken away from here....?:suspect:

Originally posted by fuzzy
I agree with Cycleracer, so many repeat threads, pointless threads and ones spoiled by people taking the mick. JoeP says report it but i have done that and had PM's was had a go at for being a spoilsport and being no fun, and if i reported all of them then i'm sure the mods would get a bit miffed with me too.

Not sure what thread you're talking about but we don't necessarily move or close things on the basis of a single complaint. We will take away inappropriate posts and consign threads to I'm Bored, though.

I say again - if people are unhappy with what's on here then start some threads yourself.

The last time I saw a thread like this bemoaning teh quality of threads I looked at the General Chit Chat and General Sheffield Chat sections and on the first two pages of each, about 70% of the posts were 'serious' and quite thought provoking.

40summat - I think that maybe one Mod and Geoff would be allowed in the Veterans section....I know I wouldn't! :)

The people on the Forum now, posting day in, day out, are the membership that mould the Forum. If people choose to back off from the Forum for a while, and not post anything, they can't really complain if the Forum changes it's look and feel.

The Mods aren't here to maintain the Forum in some sort of previous form; we're here to help the Forum grow and develop in whatever way, within reason and the Forum Rules, that teh current users want it to.

If people want to change the balance of posts on the Forum, then the answer is simple; post new stuff yourself! We have to do a balancing act as to pulling threads and posts, moving things around, etc. I'd be the first to admit that some time 'Gresham's Law' (The bad drives out teh good) applies to Forum posts, but usually that only applies for short periods of time.

The members who are active on the Forum now are the ones keeping the Forum going. The Forum is a living thing, not a museum piece. Let's all work to mould it the way we want to see it - there is room here for all types of post, provided people post them.

Joe

these days the posts seem to disappear on a regular basis...which is a bit disconcerning mid-reply ;)

Originally posted by Cycleracer
We did'nt have clowns like you on then so I would'nt have needed to which is why this thread speaks for itself that we do have a lot of unintellegent idiots on now which we did'nt used to have.
Get my meaning Shoeshine.:suspect:

yeah but to start with calling names obviously shows you in the same light of the people you are condeming?

to be fair, there are a lot of people who come on this forum to have a bt of a laugh, and i include myself in that category, but i dont see where the problem lies at all.......

as has been said before, there is an ignore button, and a report it button, and you could always just no read what certain users put. its all about self choice, and im sure your big enough to be able to choose what you do and dont wanna read.

Originally posted by Robbie_Lovin
yeah but to start with calling names obviously shows you in the same light of the people you are condeming?

to be fair, there are a lot of people who come on this forum to have a bt of a laugh, and i include myself in that category, but i dont see where the problem lies at all.......

as has been said before, there is an ignore button, and a report it button, and you could always just no read what certain users put. its all about self choice, and im sure your big enough to be able to choose what you do and dont wanna read. Just lowering myself to his level,, sorry your right.
But its not about having a laugh or crap threads everyone talks about whatever the want to.
What i am saying is that people no longer discuss on here instead they reply just to prove you wrong or insult you.
Now I am all for having a laugh, I read your posts all the time as I do the rest of the teens that discuss on here.
It was not like that in 2003 and I know times change and as someone remarked come up to 2006, well I have like everyone else and still write and reply to threads as I did back then.
The quality of replies has gone down hill like many of the members.
Before everyone gets a mist between there eyes, there are still a lot of good repliers left, and if you go to History and expats, the replies on there are as they were on here back then.
Its Chit Chat thats lost its appeal.

Originally posted by Cycleracer
Just lowering myself to his level,, sorry your right.
But its not about having a laugh or crap threads everyone talks about whatever the want to.
What i am saying is that people no longer discuss on here instead they reply just to prove you wrong or insult you.


You see cycleracer, you still do not get my point do you?
You started a thread on here which is still running, incidentally, implying that people of the older variety look stupid in Baseball Caps, and shouldn't wear them. I posted on that thread saying I looked like George Burns (Boys in Brazil) in mine. In otherwords taking the Mick out of Myself, not you. After various altercations with me, and I might add, OTHERS on that thread, you immediately started This Topic, a sort of "Things aren't what they Used to Be" Thread .
When I asked you why you suddenly felt the need to leave the Baseball Cap thread, and start this one, I told you that I had had my say and would leave this current thread.

You proceeded to insult me immediately after I left you to it...PRECISELY THE REASON WHY I QUICKLY RE-ENTERED THIS THREAD IN THE FIRST PLACE AND HAVE HAD A LOAD OF PERSONAL ABUSE FROM YOU EVER SINCE, EVEN UP TO THIS POINT THIS MORNING.

Now, I had several unsolicited supportive PM's last night in respect of your schizophrenic rants at me during our clashes then, and you still persist in insulting me, even though people are responding ON TOPIC, ON YOUR THREAD. You can't have it both ways. If you don't like the way SF is now compared to early 2003, THEN TAKE YOUR BAT AND BALL HOME !

Originally posted by Cycleracer
I read your posts all the time as I do the rest of the teens that discuss on here.
woah woah woah i'm 22

I only signed up in February last year and think Sheffield Forum is great!

Just the right mix of trivia, local news, what's on etc etc.

Been on other forum's quite a bit in the past and witnessed some pretty obnoxious people, but on the whole everyone here seem fab.

Keep up the good work, i'll certainly be sticking around to fill in those 'empty' moments during the working day.

:thumbsup:

Mod: Well after some good 'old fashioned' moderating, most of the guff has been purged form this thread.

Please keep it on topic, avoid abuse, no smiley posts, etc.

Originally posted by Tony
Mod: Well after some good 'old fashioned' moderating, most of the guff has been purged form this thread.

Please keep it on topic, avoid abuse, no smiley posts, etc.

erm tony im not the sharpest knife in the box so to speak.......so can you please tell me what a smiley post it?

Originally posted by katy1981
erm tony im not the sharpest knife in the box so to speak.......so can you please tell me what a smiley post it?

It's a post which consists entirely of smilies. These generally get deleted.

I agree with Cycleracer and others to the extent that trivia is currently tending to dominate sections of the forum such as General Chitchat. That happens from time to time on all forums. However, there are good debates to be found here still, for example, Cyclone's Immigration thread which ran for most of last week. People from a wide range of backgrounds, and of a wide range of opinions, contributed to the thread, including Lord C, Daverity, Starsparkle, my good self etc.

There is plenty of good humour too, both in General Chitchat and in Entertainment. My 'Most Slappable Face in Entertainment' thread attracted many, many contributions and thousands of viewings. Some of the Slimsid threads have done the same. Nick 2's one-liners are world class.

Personally, I enjoy political debate [and the now closed Politics section which ran earlier last year featured, amongst the violence, some remarkable meetings-of-mind between 'right wingers' like myself and 'left wingers' such as RedRobbo and Disco Cat], humour, and threads about music and local history. The quality posters are still there, but the abusive obsessives and the cowardly trolls who resort to libellous accusations rather than engage in debate will always raise their heads on any forum. I think that since more people are using the forum changes are bound to come. That is inevitable. In a way it is healthy, as I personally would not wish the forum to become a clique of 'luvvies' swapping 'in-jokes'.

As a relatively 'new' person to the Forum, I find this thread a bit disconcerting.

I can't quite understand the fuss. Not wishing to insult anyone, but all the 'people are silly on serious threads' stuff is a bit over the top is it not?

Occasionally a light hearted comment is very welcome on serious threads that can get so far up their own bum holes its laughable. ;)

I like SF for its variety and, if you like 'people watching,' even 'annoying' posters have their amusement value.

As a new person, the one thing I often dislike about SF is that it can seem quite cliquey, like there is an 'in group' that new people will find it difficult to be part of.

Threads like these only increase this feeling for me.

I appreciate that if you have a smell group with anything, it is nice to look back with nostalgia. But blaming the new 'uns like myself doesn't make us feel very welcome!

Cheerio for now and good vibes to all,

Chicken Monkey x

Well I have read through all thread, and what a load of moaners some are :

"its not like the old days" "not enough serious posts"

well you have 2 options : start serious threads or leave.

Yes this forum does have a lot of "fun" "jokey" threads which I do post in and like, but maybe some of you dont understand that a few of us do know each other quite well, and they are taken in fun, hence a smiley at the end of each post.

I tend to stay away from the serious stuff, except for the "gay" threads where I can get a bit "heated" at times, but thats me, I am defending my opinions.

Gawd if this forum wasnt here, I wouldnt know as many fab friends as I do :thumbsup:

So stop winging and do some "serious" posting, or simply use the "report this post" link, its there for a reason, its not a "fashion" item, the mods cannot be everywhere can they.:thumbsup:

Thats me done for now. ;)

Originally posted by peter41
Well I have read through all thread, and what a load of moaners some are :

"its not like the old days" "not enough serious posts"

well you have 2 options : start serious threads or leave.

Yes this forum does have a lot of "fun" "jokey" threads which I do post in and like, but maybe some of you dont understand that a few of us do know each other quite well, and they are taken in fun, hence a smiley at the end of each post.

I tend to stay away from the serious stuff, except for the "gay" threads where I can get a bit "heated" at times, but thats me, I am defending my opinions.

Gawd if this forum wasnt here, I wouldnt know as many fab friends as I do :thumbsup:

So stop winging and do some "serious" posting, or simply use the "report this post" link, its there for a reason, its not a "fashion" item, the mods cannot be everywhere can they.:thumbsup:

Thats me done for now. ;)

*picks peters dummy up for him:heyhey: ;)

Originally posted by 40summat
Perhaps a new area of the forum could be developed for those original members who are missing the old 'one big family' feel of the olden days.
It could be the SF Veterans section and you can only access it once you have been a member for 3 years.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

I agree with Cycleracer, the trouble is the SF is a victim of its own success. Its always nice to there at the start of something big, and then when everyone hears about it, its not the same.

I liken it to the Arctic Monkeys, those fans around at the beginning are now complaining.

This place is just too big now, therefore the good posts are lost in the volume of posts made every hour.

:rolleyes:

Originally posted by mikey
Sounds like a good idea to me.

I agree with Cycleracer, the trouble is the SF is a victim of its own success. Its always nice to there at the start of something big, and then when everyone hears about it, its not the same.

I liken it to the Arctic Monkeys, those fans around at the beginning are now complaining.

This place is just too big now, therefore the good posts are lost in the volume of posts made every hour.

:rolleyes:

Thank you mikey, I and many like me will feel extermely welcome to be on here, following your good wishes.

It reminds me of Gerald Ratner's Speech ......

Originally posted by mega_monty
Seems to be loads of pointless threads: Blonde or brunette, cant decide what socks to wear, whos the best looking on the forum . . . . . . .

What's wrong with posts like this? As I've said before (in a past which happily killed that particular thread), if the subject of the thread is something that you think you won't like, ignore it! Move to the next one! It's easy cos despite what you might think, you aren't actually forced to click on all those blue linky things you know!

But more concerning are these edits from ChickMonkey's post:

As a relatively 'new' person to the Forum, I find this thread a bit disconcerting.

As a new person, the one thing I often dislike about SF is that it can seem quite cliquey, like there is an 'in group' that new people will find it difficult to be part of.

I appreciate that if you have a smell group with anything, it is nice to look back with nostalgia. But blaming the new 'uns like myself doesn't make us feel very welcome!

The more people moan about the threads and the quality of posts on SF, the more new people are going to think along these lines and not bother posting. Without new people joining the Forum, the community won't evolve and if that doesn't happen then this won't be a very fun place to be, now will it?

If you don't like a post, or a thread, report it. Don't, whatever you do, dilute the quality of the Forum starting threads about the quality of the other threads, others posts or other members of the Forum. Again I've said this before, but that's just stupid.