Arien: Layout: Colourless. Little to no imagination. Dull.
Have you ever read a book? Unless it's for children, the layout is usually black-grey-white (light background and black letters) so that it's easy to read..
Arien: Functionality: Scrambled eggs. Chaotic.
Poster's name on top, poster text right below. It must be very complex for some people indeed..
Arien: Fun-Factor: None. No smileys, no coloured fonts, little to no code options, not much allowed when it comes to linking, small pictures.
Then it works as it should. Linking - if you know how to do it (it's constructed to be easy), it's possible to link to almost anything. Pictures - if you like to scroll the page when someone posts 1600-1200px size, then we're on different pages as far as functionality and accessibility go. Coloured fonts - it's good for a kindergarden forum.
Arien: I mean, most of us have an Athlon 64, an Intell Quad or a Phenom3 and a broadband connection. (What? Are you still working on a Commodore 64?)
Is it possible to upgrade one's eyes too? It may be needed if you're into reading colorful text with smileys between them..
Arien: That's just a weak excuse for someone who can't do graphics. Look, the written word alone isn't interesting. Especially not when half of your forum posters are trolls. (Which you KNOW.)
It's possible to include in post:
- text,
- linked images (both full size and thumbnails),
- embedded youtube videos,
- upload up to 4 pictues with every post
Some posts have 20 pictues each. But that still means to you 'only the written word'..
Arien: No, you and yours are truthful right? You're so clear about your intentions right? You're so open, so informative, so honest. Bunch of amateur psychologists here.
If anything, avatar doesn't change my perspective of the world.
Arien: These people made donations, and this is how you treat them? Wow!
Are you talking in the name of more than one person or it's just a cheap attempt of amateur psychology?
Arien: The way some of you take everything so seriously, the way you're all so sensitive when it comes to human behaviour, but accept and tolerate the worst kind of Nazi's here to spout their rubbish..
Like every other poster, you are the part of what makes this forum.
time means: I prefer the avatars on the right hand side, it's just too cluttered on the left hand side now. Too much on the left and not enough on the right, the balance is out, not enough yang to ying.
Unless your goal is to exercise your eye balls, moving eyes from left to right isn't helpful : It's better that the 'meat' of the post is in about the same place.
Wroclaw Boy: Thats a no brainer, to cut down on posters like you and many more that have absolutely nothing to say about Poland but only come here for entertainment purposes. I would say Admins objective is for this site to be a huge educational resource on Poland, now thats not going to happen with three Dutch guys all talking Dutch to each other is it.
Well, I couldn't have said it better myself...
SeanBM: So Admin, IMO is trying to make it less inforamal and more productive, with less time spent by the mods, cleaning up our rubbish and more time spent on reading actual content.
Yep.
Arien: Everytime I try to make a Poland related thread someone like you pops up. Pointing the finger, trying to stir up another argument, that's all you're good at..
Lack of instantly-visible avatars may prevent that (to a degree). When a poster focuses on the message first rather than who posted the message then the overall response may not lead to off-topic or personal discussions as easily as it was before.
Arien: Who are you Wroclaw Boy? Are you Polish? No, you aren't. You just live there.
And the forum actually needs more opinions from people who actually live in Poland. If you're a foreigner in Poland, the reality and everyday experience isn't any different from Polish citizens. And foreigners living in Poland are usually more objective because they can see things from different point of views.
Arien: So Admin, what is your idea of a PUBLIC forum? Huh? To make a forum which suits only a select few? How many members do you have? 30 something? The rest are..? Guests? Trolls? Always in the background? :)
It's good that you put a smile after some of your questions because otherwise you would compromise yourself even more :). In fact, the forum should only fit a select few (ie. those who are interested in Poland and Polish news). It is not PUBLICforums.com, but POLISHforums.com.
szarlotka: I still have hover bovver. When I hover over the # sign I get the post number displayed but when I hover over the user name nowt happens. Is this common or do I have to delve into my browser settings and change something?
What browser do you use? It should work correctly on all modern browsers..
aphrodisiac: I was never really fond of avatars, but if I am going to be logical and constructive ( and why not) I would say that the ADM should have warned the members about the changes. That would be a logical thing to do in my opinion:)
You haven't lost your avatar, you can still edit/delete it like before. What would you need a warning for?
Harry: That may be because I use such an outdated browser.
Well, you may miss a lot if you use an outdated browser, that includes all websites (plus your computer's security may be comprised).
Arien: Conclusion: People are using multiple accounts, (Which has been proven time after time so don't call me paranoid!) because if you log out, and log in under a different username, then viola, another guest was counted in the last hour. Why not add a name list? So people can actually SEE who's online? Now THAT would be transparant and TRUTHFUL. (I thought let's capitalize that word since Admin seems to like it.)
Illusion. Counting is in the last 5 minutes, not last hour.
Arien: Why not add a name list? So people can actually SEE who's online?
Gold members can actually SEE who's online.
Arien: most threads are designed to make Polish people look bad.
Anther illusion. Next time you'll write Admin (under different usernames) creates most threads to badmouth Poland :
Arien: Most of the time, I catch abuse, simply for being Dutch, because it seems it's no longer a Polish forum here, but a British forum for Brits who live in Poland. Just saying that's how it comes across most of the time. Same goes for members from other countries.
You contradict yourself again. First - you want the posts to contain avatars and other 'relevant' information, then you complain people use that information against you? That was my whole point - the less personal information people know about you, the better and more objective the discussion can be. Personal discussions may be still continued over the private mail system.
If a discussion is about WW2 and I know one of the posters is German then my posts may turn personal instead of objective. That's what I want to avoid here.
Arien: Again, what is your agenda? How do you envision your forum then? Which direction do you want to head? What kind of people do you expect here? What kind of people would you like to see here?
We do hope more people who live in Poland (regardless of their nationality) to post more frequently here. We don't mind their broken English as long as they provide their opinions about life and the situation in Poland.
Arien: Not practical at all. (Okay maybe your screen is smaller.)
Unless 24 inch is smaller then you must be right.
Arien: A bit selective aren't they? Like how someone removed a simple greeting from Beckski to another member who hasn't been on for ages..
Simple greeting that evoked 10 other simple greetings in a completely unrelated thread...
Arien: It's perfectly normal to create a sticky to inform members about new and upcoming changes.
But it seems you'd have missed it because it would have to be written black in white..
Arien: Can we have a list of active mods, and a list of active usernames? So you know who to address and when? Everything is hidden here. Why is that?
So that next time people don't call you names because you are Dutch?
frd: I think you're overexaggerating - this is a really big forum, it's not easy to administrate such a mass of people, mods and administrators are human being and don't spend all of their time scanning posts for derogatory language, some posts get deleted some go through the process and it's like that on every forum...
Exactly.
frd: Why create a new account when you want to ask for just one simple thing.
Exactly. And guests can only posts in selected forums, like classifieds or translations. They cannot post in all forums, including the ones with the most heated discussions.
Arien: Just so you know, we used to have atleast 10 mods for every section of the board. We would frequently discuss board tasks (And ofcourse a load of other interesting things! ;)) in the hidden Mod room, so it wouldn't clog up the forum. We had about 200 mods in total. Something tells me you barely have 10 mods.
How impressive: What was the mods' agenda then? Here the board is for everyone to express their own opinions on the topic and as long as the opinions stay on the topic we have no problem with ANY views.
In an ideal forum no mods are needed unless there is a hidden agenda to promote the particular 'views'.
wildrover: I think the admin should maybe get rid of our names...perhaps just give us a number instead.....??? I AM NOT A NUMBER....I AM A FREE MAN...HA HA HA HA HA....
Would you prefer to have an ILLUSION that you are free than to be free? You, as almost everybody else including me, are already a prisoner of your own fear because you didn't choose your real first and last name as your username. On other forums you can have personalized profiles, but when you post something against the '200 mods agenda' then it won't help you be free..
Guess who invented a very popular nowadays blog feature that you THINK you posted a comment and you can see it on your computer screen but others don't see it? That's self-moderation in the works ;).
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