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Post by DubipR on May 2, 2014 16:53:54 GMT -5
Seems like we're having a nice flow of people and that's great... Can we create a neo-Comm Board for everything else and keep the Classic Comics as it was intended?
I mean that was the point of us annexing ourselves. But we're inviting all the former Comm people and the cold, tired masses over here, but perhaps before we do any more, personally I think we should have the Non-Classic Comics stuff (like the Classic Movies, et al) over on another sub-board here on the Flagship.
Thoughts?
-Ryan
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Post by Ozymandias on May 2, 2014 17:14:59 GMT -5
First we'd have to define what's "classic", and if the poll is any indication, some sort of consensus won't be reached soon.
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Post by Crimebuster on May 2, 2014 17:51:16 GMT -5
I think DubipR just means one forum where we talk about comics, and another for all the threads about books, movies, Meanwhiles and completely justified kvetching about CBR.
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Post by coke & comics on May 2, 2014 18:38:36 GMT -5
I would second a community/offtopic forum.
Since Jonah deleted more than the classics forum, so other subcommunities may find their ways here. Rita's, my other subcommunity, seems to be doing so.
And the offtopic forum could maybe have a thread called Rita's...
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Post by Cei-U! on May 2, 2014 19:11:24 GMT -5
No. No, no, no, no, no. We didn't need sub-forums on the old board and we don't need them here. This is not the new Comm Board, it's the old Classics Board at a new location and that's how I want it kept. Sorry if that sounds hostile and unwelcoming but, goddamit, I feel hostile and unwelcoming towards anything that compromises that.
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Post by coke & comics on May 2, 2014 19:17:48 GMT -5
No. No, no, no, no, no. We didn't need sub-forums on the old board and we don't need them here. This is not the new Comm Board, it's the old Classics Board at a new location and that's how I want it kept. Sorry if that sounds hostile and unwelcoming but, goddamit, I feel hostile and unwelcoming towards anything that compromises that. Cei-U! I summon the bad attitude! Well, the classics board didn't need subforums, but it was a subforum. Had Jonah not killed Rita's, I would have agreed. But the Rita's crowd also lost their home. As have many others. And people seem to be finding this board. Who knows what refugees we'll be getting? Those damn huddled masses. A "classics board" and "board with other stuff" may actually help keep things more like it was. |
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Post by Cei-U! on May 2, 2014 19:20:26 GMT -5
I don't give a flying fuck about the Rita's crowd or the rest of the huddled masses. Let 'em build their own goddam sites. If I have to be a raging asshole to preserve the integrity of this forum then, by Neddy Jingo, I'll be the ragingest asshole you ever did see.
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Post by Crimebuster on May 2, 2014 19:31:40 GMT -5
I actually mostly agree with Kurt here, only without the raging asshole part.  However, as a counterpoint, I would say that this isn't so much for me about Comm people vs. Classic Comics people. The thing is that we apparently have quite a bit of overlap between the two groups, so it's the same people. Like Kurt, I also want to maintain the vibe of the Classic Comics Forum and keep the focus on comics, but we are already seeing a ton of threads on the front page that don't have anything to do with comics - more, it seems to me, than we had previously at CBR. So if that is going to happen anyway - and maybe it isn't - but if it is, I'd rather put them in a subforum and get them out of the way. |
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Post by DubipR on May 2, 2014 20:36:59 GMT -5
I think DubipR just means one forum where we talk about comics, and another for all the threads about books, movies, Meanwhiles and completely justified kvetching about CBR. Thank you. Lets keep Classic Comics as it is but classic films, classic TV, classic music....everything else that's not Classic Comics. I know Kurt is hellbent on making this Classic Comics and that's great. I love that passion, but let's be real here. We've seen what's happening to CBRNu52 right now, and we need an ancillary board for everything else. |
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Post by Cei-U! on May 2, 2014 20:47:14 GMT -5
I think DubipR just means one forum where we talk about comics, and another for all the threads about books, movies, Meanwhiles and completely justified kvetching about CBR. Thank you. Lets keep Classic Comics as it is but classic films, classic TV, classic music....everything else that's not Classic Comics. I know Kurt is hellbent on making this Classic Comics and that's great. I love that passion, but let's be real here. We've seen what's happening to CBRNu52 right now, and we need an ancillary board for everything else. Why does it have to be this one, though? That's what I'm not seeing. Why is any of that our problem? |
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Post by shaxper on May 2, 2014 21:31:38 GMT -5
Give me an hour or so to assess all that's been happening. I've been away today. I'll make some decisions tonight and likely post some clear rules/guidelines as well.
I was planning on working on other aspects of the site tonight, but it looks like it's time to be a mod.
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Post by Randle-El on May 2, 2014 21:35:28 GMT -5
One possible compromise might be to grandfather the previously long-standing, off-topic threads from the CBR classics forum as part of the main forum traffic, while any new off-topic threads should be funneled into a separate area.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 2, 2014 21:48:09 GMT -5
Someone pour Kurt a brandy or something, and let's talk about this like rational people  1) Organizing is not a bad thing, if it's needed. Right now, we've got 2 pages of threads. As anyone who goes to forums knows, anything off the 1st page that's not a specific item someone's keeping up (like a review thread) might as well be dead. Right now, we've got threads 12 hours old on page 2. That's not great. If having a 'comics' board and a 'not-comics' board will fix that, I'm ok with that. 2) I think I understand where the issue is. While every such community develops over time, being the 'classic comics board' is alot different from being the 'CBR refugees', or, worse the 'anti-CBR board.' That's also asking ALOT of Shax. While I have no problem at all (and, in fact enjoy) other conversations with people of similar interests (like classic comics), I think you can have too much of that and get lost. 3) I like to be welcoming to new people. If they're good people that want a chat thread, and like comics enough to participate, I think that's a good thing. 4) I definitely do NOT want the a-holes that made CBR blow up to just turn up here. That would suck. big time. I'm not sure that's an opinion, but perhaps it'll help |
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Post by shaxper on May 2, 2014 22:17:21 GMT -5
I addressed this in another thread, specifically in response to the idea of creating a RITAS thread:
So no sub-communities for now. Let's allow things to settle down first, see what our "normal" traffic looks like after the newness has worn off, and also see how the new community is interacting.
I have no intention of creating and maintaining homes for other separate communities that are of no concern to me or to the bulk of the people this community was built for, but if members of those communities can integrate into the community well, I'm happy to listen to suggestions that will enhance their enjoyment of the site AFTER they've become a part of this place.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 2, 2014 22:24:53 GMT -5
That's a strategy I can happily go along with. I'm satisfied... for now. I apologize for the profanity here and elsewhere but, since I normally don't swear online, I believed I needed that to emphasize how strongly I feel about this.
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