No more megathreads

[Maddermadcat]

Prompted by this:

Fuck all of you for all of that shit not being in a separate thread. No wonder the forums always look like slim pickings, everything is squeezed into this thread and BN.

I've seen massive, centralized discussion threads mess up a lot of forums in the past. I suggest locking the existing megathreads -- personal news, boredom nexus, and the sketchbook (sorry Becca) -- as well as any future attempted megathreads. People need to start more individual discussions rather than dumping every inane thought into a single topic. The signature and preview threads should be left alone just because they're old as fuck and still going. seriously, someone mail medals to blackwater and cparty or something that shit is downright impressive

Also can we please make pony shit worth a warning at least? Those bullshit image macros are never relevant, and if I see one more "PONY LINGO SCRIPT LOOK HOW FUNNY" post from Cody I'm going to vomit.

edit: and get rid of the "describe the member above you" thread please holy fuck it is the biggest circlejerk this side of the linux userbase

[codbarley]

How do you plan on making a warning system? also, nothing needs to be relevent in BN thats the whole point of the thread :/ I only posted 2 images.

I'm starting to think you're against everything I post just for the hell of it.

[Maddermadcat]

Frankly I kind of am, but that's neither here nor there.

There's already a warning system in place. Oscar makes sure I know.

[codbarley]

I mean for when I or anyone else is going to post mlp related stuff.

[Oscar]

Lolz, Madder<3 Why should single image posts of ponies be warn worthy when others aren't though? A lot of people do them. I'd say its all or nothing.

But I see what you're getting into, it's a discussion worth taking. Personally I'd also rather see more individual threads instead of massive ones.

[Killing_Time]

I think it would be an improvement if people began reporting posts that are off-topic so we can move those entire discussions that spring from them into a new thread. I also suppose that a stricter hold on the rule of no off-topic discussions would be an idea, but it's just a little difficult in Personal News since a lot of the discussions there spring from some personal news announcement. It's basically about finding the right balance between relevant and for the thread concept and relevant for an entirely different discussion.

[Paperback Writer]

Alright, but you guys gotta go through me first. I'll fight for my Net-given freedom for megathreads

"Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite!"
"Posters of the Forum, Unite!

Eh... Whatever floats your boat.

[BanHammor]

I'd say that Madder's post is offensive by itself (at least, to an actual member of the linux userbase), but yeah, some things are true here. Discussion is threaded for a reason.
However, thing is:
Soaking every actually inane thought into one thread (E.g. BN) is actually good enough. We do not need forums to turn into one big SPAMZ! subforum.
Additionally, we do not need to have a thousand of threads like "I took a shot of whiskey today. Discuss" either.

[Shinoi]

edit: and get rid of the "describe the member above you" thread please holy fuck it is the biggest circlejerk this side of the linux userbase

Agree with this one. It has been fun, but now it's just like "3 words story" thread.

How do you plan on making a warning system? also, nothing needs to be relevent in BN thats the whole point of the thread :/ I only posted 2 images.

BN is for random DISCUSSIONS. Posting hundreds of pony images isn't a conversation and not everyone likes to watch huge pony macros all over the page.

I'm starting to think you're against everything I post just for the hell of it.

I'm too, when it comes to MLP. My eyes.

Making separate threads would be the best. Forums would be a lot more alive that way. It was getting annoying yesterday in PN thread. I admit I was among derailers, but still. Small discussions are okay about someones announcement, but those extending through whole page are awful.

Edit:

Additionally, we do not need to have a thousand of threads like "I took a shot of whiskey today. Discuss" either.

I doubt anyone would make a thread like this.

[Kreekakon]

I think the PN thread should stay, as we often have things in our life we want to induce small discussions with DQ members, but expect the discussions to literally be "small", and therefore not merit a whole new thread.

I agree with what KT says, it may be difficult to tell the difference between small discussions that come from news, or entire derailing. In my opinion, it will usually come down to the members', or mods' judgment to decide what has become derailing, and report it.

While many topics might do better as thread than personal news, I think it can be a bit hard to anticipate what could become massive discussions out of one small news post, or what couldn't. So even if new rules comes into action, people may have difficulty deciding what would be worth posting as a thread.

[Flashlight]

Additionally, we do not need to have a thousand of threads like "I took a shot of whiskey today. Discuss" either.

That's a huuuuuuuuuge point.

[Rimmy]

I doubt anyone would make a thread like this.

I don't, I'm sure it can happen.

[codbarley]

Agree with this one. It has been fun, but now it's just like "3 words story" thread.

BN is for random DISCUSSIONS. Posting hundreds of pony images isn't a conversation and not everyone likes to watch huge pony macros all over the page.

you missed the last sentence there. I only posted 2 COUNT EM 2 images. nothing to get your panties in a bunch about.

I'm too, when it comes to MLP. My eyes.

Well I'm not overbearing in the least when it comes to mlp, and I haven't and don't plan on breaking any forum rules, so deal with it.

I doubt anyone would make a thread like that

Uh duh! Net would!

[Paperback Writer]

Uh duh! Net would!

He's right. There's nothing we can do about it unless we whine to Oscar.

[sgt_Angua]

Additionally, we do not need to have a thousand of threads like "I took a shot of whiskey today. Discuss" either.

This is pretty close to the point I was going to make. What about those single events in peoples lives that they want to mention without creating an entire and eventually stunted thread? I think some things are worth a mention but aren't worth a thread.

Edit: A further thought: posting an entire thread suggests you hope and want it to lead to a full discussion, but sometimes we don't want a big debate about personal stuff. This is a community that I like enough to feel that I want to keep people updated if there's anything significant going on in my life, but that doesn't mean I want a big debate about the stress I've been facing at school.

[Mattbot]

I don't even read BN and PN, no wonder i only notice like 10 active people on this forum D:

edit: and get rid of the "describe the member above you" thread please holy fuck it is the biggest circlejerk this side of the linux userbase

Tie it to the stake and burn it for the greater good.

[TheOnlyHorse]

People need to start more individual discussions rather than dumping every inane thought into a single topic.

I agree on that part. It feels like some of these mega threads killed old DQ. I loved when people used to make their own art threads or new discussions that lasted for a few weeks or so.

I suggest locking the existing megathreads -- personal news, boredom nexus, and the sketchbook (sorry Becca) -- as well as any future attempted megathreads.

I say we lock them when poeple loose interest.

And this makes my opinion is divided... These mega threads come in handy some times but kills the feeling of many smaller threads made by users that actually care. I made no sense by posting here yay

[Zola]

I'm against for locking BN and PN, if BN never existed half of our members would be banned due spamming. We need BN to steam off
As for the PN madcat I disagree with you, the debate about someones announcement isn't something boring nor spamming (have to admit that we exaggerated this time) and for that is the infraction button then will be some discipline.

[username]

My opnion is divided as well, actually.
But from what I'm picking up here is simply this; the real question is, do we want a forum full of individual, tiny threads that don't get a lot of action, or gigantic mega threads full to the brim of posts?
Either way it will *probably* end up as a lose-lose situation. But I'm sure we can make it work somehow.
Also, what's with all the pony hate on this forum?
I mean, it could be a whooooole lot worse. I honestly don't see it as spam, more like pleasant randomness packaged in bright coloring. Some of y'all need to cool down.
And don't pretend like you don't like the circlejerk.

[Shadowtime23]

I'm okay with BN and PN being locked (maybe we someone should start a poll)

And while we're getting rid of things, could madder also abandon his asshole-ness? And several other members as well please?

[Paperback Writer]

Why can't we like keep em both? I mean, it's only like one guy's initiative, right..?

[Killing_Time]

And don't pretend like you don't like the circlejerk.

See, funny enough it's exactly that which puts me off that type of threads. (Describe the above member). It's just stupid and pointless and a way for people to either flatter themselves or pass on passive-aggressive hatred or just make randomly stupid comments, spamming their own posts into the thread in the hopes they'll get more comments on how people think of them.
It's the ultimate platform for expressing insecurity and it's so sickeningly obvious it becomes stupid.

However Personal News and to some extent the pictures of yourself threads are different in that they give us insight in each other's lives and personalities. Personally I'd rather see the thread concepts merged into one new thread, with extraordinary news/rants/pictures of your new puppy litter being placed in individual threads.

[Rockonman]

Personal News also helps people receive sympathy for some major events, like:

Just got informed my grandpa died. I didn't like his asshole personality, but I respected him as he was a partisan in WW2 and a very important figure after the war.

[Rockonman]

Did I say it was a bad thing? No.

[Shadowtime23]

Did I say it was a bad thing? No.

Yeah that's my problem. I think it's very unnecessary. But I realized my opinion would start some other discussion which wouldn't do good to anybody so I deleted it. Sorry to make it seem like you double-posted...