Is DA getting boring?

[boedicca]

not all feedback is disregarded. We discuss nearly all feedback and implement the majority of it Can't please everyone Must not be too bad though, seems like the people that complain are still here

And you Do Not Grok the reasons why.

[PlatyGuy]

There are many members here who has invested considerable time and energy in developing the DA Community.

There are also some who have invested considerable time and energy developing cliques and rivalries that harm the overall DA community. If the site is stagnating, it might be worth considering whether it's because newcomers are made to feel that they're unwelcome unless they show "proper deference" to some of the more established members. It's hardly an unheard-of phenomenon on forums such as these.

[fat mike]

We're a lot friendlier than a lot of forums out there.

[boedicca]

I don't see that newcomers are made particularly unwelcome on this site. If anything, it is the lack of respect towards long term members who helped to drive traffic via their contributions to fun and interesting threads that is the Main Problem.

[igofast]

Look, despite what anyone thinks, we don't ban anyone because we don't like them, because we disagree with them potically or socially, or anything along those lines. People get banned because they don't follow the rules, even after being asked many times to please stop their behavior.

The rules are not hard to follow, the banned have made a choice not to follow them, and thus have been removed from the board. I agree that there have been some great members banned, but it was THEIR CHOICE. It's quite simple to remain a fine and upstanding member of the board.

This kind of behavior is exactly what I'm talking about:

Don't mind him. He's simple-minded anyway.

[PlatyGuy]

it is the lack of respect towards long term members who helped to drive traffic via their contributions to fun and interesting threads

Not all of the long term members could be described that way. Some have driven members and traffic away. Some have notions of "fun and interesting" that seem pretty abusive to others. Why is someone who has just barely avoided being banned for two years more deserving of respect than someone who might only have been here a week or two but has already shown themselves capable of meaningful contribution? The rules say nothing about seniority. There's nothing about a "pledge period" before one becomes a full member of the community.

On a forum like this, just as in most workplaces I've been in, the true leaders, the people genuinely deserving of respect, are those who allow the community to develop. That means making sure that when Joe Newcomer shows up he isn't set upon by a dozen members who reflexively attack anyone who disagrees with another member of the pack. It means not belittling people for bringing up issues or arguments that they had no way of knowing had been seen here before. It means letting people get on their feet and find their voice before judging them. As a community we suck at that, and I don't exempt myself from that criticism either. With all of the rivalries between liberals and conservatives, "lighten up" vs. "get serious" folks, lovers and haters of gay avatars and sigs, friends and foes of Samson or Mandrake or Alex, or the endless rivalry between the prom-queen wannabes, this place sometimes seems a bit like a prison yard where all the turf is claimed and newcomers had better find a gang to join if they want to survive. Some people just can't be bothered dealing with behavioral patterns they thought they'd left behind in junior high, and they go somewhere else. Thus the inevitable departures are not balanced by new blood, and the site stagnates.

Old people leave, and new ones arrive. Get used to it. Try to make it a positive thing, instead of trying to bring back the "good old days" which might not have seemed so good to those who were there at the time but got sick of it. If DA gets boring it will not be because of those who did leave but because of those who didn't.

[Feenix566]

Well said, PlatyGuy

[themistocles]

I'll go with "yes" on two reasons:

1.) I'm personally losing the stomach to debate. I feel rusty and I'm not very good at doing it anymore. And I've become more mellow/happy go lucky in real life. I just don't like arguing anymore.
2.) It feels like many of the people who were here in the hey-day are less active or outright gone. I like familiarity.

That being said, I still lurk. Forums are addictive to me.

[Java_man]

Old people leave, and new ones arrive. Get used to it. Try to make it a positive thing, instead of trying to bring back the "good old days" which might not have seemed so good to those who were there at the time but got sick of it. If DA gets boring it will not be because of those who did leave but because of those who didn't.

wake me up when your done

With Spabbers gone there is noone to dance with.

Rumor has it she ran-off with snouter

ciao, people!

Who are you and what did you do with Buttercup ?

The oyster doesn't make a pearl without that grain of sand bothering it.

And a rolling stone gathers too many cooks with a bird in the hand

but we have a lot of perverts that have taken CONTROL of the board.

And we aint lettin go !

Me and janus debated all the time but it was fun because he was a thinker. He considered Argentinians white I posted that they have Indian blood. We are witnessing the final days of this forum.

Janus a thinker ?!?!? muahahahaha ... he was a boring one-track poster ... so are you come to think of it

Everyone is lurking-i always see people sitting here not posting,we need more post wh0ring!!
We still have a decent variety of political stances-I miss some of those guys
but I still have fun on the board...

So what ever happened to "boardtracker" ?

There are also some who have invested considerable time and energy developing cliques and rivalries that harm the overall DA community. If the site is stagnating, it might be worth considering whether it's because newcomers are made to feel that they're unwelcome unless they show "proper deference" to some of the more established members. It's hardly an unheard-of phenomenon on forums such as these.

It's pretty much a reflection of the real world ... perhaps if we hazed nOObs it would add a fun-loving frat-party feel here

We're a lot friendlier than a lot of forums out there.

define "friendly"

[fat mike]

So what ever happened to "boardtracker" ?

Mysty finally got him...

[No_Brakes]

Who are you and what did you do with Buttercup ?

http://www.discussanything.com/forum...ad.php?t=93487

[Java_man]

http://www.discussanything.com/forum...ad.php?t=93487

if we had this as a smilie the place would perk up

*stolen from Lily-Cups website*

[Java_man]

Mysty finally got him...

But did she stuff him ?? or make a rug out of him ??

[No_Brakes]

Mysty finally got him...

Something tells me Ema will not be pleased with this.

[Java_man]

Rumor has it she ran-off with snouter

A little bird just whispered in my ear that she WAS Snouter

[Monster]

Surely a diversionary tactic.

[No_Brakes]

A little bird just whispered in my ear that she WAS Snouter

If that were the case, then who were all those NWS videos/pics of?

[Corporate Avenger]

I had a dream last month that Snouter and Spab were out here in California camping in the mountains...

[PlatyGuy]

And a rolling stone gathers too many cooks with a bird in the hand

Thanks for the laugh. That's a good way to start my morning.

[fat mike]

But did she stuff him ?? or make a rug out of him ??

maybe she's storing him somewhere for later (ab)use