Suggestion for "hiding" the testing forum - Page 4

Bman212121 · 10-22-08, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

Wow... I'm surprised. Methim has only made 3364 posts in the testing forum. I thought it it'd be over 15k.

It probably is, but around the middle of July everything disappeared. Some threads randomly came back, but the majority of the stuff before then is gone.

10-22-08, 12:46 AM

There's no way in hell I only have 3.4k posts in there. NO WAY IN HELL.

CaptNKILL · 10-22-08, 05:23 AM

I just did a search for your name in the Testing forum and it came up with under 3400. It caps the search at 5000, so you didn't hit the limit.

It must be some kind of error because I know damned well that you've posted more than that in there.

**Monolyth** · 10-22-08, 10:13 AM

What you call "spam" in the testing forum is good times for some of us, would you prefer we moved our posts to P&R, Open, Sports, Linux! I didn't think so, we already do our part to ensure that topics don't get too heated with our lighthearted funnies. Besides would you rather see 25 new posts or 2?

I challenge you to find a forum where people can connect on a completely humorous level and find comedic joy in the simplest of forms without the rigmarole of maintaining/defending your various social/lifestyle affiliations.

**DiscipleDOC** · 10-22-08, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Monolyth

What you call "spam" in the testing forum is good times for some of us, would you prefer we moved our posts to P&R, Open, Sports, Linux! I didn't think so, we already do our part to ensure that topics don't get too heated with our lighthearted funnies. Besides would you rather see 25 new posts or 2?

I challenge you to find a forum where people can connect on a completely humorous level and find comedic joy in the simplest of forms without the rigmarole of maintaining/defending your various social/lifestyle affiliations.

I agree. I would rather have one section where crainger and crackhead meth is fapping off in the corner somewhere, instead of a massive amount of spammage all over.

I do tell people to edit their posts and limit some of crap, so it's not as bad as it could be.

**crainger** · 10-23-08, 01:17 AM

Stay out of our corner DOC!

Sazar · 10-23-08, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Monolyth

What you call "spam" in the testing forum is good times for some of us, would you prefer we moved our posts to P&R, Open, Sports, Linux! I didn't think so, we already do our part to ensure that topics don't get too heated with our lighthearted funnies. Besides would you rather see 25 new posts or 2?

I challenge you to find a forum where people can connect on a completely humorous level and find comedic joy in the simplest of forms without the rigmarole of maintaining/defending your various social/lifestyle affiliations.

Dude, make it optional. If you don't have a clue about what I am saying, go do some research before responding.

I have already posted early in this thread that there is no harm in having a spam section, just allow those who don't want to see it to hide it or un-select membership.

It is not very complicated and many forums have just such a means of filtering content that we view.

As for whether I would see 25 posts or 2, we were hardly lacking in traffic here before the testing forums went ape-**** with spammers.

**zoomy942** · 10-23-08, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by crainger

You gotta spread yourself around a bit more. I go everywhere, except the Linux forum, the For Sale forum and anywhere near Banko.

does linux scare you?

**Monolyth** · 10-23-08, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Sazar

Dude, make it optional. If you don't have a clue about what I am saying, go do some research before responding.

I have already posted early in this thread that there is no harm in having a spam section, just allow those who don't want to see it to hide it or un-select membership.

If I was commenting on your exact thoughts I would've quoted you, lighten up meng. I was more or less commenting on the basic anti-Test forum opinions people have had in this thread.

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Originally Posted by Sazar

As for whether I would see 25 posts or 2, we were hardly lacking in traffic here before the testing forums went ape-**** with spammers.

That's only because nVJoe signed up a few more names...and just to clarify what we do in the testing forum is much more like "chatting in a forum" then spam. For it to be spam we would have to be selling penis enlargement pills, soma, real-estate in India, offering you the chance to participate in a multi-billion dollar money transfer to save a prince in Africa, viagra, and of course Russian brides.

**crainger** · 10-23-08, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by zoomy942

does linux scare you?

Quite frankly it does.

Sazar · 10-24-08, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monolyth

That's only because nVJoe signed up a few more names...and just to clarify what we do in the testing forum is much more like "chatting in a forum" then spam. For it to be spam we would have to be selling penis enlargement pills, soma, real-estate in India, offering you the chance to participate in a multi-billion dollar money transfer to save a prince in Africa, viagra, and of course Russian brides.

Again, what you have said here and in your previous post has what to do with hiding the section?

Make it optional. It's quite simple to do.

**nekrosoft13** · 10-24-08, 07:24 AM

delete it, or make it so it doesn't count towards post count.

people post crap in there just to raise their post count

10-22-08, 12:46 AM	#38
methimpikehoses Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Suggestion for "hiding" the testing forum There's no way in hell I only have 3.4k posts in there. NO WAY IN HELL.

10-22-08, 05:23 AM	#39
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: Suggestion for "hiding" the testing forum I just did a search for your name in the Testing forum and it came up with under 3400. It caps the search at 5000, so you didn't hit the limit. It must be some kind of error because I know damned well that you've posted more than that in there. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

10-22-08, 10:13 AM	#40
Monolyth Meow Mix Kills Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: END OF DAYS Posts: 1,228	Re: Suggestion for "hiding" the testing forum What you call "spam" in the testing forum is good times for some of us, would you prefer we moved our posts to P&R, Open, Sports, Linux! I didn't think so, we already do our part to ensure that topics don't get too heated with our lighthearted funnies. Besides would you rather see 25 new posts or 2? I challenge you to find a forum where people can connect on a completely humorous level and find comedic joy in the simplest of forms without the rigmarole of maintaining/defending your various social/lifestyle affiliations. __________________ Gaming 5.0 Asus R4 Extreme \| Core i7 3930K @ 4.8Ghz Corsair H100 \| 16GB G.Skill@1866Mhz \| 2xEVGA GTX 580 \| Sammy 40" LCD Asus Essence One \| OCZ Revo 3 120GB, Revo 3 X2 240GB \| HSPC Tech Station \| Corsair HX1200 \| Windows 7 x64 Storage 2.0 Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3-iSSD \| Core i7 2600K @ 4.5Ghz NH-D14 \| 16GB G.Skill@1600Mhz \| Areca 1880ix-16 RAID HBA Temp Storage - 1.8TB (4x450GB Hitachi 15k RPM SAS) \| 18TB (12x3TB Hitachi RAID10) \| HSPC Tech Station \| Corsair HX620 \| Windows 7 x64

10-23-08, 01:17 AM	#42
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: Suggestion for "hiding" the testing forum Stay out of our corner DOC!

10-24-08, 07:24 AM	#48
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Suggestion for "hiding" the testing forum delete it, or make it so it doesn't count towards post count. people post crap in there just to raise their post count __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

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