What would happen if After Hours was closed for a week?

Karl Hungus

Seriously, I think it would be quite interesting if After Hours was shut down for a little while, and people had to post elsewhere.

What do you think would happen? Would TCN explode?

biko

Deja vu. Have you not suggested this before or am I insane/ psychic (don't answer that ).

I'm all for it. Close AH for a weekend. TCN, Music, Humour and regional forums would get much more traffic. All the mods can go on the lash.

Spud83

Other forums?

kev_s88

do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it

admiralofthefleet

workplace productivity would rise 5000%, maybe

MIN2511

Agree, would that ever happen?
Sitting at home today-sick, AH is the most interesting forum... so many topics are being discussed and the range of responses are equally entertaining

arybvtcw0eolkf

I use the Martial Arts forum, plus Animals & pets, then BG&RH.

Failing all that, I'd have to start talking to the people behind me...(I use this from work).

Karl Hungus

biko wrote: »

Deja vu. Have you not suggested this before or am I insane/ psychic (don't answer that ).

I possibly have... I don't know.

Cathmandooo

I wouldnt laugh as much, my work day would feel longer, I'd get more work done, my boss would expect too much from me, I'd refuse to do the work when AH gets reopened, I'd then be fired :eek:

kaimera

The other forums would collapse under the unexpected influx of posts.

Karl Hungus

Cathooo wrote: »

I wouldnt laugh as much, my work day would feel longer, I'd get more work done, my boss would expect too much from me, I'd refuse to do the work when AH gets reopened, I'd then be fired :eek:

Well how would you feel about a weekend closure of AH?

Mr. Incognito

Nothing.

Cathmandooo

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Well how would you feel about a weekend closure of AH?

Grand, I'm not on here on weekends

Crumble Froo

twould be quite interesting actually. that said, i have a few other fora i frequent on boardsie and several others where im a regular, so i can't imagine it having a huge impact on me... though i would miss browsing here when bored.

Dyr

Ive been on hiatus from AH for a while (little bit ban/little bit lack of interest) and i cant say i missed it but still, AH is the heart and soul of boards, its for the salt of the earth poster. None of yer poxy private forums for the humble AHer, thank god

Sure there's envious mods who imagine that their arsehole-of-nowhere forum in the wastelands of the regional section might get a bit more traffic if AH is overthrown but thats just typical of the parochialism and begrudery in this country. AH is bigger than that, all are welcome here, free from the tyranny of being on topic. Knickerless burds, romanian gypsies, taxi drivers, skangers, and yes, even YOREMA all have a place here. Feck the begrudgers, AH we salute you and all who sail in you

A mass exodos to boards.org.uk!

Mr Magnolia

I also think it would be good for some of the quieter fora.

fwiw, support +1

jester77

I might actually go outside and sit in the sun... or is there snow outside

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Rarely on here during the weekends so wouldn't bother me...

Wacker

It would hopefully get more people talking in the Films board, which IO regularly check and see very little activity in. Not that I'm free of blame; I rarely start new threads.

Zaph

I've heard that if AH closes the world stops and then starts turning in the opposite direction. Of course I may have been misinformed.

cornbb

The place should be closed for a week, so it can be cleaned and fumigated if nothing else! AH posters have been leaving chewing gum stuck under the seats are there are syringes everywhere. Terry, Karoma, WWM and all need to don their aprons and rubber gloves and have the place sparkling by the time the rest of us get back.

Oswald Osbourne

If there was no AH then the streets would start to look like this

Kazu

people would post in The Cuckoo's Nest

if After Hours was closed

btw some threads in After Hours should be moved there :D

whiskeyman

just move everything to the Dublin forum...

big b

Go for it, for a week.

Productivity at work would rise, other boards would get busier, and some of the bravely-cheeky-when-anonymous types may try their sh*t in the real world & get a good slap for their troubles.

Then we'd all be happy to have it back.

KingOfFairview

I take it a lot of ye know eachother in the "real world" then?

AlmightyCushion

Feedback would be over run with threads from people asking why they are banned from After Hours.

Terry

My sitting room would be painted and the furniture would be rearranged to a more suitable fashion.

I would also probably lose about a stone in weight from actually getting up off my arse and doing something productive.

Procasinator

• Traffic would probably reduce ergo add revenue would probably go down.
• The signal to noise ratio in other forums would take a turn for the worse. AH is one of the more attractive forums for trolls.
• BGRH would be a temporary home for many.
• Some people might discover there are forums for some other their interests they didn't even know existed - good thing!
• People would have less to discuss at lunch break at work - AH is a great news source.
• I could construct another bullet-point list listing reasons to bring back AH.

I'm all for it!

Terry

Procrastinator wrote:

The signal to noise ratio in other forums would take a turn for the worse. AH is one of the more attractive forums for trolls.

That's probably the only reason AH is here. Keeping the other forums troll free.

Mr. CooL ICE

PI wouldn't know what hit it

Pherekydes

Terry wrote: »

My sitting room would be painted and the furniture would be rearranged to a more suitable fashion.

I would also probably lose about a stone in weight from actually getting up off my arse and doing something productive.

+1000

Just replace sitting room with kitchen and this post reflects exactly my situation.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger-like in Predator]Come on, do it, do it, come on, do it now.

Karl Hungus

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Feedback would be over run with threads from people asking why they are banned from After Hours.

Lol!

Let it happen, I say!

Overheal

People would DIE.

Lets do it. Teach boardsies to branch out a little.

Peared

It would be like the end of The Truman Show when the screen went blank and people started cheesily picking up books and gazing into each others eyes and actually participating in the outside world.

And then there would be those who spend 48 hours hitting the refresh button...is it back yet... is it back yet?

Crumble Froo

zaph wrote: »

I've heard that if AH closes the world stops and then starts turning in the opposite direction. Of course I may have been misinformed.

nope, i read something about that on teh internet, it must be true.

Dord

Peared wrote: »

And then there would be those who spend 48 hours hitting the refresh button...is it back yet... is it back yet?

haha

I'd like to see it happen though, if only for 1 day. It'd be interesting to see how the other forums cope with new vistors or where the vistors go.

phasers

noticeably larger amounts of self righteous tw*ts would be in town preaching their opinions on street corners

without AH, there is no outlet for these poor sould

jor el

LordChessington wrote: »

PI wouldn't know what hit it

All the trolls are already banned from PI. Feedback would get a sudden influx I'd say.

If AH closed for a week, then the mods of all the other forums would have to don their protective gear and prepare for the onslaught of the trolls. I for one welcome this new proposal and have my Kevlar vest and nightstick ready.

SimpleSam06

And so began the great diaspora, when the twelve tribes of AH were led across the wastes of the feedback forum by the prophet Terry, evading the great Pharoah Kar-oma-tep by parting the great abyss of the politics section, drowning his hordes in a flood of rebuttals and fianna fail moderation.

Yea, and the only sustenance was sarky comments from DeVore (blessed be his name!) raining from the heavens, for forty minutes they wandered, before finding again the blessed land of AH, before being turfed out by a horde of incensed moderators for two thousand hours.

And DeVore shall send his only son to AH to answer for the smartarsery of the trolls, and he shall be banned for three days and three nights, before returning to bring a new age of enlightenment to the intarwebs. So it is written, so it shall be done.

Karoma

tCN would become an even more watered-down version of its former self.
Comp & Tech would be used for so many Bebo questions and stupid links and (After a day or two) for general nothingness.

A lot of other fora would get a lot more posters - this would increase the number of infractions, bans, and less snobbery in one or two fora. The whole of Boards.ie will split into arguing mother****ers or people will chill out and learn more about each other and topics.

Moderators, Reported Posts and Feedback would be swamped.
I suggested it before as an experiment... it was shot down, oddly enough. Now that we have infractions, and don't have to resort to bans, I'd say it's a little more practical. I can't speak for Terry, but I'd happily help out moderating any other fora that got an influx of muppets.
I say shake things up. I say let's evolve, and let the chips fall where they may.


* looks at SimpleSam06's post... stretches out staff across a glass of water... let's see if it parts... *

Terry

I saw we close it tomorrow.
I've got to tile my neighbours kitchen floor, so I won't be around for most of the day anyway.

Karoma

Terry wrote: »

I saw we close it tomorrow.
I've got to tile my neighbours kitchen floor, so I won't be around for most of the day anyway.

* cue cheesy porno music... "I'm here to tile your kitchen floor, Mary" *

Dord

Karoma wrote: »

* cue cheesy porno music... "I'm here to tile your kitchen floor, missus" *

It should be in a gravelly voice.

Terry

Karoma wrote: »

* cue cheesy porno music... "I'm here to tile your kitchen floor, missus" *

Christ no.
That chick spits out a new baby every nine months.
I could be sterile and still get her pregnant.

Karoma

Terry wrote: »

Christ no.
That chick spits out a new baby every nine months.
I could be sterile and still get her pregnant.

Oh, how festive.

So, uh, on topic: Mayhem and madness... funnn.

connundrum

Terry wrote: »

Christ no.
That chick spits out a new baby every nine months.
I could be sterile and still get her pregnant.

Everyone knows that she can't get pregnant when you do it upside down. Done. Deal.

Oh and if AH were to close, I guess most of us would start eating coke to stave the boredom. Just a guess like.

Dord

Oh and if AH were to close, I guess most of us would start eating coke to stave the boredom. Just a guess like.

In a session house?

Jaysus did ya see that terrible program on RTE last night about those fools.

pretty-in-pink

Close AH? Oh god,

GerryRyan

Fitness - Body Modification - Boxing - Music - Aviation ... it's all good