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How do you like AH?

  • 17-10-2007 06:56AM
    #1
    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭


    its about that time of the year again when we look at how AH is doing and seeing what people think of the forum.

    There have been a couple of complaints on the feedback forum recently, and while I am always one that believes you cant please all of the people all of the time, Id be interested to hear what sort of suggestions people have.

    I will stick up a simple poll and if anyone has any comments or suggestions, feel free to make them

    DO you feel that changes need to be made to the forum? 284 votes

    Yes - we need some changes
    0% 0 votes
    Yes - we need major changes
    26% 76 votes
    Nope - Its fine the way it is
    16% 47 votes
    Its ok, but I have some suggestions and have written them in below...
    56% 161 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    conky_05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭conky_05


    i like it just the way it is :)


  • #3
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,388 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Yup, all good. There's been a few cracking threads over the past few days and a lot of the rubbishy threads that were very active a few months ago have disappeared!


  • #4
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Generally fine, I could live with a few less toilet/self abuse threads though.


  • #5
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,851 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Still as mad cap as ever - as it should be.

    If the Foreigner/Roma/Taxi Driver threads could be packaged up in nice flowery wrapping paper with a big pink satin bow & shipped over to Stormfront - never to be seen again - then AH would be even better.

    Edit: While I think of it - fair dues to the Mods of AH for the sterling work that they do around here keeping the place as "tidy" as possible. Not an easy task when this place is the "Teenager's Bedrooom" of boards.


  • #6
    SimpleSam06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,048 ✭✭✭SimpleSam06


    Hill Billy wrote: »
    If the Foreigner/Roma/Taxi Driver threads could be packaged up in nice flowery wrapping paper with a big pink satin bow & shipped over to Stormfront - never to be seen again - then AH would be even better.
    Yes, because everyone posting in those threads is a right wing white supremacist facist. :rolleyes:


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  • #7
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Any chance we could enable the image tags again?


  • #8
    cance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭cance


    leave it alone, its fine :D


  • #9
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,720 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Seeing as you asked...

    I'd really like to see a clamp down on catch-phrasery and low or no content posts. I know this isn't SomethingAwful but I would like to see a move in the direction of discouraging such posts.

    It happened with "Yore Ma" earlier this year but only after usage got really out of hand.

    I know the mods have limited time and are already fighting an uphill battle in this forum. Nonetheless that would be my suggestion for how to improve AH.


  • #10
    layke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,956 ✭✭✭layke


    AH is fine.

    You'll get good threads and bad. I like the way it's currently moderated.


  • #11
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Ban all hippie nazis!


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  • #12
    besty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,010 ✭✭✭besty


    Keep up the moderation, in moderation.

    I think there's a good balance between weeding out the idiotic and pointless threads and nurturing the little gems so keep up the good work!


  • #13
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    Hill Billy wrote: »
    Still as mad cap as ever - as it should be.

    If the Foreigner/Roma/Taxi Driver threads could be packaged up in nice flowery wrapping paper with a big pink satin bow & shipped over to Stormfront - never to be seen again - then AH would be even better.


    +1

    honestly, i'd take overuse of "yore ma" over yet another thread that'll end up being that same "debate" between the same people ad nauseam.

    Other than that, everything is shiny.


  • #14
    Slow Motion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    It aint broke so don't fix it


  • #15
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    Yes , It's just fine the way it is , incidentally what type of complaints were you getting ??


  • #16
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    The moderating lately has been spot on.


  • #17
    Agamemnon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭Agamemnon


    AH is grand the way it is now. It would be nice to have image tags but then again the place would soon be overwhelmed by muppets posting cat pictures.


  • #18
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,851 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    SimpleSam06 wrote: »
    Yes, because everyone posting in those threads is a right wing white supremacist facist. :rolleyes:
    That wasn't my point. I couldn't give a toss if they were shipped to Timbuktu or The Moyross Barbie Fan Club. Just anywhere but here. Those threads have passed their sell by date & generally churn out the same ol' shíte again & again.


  • #19
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    Slow Motion wrote: »
    It aint broke so don't fix it

    Seconded. Some of the self-abuse threads were a little tasteless but I like it here, it keeps me entertained and I like the moderators, they're not nazis at all, and Terry makes me laugh. (Did you ever notice how all of his posts are perfectly spelled and punctuated too?!)


  • #20
    azezil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    AH makes me moist, moist like a kitten ^_^


  • #21
    Reku
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭Reku


    azezil wrote: »
    AH makes me moist, moist like a kitten ^_^

    soggy moggy


    I think it's fine, and I think one could take the number of complaints versus the number of posters as an indication of whether there really is a problem or whether the problem is that rather than finding the board for them, they want to take over AH, regardless of the regular posters.

    I think it's safe to say that most of the boards populations know that AH is not the place to go to for sensitive carebear or 100% serious replies to your thread, it's somewhere where people cut loose and lay back while still keeping it fit for public viewing and without turning it into a flamefest like Cuckoo's Nest or the Thunderdome. We have debates but we also take the piss.


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  • #22
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Fine imo, I'll keep reporting Dublin threads in my spare time :)


  • #23
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    biko wrote: »
    Fine imo, I'll keep reporting Dublin threads in my spare time :)

    And I'll keep reporting Galway/Regional posts ;)


    Back OT, if it ain't broken don't fix it.. am happy as is.


  • #24
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Nice balance and should be left alone.

    If i had any complaint it would be not enough of toilet threads/self abuse stuff.

    After all this is a daily function for most:cool:


  • #25
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I think After Hours is great. Some of the threads here have been absolute gems and have really made me laugh. The moderation is really good and most things are dealt with fairly quickly.


  • #26
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    I like to scoop the insides out before devouring the chocolatey shell. mmm.


  • #27
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    It is easier when I don't moderate it anymore. :) That said, the mods do a splendid job and it should be left as it is.


  • #28
    Cheeky_gal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Cheeky_gal


    I love After Hours, the way I view it is, you've got the groups, the Personal Issue heads for example, the Rocker heads, the fitness freaks, the computer geeks etc etc. Its like one big social class race and in my opinion we're in the lead! We're cool, laid back, chilled out dnt a fcuk vibe....we're workin' it babe!lol :D

    So; no changes necessary...we're all good! :D


  • #29
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,495 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Needs more Pighead!


  • #30
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    Its cool. Serious posts go in serious places, happy the way it is.


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  • #31
    David Michael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 677 ✭✭✭David Michael


    Its AH. And so mote it be.

    By the way wwhead..Shinji was on sky news this evening..... he looked well :D The big gaymer that he is.


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