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'Off-topic' thread for AH - good or bad idea?

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  • #182
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    hi


  • #183
    James T Kirk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭James T Kirk


    Seth Creamy Moose wrote: »
    It's where people act out their wacky, Will Ferrell-film fantasies. Or as I prefer to call it, "The Inane Babbling" forum.
    *sighs*

    And AH is where people act out their 8 Out of 10 Cats (but more like The Panel) fantasies. Or as I prefer to call it: The "When Will I be Famous?" Forum. Don't mock what you don't understand.


  • #184
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    Feckin' world cup. I think we should have a "we was robbed, F U Thierry" thread and sticky it for all time.


  • #185
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    No
    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    Feckin' world cup. I think we should have a "we was robbed, F U Thierry" thread and sticky it for all time.

    I have my t-shirt on order :)
    ...

    I'd say there will be alot of Mexican hats in been worn around Ireland on the 17th of June.

    I'm gonna eat nothing but Burritos for the whole day too :D


  • #186
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    No
    landsleaving wrote: »
    I think it's meant to be where the threads that don't fit anywhere else go moreso, but it's more a forum in its own right imo.

    I agree, hopefully the 'thanks' feature will be switched on there too, would make the place far better imo and a little busier.
    Saibh wrote: »
    When does it close?

    Poll will close @ 11:30am 04-05-2010.


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  • #187
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I agree, hopefully the 'thanks' feature will be switched on there too, would make the place far better imo and a little busier.

    Intriguing.....


  • #188
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    No
    opinion guy wrote: »
    Intriguing.....

    I'm not biting back today, once bitten twice shy.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055873440


  • #189
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    I like to think that we can talk about whatever in AH (except sport).

    Can we not fix something that clearly isn't broken? I know the Clique is annoying and all but it shouldn't require an Off-Topic thread.


  • #190
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I'm not biting back today, once bitten twice shy.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055873440


    Ah...I see you've played knifey-spoony before....


  • #191
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    No! No soccer threads!

    I think before the World Cup starts however there should be a sticky made directing people to the Soccer forum and advising them to apply for posting privileges.


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  • #192
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    phasers wrote: »
    No! No soccer threads!

    I think before the World Cup starts however there should be a sticky made directing people to the Soccer forum and advising them to apply for posting privileges.
    Agree with you as well - no soccer at all.

    There was a sticky thread created last year informing posters to go to the GAA forum to post after a few GAA threads were started in AH.


  • #193
    Pace2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,587 ✭✭✭Pace2008


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I agree, hopefully the 'thanks' feature will be switched on there too, would make the place far better imo and a little busier.
    They should also enable users to thank single posts multiple times, and provide them with the ability to thank themselves should they see fit.


  • #194
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    No
    I am a bit p!ssed that the wishes of 55 users of this forum are going to be told suck it up. What is wrong with providing the users of this site something they want?. I really don't get that.


  • #195
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    lonad wrote: »
    I am a bit p!ssed that the wishes of 55 users of this forum are going to be told suck it up. What is wrong with providing the users of this site something they want?. I really don't get that.


    73 don't want it. Thats not don't mind it, thats actively don't want it. Thats whats wrong with it


  • #196
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    No
    opinion guy wrote: »
    73 don't want it. Thats not don't mind it, thats actively don't want it. Thats whats wrong with it

    I hear you but shouldn't it be a case of if you don't want it stay away , you don't see me frequenting the politics or christianity forums , simply because I don't want them , it doesn't mean others can't use them.


  • #197
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    lonad wrote: »
    I hear you but shouldn't it be a case of if you don't want it stay away , you don't see me frequenting the politics or christianity forums , simply because I don't want them , it doesn't mean others can't use them.


    Well see no. I believe it will change the dynamcis of the forum. And often when I go onto a new forum I see the 500 pager megathread and want to post. But then I look at it and realise I have no idea what all their in jokes and such are about and don't want to get bashed by the pedantic types for missing their salient point on page 253. I HAAAATTTTEEEE that. Its mere presence will affect the forum as a whole.


    Alas I can't help myself but to post on the Christianity forum occasionally (hmm and the atheism forum for that matter - for some reason they are both equally alien mindsets to me)


  • #198
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    TBH:

    http://www.skype.com/

    http://windowslive.com/desktop/messenger

    http://messenger.yahoo.com/

    http://www.google.com/talk/


  • #199
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,573 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Or just use this - http://home.gabbly.com/

    You don't even have to leave a thread to chat


  • #200
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    My name is URL wrote: »
    Or just use this - http://home.gabbly.com/

    You don't even have to leave a thread to chat
    That is deadly!


  • #201
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    What ...no chatroulette ? :D


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  • #202
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    stovelid wrote: »
    TBH:

    http://www.skype.com/

    http://windowslive.com/desktop/messenger

    http://messenger.yahoo.com/

    http://www.google.com/talk/
    My name is URL wrote: »
    Or just use this - http://home.gabbly.com/

    You don't even have to leave a thread to chat

    or this The After Hours 'Off Topic' Appreciation Society if they don't want to leave Boards.


  • #203
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    No
    I get the feeling that I am being told to fcuk off :( :pac:


  • #204
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    Saibh wrote: »
    or this The After Hours 'Off Topic' Appreciation Society if they don't want to leave Boards.
    If you do join and we find out that you did not want to join, action will be taken.

    Now if that doesn't say clique I don't know what does


  • #205
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    lonad wrote: »
    I get the feeling that I am being told to fcuk off :( :pac:


    Huh ? Not at all. You made a fair point


  • #206
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    No
    opinion guy wrote: »
    Now if that doesn't say clique I don't know what does


    I hate cliques


  • #207
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,573 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    phasers wrote: »
    That is deadly!

    I don't even know if it works :pac: I'm the only one online =/

    Go here - http://gabbly.com/http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=7


  • #208
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    Everyone go on the gabbly thing...


    URL just solved the AH OT problem, you can closes the thread now.


  • #209
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,241 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    I've said this all before but I'll stick it in here as well. It will detract from the forum. Stuff that would normally get a thread started about it will now just get posted in the off topic thread.

    It won't get rid of off topic stuff in other threads simply because if you seen something in a thread and wanted to post something but realised it was off topic you'd hardly just post it in the off topic thread instead. If anything it will re-enforce off topic-ness as people will be used to it more. It happened with yore ma. The more it got posted the more it was posted until every single thread had yore ma posts all over the feckin place. It's a snowball effect. People could also forget that they aren't in the off topic thread.

    Some people would spend most of their time there so this means that they won't be posting on other threads. This happened to me in BGRH. I rarely ventured out of the bar thread after a while because that where everything was happening. Eventually it just got too much to keep up with as the thread would move so fast and would have a butt load of new posts in it and I couldn't keep up with the forum. Hence why I stopped visiting the forum as I just found it becoming less fun for me. If the bar thread wasn't there I would probably visit BGRH more often.

    None of this is speaking as a mod because I don't think the thread itself if it were created would require much mod action. They are usually pretty well behaved. The increased muppet and troll factor in after hours would make it more troublesome but not that much. I'm speaking as a user because I think an off topic thread will kill after hours and just make it a pain for me to use.


  • #210
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    The increased muppet and troll factor in after hours would make it more troublesome but not that much

    If a muppet and a troll mated would the offspring be a truppet or a moll ??

    Yes i have been dirnking....hic....


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  • #211
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,241 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I'm a boring fence sitter by nature
    opinion guy wrote: »
    If a muppet and a troll mated would the offspring be a truppet or a moll ??

    This guy (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055103592&highlight=bigtommybomb)


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