How do you currently feel about After Hours?

How Soon Is Now · 16-11-2014 08:47PM #1

Had to think about where i should of posted this here or feedback went for here seeing as its a thread about here!

Anyway ive seen a lot of different kinds of posts complaining about AH lately.

Weather its the content or the fact its gone boring or whatever there seems to be issues coming from all kinds of areas.

I know its hard these days but it be nice if we could all some how just talk about this without it turning into the usual ****e fest.

For me personally this is one the main issues i have with AH lately nearly every thread turns into an argument no matter where it started or how innocent the original topic was.

What does everyone else think anyway?
How do you feel about this place currently?

Scuid Mhór · 16-11-2014 08:51PM

Question: is it fair to say the sample active population of boards.ie has exponentially grown in recent years or would you say it's remained constant? (This is important to gauge the current 'quality' of AH - or at least how one poster perceives the utility factor of this forum in relation to how that poster might have done so a few years ago.)

MistyCheese · 16-11-2014 08:52PM

Strongly ambivalent.

No, no, no. I'd like to change my answer please.

Fiercely ambivalent.

biko · 16-11-2014 08:52PM

It's the same as it ever was.

How Soon Is Now · 16-11-2014 08:53PM

biko wrote: »

It's the same as it ever was.

Which is?

Scuid Mhór · 16-11-2014 08:53PM

biko wrote: »

It's the same as it ever was.

Just discovered Talking Heads last week, they are such an amazing band.

ColeTrain · 16-11-2014 08:53PM

I think the topics have gone downhill if I'm being honest. It could be just me but I think the place used to be much more entertaining.

How Soon Is Now · 16-11-2014 08:55PM

ColeTrain wrote: »

I think the topics have gone downhill if I'm being honest. It could be just me but I think the place used to be much more entertaining.

I notice the same thing your not the only one.

I guess theres going to be all kinds of different views on this whole subject but im curious as to how people feel seeing as there seems to be a lot of things been said about the goings on in here lately.

eviltwin · 16-11-2014 08:56PM

Too much tolerance of obvious trolls and some over zealous mods. Apart from that it's business as usual.

Dozen Wicked Words · 16-11-2014 08:57PM

eviltwin wrote: »

Too much tolerance of obvious trolls and some over zealous mods.

So the mods aren't zealous enough then?

duffman13 · 16-11-2014 08:58PM

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Had to think about where i should of posted this here or feedback went for here seeing as its a thread about here

There's one already in feedback

Mods lock thread please

How Soon Is Now · 16-11-2014 08:59PM

duffman13 wrote: »

There's one already in feedback

I know the thread your on about i just taught this could be towards the posters of AH and be a lot more open to different issues maybe and not just what the OP of that thread brought up.

Duck's hoop · 16-11-2014 08:59PM

There's a couple of posters who really, seriously, massively just drag the arse out of whatever particular threads they get involved with.

And the usual first page of incredibly cringey 'smart' replies is pretty off putting as well. Toe curling in both instances.

Soft Falling Rain · 16-11-2014 09:00PM

Why not put this in feedback instead of basically looking for another cryfest for the mods to deal with?

16-11-2014 09:03PM

'Erra 'tis grand like.
Some threads are great, others are shíte.
Some posts are great, others are shíte.
Some posters are witty and insightful, some are ignorant and some are just downright nasty.
Same as any popular online forum, really.

I don't think AH has taken any major noticeable nosedive recently. Not that I've seen anyway.

How Soon Is Now · 16-11-2014 09:03PM

Soft Falling Rain wrote: »

Why not put this in feedback instead of basically looking for another cryfest for the mods to deal with?

I was going to but i just taught if its in here more might see it and it can be more open to all kinds of discussion.

It doesn't all have to be bad ya know ? Id imagine there's plenty of good things about this place as well ? I didn't make this thread to be about the bad things in AH its more how do people actually feel about here that can be anything good or bad. I addressed bad things in my original post but that was just an example of my own views i dont speak for everyone :pac:.

16-11-2014 09:03PM

'Erra 'tis grand like.
Some threads are great, others are shíte.
Some posts are great, others are shíte.
Some posters are witty and insightful, some are ignorant and some are just downright nasty.
Same as any popular online forum, really.

I don't think AH has taken any major noticeable nosedive recently. Not that I've seen anyway.

Turtyturd · 16-11-2014 09:06PM

It's the same as it ever was, the actors might change but the roles are still the same.

Threads come in and out of fashion and have probably been done before.
Thanks whores scramble for the first response.
Certain posters aren't as funny as they think.
One sh*t gimmick account replaces another.

Maybe you've changed too OP.

How Soon Is Now · 16-11-2014 09:09PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

It's the same as it ever was, the actors might change but the roles are still the same.

Threads come in and out of fashion and have probably been done before.
Thanks whores scramble for the first response.
Certain posters aren't as funny as they think.
One sh*t gimmick account replaces another.

Maybe you've changed too OP.

Maybe i have maybe i haven't i definitely dont know thats for sure :pac:

Savage Tyrant · 16-11-2014 09:11PM

It's not the same beast it was a few years ago.... Used to be funny but with some great serious threads and good conversation.
There's still the odd good thread from time to time, but the quality isn't what it was.

Birneybau · 16-11-2014 09:22PM

duffman13 wrote: »

There's one already in feedback

Mods lock thread please

Mods lock thread please? There's backseat modding and then there's that.

ColeTrain · 16-11-2014 09:26PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Mods lock thread please? There's backseat modding and then there's that.

It'd make you laugh, people asking for threads to be locked. Don't read the ****ing thing then, it's easier.

The Diabolical Monocle · 16-11-2014 09:27PM

Bit flat lately, perhaps theres an air of intimidation which stops people from posting up their ridiculous yet funny threads so that we can laugh at and humiliate them.

Just can't tell why.

Wibbs · 16-11-2014 09:28PM

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

It's not the same beast it was a few years ago.... Used to be funny but with some great serious threads and good conversation.
There's still the odd good thread from time to time, but the quality isn't what it was.

IMHO the quality has gone up. Go back 5 6 years and have a look. The vast majority of topics were two or three word titles and there was a lot more "filler". It was more jokey mind you, but that's down to its original purpose. Now it's the portal for the site and many don't want to go into more specialised forums.

catallus · 16-11-2014 09:29PM

The problem isn't over-zealous moderation, it's weak moderation.

It's just awful!

Mint Sauce · 16-11-2014 09:33PM

Well heaven knows I'm miserable now.

Sheep Lover · 16-11-2014 09:40PM

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Bit flat lately, perhaps theres an air of intimidation which stops people from posting up their ridiculous yet funny threads so that we can laugh at and humiliate them.

Just can't tell why.

I think it's more that certain posters will whinge and the mods will have to step in and impose whatever sanction they deem suitable, there's no sense of "fun" anymore, your posts and opinions are heavily scrutinised even if they are clearly just a joke.

vicwatson · 16-11-2014 09:40PM

Yid be afraid of your ****e to post in AH these days. Too many smart asses imho and it doesn't suit them.

Fr_Dougal · 16-11-2014 09:47PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

I think it's more that certain posters will whinge and the mods will have to step in and impose whatever sanction they deem suitable, there's no sense of "fun" anymore, your posts and opinions are heavily scrutinised even if they are clearly just a joke.

Get back in the field!

eviltwin · 16-11-2014 09:49PM

catallus wrote: »

The problem isn't over-zealous moderation, it's weak moderation.

It's just awful!

That is part of it. Some comments are taken down or carded and its hard to see why and then other more serious comments are allowed to stay. Its hard to see the consistency. I appreciate that with a lot of different mods you'll get a degree of that, one person might remove a comment another would allow to stand for example but the really obvious trolls ruin AH. I often wonder how much of it is staged tbh to liven up an otherwise very boring forum.

Hitchens · 16-11-2014 09:51PM

...and when a debate gets a bit heated, there seems (to me) that there are 2 or 3 posters who are allowed to say what they like, and insult other posters, without any fear of being sanctioned.

yet there is the charter which is supposed to apply to us all?

perhaps a refresher course for moderators might make AH a better place?

How do you currently feel about After Hours?

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