The serious thread

That's pretty much it. Back in the day, when legends like amp and woosaysdan and OLDYELLAR yet walked the earth, people had this crazy idea that the higher one's post count, the worthier their opinion. On paper, it is an idea with merit- A high postcount generally meant a poster had been around a good while, had posted many opinions and was still alive to tell the tale, so they would surely know how Boards.ie as a whole worked, and they might be considered "wise" in the ways of bulletin boards.

In practice it was a terrible concept because too many people just posted any old sh*t in order to have the bigger number of posts in a retarded case of oneupmanship.

Things would have gotten far worse with the addition of The Cuckoo's Nest, as posting any old sh*t was encouraged, or even mandatory. So post count was turned off for this forum.

Of course it doesn't really matter now because with the massive influx of HERP DERP LOLNOOBZ over the last few years, posting any old sh*t has, much like real life, become the norm.

Still, post count will remain off in TCN as a sign of respect for the good old days when people on the internet knew how to use the internet.

How the hell does that relate to TCN? Is it really too much trouble for you to pay attention to where you post?

I'm a little busy of late, but you make a good point. As soon as I have the time to spare, I'll see about updating the charter. Thanks for the suggestion.

It probably won't happen. To stop them sending threads over I'd have to ban all the AH moderators, and I won't do that unless I am drunk or think it's really funny. Besides, they're just adjusting to TCN again, after years of ignoring it. I can't blame them, it was terrible for a while.

They just have to realise the difference between something silly that deserves to be moved here, and something just crap that should be deleted or sent to the Recycle Bin. They're getting better at it, in fairness, so let's all cut the poor dears some slack.

Save them for the count to a million threads.

Cicero wrote: »

How's about a "prison" thread for those who get banned from tCN to plead their case...could be fun....obvious understanding is that in order to post in the thread, they can't post in any other thread or they get perma-banned from tCN....tasks could be set for the poster ...no other member can post in tcn prison thread cept moderators without incurring a ban....?

This... this isn't a bad idea. I'll have a think about it over the weekend.

Storminateacup wrote: »

tCN is a little like the remedial class at primary school - and it never used to be. It's getting better than it was but what's with all those degenerates coming from AH with their sh,it all over threads?

It's not silly - it's just like were coming to the recycling bin and scavenging thru the dirt nobody else wanted.

Don't knock the degenerates just yet. Before TCN, AH was where we all used to hang out, back in the days where every other thread wasn't actually about minorities or paedophiles. They deserve as much of a chance as you got.

TCN certainly goes through lulls, but the general trend in quality is upwards. It certainly deserved the "remedial class" title when Tar and I arrived, but I think we're getting somewhere. We've seen the sh*tstorm of self-righteous, outraged stupidity that blows up over something as banal as the count to a million crap. There are several pages of outright character assassination of me somewhere in one of those old crappy chat threads because a clique got offended about TCN getting opened up.

Personally, I'd much rather the lulls than a steady stream of godawful rubbish like it was 3 years ago. I'm busy with real life for another couple of months, so I haven't had time to devote to the silly. That will change, soon enough.

I suppose I'm asking for a little patience. We'll get round to educating people about the difference between Silly and just plain stupid. But it takes time.

The admins did no such thing, I choose to view this as having their full support.

I'll think about it.