the end of random beats?

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Thu May 18, 2006 5:21 pm

lucas wrote:Starting today, all new threads which contain off-topic links will be removed.

this site is renowned for its offbeat random threads ...

no more ?

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:24 pm

link thread only.

If you have a link you want people to see, post it in the links thread.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:25 pm

maybe it's time to split the forum into music/randomness? if the daily new posts are getting larger than a whole page then maybe the time has come

Post by **lynt** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:26 pm

deviant wrote:maybe it's time to split the forum into music/randomness? if the daily new posts are getting larger than a whole page then maybe the time has come

There are threads for randomness already. Please search for them and contribute to what already exists.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:27 pm

this site would be alot quieter if it was all on-topic I recon.

Post by **system** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:28 pm

time and a place, I reckon.

Post by **lynt** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:30 pm

flippo wrote:this site would be alot quieter if it was all on-topic I recon.

Maybe on face value. But threads do stem deep. TTAN has 20,000 posts of random shit, can't exactly call that "quiet".

Anyway, like Lucas said; More signal, less noise.

Post by **lucas** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:31 pm

flippo wrote:this site would be alot quieter if it was all on-topic I recon.

Just to clarify, off-topic discussion is still welcome.

We're just addressing "links threads" here.

I'd much rather see more promo threads on the front page than links to random web sites.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:36 pm

^^ sweet

I'd call TTAN more of a chat room than a thread in any case.

Post by **lynt** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:37 pm

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:42 pm

lucas wrote:
flippo wrote:this site would be alot quieter if it was all on-topic I recon.
Just to clarify, off-topic discussion is still welcome.

We're just addressing "links threads" here.

I'd much rather see more promo threads on the front page than links to random web sites.

yeah good point Lucas, but can we keep the YouTube thread separate? Or does that go in on the big links thread as well?

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Thu May 18, 2006 5:47 pm

Does this include deletion of "that" Big Brother thread..

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:50 pm

T I C K A wrote:Does this include deletion of "that" Big Brother thread..

ban TICKA right now

killeye · Post by **killeye** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:22 pm

T I C K A wrote:Does this include deletion of "that" Big Brother thread..

What have you got against George Orwell?

(

not a fan of said program either...sorry Liz!!)

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:44 pm

I'd like to see what happens as the userbase grows and more and more people start posting on the site.

Post by **lynt** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:47 pm

mecka wrote:I'd like to see what happens as the userbase grows and more and more people start posting on the site.

It'll mean more work for the mods, really, hense why there're guidelines being drafted.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:02 pm

lucas wrote:
flippo wrote:this site would be alot quieter if it was all on-topic I recon.
Just to clarify, off-topic discussion is still welcome.

We're just addressing "links threads" here.

I'd much rather see more promo threads on the front page than links to random web sites.

sure sure, I get ya. Missunderstood your desire.

Post by **system** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:54 pm

lynt wrote:hense why there're guidelines being drafted.

got eggs?

Schizo! · Post by **Schizo!** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:01 pm

Maybe a separate section for promoting gigs?

Would make it a lot easier to find info on a gig without having to sift through 40 threads about the colour of people's underwear.

P.S. I'm not wearing any

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:04 pm

random random llama llama duck

:TITS!:

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:40 pm

So an off topic thread is okay, but an off topic thread with a link is NOT okay? Is that correct? More fucking confused than Scooby-Doo.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:45 pm

I cant feel my fucking face

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:51 pm

I'm glad it's not the end of random mellogs!

ShiKung · Post by **ShiKung** » Sat May 20, 2006 8:29 pm

Lucas has my vote!!

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Sun May 21, 2006 6:31 pm

Hardy wrote:I'm glad it's not the end of random mellogs!

yub yub

Post by **lynt** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:57 pm

Hardy wrote:So an off topic thread is okay, but an off topic thread with a link is NOT okay? Is that correct? More fucking confused than Scooby-Doo.

Hardy, it depends mate. We have a links thread already which is accepted as the thread for posting random links, we have a YouTube thread which is accepted as the thread for posting YouTube links, and so on.

Basically, we'd like to cut back on the amount of new threads starting with content that can be put into already established threads