What would you like to see installed on SciForums?

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  1. tuberculatious Banned Banned

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    In my defense: enmos made me do it.
     
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  3. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    My humanity made me do it !
     
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  5. tuberculatious Banned Banned

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    you probably had a troublesome youth.
     
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  7. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Why ? Because I'm human ?
     
  8. tuberculatious Banned Banned

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    you pleaded guilty. I don't need to explain myself any further. let the courts be merciful on you.
     
  9. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Oh damn.. tricked again. And by a hooman no less..
     
  10. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    Erm... guys while the chatter is great and everything, could you try to keep this thread on topic and clear of off-topic discussion. If you can do that it would be greatly appriciated, I might even share some of the SF 10yr Anniversary cake with you. (If it wasn't offtopic to mention it)
     
  11. tuberculatious Banned Banned

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    we need official courts on this forum and I volunteer to be the judge
     
  12. codanblad a love of bridges Registered Senior Member

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    lol i was joking we'd be permabanned, through what medium would we discuss things? assholeforums.com?
     
  13. superstring01 Moderator

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    All of the above. 'Specially bigger avatars, and embedded media.

    ~String
     
  14. Liebling Doesn't Need to be Spoonfed. Valued Senior Member

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    Dammit... why is everyone leaving out the scotch?!?

    And like Communism, solid theory... completely useless in practice.

    If sciforums really was a community of intelligent people, and not silly people with nothing better to do but spend hours destroying someone's rep for even the slightest insult, then it would work. But it is what it is, dear.

    When people stop using bad news, and weekly world news headlines to start their threads... or exposing their innermost soul to all of us in an effort to get attention/laid... it would be a step in the right direction of course.

    Baby steps.
    Baby steps to the door... baby steps down the hall...
     
  15. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    1. Better, more interesting posters.
    2. Ability to ignore moderators.
    3. Have I mentioned more interesting posters?

    The website is made by the membership. More shiny features and tinkerbells don't make it better.
     
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  16. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    None of the above.

    Because this is true:

     
  17. Zap Facts > Opinions Registered Senior Member

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    A 'digg' system, thumbs-up and down on posts, so that posts like the two above this one can be pummeled down into invisibility.

    I also vote for the reputation system and embedded media.
     
  18. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    waaaa.

    This is exactly what's been going wrong on here for some time.
    People want to change this into some sort of pseudo- facebook/myspace 'social' site. That's not the intent of SciForums. Too much whining, not enough content.
     
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  20. Plazma Inferno! Ding Ding Ding Ding Administrator

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    It could be installed through Pligg system. But it should be different science news section, like encyclopedia. It shouldn't be implemented on the forums directly.

    I agree with Syzygys that we need more interesting posters. Actually, we already have 'hat-off' members, but some of them are sleeping, planning to leave, aren't active as they used to be,...
    Maybe a fresh blood in discussions would give some nudge to them.

    Anyway, how it could be done? Through advertising, word of mouth, brain-harvesting from other sites and sources, ..?
    Any inputs are welcome.

    @Liebling: Fortunately, knowing SciForums members I'm sure that rep system would be used properly.


    Also, I would like to clear few things up. I saw that some members are afraid of radical changes on forums. That won't happen. These are just additions to the current system, that should help (if installed) the discussion and the thread/post/forum functionality.
    Also, some of the suggested addons maybe won't be installed or enabled, if their installation affects forum functionality.
     
  21. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    How about a bogometer and a system that refuses to let the post be made if the bogon count is above a certain limit?
    Obviously differing set limits per sub-forum: physics, chemistry etc. at high level and reducing gradually 'til we reach the cesspool.
     
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  22. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    I'm not an asshole.. :bugeye:
     
  23. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    Oh yes, how about moderators NOT making up special rules for their own forums? We might have to take a course just to be able to post in certain forums...
     
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