syphern Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 Hi everybody, Well basically I was thinking of improvements/additions Neowin needed. I mentioned this long time ago during a Neowin chat session, I think we need a section in the forums where we can post beta signups, we have a windows beta discussion but thats strictly for windows thus you cannot post beta signup forms for MMORPS or other games and software, also individual forms are really easy to miss, plus there is often a huge demand for these things so the forum would work. Another useful thing (I dont know what the forum software is capable of doing) I would suggest is a way that normal users can delete a thread if it contains inapropriate content (as experienced earlier tonight, i hope hes been banned). I would say something like a delete or lock button is attached to every topic and if a certain percentage of people press it (for example 200 people view it and 80% press it) then the topic will only be viewed only by the moderator therefore the public/members cannot view the topic. Then the mod can see fit to do whatever he/she wants with it without causing any real damage to the community. Sometimes mods respond slower than 200 people viewing the topic, thats expected because its a huge community now. (again i dont know how the invasion board software thing works so the above idea may be impossible) Anyway thats all, keep this community going guys. Ive seen it grow very rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted June 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 5, 2004 moved here :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted June 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 5, 2004 ,Jun 4 2004, 19:49] moved here :) lol moved it while I was, no wonder it stalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syphern Posted June 5, 2004 Author Share Posted June 5, 2004 LOL Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 I mentioned this long time ago during a Neowin chat session, I think we need a section in the forums where we can post beta signups, we have a windows beta discussion but thats strictly for windows thus you cannot post beta signup forms for MMORPS or other games and software, also individual forms are really easy to miss, plus there is often a huge demand for these things so the forum would work. Thats an interesting idea...but it violates the NDA that beta testers must agree to when they are invited into the beta. Plus you can't give out beta ids so you could only post the invite emails that people recieved to log into betaplace and nominate themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 Why would we need a forum for just beta signup forms? Somehow I don't think we'd get enough of those. And the voting thing is probably a bad idea, it could be abused too easily plus not all that many get 200 views in a short amount of time (some not even in a longer amount of time), so there would have to be some limit to set on how many views or votes need to be cast, in short, it won't work because of abuse and not all topics get attention (so leave it to the mods). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Grey Member Posted June 5, 2004 Member Share Posted June 5, 2004 Yea, why? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted June 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 5, 2004 Or you could just hit the report button which will email the mod team and they can handle it right away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 lol moved it while I was, no wonder it stalled. owned by SD. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 I am sure that idea would be abused and only cause headaches for the mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Grey Member Posted June 5, 2004 Member Share Posted June 5, 2004 I am sure that idea would be abused and only cause headaches for the mods. Yep :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 I am sure that idea would be abused and only cause headaches for the mods. of course we wouldn't. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 5, 2004 Administrators Share Posted June 5, 2004 We could never moderate 5000-6000 topics a day, its a small percentage of people that spoil it for others, being a public forum will get this type of nonsense. Just like when people pee on the toilet seat at public toilets, its those that have no respect for others that cause the problems and unfortunetly those types of people will always be around to show us how better we are at being social :) A beta sign-ups forum won't be needed when we upgrade our script, because we'll index all the ones we post as a topic choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Grey Member Posted June 5, 2004 Member Share Posted June 5, 2004 We could never moderate 5000-6000 topics a day, its a small percentage of people that spoil it for others, being a public forum will get this type of nonsense. Just like when people pee on the toilet seat at public toilets, its those that have no respect for others that cause the problems and unfortunetly those types of people will always be around to show us how better we are at being social :)A beta sign-ups forum won't be needed when we upgrade our script, because we'll index all the ones we post as a topic choice. Yea..... :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syphern Posted June 5, 2004 Author Share Posted June 5, 2004 We could never moderate 5000-6000 topics a day, its a small percentage of people that spoil it for others, being a public forum will get this type of nonsense. Just like when people pee on the toilet seat at public toilets, its those that have no respect for others that cause the problems and unfortunetly those types of people will always be around to show us how better we are at being social :)A beta sign-ups forum won't be needed when we upgrade our script, because we'll index all the ones we post as a topic choice. There that solves the beta signup idea! :D Yeah but to the people who say that the report button will be abused, as i said when a percentage of a number of people report (80% of 200 people) THEN a notification will be sent to the mods and the topic will be locked so no one else can view it. Im very sure 25-30% of the people will abuse the report button thats why you would need a high percentage ie 80% for it to work effectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts