What do you like or dislike about Neowin?

[Tech-nerd]

hi guys, just wondering about your opinions on the features of Neowin.

What i like the most is the neatness of the site.

what I really dislike is when you search the site, it always find the keywords in the texts but not the topic.

[John S. Veteran]

You can specify in the 'More Search Options' to only search topic titles.

[+Warwagon MVC]

ya the neowin search does suck. Its funny because I find stuff faster on neowin by searching via google. :D

[Fraud OS 11]

That almost all of you are total Windows 7 fanboys. It hurts to be a fanboy of an older version and not necessaily always like the latest. :p

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Likes:

• The amount of technical expertise on the forums.
  
• The community.
  
• The moderation system.
  
• IRC
  

Dislikes:

• Fanboys.
  
• Certain RWI regulars.
  

[.Kompressor]

the search...

the best search engine in a forum software i've ever seen is by the vBulletin.com guys. amazing results everytime...they got a secret recipe there. ;)

[Dance.]

Like : Everything

Dislike : Neowin is ceasing to be a community. They're lotsa flame wars and fanboys who just can't seem to get along. And alotta posters try to show superiority (over the internet, really?) over ignorant people. But that's about it. Personally I think Neowin should live by the "Got nothing nice to say? Then don't say anything" motto, it will make Neowin alot nicer.

[Omar Hussain]

I agree with Trance. Constructive discussions are one thing, but i dont see what benefit arguing on an online forum is going to do?! People are just so lame sometimes.

[azz0r_wugg]

I don't like the moderators favouritism.

[Richard Hammond]

I dont like being treated like an idiot by the staff with their "you dont need to know" attitude.

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

Likes:

The amount of technical expertise on the forums.

The community.

Dislikes:

Fanboys.

Certain RWI regulars.

Censorship by mods is getting worse and worse.

[Rappy Veteran]

Likes:

The Moderator Team

The Friendly Members

Great Discussion

Don't really have any dislikes seeing as I don't use RWI that much so dont get involved in heated discussions.

[Konstanov]

Likes:

The Moderator Team

The Friendly Members

Great Discussion

Don't really have any dislikes seeing as I don't use RWI that much so dont get involved in heated discussions.

We may not have Kool and the Gang from RWI, but we have JediXAngel down in the Media Room.

[buckboii]

Like: everything for the most part

Dislike: search engine and people who double post

[-KJ]

Likes: Recent Activity at the top of forum, helpful and meaningful replies and members.

Dislikes: Community is a a lot harsher here. Ignorance will get quoted multiple times over and beaten to death by certain members in a condescending manner. They seem to get a high off of that.

Neowin also has a bad case of questioning questions rather than answering them. Not just honest questions, but questions meant to extract ignorance from the OP or just so they could reply how their way is superior, although really many of these questions come down to personal preference. The Superbar/Quicklaunch comes to mind.

[thealexweb]

Like:

Good articles

Friendly atmosphere overall

Despite being a small country, there seem to be a lot of people here from the UK

Don't like:

Heavy fisted moderators, order needs to be maintained but in some areas it goes to far.

[strelok1911]

Likes:

People who help with Computer Issues.

People who stay ontopic.

Dislikes:

Moderation. nuff said!

Fanboys

[REM2000]

Likes

Massive range of knowledge and experience from other members, the willing of members to help with problems. I can't think of any better support network out there.

News stories are always pretty quick and up to date, faster than many sites.

Community driven design, i.e. the owners / mods take on board feedback

Dislike

As others have mentioned fanboy's on any side, it doesn't do neowin or the members any good.

Any other site and the fanboy crap would have made me given up, however the pro's are compelling enough for me to keep returning.

[Growled Member]

Likes: nearly everything. There is a wide range of interesting topics here and I've found the moderators to be fair and even handed for the most part.

Dislikes: the fanboys. At times constructive debates get lost in the fanboyism here.

[Syanide]

Likes: The site. I mean the way it's made, the way it looks and works, the effort put into it, the community (for the most part).

Dislikes: Fanboys. And I might be alone here, but I almost never go to Neowin for news, even though I check the main site from time to time. Because lately they seem dumbed down, or mainstream, if you catch my drift. The way articles are written, and what's talked about, the attitude and the format, it's pointed a lot to the 'Average Joe' (Christ, I hate that term). Tech news should not suffer from those things, they should be technical if needed, and should not hype some totally irrelevant things. That's just how I feel, I hope I haven't offended anyone.

[brentaal]

Like: RWI and all the nice people in there (Y)

Dislike: IRC, forums as a whole

[The Pot]

Like:

Bacons

Waffles

Dislike:

Neowin

[vincent]

Like: RWI and all the nice people in there (Y)

Dislike: IRC, forums as a whole

Like: IRC & BudMan's posts

Dislike: Brentaal on IRC :p

[PixilEyes]

Like: Lockerz and RWI

Dislike: http://services.neowin.net/irc/stats/ Everyone on that page. Yes even my self. :p

[grimman]

Like: /DANCE

Dislike: IRC. Full of dregs.