BlueSunshine 672 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 3 hours ago, DDA said: It's a real shame. I have always liked the way this forum is run. I honestly do think that when the Admins abolished the 'member of the month award', there was a decline in the quality and number of posts from many memebers. I respectfully disagree, quality has nothing to do with popularity. Actually, most of the times those two things are opposite, popularity is being determined by how the masses perceive something and masses rarely take into account (or are even aware of) the actual quality of that thing. Especially in our days with the use of the social media, this has become even more evident than ever before, people say/act solely with the purpose of being accepted or liked by as many others as possible without even caring if they are true to themselves. That "member of the month award" was meaningless imo and if people stopped posting entirely because it was abolished, then we are better off without them for sure. I can show you a million examples of posts made by "unpopular" members being entirely neglected, only to be followed by a post made by a "popular" member some time after, saying exactly the same thing and receiving 10 likes. This of course is always going to happen, with or without an award, but there is no need to turn a football forum into a popularity contest and that is what was happening back then. Mana, 11Drogba and DDA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 5 hours ago, DDA said: It's a real shame. I have always liked the way this forum is run. I honestly do think that when the Admins abolished the 'member of the month award', there was a decline in the quality and number of posts from many memebers. One of the reasons or if not, the main reason why it got abolished because people constantly made a big fuss over the winner. If 'Person A' won it, then some members would moan why he/she won it when 'Person B' should have gotten it instead, every single time. Was meant to be a fun thing but it became something people constantly argued over with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 8 hours ago, Tomo said: Doesn't even have a quarter. There was an influx of trolls around 2013 time who were left free to cause havoc on here for months, it frightened away numerous quality posters, most of whom haven't returned to this day and the trolls most likely frightened away potential new members too. This place when i joined was genuinely the best forum i have ever visited, today it's unrecognizable to those days. Wasn't there also an incident a while back where an administrator (or a mod) banned a long term member for being "too controversial" which several moderators disagreed with and ended up quiting as a moderator ? I think Choulo was one of them. Probably didn't help either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Belgiannutt said: Wasn't there also an incident a while back where an administrator (or a mod) banned a long term member for being "too controversial" which several moderators disagreed with and ended up quiting as a moderator ? I think Choulo was one of them. Probably didn't help either. Nah. @CHOULO19 "chickened" out of the forum for other reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 10 minutes ago, Jason said: Nah. @CHOULO19 "chickened" out of the forum for other reason. Memories a bit fuzzy but i do remember there was a lot do to about it when "Lionsden" was banned. Blue-in-me-Veins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, Belgiannutt said: Memories a bit fuzzy but i do remember there was a lot do to about it when "Lionsden" was banned. I need to go clean my brain dust because I can't remember who Lionsden is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! CHOULO19 24,332 Posted March 17, 2018 Popular Post! Share Posted March 17, 2018 19 minutes ago, Jason said: Nah. @CHOULO19 "chickened" out of the forum for other reason. Fake news! I left because I didn't want the sex scandal between me and you to get out! It was in the best interest of the forum....and any one who's ever seen how either of looks and has any imagination 11Drogba, kellzfresh, Jase and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted March 17, 2018 Popular Post! Share Posted March 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said: Fake news! I left because I didn't want the sex scandal between me and you to get out! It was in the best interest of the forum....and any one who's ever seen how either of looks and has any imagination Jase, CHOULO19, Iggy Doonican and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,810 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, CHOULO19 said: Fake news! I left because I didn't want the sex scandal between me and you to get out! It was in the best interest of the forum....and any one who's ever seen how either of looks and has any imagination What about the rumours of the sex tape ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 11 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said: What about the rumours of the sex tape ? I'd like to emphasize that all the talk of the so-called "Pee Tape" are completely unsubstantiated... Fulham Broadway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Doonican 4,187 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Belgiannutt said: Excellent . That's from Preacher which is well worth watching. Edit: That's from Misfits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azpinator 2,325 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 11 hours ago, Tomo said: Doesn't even have a quarter. There was an influx of trolls around 2013 time who were left free to cause havoc on here for months, it frightened away numerous quality posters, most of whom haven't returned to this day and the trolls most likely frightened away potential new members too. This place when i joined was genuinely the best forum i have ever visited, today it's unrecognizable to those days. I believe that's nobody's fault. The rise of social media platforms has affected the popularity of fan forums. 11Drogba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Drogba 2,000 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Azpinator said: I believe that's nobody's fault. The rise of social media platforms has affected the popularity of fan forums. This is definitely a factor. Maybe TC twitter account could be used to bring some new users? I see some of the tweets have 30, 70 replies there, but I don't see a link to the match thread or any links to this forum. @Jason Azpinator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, 11Drogba said: This is definitely a factor. Maybe TC twitter account could be used to bring some new users? I see some of the tweets have 30, 70 replies there, but I don't see a link to the match thread or any links to this forum. @Jason Unfortunately, I don't handle the postings on TC's social media accounts and I don't even know the passwords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Drogba 2,000 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jason said: Unfortunately, I don't handle the postings on TC's social media accounts and I don't even know the passwords. Well that's unfortunate. Maybe you could tell the person who is in charge to add forum threads' links to the tweets, or simply take charge of the twitter account, like a boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Luiz 2,310 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 7 hours ago, Jason said: One of the reasons or if not, the main reason why it got abolished because people constantly made a big fuss over the winner. If 'Person A' won it, then some members would moan why he/she won it when 'Person B' should have gotten it instead, every single time. Was meant to be a fun thing but it became something people constantly argued over with. People came on here to moan and turn something in to a shit-show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,283 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 7 hours ago, Jason said: One of the reasons or if not, the main reason why it got abolished because people constantly made a big fuss over the winner. If 'Person A' won it, then some members would moan why he/she won it when 'Person B' should have gotten it instead, every single time. Was meant to be a fun thing but it became something people constantly argued over with. Yea, thinking back it did become a popularity contest. Was fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,283 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 9 hours ago, BlueSunshine said: I respectfully disagree, quality has nothing to do with popularity. Actually, most of the times those two things are opposite, popularity is being determined by how the masses perceive something and masses rarely take into account (or are even aware of) the actual quality of that thing. Especially in our days with the use of the social media, this has become even more evident than ever before, people say/act solely with the purpose of being accepted or liked by as many others as possible without even caring if they are true to themselves. That "member of the month award" was meaningless imo and if people stopped posting entirely because it was abolished, then we are better off without them for sure. I can show you a million examples of posts made by "unpopular" members being entirely neglected, only to be followed by a post made by a "popular" member some time after, saying exactly the same thing and receiving 10 likes. This of course is always going to happen, with or without an award, but there is no need to turn a football forum into a popularity contest and that is what was happening back then. You are right. It became a popularity contest but it was fun to many. It helps to have something fun included to keep members coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Doonican 4,187 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Member of the month is not a good sounding competition keep thinking it's people sending in dick pics. bigbluewillie and Fulham Broadway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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