I was wondering…

[Rambaldi_Follower]

I think it's a good idea to have the random forum count in your post number. I also think that i's a good idea to pm one of the admins to get your thread approved. anyway that's just my opinoin, i'ts a great site so i don't thnk anyone's gonna stop coming!

 

[AliasHombre]

Actually, I think that when topics get moved to the random forum, people stop going there because then they have to keep going back and forth between the member lounge and the random forum. Also because we forget about it since we don't go there as much anymore.

Jo is right. I always go righ tto the member lounge when i come on. Thats where all the good threads are.

 

[Betha Bristow]

I DON'T want posts not to count in the Member Lounge. I disagree with Tommy and Crazy Spinster.

Posts should count in the Member Lounge. Some of that stuff may not exactly be Alias related, but a lot of it is still important. Like for example: the FRIENDS belongs in the member lounge. Other things in the member lounge that are/were important was: THE SIX LETTER WORD WE ALL HATE, things such as "I'll be gone for the summer/week whatever, and that ALLY thread. Those may not be Alias related, but they still should count because the fact that they are important to other members.

I DON'T think the RANDOM forum should count. Lots of ppl do say hi and bye. Like ODD THINGS THAT DESERVE ATTENTION, I mean honestly, that doesn't exactly help members in any way what-so-ever. Neither does LATE NIGHT BOREDOM. They are NOT important.

I ALSO don't think the Member Lounge and Random froums should be combined because the areas are different (as I already explained)
This is an example of a RANDOM: "Guess what, I'm a Paper Pusher"
This is an example of Member Lounge: My mother died of cancer yesterday, etc;
They should NOT be combined
Posts in Member Lounge SHOULD count
Posts in the Random should NOT

You guys don't have to agree with me, but this is what I think anyways :rotflmao:

 

[Roxy]

Thats exactly what I've been trying to say betha!

-roxy

 

[girlscout]

I agree with Bertha Bristow. The "hi how are you"s should not count. The other stuff should though.
Sigh. I'm so totally out of it this morning...

 

[alias_fan]

it really doesn't make me want to be more random in other places. i'd rather be more random in the off topic places instead.

 

[AliasALIAS]

Maybe if we make the Member Lounge a subforum, it would be equally difficult to get to as the Random forum

In a more serious sense...
I agree with crazy spinster and Betha Bristow.
The major distinction between Random and the Member Lounge was that Random was usually, not always, clique-oriented and people could always go off topic. But this happens in the Member Lounge too. Many threads were productive in the past, but then people would crowd into it and post abundantly, which IS okay. But the problem comes when people start getting off topic, saying I have to leave now so bye, and saying random things, which would get it moved to Random. So my first idea was to have posts not count in the whole Member Lounge and/or merge the Random and ML forums.

But some cliques would be able to exist in the ML if they didn't get random, i.e. the Boyfriendless/Girlfriendless... because people told stories about their dateless lives and gave advice, etc. And I don't mean to pinpoint anyone, but the reason why TC is random is because it is hardly about tomboys.

But Betha Bristow brings a good point. Some threads in the ML are productive and meaningful and should count towards your total post count.


Possible solutions:
[*] Merge Random and ML, have posts count, and abolish all cliques. They cause distinguishment/division anyways. All random threads would be merged into one random thread. Threads about tomboys, the French, and cat lovers would be allowed, but they must be strictly on topic. But then this may make the random thread overly popular and the dominating thread where post counts would easily increase.
[*] Whether or not the forums are merged, turn off post counts in the whole Member Lounge. I know there are several constructive threads, and many of us couldn't care less about post counts, but the fact is, there are still others who do. Some have admitted to it, some make it obvious by triple posting in every thread. Unfortunately, this may cause trouble for everyone, even those who don't care about post count.

 

[Azhria Lilu]

Merge Random and ML, have posts count, and abolish all cliques. They cause distinguishment/division anyways. All random threads would be merged into one random thread. Threads about tomboys, the French, and cat lovers would be allowed, but they must be strictly on topic. But then this may make the random thread overly popular and the dominating thread where post counts would easily increase.

This seems like the best idea to me.

The good
- people couldn't respond to EVERY clique or random thread because it would be double posting
- there are still ways to have pet talk and french talk, etc.
- ML wouldn't be flooded with cliques that took over the entire recent topics list
- Could be restarted every 25 pages to prevent problems with threads that are too big [although each topic should contain links to the previous random topic]

The Bad
- may cause more randomness in the one tread (but at least it is contained to one thread).

 

[alias_fan]

the Boyfriendless/Girlfriendless... because people told stories about their dateless lives and gave advice, etc.
[*] Merge Random and ML, have posts count, and abolish all cliques. They cause distinguishment/division anyways. All random threads would be merged into one random thread. Threads about tomboys, the French, and cat lovers would be allowed, but they must be strictly on topic. But then this may make the random thread overly popular and the dominating thread where post counts would easily increase.

dateless lives? lmao!!! i like that phrasing...

ok i think this is a good possible solution. it kinda lets you give a little take a little and i think it's the best way to handle things because a lot of the threads in the random forums(not all) are just like each other and people talk about the same things in them.

 

[crazy spinster]

Possible solutions:
[*] Merge Random and ML, have posts count, and abolish all cliques. They cause distinguishment/division anyways. All random threads would be merged into one random thread. Threads about tomboys, the French, and cat lovers would be allowed, but they must be strictly on topic. But then this may make the random thread overly popular and the dominating thread where post counts would easily increase.

okay, i feel a little stupid. i'm not entirely sure what this means. could someone clarify for me?

so are you saying that threads like the french, german, tomboy, pets ones would all be merged into ONE topic??

 

[AliasALIAS]

Possible solutions:
[*] Merge Random and ML, have posts count, and abolish all cliques. They cause distinguishment/division anyways. All random threads would be merged into one random thread. Threads about tomboys, the French, and cat lovers would be allowed, but they must be strictly on topic. But then this may make the random thread overly popular and the dominating thread where post counts would easily increase.

okay, i feel a little stupid. i'm not entirely sure what this means. could someone clarify for me?

so are you saying that threads like the french, german, tomboy, pets ones would all be merged into ONE topic??

Not necessarily. All random threads would be merged into one random thread. But threads like the french, german, tomboy, pet lovers, etc. would be allowed, as long as they stayed on topic.




fftopic: I've been dateless all my life, so I used the term loosely and din't mean to offend anyone

 

[crazy spinster]

ohh, okay, i see what you're saying now.

but what would constitute a "random" thread and an "okay" thread? basically ones that are more off-topic than other ones?

 

[K. Ackles]

I've been dateless all of my life, and I thought that a dateless life was a funny way of putting it...*snicker*

But on topic...and I don't know what sort of scope the admins have and how much power etc, but can you guys merge topics and such, because there are lots of almost identical topics floating around, and if that could be cut down, and if ppl kept on topic (the main thing!) in the one designated topic, then that would be alright...as if that made sense, but okay...

You could also work it (maybe) in such a way that the cliques have there own little sub-forum-y-ish type thing.

I'm not sure if someone already suggested this (my fuzzy logic!) but if you make one or a few completely random threads, where ppl could talk completely off topic...but then, that is just like a chatroom.

Does allalias have a chatroom?

 

[AliasALIAS]

but what would constitute a "random" thread and an "okay" thread? basically ones that are more off-topic than other ones?

It's sometimes hard to judge, but the very basic rule is that random threads are often off topic from their title and people often say "hi" or "bye."

But on topic...and I don't know what sort of scope the admins have and how much power etc, but can you guys merge topics and such, because there are lots of almost identical topics floating around, and if that could be cut down, and if ppl kept on topic (the main thing!) in the one designated topic, then that would be alright...as if that made sense, but okay...

Yes, we do try to merge/close duplicate topics as much as possible, but sometimes we may not see one. In that case, you can PM an Admin and he/she would be be glad to merge/close them.

You could also work it (maybe) in such a way that the cliques have there own little sub-forum-y-ish type thing.

All random threads/off topic cliques are currently placed in the Random forum.

Does allalias have a chatroom?

Yes, the link is found at the top-right of the page. Or click here.

 

[crazy spinster]

see, i think that's another problem. we have a chat room, but not many people use it. i can understand that we're just so used to posting, but that's how things get so random. threads just turn into chat rooms.

and i think it's pretty subjective as to what's a random thread and what's not. i mean, my definition of a random thread is basically the same as aa's, but i know that others don't think of it the same way.

 

[alias_fan]

fftopic: I've been dateless all my life, so I used the term loosely and din't mean to offend anyone

i just thought it was funny terminology.

i think it's a good idea to merge the topic like that. i constantly see people starting threads just like other ones and it would be a lot easier if it was all one thread, but some of them do need to be separated because they're so different. what you should do is only merge the ones that are basically the same because there's a lot of that.

 

[Tommy]

I'm all for eliminating random threads and using the chat room instead.

 

[Azhria Lilu]

I'm all for eliminating random threads and using the chat room instead.

The problem with that is that not everyone is always online (esp. for people who don't live in the US). I think however, that when a lot of people are online in a random thread, we should/could tell people to go to the chat room.

 

[SiriCerasi]

i almost forget the chatroom is there... for one thing, i like to have a record of funny conversations. in the chatroom, everything gets deleted quickly and you cant select the text. it just bothers me ^_^

i agree, i think there are WAY too many threads. i think the idea about PMing admins is a good one, so long as we have a chance of getting them approved. Like i said, i think that right now there is really no distinction between the random and ML

but there is also the fact that when ppl are here they want to talk, and getting rid of the cliques might make that a problem. im also a little confused about what you said, charlie. you said they caused problems?

 

[Tommy]

I'm all for eliminating random threads and using the chat room instead.

The problem with that is that not everyone is always online (esp. for people who don't live in the US). I think however, that when a lot of people are online in a random thread, we should/could tell people to go to the chat room.

Well if they were posting a message for certain people to see, they should be PMing it to those people anyway.