Ohh we have a keyboard commando here.Anthony J. said:Shut up Gryphon, I'll put you in a wad. Yes, I am a previous member/moderator, I was the 13th member on this forum. I hadn't been on for a while, when I came back, I made a few posts, kinda chatted with a few old friends, posted something in the market, and started a thread in the appropriate category discussing some fish I have. When I logged back in the next day, my moderator status had been taken away, my thread moved to an area other then where I put it, and I read around a bit and cant help but notice that a good 30% of all threads I was reading had somewhere in it, "alright now guys stay on topic, I'm gonna clean this up, I'm sure you guys are just joking, but a new member may not know that" etc, etc. I was saying that this was ridiculous, and that it didn't used to be that way, go look through year old threads, maybe even a little older. We used clown on mfk guys doing exactly this crap. Wafishbox is now a place for mods who obviously have inferiority issues, and give themselves pats on the back for telling grown adults what to do, or how to do it. Also, as a place to support Corys store, which I'm sure is great, but where are the other sponsors? Did aquarium Co op donate the $ that a place for pets did, where are the banners these company's payed for. Was it seen as competition so pulled off?
I'm not hiding anything, my old screen name wad fish_n_vw, and this used to be a great place to come and talk fish. I deleted my account because fish_n_vw was a moderator, and one of the people who from the beginning watched as our numbers grew and grew. So, I changed my screen name to my real name, Anthony J. I am not hiding out, plotting schemes or trolling, half the people on this site have my number, and I am easy to get a hold of. But, I Anthony J. wont just sit back and keep my mouth shut anymore. So, as a proud member of what this forum used to be, I will call the mods and admins on there crap, that is how it is. I have no disrespect for Shawn, Cory, or any other mods/admins. Cory I hope your buisness is doing well, and I will have to come check it out sometime when I'm up north, Shawn, I hope you and your boys are doing well, and you don't find me too offensive, but you know me well enough. This is nothing personal, and not an attack at either of you, but my opinion, is this forum has home down hill. Not at all in content, or humor (we have always had D), but in operations, leadership, and being "over edited". Gryphon, that was a bit personal I guess, you don't know me, watch what you say about people you dont know, or I guess I can show you what I can do with my "panties".
It's always good to be able to goof off. I see no problem with something like this but it shouldn't count into the "most active" ... just saying...BS is BS plain and simple. "Most active" should be contributing...not BS'ing.SiRWesDragon said:Cause the lounge was too regulated. Cant say this or stop derailing the thread. How about a off the topic chat. Like 30 post is the limit and any after that system deletes the oldest posts. Like a chat room style. Is that possible?
There is a fine balance . In general when a person posts a topic with a specific goal & wanted others opinions that person would like it if the thread they created could in the most part stay on topic. I would like to add, some kidding, & side tracked convo is accepted but if 10+ ppl engage in the off topic subject the original subject could become lost quickly. It's so annoying when it does. If side interests develops off the original topic then it's time to just post a new topic.Anthony J. said:I don't see why anyone cant have any topic go anyway they please. To me, the original thread location, is a starting point, let the free members run with it as they see fit. I have read through (as I'm sure many have) countless topics, and if something turns another direction, if im not interested, often times I simply stop reading. But, sometimes, whatever said topic gets turned into, is related close enough to the original topic, that it spikes, or could turn my interest in another direction. For instance , I was recently reading a thread on diy cfl bulbs some guy, had a question of it would be ok to grow specific plant. It turned into a 9 page, now sticky, where his question had inspired someone to recreate his tank and use a par meter to determine how well cfls work when using diffrent k ratings, and range or distance, also open top tank vs glass top, and compared to t5, t8, pc, and halide. Needless to say, a question, which could have been answered by one or two sentences, by one person, turned into a experiment, by another. Complete thread jack. But everyone was happy to see it, and as I stated, now its a sticky. I just spent 20 minutes looking for it, and cant remember where I saw it, sorry. But this just goes to show how "holding" people under such a strict mindset, can be very counter productive.
Isn't this what the lounge is for?SiRWesDragon said:How about a section "off the topic". It will make us jokers more feel at home with others we chat
Cause the lounge was too regulated. Cant say this or stop derailing the thread. How about a off the topic chat. Like 30 post is the limit and any after that system deletes the oldest posts. Like a chat room style. Is that possible?fishNAbowl said:Isn't this what the lounge is for?SiRWesDragon said:How about a section "off the topic". It will make us jokers more feel at home with others we chat