Sciforums has *seriously* fallen apart

During the past few months the quality of posts on sciforums has degraded enormously.

I'm not going to take my time to point out specific examples, and if I'm chided for not doing so then oh well - it should be obvious to anyone of any decency that has been on here before this crap started occurring and getting more out of hand.

The number of my responses to posts has slowed down to a crawl. I find myself generally answering technical related questions on the Nerd Culture board. I don't even bother reading threads whose titles or first posts are blatantly another "let's see who can win the first place prize of the most arrogant person on the internet"

I think we need much better moderation around here if sciforums is going to be a place of useful discussion.

Dave I hate to tell you this but I'm not going to send you any more money in the mail either for an avatar or to support this site, if what I am getting from it doesn't amount to much.

 

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You hopeless loser. Stop whining.

 

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My advise, don't blame the mods. I've not been here all that long, but I can safely tell you that sciforums goes through ups and downs like this. We just happen to be in what I would say is a very low down point. Even so, it's not the worst I think I've seen it.

Anyway, none of this is the mods fault.

 

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Oh I have seen worse...

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Yes, some of the acts of depravity that have occurred here would be enough to kill your grandparents under the right circumstances. It can get just that bad. This is nothing.

 

In the year I have been here I think this is the lowest era I have encountered. But I sense it will soon be on the up an up

 

I can relate to what Clarentavious is saying and agree with most of it.

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I think voicing discontent helps to improve the situation.

Cheers.

 

Do you guy not remember the forum war we had with some conservative right wing forum?

 

when was that?

 

http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18857

 

yet again an opportunity to rip claren another asshole
ask not what sciforums can ........

 

all though not for quite the same reasons...

i have to admit the truth...
sci has gone to shit.
its sad.

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Well if its gone to shit, why don't we do something about it? like post better posts!

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9 closed threads...NINE......damn free thoughts has turned into real shit...even for my taste

 

That's all good saying that but we can't have good posts without decent topics to post them in can we?

All we seem to have is 'Is this normal?' or 'What's your favourite...' and even 'Who is the...' threads which just beg for crap posts.

We need topics that test our mental capabilities not something about what we like or, no matter how great it is, sex.

We need more things like 'Is Royalty Worth Preserving?' or something that sparks at least semi-intellegent conversation

 

I find many of the threads under the science sub-forums to be reasonable.

 

Yes I agree but they're full of people who actually know stuff in that area and the average Joe can't really have a say in there without getting slammed or confused. It doesn't seem right.

Edit to add: Love your sig WCF, love that episode

 

like i have said before our mods are useless. they only critique shit with the edit and delete button but rarely take the iniative in starting useful threads.

i cant criticize this place cos i most certainly dont do much for a decent discussion. in turn if you do not do anything either, shut the hell up waiting for others to start shit and then ragging on it is hardly a meaningful contribution.

if a model is required go over to paul's forum

has xev done anything like that? chris? raith? james? claren complains but does he start useful threads? thor complains but....? get proactive people (or shut the hell up)

 

I'm not starting any threads at the moment because I know for a fact it'll dwindle into a meaningless pile of dung in no time. I do have a few threads in the workings but I am not putting them up here when no-one will take anything seriously. Makes sense does it not?

 

no