Yes the Soap forum has become boring lately. Last year the forum would be very interesting and very lively but nowadays it seems to be full of threads about Eastenders (some duplicated) etc. I'm finding GD more interesting at the moment but I will continue to come here aswell.
Can't say I've noticed either way, but then I do tend to dip in & out, often only reading a few selected threads (especially when the footy is on).
If it has gone downhill though, then that's down to the moderating I'm afraid, which won't be a popular viewpoint I'd imagine.
It has become rather overzealous, with certain people getting banned for farting on Tuesdays, whilst others can seemingly run amok should they wish.
If that unpopular view gets me a red card, then it's been both emotional and a right good laugh folks.
It's the great people on here that have kept me coming back, not the forum itself, something that needs to be remembered.
This forum has, and has had, better characters than the soaps we talk about.
Stifling unpopular opinion and punishing daring banter leads to a sterile forum that ultimately stimulates nobody.
People accept the t & c when they sign up but then they break them. That isn't to say that there arent some harsh bans but on the whole you get banned if you break the rules which we all know or should know. The forum isnt as much fun as it used to be but in my opinion its because there are too many supposed big name posters competing for the limelight.
Slightly. It's because Corrie is dull (rather than bad) at the moment, and EE is fine. When EE was appalling, it was a lot of fun to bitch about it. Perhaps we should have a thread where we try and pinpoint the absolute low of EE before its renaissance. And the moment when we knew it was going to be okay.
Ish - I'm fed up of all the sex filled threads. I'm not a prude by any sense of the word, but it's boring to read all the threads/posts that are either 'SO AND SO SHOULD GET IT ON ONSCREEN!', 'SO AND SO IS A RAPIST/SHOULD TURN GAY/SHOULD POUNCE ON A RELATIVE!' or 'THIS PERSON IS FIT LOLZ! I WOULD SMASH HER BACK DOORS IN!'
I'm not saying that it should be stopped 100% (i mean, if it was - what would there to be said about Max Branning right now (!) ^_^) but it's like being in a 13 year old boys mind sometimes on here.
Ish - I'm fed up of all the sex filled threads. I'm not a prude by any sense of the word, but it's boring to read all the threads/posts that are either 'SO AND SO SHOULD GET IT ON ONSCREEN!', 'SO AND SO IS A RAPIST/SHOULD TURN GAY/SHOULD POUNCE ON A RELATIVE!' or 'THIS PERSON IS FIT LOLZ! I WOULD SMASH HER BACK DOORS IN!'
I'm not saying that it should be stopped 100% (i mean, if it was - what would there to be said about Max Branning right now (!) ^_^) but it's like being in a 13 year old boys mind sometimes on here.
Ish - I'm fed up of all the sex filled threads. I'm not a prude by any sense of the word, but it's boring to read all the threads/posts that are either 'SO AND SO SHOULD GET IT ON ONSCREEN!', 'SO AND SO IS A RAPIST/SHOULD TURN GAY/SHOULD POUNCE ON A RELATIVE!' or 'THIS PERSON IS FIT LOLZ! I WOULD SMASH HER BACK DOORS IN!'
I'm not saying that it should be stopped 100% (i mean, if it was - what would there to be said about Max Branning right now (!) ^_^) but it's like being in a 13 year old boys mind sometimes on here.
Yes the Soap forum has become boring lately. Last year the forum would be very interesting and very lively but nowadays it seems to be full of threads about Eastenders (some duplicated) etc. I'm finding GD more interesting at the moment but I will continue to come here aswell.
General Discussion and politics can be very interesting but also full of trapdoors and mousetraps in terms of some posts.Tends not to dip in the summer so much at least not so far.
General Discussion and politics can be very interesting but also full of trapdoors and mousetraps in terms of some posts.Tends not to dip in the summer so much at least not so far.
Can't say I've noticed either way, but then I do tend to dip in & out, often only reading a few selected threads (especially when the footy is on).
If it has gone downhill though, then that's down to the moderating I'm afraid, which won't be a popular viewpoint I'd imagine.
It has become rather overzealous, with certain people getting banned for farting on Tuesdays, whilst others can seemingly run amok should they wish.
If that unpopular view gets me a red card, then it's been both emotional and a right good laugh folks.
It's the great people on here that have kept me coming back, not the forum itself, something that needs to be remembered.
This forum has, and has had, better characters than the soaps we talk about.
Stifling unpopular opinion and punishing daring banter leads to a sterile forum that ultimately stimulates nobody.
People accept the t & c when they sign up but then they break them. That isn't to say that there arent some harsh bans but on the whole you get banned if you break the rules which we all know or should know. The forum isnt as much fun as it used to be but in my opinion its because there are too many supposed big name posters competing for the limelight.
Its been like that since the ds redesign, the grey background is depressing causing people to turn away.
Preferred the old design, at least some colour...
Comments
One of my main gripes with it is the amount of pointless eastenders threads on here.
Well why not start some threads that are not EE related... that way we can repossess the board...
#dsrevolution ;-)
Should there not be some sort of minimum number of alerts rule against someone before they are booted out, to the severe detriment of most of us?
The forum will eventually die without members, They are banning people for anything these days!
???????
If it has gone downhill though, then that's down to the moderating I'm afraid, which won't be a popular viewpoint I'd imagine.
It has become rather overzealous, with certain people getting banned for farting on Tuesdays, whilst others can seemingly run amok should they wish.
If that unpopular view gets me a red card, then it's been both emotional and a right good laugh folks.
It's the great people on here that have kept me coming back, not the forum itself, something that needs to be remembered.
This forum has, and has had, better characters than the soaps we talk about.
Stifling unpopular opinion and punishing daring banter leads to a sterile forum that ultimately stimulates nobody.
I'm not saying that it should be stopped 100% (i mean, if it was - what would there to be said about Max Branning right now (!) ^_^) but it's like being in a 13 year old boys mind sometimes on here.
I agree.
I disagree!
General Discussion and politics can be very interesting but also full of trapdoors and mousetraps in terms of some posts.Tends not to dip in the summer so much at least not so far.
Full of racist, batshit insane nutters you mean.
Agreed.
Can't argue with that! An upstanding member of the community.
It's much much much better now that I'm back... ;-)
Steady girls...
Preferred the old design, at least some colour...