The Future of QCDN

[Mishaela]

QCNN, not QCDN. =P

And Sneaky, you just wamme to explain for the sake of seeing me explain, don't you?

 

[Khajit]

Yes we do. I volunteer to be the test subject so long as Klank isn't around to try and kill me after the show.

 

[Vondoom]

And Sneaky, you just wamme to explain for the sake of seeing me explain, don't you?

Please explain slowly.

 

[Sneakypants]

QCNN, not QCDN. =P

And Sneaky, you just wamme to explain for the sake of seeing me explain, don't you?

Yes I do. Am I that transparent? ^^
:spiteful:

 

[CmdrFly]

This post is directed entirely at Sculli.

Just wanted to add that I found the answer; for those who seek the same as I did:

The decsion to remove the FB wasn't financially motivated. Without the FB the traffic is likely to go down, less traffic = less visitors = less chances for ad revenue.

The issue is that people ought to treat each other with respect. On the FB this was not the case, thus it had to go.

If the FB is the only thing that sustained QCDN, then I would rather see the board die than continue on with people treating each other in the way they did.

 

[Tagrineth]

Facehugs for everyone who quits QCNN and never returns. :spiteful:

I'm only on QCNN to flame the people who think QCNN is actually a good idea.

Does that count? =)

 

[Sneakypants]

I'm only on QCNN to flame the people who think QCNN is actually a good idea.

Does that count? =)

....At least you have that going for you, which is nice.

 

[Sirelrohir]

I'm only on QCNN to flame the people who think QCNN is actually a good idea.

Does that count? =)

again, why do you care what other people think? Some people obviously think a flameboard is a good thing, and there isnt one here.

 

[Dejan]

I honestly don't know why the FB is like the anti-christ now a days.

It used to be a funny forum, where (I believe) it's main purpose was to FOCUS the flames and ill hearted posts would go. It would be a place where you could speek freely and get a load off you're shoulders.

After a while, people started restricting what you could and could not say in the FB. Well, we got used to live with that.

But now, there is no flame board to direct our posts. And... Why again?

I don't see the FB as a threat. There were a lot of ppl who didn't like the FB, and guess what they did? They AVOIDED it. They just didn't even go in it... But hey, sculli's the ball's owner, and if he doesn't wanna play, no one else can.

 

[Lokkin]

People didn't just avoid the flameboard, people avoided the forums altogether. Sculli didn't like the ill outlook on the forums that the flameboard was creating.

The flameboard only served to ruin peoples reputations and for a cheap rant, there are other places to go if you need to rant, go post a blog or something, the NW was created to save the flameboards redeeming feature, as a warning of unsavory characters.

QCDN is a COMMUNITY. The flameboard gave that community a bad outlook, thus it was removed. I think of it as a cancer, poisoning the forums, all it did was generate more malice and ill intent, I don't think thats what a community is all about.

But maybe thats just me. And what do I know? I'm only 15.

 

[Sneakypants]

People didn't just avoid the flameboard, people avoided the forums altogether. Sculli didn't like the ill outlook on the forums that the flameboard was creating.

The flameboard only served to ruin peoples reputations and for a cheap rant, there are other places to go if you need to rant, go post a blog or something, the NW was created to save the flameboards redeeming feature, as a warning of unsavory characters.

QCDN is a COMMUNITY. The flameboard gave that community a bad outlook, thus it was removed. I think of it as a cancer, poisoning the forums, all it did was generate more malice and ill intent, I don't think thats what a community is all about.

But maybe thats just me. And what do I know? I'm only 15.

If so many people hated it, why did the forum amass thousands of users and start showing up on major site listing indexes?

Something about this place was plenty good to plenty of people.

 

[Tagrineth]

People didn't just avoid the flameboard, people avoided the forums altogether. Sculli didn't like the ill outlook on the forums that the flameboard was creating.

The flameboard only served to ruin peoples reputations and for a cheap rant, there are other places to go if you need to rant, go post a blog or something, the NW was created to save the flameboards redeeming feature, as a warning of unsavory characters.

QCDN is a COMMUNITY. The flameboard gave that community a bad outlook, thus it was removed. I think of it as a cancer, poisoning the forums, all it did was generate more malice and ill intent, I don't think thats what a community is all about.

But maybe thats just me. And what do I know? I'm only 15.

Exactly what I'm trying to say on the QCNN boards... and of course, I'm being met with things like this -

I do know, however, that my linkshell did tentatively discuss barring all members from posting on QCDN, because the board was so Flameboard-centric and did end up bringing the Bad Reputation hammer down on several people who did not deserve it.

Lol you told your members not to post on QCDN 'cause of it's "flameboard" yet you run to it and see it as a holy grail second flameboard is gone, is hypocrit your middle name?

Is that really the kind of attitude we want to see on Quetzalcoatl's community board?

I mean, really, it says a lot about QCNN that the first subforums on it upon being opened are General FFXI discussion, Off-Topic discussion, and Flameboard. QCNN = the Flameboard Fix.

 

[Lokkin]

Because plenty of people have negative experiences they feel the need to rant and bitch about. God save me... but it IS only a game, it's not necessary to shout and scream and have a tantrum because someone tricked you, or you made a mistake.

Sure, you're going to feel bad about it, but it's not really that big of a deal, and there are plenty of places where you can still do those things.

Sculli just wants the community to be an all-round better community. When people derive pleasure from ruining peoples reputation, deserved or undeserved, and making it harder to play a game thats all about socialising, then there is something terribly, terribly wrong, I think.

 

[Tymon]

Exactly what I'm trying to say on the QCNN boards... and of course, I'm being met with things like this -



Is that really the kind of attitude we want to see on Quetzalcoatl's community board?

I mean, really, it says a lot about QCNN that the first subforums on it upon being opened are General FFXI discussion, Off-Topic discussion, and Flameboard. QCNN = the Flameboard Fix.

Exactly. That's the whole point.

If someone flames someone on QCNN and I feel it should be spread, I'll ask the person doing the flaming to post it in the neighborhood watch(assuming it isn't outlandish)

 

[Sneakypants]

Tag, you asked for it, and got it...Now you wanna spit it out and talk about it with your buddies.

People who couldn't manage to stay out of the FB to begin with got the little feelings hurt...But kept coming back.

If you already approach QCNN with a closed mind, why are you there?
It's an open forum, but nobody likes a "foolish" person.

 

[kaikyaku]

If you already approach QCNN with a closed mind, why are you there?
It's an open forum, but nobody likes a "foolish" person.

Lets rephrase that a tad

Sneaky, If you are already approaching qcdn.org with a closed mind, why are you here?
It's an open forum, but nobody likes a "foolish" person.

The rules are set and from what I read the reasons make a lot of sense to me. It seems that people are wanting to argue this to death like a pack of wolves hoping to exhaust the Admin to retract. You keep trying to push buttons and find ways to rationalize why having a flame board is beneficial… all of which seem so selfish

 

[Sneakypants]

Lets rephrase that a tad

Sneaky, If you are already approaching qcdn.org with a closed mind, why are you here?
It's an open forum, but nobody likes a "foolish" person.

The rules are set and from what I read the reasons make a lot of sense to me. It seems that people are wanting to argue this to death like a pack of wolves hoping to exhaust the Admin to retract. You keep trying to push buttons and find ways to rationalize why having a flame board is beneficial… all of which seem so selfish

I am not approaching QCDN with a closed mind at all.
Things recently changed and I am exploring what exactly those changes mean.

No need for you to be sour about that, right?

Also, there's a pretty big difference in what I am doing here, and what Tag hurried over to QCNN to do.

 

[Sirelrohir]

Lets rephrase that a tad

Sneaky, If you are already approaching qcdn.org with a closed mind, why are you here?
It's an open forum, but nobody likes a "foolish" person.

The rules are set and from what I read the reasons make a lot of sense to me. It seems that people are wanting to argue this to death like a pack of wolves hoping to exhaust the Admin to retract. You keep trying to push buttons and find ways to rationalize why having a flame board is beneficial… all of which seem so selfish

wrong, it ceased to be an open forum. now its a forum where you are being forced to have happy fuzzy thoughts in order to post. Its turned from people having their own thoughts and ideas to 'hey everyone, lets be nice and hold hands and frolic in the field, and u better not say what you think unless it conforms to being happy, because then you will be banned.

 

[Tagrineth]

wrong, it ceased to be an open forum. now its a forum where you are being forced to have happy fuzzy thoughts in order to post. Its turned from people having their own thoughts and ideas to 'hey everyone, lets be nice and hold hands and frolic in the field, and u better not say what you think unless it conforms to being happy, because then you will be banned.

People seem to be saying what they think - though not without the incessant insults normally prevalent - in the "Monk's 2hr" thread almost directly below this one in the same board...

You QCNN folks are so accustomed to the "I flamez y00!" mentality that anything that prevents you from exercising complete authority over your own posts with immunity is "happy fuzzy"...

 

[Peregrine]

Do you see me REMOTELY holding your hand?
If you can't handle playing tennis with a net and want to just swing at balls for no reason, then you have your solution. Go or stay. There is no point in staying here and complaining. It will change nothing.