I need your ideas.

[Spec Highwind]

Originally Posted by Arkacia

That thread will be fine, as it is in spam. If this new rule is introduced, and it probably will be, Spamtastic will be exempt.

Oh... I totally agree with that.

[Tifa-chan]

At least someone liked my ideas. But were is the fun in taking away some things? Spam section is our little place to have fun, and everyone needs to have some fun, not always be serious. I mean yes there is always a time and a place to be serious, but 24-7? That is what ruins you life and relationships with others. If you can't lighten up once in a while, well then, O_o that's just weird.

Okay I am done, just try to see where I am comming from first please.

[dappa]

I doubt they will remove anything. What I think they should do is not give out gil or add anything to a users post count when they spam in the spamtastic forum.

Another thing that people need to do and dont is read all the threads and see if what they are gonna say has already been said. I trawled through the ff8 forum earlier today and noticed that some of the older threads had the same subject material in them than some of the newer threads.

[blackstar]

Im sorry if i piss some people off with this but some of you seem like you want to totally make this site a lock down on the fun section i mean yeah we have got really off track with a major spam overload but totally removing the spam section would lead me to want to leave because I enjoy the goofing off. But yes i do agree that we should enforce less spam on the other sections and an rpg thread for roleplaying might be kinda cool if we got it started. And one other suggestion would be to go through and delete alot of the absolutly DEAD threads and clean up a bit.

[Tifa-chan]

I am in whole agreement with blackstar. Again like he said, not to be mean, but the way this is all going, it does sound like a lock down, and you may lose so members who are hear all the time due to it. Just my point of view.

[Arkacia]

Calm down people. Nothing has been decided and everything here is only ideas. From the reaction so far, Spamtastic will be staying, but spam in the rest of the forum will be clamped down on. That is the whole purpose of this thread, for us staff to see what you the members are comfortable with changing, and what you aren't.

[Zeromus_X]

I would definitely get rid of the Spamtastic forum and install an IRC client instead. A frontpage with walkthrough information and the like would also be a great idea, and I believe that I would actually contribute to such a thing. I think that would be just the thing to attract more people, though obviously we would have to all work together to gather professional-looking content.

[Tifa-chan]

I have a question. In all honesty, not to be mean or anything by any means, but do all you really want/care about is more members? I mean I see we have people join all the time, weither or not they come back or not is a whole diffrent story. But if all you really want is more members, then what truly is the point of this forum? I used to be on another forum called Mizuiro, and all the own cared about what how many members she had, not how close nit the friends who were already there felt about the whole thing. For some forums turn into a form of a family, and close friendships. So from my experiance with forums and all, if all you want is more members, I fear the forum could go down hill.

Now as for ideas, I am sticking with my whole front page idea. I think that would help jazz the site up. My whole thing with it though, was make a real website for the Square titles, with info, pics, yadi yadi da, and have the forum shoot off from that. If you look at other Final Fantasy and square based websites, that is what they do, and they do soo well too. Perhaps maybe some of you are on a forum based from a website, like FFextream, and FFinsider, and know what I am talking about.

Again read and think before flying off the handle and all everyone. Just take a moment and breath if it upsets you. I care about this forum too, so I don't want to see it break apart for reasons, and things we cannot agree upon. I respect everyones opions, ideas, and points of view. I also respect all admins, and the job they are trying to do. I know because I am an admin on so many forums myself, what a pain it can be sometimes. Let's just all work together towards and outcome that everyone is happy with. I love you all. You are all my friends in my book. Ne?

[Phoenix Flame]

Originally Posted by dappa

Another thing that people need to do and dont is read all the threads and see if what they are gonna say has already been said. I trawled through the ff8 forum earlier today and noticed that some of the older threads had the same subject material in them than some of the newer threads.

Actually, Dappa - I'm glad you brought this up.

It's been my intention to clear up those mangled posts/threads beginning with the FF's I know the most about (perhaps Zero, you can help with anything b4 VI as I still haven't even gotten through FF1.) I've just been bogged-down a little. I have some free time coming up so I'll do so.

Otherwise, I disagree that Spamtastic should go (as I've mentioned.) If a lot of the activity is in that section...there goes 90% of your activity on the forums...THAT in and of itself will lose us a lot of members.

[ThroneofDravaris]

Not necessarily. Removing the spam forum might encourage members to post in the other sections. Indeed, if activity there is what you say it is (I doubt it's 90% but I haven't counted. I can't bring myself to spend my time in there) then perhaps it would be a good idea to encourage people to stop posting their and instead focus their attention on a few of the other forums. The only difference between a general thread and a spam thread is one requires you to put some actual thought into what you post. If people really have so much trouble doing this, then perhaps this IRC chat room being discussed is exactly what they are looking for.

[darkshadow2247]

Tifa. While it's true the number ove reason of a forum shouldn't be just to gain members, you have to remember that it needs members to survive. If everyone becomes inactive and only 3 members are posting, it's pretty much dead.

[Spec Highwind]

Originally Posted by ThroneofDravaris

Not necessarily. Removing the spam forum might encourage members to post in the other sections. Indeed, if activity there is what you say it is (I doubt it's 90% but I haven't counted. I can't bring myself to spend my time in there) then perhaps it would be a good idea to encourage people to stop posting their and instead focus their attention on a few of the other forums. The only difference between a general thread and a spam thread is one requires you to put some actual thought into what you post. If people really have so much trouble doing this, then perhaps this IRC chat room being discussed is exactly what they are looking for.

I don't think that should be done...

If there wasn't another option, then the spamtastic should be locked, and then, after some time, opened or deleted, depending on the results.

[Tifa-chan]

Originally Posted by darkshadow2247

Tifa. While it's true the number ove reason of a forum shouldn't be just to gain members, you have to remember that it needs members to survive. If everyone becomes inactive and only 3 members are posting, it's pretty much dead.

Oh no I am not saying everyone will leave *laughs* I undersand a forum needs members to servive, don't get me wrong on that. More members would be nice, it's just to me, this is how the whole thing is comming off. Or rather how it seems. I hope I am wrong about that though. I am sure that's not the meaning behind this at all, but I am just saying from my point of view and dealing with things similar to this on many other forums, it is how it appears.

I personaly would like to keep the spam section. It's just that I think we all need a little section to goof off once and a while. I mean I have no problem with a normal conversation, however once and a while a little humor is needed. I am sure we all like to have fun and joke, and that is what the perpouse of the spam section it. To provide a place to be off topic and goof off.

[darkshadow2247]

I don't know. It may be how it is with some other people. I can't answer for them, but that's not what I was hinting at. I know that forums are held together by tightly-knit communities. It's important to keep that while attracting new members at the same time.

[dappa]

Thinking to to myself earlier today It comes down to this

If you dont like spam you dont have to visit spamtastic.

Myself I dont post very often in it due to I cant be bothered to read the posts

I would be interested in a realtime chatroom to goof off with other members though.

Heres another Idea. I have noticed that there are alot of threads on all the final fantasy forums asking for help wouldn't it be cool if they were moved/merged with the Final fantasy game information forum.

I know this would be a headache for the mods/admins to pull off but I think it would benefit the site overall if someone needed help on something and didn't have to trawl the whole site to see if anyone has posted on their particular subject they need help on.