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[Blank]

General patter aint a bad thing, but people who come to the forum looking for useful, meaningful information about Bedlington (If there is any out there!) get put off.

So what about a separate area?

For everything which has got nothing to do with the town - but which is for members only?

I don't like the Northumberland Chat area personally. Its dead. Messages have to be moderated before being posted and any old troll from China can post.

So what for it then?

A general chat area for members, or not?

[Cympil]

Blank, on May 30 2007, 02:29 PM, said:

General patter aint a bad thing, but people who come to the forum looking for useful, meaningful information about Bedlington (If there is any out there!) get put off.

So what about a separate area?

For everything which has got nothing to do with the town - but which is for members only?

I don't like the Northumberland Chat area personally. Its dead. Messages have to be moderated before being posted and any old troll from China can post.

So what for it then?

A general chat area for members, or not?

If you mean a place to go where we can voice our opinions without it getting deleted then i`m up for that

[Blank]

Just somewhere where general discussion can be kept separate from topics relating to Bedlington.

[Cympil]

Blank, on May 30 2007, 02:48 PM, said:

Just somewhere where general discussion can be kept separate from topics relating to Bedlington.

That`s a good idea..and folk would know not to join if they`re easily offended. That way,everyone`s happy

[Monsta®]

what about a place were we can just !*!@# each other off!

[Hamburger Pimp]

Isn't there a "halfwits only" board that you all joined?

Why not take it there instead of stinking this place out and ruffling Missvic's savoir faire?

[Cympil]

who`s that bloke on your avatar Mongo,is it that owld alci bum-fighter who smashed his head through a bus-stop for a sniff of cider

[Cympil]

mongo, on May 30 2007, 08:19 PM, said:

aye thats the 1

i never forget a pretty face

[Monsta®]

what about a separate area for mods to play the !*!@# god games!

[Blank]

Cympil, on May 30 2007, 08:18 PM, said:

who`s that bloke on your avatar Mongo,is it that owld alci bum-fighter who smashed his head through a bus-stop for a sniff of cider

[Monsta®]

Cympil, on May 30 2007, 08:18 PM, said:

who`s that bloke on your avatar Mongo,is it that owld alci bum-fighter who smashed his head through a bus-stop for a sniff of cider

a thought it was bob geldof!

[Dave]

Monsta, on May 30 2007, 09:59 PM, said:

what about a separate area for mods to play the !*!@# god games!

What like age of empires and that

[Sw@lnalla]

Blank, on May 30 2007, 02:29 PM, said:

A general chat area for members, or not?

I was under the impression that 'Talk of the Town' was members only, or did I miss something?

[threegee]

OK let's get this straight:

You want a forum for chat about the Town and a separate forum for General stuff?

So what happens if someone starts a thread off about something of interest re. the Town then someone posts something off-topic. Does the tread then get moved, or does the off-topic stuff get deleted - to cries of censorship? Either way the moderator can't win!

Should either or both of the forums be public? IMHO we don't want the chatter one public as it could detract from the Town to visitors, and we don't want the serious one public as local posters won't bother to join and make a commitment.

Private forums don't attract anything like as much spam, because the main reason for spamming boards is not to get the spam read, but to place links to hijack our considerable search engine traffic. The aim is to get crap sites a search engine ranking, and search engines can't spider the private forums.

[Cympil]

threegee, on May 31 2007, 10:49 AM, said:

OK let's get this straight:

You want a forum for chat about the Town and a separate forum for General stuff?

So what happens if someone starts a thread off about something of interest re. the Town then someone posts something off-topic. Does the tread then get moved, or does the off-topic stuff get deleted - to cries of censorship? Either way the moderator can't win!

Should either or both of the forums be public? IMHO we don't want the chatter one public as it could detract from the Town to visitors, and we don't want the serious one public as local posters won't bother to join and make a commitment.

Private forums don't attract anything like as much spam, because the main reason for spamming boards is not to get the spam read, but to place links to hijack our considerable search engine traffic. The aim is to get crap sites a search engine ranking, and search engines can't spider the private forums.

I`ll take that as a "no" then

[threegee]

Cympil, on May 31 2007, 12:39 PM, said:

I`ll take that as a "no" then

Absolutely not!

It's basically a good idea, but I was rather hoping someone would turn their brain on and fill in a few of the details.