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LoafingOaf - The Killer Inside Me
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A bit down the screen there's a thread about the message board format here.
I was just curious if there is significant interest in having an ezboard style message board. I can live with this message board, so it's not that big a deal, but I do think the format here is f***ed up. Is that feeling is shared by many?
There'd have to be a dozen or so people who would like such a board, plus somebody of good character and not on a power-trip who'd wanna be the administrator and who would share David's admirable views on freedom of speech. It would be best if it could be linked from the front page of this site to ensure traffic. But hey, it's not my site, so that's not up to me.
If there's interest, we could create a board and see if people like it and would favor it over this one and the marketplace one.
I think a Morrissey site deserves a little better than this board. Some people here have lots of interesting things to say and it's sad that their shit gets scrolled off the board within a few hours of some mentally ill person having a huge conversation with himself. I've nothing whosoever against all the anarchy or the craziness here. That should be allowed and preserved. But I think an ezboard/snitz format would be able to please everyone much better, because it allows topics to stay alive for a long time, encourages people to stick with one screenname, and allows the creation of many sub-forums. If someone has a good idea for a sub-forum, they could establish it, name it, moderate it, and have their own little nook on the Internet within the larger Morrissey site to call their own and share with the rest of us. Or, perhaps a standard grouping of sub-forums (General, Tour, Marketplace, Movies, Politics, Naked Pics...) which would be a lot better organized than what we have here.
Or...maybe most people like that the site has a different sort of message board, and it should be left alone. If so, fine. But I really do think we could do much better, and that - to me amyway - we are due for a change and, given how great this site is in general, it should also have the best message board of any artist-related site in the world.
Well, anyway, I'm sure this won't go anywhere, but just thought I throw it out there......
I was just curious if there is significant interest in having an ezboard style message board. I can live with this message board, so it's not that big a deal, but I do think the format here is f***ed up. Is that feeling is shared by many?
There'd have to be a dozen or so people who would like such a board, plus somebody of good character and not on a power-trip who'd wanna be the administrator and who would share David's admirable views on freedom of speech. It would be best if it could be linked from the front page of this site to ensure traffic. But hey, it's not my site, so that's not up to me.
If there's interest, we could create a board and see if people like it and would favor it over this one and the marketplace one.
I think a Morrissey site deserves a little better than this board. Some people here have lots of interesting things to say and it's sad that their shit gets scrolled off the board within a few hours of some mentally ill person having a huge conversation with himself. I've nothing whosoever against all the anarchy or the craziness here. That should be allowed and preserved. But I think an ezboard/snitz format would be able to please everyone much better, because it allows topics to stay alive for a long time, encourages people to stick with one screenname, and allows the creation of many sub-forums. If someone has a good idea for a sub-forum, they could establish it, name it, moderate it, and have their own little nook on the Internet within the larger Morrissey site to call their own and share with the rest of us. Or, perhaps a standard grouping of sub-forums (General, Tour, Marketplace, Movies, Politics, Naked Pics...) which would be a lot better organized than what we have here.
Or...maybe most people like that the site has a different sort of message board, and it should be left alone. If so, fine. But I really do think we could do much better, and that - to me amyway - we are due for a change and, given how great this site is in general, it should also have the best message board of any artist-related site in the world.
Well, anyway, I'm sure this won't go anywhere, but just thought I throw it out there......