Guest El Chalupacabra Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 delete Lyceum. Even though I still post there once in a while, I agree with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I don't think that you guys have any idea what closing the Lyceum would do. At least this way they're mostly contained in one spot. Otherwise they'll be everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I think we do know... it'll be just like the rest of the internet. Honestly, I'm really surprised we haven't gotten any new blood in here in a while, you'd think our policy of easily-avoided political discussion would be a huge selling point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I don't think that you guys have any idea what closing the Lyceum would do. At least this way they're mostly contained in one spot. Otherwise they'll be everywhere.Since I am not the one deciding, I am OK with whatever is decided. All I am saying is I wouldn't miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 What would you see as the result of ditching the Lyceum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 You are probably correct that the political discussions would spread to other forums (they do already, but probably more so). All I am saying is that if there was a consensus to ditch it, I'm in. If people want to keep it, I am alright with that, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 What would you see as the result of ditching the Lyceum?On the sites I post at where politics are forbidden people are forced to talk about the other topics. You can talk about Star Wars without somebody whining about an SJW agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Sounds like that requires a lot of moderating, though. I think most of us here that still actively post all have busy lives now, and that would be a challenge because it would require mods who can set time aside to do it. I wonder if there is a way to automate the board to flag key terms in certain forums, similar to how spammers are flagged. For example, if a term like SJW pops up in the Star Wars forum, the post gets put on hold for approval or deletion. But that is pretty aggressive and would be a far different way to mod nightly than has been done traditionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 There’s no way to do that in our version of IPBoard. My bigger fear would be cutting off a major topic of discussion. I’m willing to moderate and move more stuff to the Lyceum, but absent convincing arguments I don’t see a reason to ban politics entirely. And if we did, I would be pretty quick to jump on liberal talking points as well, so complaining about racists not liking TLJ would be banned as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robin Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 This thread is intended for opinions, not telling you a plan that's definitely going to happen.Hard decision timeDo it just do it or notTempt fate with a coin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Oddly the Lyceum is the most used forum here right now minus a few hits for Tank's big stuff or an occasional Star Wars post. Take that as you will. I'm pretty sure we can't get new posters signed up. Some setting when Dan and Tommy kinda went crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 God, they're STILL ruining everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 We can get new posters. It was turned off but had absolutely nothing to do with them. Nobody here gives a shit about them. It was turned off because we had massive amounts of spammers joining and hadn't had new users in forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I still love them and keep in touch with them. Tommy's doing good being a blood nurse and Dan's moved to the NE and still doing butcher work. They are good eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Bane Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Long time lurker... the thing I view more often than not is the archives. I want to remind myself of the idiot I was and also fond memories of things like nAw (Wrestling stuff). Also, sometimes I want to seethe at past issues... I'm looking at you Yogi. Not that I should really get an opinion here - but I like the idea of 'vetted' members (1000+ posts) getting access to view - as I know there's questionable stuff in there. But, ultimately, I'd say it comes down to $$, right? Does it actually cost anything extra to maintain the archive or even the multiple forums? Or is this just rocking the boat for the sake of rocking the boat. Anyways... back to lurking. Nice to see so many old faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Yeah, if the archives were accessible to vetted members, that'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I intend to work on it! As for change, it's not really so much the idea of change for the sake of change, but can change help the community. We're dying, and we have been for years. We're still losing previously dedicated members (Cerina? Krawlie? Pong?). We'll keep limping along for a while, but there's going to be a point where there's going to be three people left. So it's always worth discussing ideas of how to make things better for the people left, and not just keeping things the same way because that's what we've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 To put numbers to what I'm talking about, from Sept 1 to today, we've had 39 users who have posted on Nightly. 49 registered users have visited Nightly in that same time. Also, Archives should be fixed. It's a pain to move everyone, but anyone who has 1000 or more posts and posts from the time I set up the mask (about a month ago) will be switched over and will be able to see them. People with less than 1000 will not have access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I wasn't sure if I had 1,000 posts or not, so I just checked. I was surprised to see I have over 7,000. I guess they add up over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Imma just slide in here with the "hey, remember when we used to have thread parties when people made milestone number posts?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrian Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2kool4skool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I use the archives, but mostly through Google searches. Google will search the archives if you know what to search for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.CAllen Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I don't particularly mind consolidating most of the forums and I'm fine with denying access to people who have only made nine hundred and ninety nine posts here (why? because those people are despicable <1000post scum, they deserve the ground, I hate them, I hate their families!!!) but please don't delete anything in the Archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Is thhere some type of time portal? TR, Rock, and RC Allen all coming back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.CAllen Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I can't speak for anyone but myself, but, for me, my "time portal" is mostly just the literal actual factual morbid truth that sometimes people I care about (in a particular way), uh, y'know, die (e.g S. Lee, S. Ditko) combined with the much happier and more pedestrian reality that sometimes Nightly will e-mail me if someone messages me through it or Likes my posts or whatnot. Oh, and also, there is sometimes a new Star War, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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