IF you don't like the social lounge, don't go in there. Simple as that.
That is a very good point indeed if you dont like something then dont go in there
I think a lot of the problems round here arent just gonna be fixed by giving people what they want when they want it tho
Like now people have asked for custum av's and daavid has given in , now people will start to get the idea that if they ask enough they will get what they want
I think one thing David needs to do is make his stance on all the brookfield business cos i think just about every regular member here now has said what they think about it and its time for david to make a decision on what he is doing and do whatever he decides to do carry out the required action , even if i dont agree with his stance and what he proposes to do i will have to live with his decision as his decision is final I think this has gone on far too long now and its getting people annoyed cos they are repeatedly saying what they think about brookfields ability as a moderatoor and yet David never comments on it or takes action and people are feeling as if their opinions are no longer valued around here and thats when people get pissed off . I mean what as the point of the mod reviews if nothing is going to be done about what issues where raised in them , there is no point asking people what they think if you arent then going to take that into consideration
I also think it is unfair of David to be leaving brookfield now hanging in a state of unknown as to weather he is or is not going to be a moderator again
As for the social lounge i think it is an important part of the forum , at times i only post in there and although most of the posts are unhelpfull somtimes someone will need help with a life issue or something like that and all the members can help them based on their personal experiences etc cos we all lead different lifestyles and all have different expereinces we can share with each other and so i wouldnt just rubbish the social lounge as being pointless either
To me post cound dosent matter i dont mind people posting threads in the social lounge saying woot xxxx number of posts so long as they only do it for big milestones and not every hundred posts
And yes by all means i think the rep system needs scrapping there was a thread about it a while ago in which the general consensus was that it could be scrapped and so i think go ahead there is one less thing people can argue about or obsess over
In fact if david turned off rep and post count tomorrow i think this place would become a while lot better as we wouldnt all be judged by them two factors
If this forum is all about helping people out and no social then it wont work cos people will see it as a chore/job and even in the workplce people socialise dont they , the reason i enjoy coming on here is cos i get to intereact socially with other people and then sometimes i can help people if i am capable of helping them
I think the whole point is that adding new features isnt just going to make the issues go away its just gonna make everyone forget about them for a while but once people get bored/annoyed again they will jsut start demanding some more stuff
So i say sort the real issues out dont distract people from what the real problems are by giving them exciting new toys to play with