~NeonFire372~
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Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Just another thread about the whole Brookfield thing, but it's not. This is about everything in general that's happened here recently and how I think it's affecting the forums.
1. The whole "Brookfield" issue - This issue definitely hasn't been looked over. There are people wanting him demoted (myself included), people defending him and just all around drama because of his moderator position. It seems that every second post by him that I see is also edited out by Mark Thorpe. In my opinion if any member did the things Brookfield has done (such as using confidential information, posting it (in the past I've saw him post IP addresses) and making countless double posts they would have been banned. Instead of just editing out Brookfield's double posts with things like "shut up", why not just delete them silently and/or merge them?
2. George Monks and other spammers - It seems as if we're getting 0 new members that remain active other than more accounts made by previous banned members such as George Monks. It also seems that most welcome threads end up skeptical on IP searches and whatnot, therefore making the community seem unwelcoming.
3. The overall dull-ness of the forum - Let's face it - this forum is primarly full of teenagers and young adults that don't care if it looks extremely professional. I think the forums should feel a bit more relaxed with a combination of different themes that suit individual people's tastes. Instead we are still using the same theme that we were using when I first joined the forums. There needs to be a change within the forum. I applaud David for enabling the custom avatars but that wasn't done without a million uproars over the issue which has also been happening ever since I came here.
4. The reputation system - The reputation system was wanted so bad by many members before it was introduced and shortly after was starting to be abused and continues to be abused. The initial intentions of the rep system, correct me if I'm wrong, were to give people reputation whenever they helped members out. This method is flawed in several ways because too much reputation is given for things like videos, jokes and random comments and not enough for helping. If a new member comes here and a member gives that member help with his or her problem and they give the member a reputation point, it doesn't affect their total reputation point count and just appears grey.
5. Bickering and miscommunication between moderators - This one speaks for itself and was covered in another thread recently in the Comments, Suggestions and Feedback forums. It seems as if the moderation team could use some new ways to communicate with each other and bickering between the moderators looks inprofessional in my opinion. With things happening such as Mark editing Brookfield's posts with the reason "shut up" (or similar), it's easy to tell there's something wrong.
I'm tired tonight so I can't really explain in detail about anything but these are just my honest opinions on the current state of ComputerForums. It also seems as if we have to fight and fight for David to do anything to the forums and I think in the future it'll end up as members leaving before any of the above problems get fixed.
Trust me, there's a reason why there aren't that many active new members.
1. The whole "Brookfield" issue - This issue definitely hasn't been looked over. There are people wanting him demoted (myself included), people defending him and just all around drama because of his moderator position. It seems that every second post by him that I see is also edited out by Mark Thorpe. In my opinion if any member did the things Brookfield has done (such as using confidential information, posting it (in the past I've saw him post IP addresses) and making countless double posts they would have been banned. Instead of just editing out Brookfield's double posts with things like "shut up", why not just delete them silently and/or merge them?
2. George Monks and other spammers - It seems as if we're getting 0 new members that remain active other than more accounts made by previous banned members such as George Monks. It also seems that most welcome threads end up skeptical on IP searches and whatnot, therefore making the community seem unwelcoming.
3. The overall dull-ness of the forum - Let's face it - this forum is primarly full of teenagers and young adults that don't care if it looks extremely professional. I think the forums should feel a bit more relaxed with a combination of different themes that suit individual people's tastes. Instead we are still using the same theme that we were using when I first joined the forums. There needs to be a change within the forum. I applaud David for enabling the custom avatars but that wasn't done without a million uproars over the issue which has also been happening ever since I came here.
4. The reputation system - The reputation system was wanted so bad by many members before it was introduced and shortly after was starting to be abused and continues to be abused. The initial intentions of the rep system, correct me if I'm wrong, were to give people reputation whenever they helped members out. This method is flawed in several ways because too much reputation is given for things like videos, jokes and random comments and not enough for helping. If a new member comes here and a member gives that member help with his or her problem and they give the member a reputation point, it doesn't affect their total reputation point count and just appears grey.
5. Bickering and miscommunication between moderators - This one speaks for itself and was covered in another thread recently in the Comments, Suggestions and Feedback forums. It seems as if the moderation team could use some new ways to communicate with each other and bickering between the moderators looks inprofessional in my opinion. With things happening such as Mark editing Brookfield's posts with the reason "shut up" (or similar), it's easy to tell there's something wrong.
I'm tired tonight so I can't really explain in detail about anything but these are just my honest opinions on the current state of ComputerForums. It also seems as if we have to fight and fight for David to do anything to the forums and I think in the future it'll end up as members leaving before any of the above problems get fixed.
Trust me, there's a reason why there aren't that many active new members.
