too lazy to type a ton of stuff out, but here are some posts that I like:
http://www.computerforums.org/showpost.php?p=707907&postcount=6
http://www.computerforums.org/showpost.php?p=707958&postcount=17
http://www.computerforums.org/showpost.php?p=708318&postcount=37
http://www.computerforums.org/showpost.php?p=708938&postcount=60
http://www.computerforums.org/showpost.php?p=710666&postcount=94
how ever, the more I think about it, I would think a simpler setup of boards would do better.... see this:
General Computing-
*Help!!!!! Its Broken!!!!
*General Computer Talk
*Tutorials (locked.... a mod can move approved stuff into it so its not abused with stupid crap)
The Lounge-
*Social lounge
*Classifieds
*Gallery
*Review Board
Technical-
*Programming
*Servers And Administration
*Advertising And Review Board
CF Comments & Suggestions
*General Comments and Feedback
*Staff area
*Spam Archive
edit---
Why is everyone obsessed with changing the forum? We should be more worried about getting more active members. The forum is fine, why do we need to redo the rules?
"if you build it [they] will come"
Embedding videos is a bit risky, a spammer would love to post the videos they try and link to
that is true. and you know what? What does this code do:
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="5; url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0">
I'll give you a hint. It redirects the page, in this case to rick roll. By allowing embedded videos, we would allow HTML, which would allow that code. any spammer can throw in a malware or phishing site, and go to town with it. Now, I know that there are add ons that will work for you tube, or for Google video, but they are very specific, and the ones I've seen would only work for IE or firefox, which was very limiting. I think clicking a link is good as well because then we can comment on the video if we choose as well.