How do you rate this forums growth/evolution since you joined?

Van Hellseek · 12 Jul 2012 at 00:01

How do you consider things to be now compared to how they used to be (back when all this used to be fields)? Do you like it more now or less?

This question is mainly aimed at people who have been around for a long time. particularly circa 2002 (or before). But regardless of when you joined how do you rate these forums today compared to when you joined?

Is the general atmosphere more argumentative/flame-y, or friendly/helpful? Do you prefer it busy or more 'intimate'. Was the place managed better back then, or now? etc etc....

Edit : Not just GD, but forum-wide.

FoxEye · 12 Jul 2012 at 00:08

Always thought these forums were well run and well moderated. I like not having animated avatars, sigs, etc. Keeps the place clean and easily readable.

Thumbs up from me, for as long as I've been coming here.

Sometimes there's a tendency here to be right-wing and anti-religion, to the extreme, but generally posts are good natured.

Tefal · 12 Jul 2012 at 00:11

seems slower, the new guys seems slightly less interesting, and all the memes and other **** seems to have moved on past me.

My posts per day is falling

Loki · 12 Jul 2012 at 00:15

I would say the forums attract a much younger audience now than when I first joined back in 2004.

In regards to the 'Quality' I guess that is largely subjective. I have never been a big fan of the endless 'Spec me a X' because I can't be bothered to Google or 'Yet Another Relationship' thread. I don't contribute too much to GD as my perception is that it has gone down hill. Threads like that irritate me but it's not my thread so don't sweat the small stuff as it's all subjective.

The quality of technical information however if anything is unparalleled in my opinion. Some very knowledgeable folk who take pride in their kit and sharing their knowledge and experience

2bit · 12 Jul 2012 at 00:16

I miss lots of great contributors of yore.

I dislike the new moderation who contribute nothing to a thread yet censure or berate my posts.

I keep coming back - Overclockers always seems like a good space and I generally like the people who post here.

PermaBanned · 12 Jul 2012 at 00:34

I have few complaints that would be at all helpful to voice. There are one or two members that i miss, but i don't think there's been a massive downhill spiral that some people (drama queens

) seem to think there has.

firstborn · 12 Jul 2012 at 00:35

GD is obviously a playground for the prepubescent these days, but this was always going to be the price to pay for popularity. Back in the day it was a loverly place to hang.

All the specialist areas are great when you know who you should pay attention to; ignoring all the instant experts who just regurgitate what they've read with no real experience of what the hell they're talking about.

I preferred it way back tbh...

Tummy · 12 Jul 2012 at 02:28

Meh. General Discussion is a cesspit.

Certain sub forums are still ~ok, some have declined.

Hardware section is still very good / helpful when deciding what to buy or for updates / information re; technology

Shayper · 12 Jul 2012 at 02:32

The majority of the Forums are as helpful as ever

GD is becoming worse. People have no manners around here anymore, with a few exceptions of course.

TurnipHead · 12 Jul 2012 at 02:45

OP's signature sums it up for me.

Fragalot · 12 Jul 2012 at 05:00

Not as good as it used to be. I much rather read Reddit. But its mainly a UK forum so i keep reading to have an idea whats going on back in the UK

IronWarrior · 12 Jul 2012 at 05:29

Style is old and outdated just like some of it's rules.

Other then that, it seems to be full of trolls with a few good posters mixed in.

Hostile_18 · 12 Jul 2012 at 07:31

I think it's pretty much consistent tbh.

Robbo · 12 Jul 2012 at 07:38

It goes from good to bad quite often.

I think you certainly notice when there are a few returnees on new accounts posting garbage at the same time, threads tend to be longer as they get derailed more easily.

Still the best forum by a mile though.

eatcustard · 12 Jul 2012 at 07:40

People asking the same questions, time after time, with the same replies, I even has a year off from this site, because of that, as its still the same.
Better forums out there (for info), but this one will stay around as its well known.

The Halk · 12 Jul 2012 at 08:19

There's a constant amount of effluent, and sometimes the discussion rises above that and is good fun and interesting, sometimes it doesn't.

I particularly dislike the right wing fire and forget threads - partly because I sometimes get caught up in them and afterwards wish I'd not spent the effort.

I also dislike the level of points scoring argument that goes on. People will argue with you for no reason at all, other than winning an argument.

The past week has improved, but the month or so prior to that was poor.

V4NT0M · 12 Jul 2012 at 08:21

Overall, it has not changed one bit.

Except I post less random images.

Mr^B · 12 Jul 2012 at 08:24

It's far worse at half-term, summer holidays.

Overall it's good, can be a bit argumentative at times, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

There seems to be a trend of replying to posts just using "hilarious" images/animated gifs, which is pretty mindless and unimaginative and could do with some moderation. Also the amount of RSS feed style posts seems to be increasing too.

bledd · 12 Jul 2012 at 08:24

Music, Tv & Box Office is still the nicest sub forum imo