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bendib
March 28th, 2010, 12:09 AM
I started a new forum on my old server. I guess you could say it's for those mindless babblings that do not belong elsewhere. The forum rules are nice as well as fear-inducing:


I reign supreme here. I don't NEED a reason
to ban you or delete your post. IF I don't like your post,
it might go missing. Curse words are perfectly acceptable,
and personal attacks only when clearly deserved. Oherwise,
I really don't care. Windows users might get a bit of extra hostility.

Mail does not work on this yet, I have no MX record, so there will be no notifications. Other than that, babble away:

Click here (http://geekinsnthings.homelinux.org/forum) to visit.

(mods move wherever this belongs.)
colobix
March 28th, 2010, 12:36 AM
Nice. I will visit it.
colobix
March 28th, 2010, 02:53 AM
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Wrong forum but great info anyway.
earthpigg
March 28th, 2010, 05:59 AM
any chance of you getting rid of that email registration crap?

im registered with enough websites, tyvm.
AllRadioisDead
March 28th, 2010, 06:23 AM
Oh yay.
bendib
March 28th, 2010, 06:32 AM
Oh yay. Yes, yay! Now go register! :D
bendib
March 28th, 2010, 06:35 AM
any chance of you getting rid of that email registration crap?

im registered with enough websites, tyvm. Sorry, I wish I could. Thing is, if I allowed anonymous users to post, I could delete their posts, but could not permanently get rid of them. They could just keep coming back and posting more crap. But yeah, it would be nice if I could get rid of the need to register.
juancarlospaco
March 28th, 2010, 06:38 AM
Windows users might get a bit of extra hosting?
unmole
March 28th, 2010, 06:46 AM
Sorry, I wish I could. Thing is, if I allowed anonymous users to post, I could delete their posts, but could not permanently get rid of them. They could just keep coming back and posting more crap. But yeah, it would be nice if I could get rid of the need to register.

OpenID, perhaps?
bendib
March 28th, 2010, 06:51 AM
Windows users might get a bit of extra hosting?Hostility means cruelty and aggressiveness.:D
Phrea
March 28th, 2010, 06:54 AM
Oh c'mon, this is just spam...
earthpigg
March 28th, 2010, 08:20 AM
Sorry, I wish I could. Thing is, if I allowed anonymous users to post, I could delete their posts, but could not permanently get rid of them. They could just keep coming back and posting more crap. But yeah, it would be nice if I could get rid of the need to register.

a forum i maintain (http://www.boxcarhosting.net:8080/masonux/boardroot) seems to do peachy without any verification stuff.

give people a chance, they may surprise you.
kellemes
March 28th, 2010, 08:24 AM
OpenID, perhaps?

This is the way to go indeed..
I have to many accounts already.
RabbitWho
March 28th, 2010, 09:32 AM
Can anyone give me an example of a message board that isn't onto a proper website and yet is successful and has people regularly posting on it and joining it?
YeOK
March 28th, 2010, 09:41 AM
a forum i maintain (http://www.boxcarhosting.net:8080/masonux/boardroot) seems to do peachy without any verification stuff.

give people a chance, they may surprise you.

Yes, 4chan allows unregistered posts too.
m4tic
March 28th, 2010, 12:22 PM
a forum i maintain (http://www.boxcarhosting.net:8080/masonux/boardroot) seems to do peachy without any verification stuff.

give people a chance, they may surprise you.

that forum needs bleaching and thinner fonts
l.billon
March 28th, 2010, 12:33 PM
Can anyone give me an example of a message board that isn't onto a proper website and yet is successful and has people regularly posting on it and joining it?
Well I just found http://www.forumfr.com/ which has 100 000+ users and is not related to a website.

Beside that, I agree you, people won't come if there's nothing to talk about.
_h_
March 28th, 2010, 01:12 PM
Oh c'mon, this is just spam...

Indeed it is (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1440874). :/
bendib
March 28th, 2010, 02:01 PM
If you guys are worried about irritating notifications in your inbox, you have to subscribe to the forum category/thread. It won't bug you just because you replied. Oh, and I got mail working.
bendib
March 28th, 2010, 02:02 PM
Indeed it is (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1440874). :/ NO it is NOT.
bendib
March 28th, 2010, 02:03 PM
that forum needs bleaching and thinner fonts
Agreed.
bendib
March 28th, 2010, 02:05 PM
Alright. I caved. I will enable non-registered posts shortly.

EDIT: You can now post in my forum without registering, but please register anyway.
_h_
March 28th, 2010, 02:09 PM
Alright. I caved. I will enable non-registered posts shortly.

Incoming Russian porn spam bots, lol.
earthpigg
March 28th, 2010, 07:49 PM
that forum needs bleaching and thinner fonts

its a clone of a discussion forum that goes back a decade and change. i used it cuz i know the guy that runs the clone, and i like it's simplicity.

not that the forum is actually getting populated with enough information that i am answering questions by pointing folks to other posts in the thread, the time may be coming to migrate to vbul or something.
KingOfDeath
March 28th, 2010, 07:53 PM
we'll register dude :)
Vorian
March 28th, 2010, 07:56 PM
(mods move wherever this belongs.)

belongs in the Jail IMHO
Doctor Mike
March 28th, 2010, 08:37 PM
Look, a forum without restriction, and a disclaimer to that effect, with an adult age limit = to 97% of the countries in this world would be interesting, but doing what has already been done (and absolute post control, which in theory has always existed, but rarely admitted to) is just replication,,,

And, if you eliminate anonymous posts you eliminate posts without the need to be Overlord.