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 Mar 5 2006, 08:11 PM
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Prime Runner  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51  |
Hey folks,
We'd like a volunteer or volunteers to handle two different but similar tasks at dumpshock: * posting Shadowrun news to the main page of dumpshock.com -- stuff like news about new websites, game aids, podcasts, FanPro news, links to cool threads in the forums, etc. * posting "Shadowrun in real life" stories/news to the main page of dumpshock.com -- stuff like cyberlimb development, weapons developments, wacky news stories that sound like the Universal Brotherhood, etc. Knowledge of basic HTML [hyperlinks, bold, italics] will be necessary but could be taught easily enough. Ideally we'd like to have each category of news have 1 or 2 updates a week, and the same person could handle both categories if they like. If you're interested and have some time to spare, please send me a PM. |
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Mar 5 2006, 09:17 PM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,944 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
Isn't this sort of thing what this particular forum is headed towards?
Zeppelin Coffin Hotels To Space and Beyond Stealth Sharks Helicopter Drone Virtual Drive Swimming Spy Plane Disney Spy RL Shadowrun RL Trideo RL Suborbital Space Port RL Navy Drone All active in the last week. |
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Mar 5 2006, 09:38 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
The front page has a nice RSS feed for those who want to keep up to date without bogging through the ... culture ... of dumpshock. ;)
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Mar 5 2006, 10:37 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
I heard the internet is just a fad. Forums and RSS feeds are a passing thrill. If you wanted something a little more distributed, I would be willing to write a system where people submit links and a description, then a moderator just approves it. It helps to distribute the load a little. I can even include a DHTML editor.
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Mar 5 2006, 10:45 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
It also screams for spiders to come along and plant their links to spam websites, phishing websites, et cetera. Quicker and easier, but more prone to junk links. |
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Mar 5 2006, 10:55 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,138 Joined: 10-June 03 From: Tennessee Member No.: 4,706 |
That's why it's moderated ;)
I like the idea, personally. I could certainly pitch in and help moderate such a system whereas it'd be beyond my ability to perform the functions directly. |
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Mar 5 2006, 11:04 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
But it also puts said moderators at risk if they don't have any basic protections put in place (or, hell, some advanced protections if you aren't really careful).
User-submitted is nice, but sometimes it's just too risky. |
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Mar 5 2006, 11:11 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
I have quite a few of these on different sites that I maintain. 90% of the links I get are decent. You get some yahoo's out there that submit junk, but those are gone with a simple click of a button. For someone to write a custom engine to submit links would not be worth their time. |
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Mar 5 2006, 11:20 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
It's pretty trivial for someone to zap links over to the maintainer; since we already have a blog engine in place, I really don't think there's any need to re-invent the wheel. At the most, a simple web form for mailing them links and a description may be handy.
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Mar 5 2006, 11:25 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
True, but how many of those sites get traffic like Dumpshock does? Either way, whichever will stand via Adam's call. If he wants a user-submitted blog like that, he'll put it up. If not, he won't. |
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Mar 5 2006, 11:40 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
how does 350,000 unique page views a month and 30,000 unique visitors sound?
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Mar 5 2006, 11:41 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
I'm still waiting for a call for volunteers to moderate an off topic forum.
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Mar 6 2006, 12:31 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,138 Joined: 10-June 03 From: Tennessee Member No.: 4,706 |
We tried that. Didn't work so well. |
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Mar 6 2006, 12:34 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Meh, I wouldn't much care for there being one. If people want to discuss other things, they can go to forums for other things.
No offense, but I don't come here to find out what people think about the economy. I come here to find out what people think about Shadowrun. Just my "random passing by .02". |
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Mar 6 2006, 01:09 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Platinum: Sounds sucessful, but Dumpshock seems like it may have more popularity. That's just my opinion, and this probably isn't the place to discuss it.
eidolon: I agree. I can go to plenty of other forums for "off-topic" discourse. |
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Mar 6 2006, 02:32 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Yeah, and I call bullshit. Any community capable of civil discourse on one subject is capable of handling something so earth shattering as an off topic forum. Pick a few members of the community capable of self control to deal with problems as they arise and you have the entire situation sorted out.
If you don't like it, go ahead! Don't read it. No one said you had to. Why people on this forum act like the addition of an off topic forum would somehow bring ruin and destruction to precious Shadowrun will ever elude me. |
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Mar 6 2006, 02:39 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,138 Joined: 10-June 03 From: Tennessee Member No.: 4,706 |
Your join date is long enough ago to remember the Lounge and the fiasco that surrounded it and its flaming crash into oblivion. The board hasn't seemed to suffer much from its absence. |
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Mar 6 2006, 02:47 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
Or Bulldrek.com, which has not been renewed
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Mar 6 2006, 04:34 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
If you like it, go ahead! Go to another forum. Nobody said you couldn't. ;) Is it any different? |
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Mar 6 2006, 04:53 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
What was Bulldrek and the Lounge?
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Mar 6 2006, 05:06 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
The Lounge was the off-topic forum. Basically (from what I've read), it blew to flaming pieces a lot, and the administrators finally said "ENOUGH!" and deleted the whole thing.
This caused a lot of people to get angry, and so registered and moved to Bulldrek. Obviously I could be way off, as I wasn't around. Anywho, Arethusa, if you want an OT forum that also has RPG discussion, try RPG.Net (as much as I know some people here seem to hate them). Or any number of other free forums where you can discuss just about anything. Administration has said no, and I doubt they'll change their minds, well, ever. |
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Mar 6 2006, 05:08 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Before your time, old son.
The Lounge was basically where Dumpshockers could talk about non-SR topics...and such became a breeding ground for flame wars, the last of which destroyed it. Bulldrek was a cancerous budding from before the final demise of the Lounge, inhabited by the Abortion Engine (3278), Crazy Elf, and others to act out all the craziness and intelligent discussions that were getting them in trouble over in Dumpshock. Bulldrek was fabricated on a no-Admin, 100% freespeech policy...which actually worked until it finally died a year or two ago. The death of the Lounge spawned Underworld93, while the loss of Bulldrek was partially offset by the Freespeech forums and Animalball forums. |
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Mar 6 2006, 05:38 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Uh, yes. I'm not sure why it never seems to occur to anyone that part of the reason off topic forums usually work to tighten communities is that they allow disparate members of communities to get to know eachother better. If that's not your thing, fine, stick to the Shadowrun forum. RPG.net may be nice. I don't know (Bulldrek was generally a shithole, though). But it won't have the same people, which is already defeating much of the point. I've yet to see the Dumpshock administrators present a reasonable argument for why a new off topic forum can't be formed with enlisted existing community members handling moderating. I've yet to see it fail anywhere else with a community that is otherwise more or less sane and pleasant. |
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 Mar 6 2006, 05:45 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,944 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
Who are you wanting to hit on? ;)
:eek: Are you serious? Are you actually typing this with a straight face? From the guy who typed this:
lol |
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Mar 6 2006, 06:06 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
There is a difference between ever so slightly rough language and genuine hostility. This isn't the most well behaved or most wonderful forum I've ever been to. Doesn't have to be, either. I've only seen one forum ever that had genuine justification for not having an off topic forum (that would be The High Road).
tisoz, pm me for good time |
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