I noticed it seems like the 'what are you doing' thread is fubar.. i think in general it's hard of the board software for rediculously long threads.. perhaps it should be closed and a new one started?
I noticed it seems like the 'what are you doing' thread is fubar.. i think in general it's hard of the board software for rediculously long threads.. perhaps it should be closed and a new one started?
omg, that thread gave me a headache.... It was too big to start over.
I dunno if it's deleted or what.
I was going to grab one of lostforawhiles posts and convert it to a "What are you doing right now II" thread
- llia
Okay I flushed it for good this time... time to start over
- llia
Oh and thats what caused the board down time... me trying to start that thread over again
- llia
You broke the board Mike!
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I need these parts!
https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67742
LOL, I think we should have a Mass email to all members when the forum will be down for an amount of time.
I thought it was hacked or the server died!
2004-2011?
hey I was the one sweatin....
After the board went down I was like,
Oops!
- llia
you made my home...crash......
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B18c1 swap since 7/2011
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so that is why the board is soooo much faster. It used to hang on me and trust me it is not my connection.
Since you wiped out that thread the board feels so much faster.
I say lets keep that thread under 50 pages. if it gets over 50 pages wipe it and start another one.
Alex.
haha 50 pages...the whores will have it done before sunset!
Originally Posted by shepherd79
phhhhs.....its your connection....cuz i have 10mbps download and it never lags on me
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
the site still times out on me alot, but i think its my connection too
sounds good to me
though we can give em 100 pages
I think I have mine set to maximum posts per page.
- llia
omfg my thread crashed the site? is this a record? lets start it over but delete pages over 2 weeks old.
Personally I think threads like that are a waste of bandwidth, and I would love to delete them all.
I'm sure I am not the only one who feels like this...
There is OT, and then there is pointless BS... and I am pretty sure that however large the thread got, was awfully pointless.
Maybe we (Marc, Joe?) could look into a 3geez hosted chat room for forum members... (thought I don't know the bandwidth requirements, it certainly wouldn't stress the DB or hosting storage limitations as much as this does.
IMHO the obvious post whoring threads should be kept to a chat style conversation. There is nothing meaningful or useful that deserves to be retained on the Internet forever... And to allow people their conversational style threads with quick 1 word replies etc a chat room would be more appropriate in the first place.
Opinions?
Last edited by bobafett; 03-16-2007 at 03:20 PM.
Perfectly stated.
There's been much talk over the years of having a chat function, and honestly aim chats and chats that require some sort of client software have been less successful. Some sort of integrated feature would be great.
Alex
yes, yes yes and then and then and then..
at least the thread keeps a good percentage of the to and from.. contained just a little anyway.
Last edited by 2oodoor; 03-16-2007 at 03:34 PM.
I like the 'what are you doing' thread.. sure it's like a chat room in a way, but it's still a message board in that you can read things people said hours or even days ago.
I also think that thread has helped keep the post whoring contained.. when people wanna chitchat they can post there instead of whatever thread is convienient
I do think the locking/deleting after 50 pages or whatever is a good idea though.
Personally I think threads like that are a waste of bandwidth, and I would love to delete them all.
I'm sure I am not the only one who feels like this...
There is OT, and then there is pointless BS... and I am pretty sure that however large the thread got, was awfully pointless.
Maybe we (Marc, Joe?) could look into a 3geez hosted chat room for forum members... (thought I don't know the bandwidth requirements, it certainly wouldn't stress the DB or hosting storage limitations as much as this does.
IMHO the obvious post whoring threads should be kept to a chat style conversation. There is nothing meaningful or useful that deserves to be retained on the Internet forever... And to allow people their conversational style threads with quick 1 word replies etc a chat room would be more appropriate in the first place.
Opinions?
169 pages I think... then I deleted it.
That was with 20 posts per page I think.
- llia
this was not a useless thread,this gave people a point to come to when they first logged in for the day,or when they got off of work. example: hey whats up? did you see so and so's new rims? or just finished up something on my car go to such and such a forum and check it out. it gave a very friendly feeling to the site and brought a lot of members together as friends. a chatroom is a good idea,but the problem is that on a chatroom,the posts are gone right away. this would have worked a lot better if say anything more then two weeks old gets deleted. the reason you want to be able to go back,is that someone who has just logged in might want to go back a couple of pages and see whats been going on,while they were off. I never expected it to take off like this, I think that says everything about this thread. it had a huge popularity with the members. it just got too big for the server because the old stale posts never got deleted.Personally I think threads like that are a waste of bandwidth, and I would love to delete them all.
I'm sure I am not the only one who feels like this...
There is OT, and then there is pointless BS... and I am pretty sure that however large the thread got, was awfully pointless.
Maybe we (Marc, Joe?) could look into a 3geez hosted chat room for forum members... (thought I don't know the bandwidth requirements, it certainly wouldn't stress the DB or hosting storage limitations as much as this does.
IMHO the obvious post whoring threads should be kept to a chat style conversation. There is nothing meaningful or useful that deserves to be retained on the Internet forever... And to allow people their conversational style threads with quick 1 word replies etc a chat room would be more appropriate in the first place.
Opinions?
welcome to internet forums. generally speaking, the fact that old posts never get deleted is what makes forums so valuable. you can search around for stuff from the very beginning of the forum, and everyone's posts are still there.
I understand what you are saying, but seriously if it is interfering and causing the board to go down, we need to come up with another solution - IMHO. I don't think there is any need to retain the type of conversation that goes on in threads like this. Yes they may be popular, but they aren't doing anybody any good when you cannot access 3geez at all.
i say we just stick to the delete after 2 weeks plan
I wonder if there is an auto lock function, like how polls can be closed after a set time.
- llia
well said bro
It helps the other threads to keep on point, at least a little until , I am all for that.
Another option...Delete it at the end of the month and restart a new on the first of the month?
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