[Jump]

LOL. I didn't mean it like that bitme

So since everyone hates me and this site so much, should I just shut it down when these "official" forums come out? I would hate to be an eyesore for the community.

[netburnr]

Originally Posted by Jump

So since everyone hates me and this site so much, should I just shut it down when these "official" forums come out? I would hate to be an eyesore for the community.

<3 you Jump

(short post, no points)

[GrimGriz]

Originally Posted by daslog

Actually yes.

What tends to happen here is that someone starts a thread, people start spamming it cause they don't like the topic, and the thread gets locked. Hopefully, on the official forums,

1) The spammers get banned.
2) There are no contests that encourage spamming.

I agree with number 2. As far as the locked threads go, I've requested a few of mine be deleted because the community went poo poo on them, but he just locks them instead, so you can always go back and see the poo poo.

Originally Posted by Istanbul

You know... perhaps jump has some stats, but it seems to me that the number of posts/threads started is only a little bit higher than normal during this contest period. I don't really get why everyone thinks this contest is making people spam. I was #7 as of the last update and I haven't been posting any more than normal. Some people just need to relax and have some fun for cryin out loud.

Well, I think it's making people spam because while I was trying to win I felt like I was spamming. I'd sit at work and try to think of excuses to make a post when I had no particular reason to post other than to try to score points for the contest.

Since there were no real qualifiers, a post was a post, and all you had to do was reply to what the last guy said with "yeah I agree" or "no I disagree" or "how does that make you feel" and make sure it took you 50 characters to say it.

I've always been a fan of the site. I joined in July 2004 and I've been pretty active, I've made 1800 posts (counting this one)...that's about 40 posts a month. The lead for this competition joined in August 2007 and has 1082 posts, or around 270 posts a month. So, it's not surprise I felt like a spammer when I had to increase my posting by about %700 to compete.

I apologize to the community for the spamming I feel I've done lately, except for the turrets stuff. I actually just care that much about miners and haulers being made to feel helpless by fighter pilots just because of how they choose to play the game.

[Jump]

Originally Posted by GrimGriz

Well, I think it's making people spam because while I was trying to win I felt like I was spamming. I'd sit at work and try to think of excuses to make a post when I had no particular reason to post other than to try to score points for the contest.

Well gee Grim, it should just make you feel like you're part of a discussion community. If you want it all to be meaningful and glorious then go volunteer at wikipedia. A forum is for posting, whether it be inspirational or just conversational. That's what a forum is. It's the local bar not the university. I'm sorry I cared so much to try and get some nice things for our community. Never again I guess.

[GrimGriz]

There's a big difference between a discussion forum and a chat room, at least in my opinion. There's also a big difference between posting and spamming, just like there's a difference between having something to say and talking to make noise.

One of the beauties of JSR is though, that I know differences of opinions are allowed

[Tim]

3 Things:

1) if you don't like the contests we have around here, don't participate. But should you choose not to do so, please try to be quiet about it. Many of us don't care for self-proclaimed martyrs.

2) Nobody on the admin staff is going to start Burninating opinions just because we think they are silly. Ramble, blather, spam, whatever. There is one exception:

3) Stay on topic. If a post doesn't fit in a given thread, make a new thread. For instance, this thread is about an interview with a community manager. Lets keep the posts in that vein, please.

[GrimGriz]

Originally Posted by Tim

3 Things:

1) if you don't like the contests we have around here, don't participate. But should you choose not to do so, please try to be quiet about it. Many of us don't care for self-proclaimed martyrs.

I hope the new community manager isn't a fan of thinly veiled insults

[Tim]

shhhhh. Quiet.

[GrimGriz]

Next time someone interviews the new community manager, ask her if she has built in turrets.

[biteme]

Originally Posted by Jump

LOL. I didn't mean it like that bitme

So since everyone hates me and this site so much, should I just shut it down when these "official" forums come out? I would hate to be an eyesore for the community.

I never said I hated you and I think theses forums are decently run, I was just making a point that I thought needed to be made in the most smart ass way I could think of.

[ELPIRATA]

LOL can somebody edit the title so that it shows that its no longer a new interview?

ELP

[Jump]

Originally Posted by biteme

I never said I hated you and I think theses forums are decently run, I was just making a point that I thought needed to be made in the most smart ass way I could think of.

I just meant that if you think the EU/US Jumpgate merge was a culture shock with reverberations that still echo today, that was amongst peop