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I wasn't part of these forums in the early years, but I read MacAddict from the beginning.  I think part of the reason there is maybe less of a sense of community here than there used to be is that there is less of a sense of community in the Apple user base in general.

Seems like there were far less casual Mac users back in the System 7/8 pre iMac days.  Now Apple is awfully trendy, people have less history with the company and are less passionate about it.

bratboy wrote:

Temetka wrote:

Corporate mentality and a lack of true geek interest coupled with severe to ridiculous amounts of overmoderation are slowly killing the forums.

Ah yes....this place would be so much better if comments such as this one were tolerated.

That was a thread and a half.

Temetka wrote:

EDIT: Re-read the thread in question. I must have been waaay drunk. Even I admit that was pure and senseless drivel. I am quite shocked actually.

Sorry to dredge it up, but your prior bad behavior was the first thing I thought of when I read your post criticizing the moderation here. 

It's certainly a difficult balance to strike, and we're obviously not perfect and don't always get it right.  We're volunteers, after all.

Compared to the number of members who have posted here over the years, the number who have been permanently banned from posting on the board is quite small.

I have no problem with you bringing it up.

It would be hypocritical of me to claim over moderation then bitch about it when I am used as an example.

What you brought up was an example of moderation applied properly.

Alien wrote:

Susie wrote:

justine wrote:

There isn't a sense of community anymore.

LOL.

That's such a ridiculous post! If geekette feels a sense of community enough to comment on it, who are you to tell her she's wrong?

I mean, if I said I had a stomachache, would you tell me I didn't?

Honestly, this is the funniest thing I've seen all day. (Why are you still here again?)

On the other hand, if Justine said she didn't have a stomach ache, would you tell her she did?

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Your analogy misses the point completely. It isn't the equivalent of saying that she does have a stomach ache. We are talking about how someone perceives something and the fact is that two people can perceive a sense of community in the opposite way. It is completely possible for one person to feel a sense of community while the other does not. It is impossible for either of them to say that the other person is wrong.

If you are anti-social and don't involve yourself in a positive way with what is going on in your neighborhood then you won't feel a sense of community but that in no way means that your neighbor doesn't feel one. We have a neighborhood organization and when we have meetings there are people that live 10 houses down from us that perceive the neighborhood in a completely different way than my wife and I do. That does not mean that one of us is right and the other is wrong, just that we have had different experiences with our neighbors and other aspects of our environment.

Frank

agedgruel wrote:

Apple detractors have not killed this forum.

The fact that the people who own it have shown us they don't care about it is the problem.

If they don't care, why should anyone else?

I disagree completely. In fact, looks like the tabs now have names so someone has been making changes to the forum software.

Please let us know what you think is so horrible about the forums that it keeps people from coming here.

Last edited by frankly (2008-07-15 12:41 pm)

frankly wrote:

agedgruel wrote:

Apple detractors have not killed this forum.

The fact that the people who own it have shown us they don't care about it is the problem.

If they don't care, why should anyone else?

I disagree completely. In fact, looks like the tabs now have names so someone has been making changes to the forum software.

Please let us know what you think is so horrible about the forums that it keeps people from coming here.

On the plus side, they removed that annoying "Mark all as read" link from the individual forums.

I hated that thing.

matt wrote:

frankly wrote:

agedgruel wrote:

Apple detractors have not killed this forum.

The fact that the people who own it have shown us they don't care about it is the problem.

If they don't care, why should anyone else?

I disagree completely. In fact, looks like the tabs now have names so someone has been making changes to the forum software.

Please let us know what you think is so horrible about the forums that it keeps people from coming here.

On the plus side, they removed that annoying "Mark all as read" link from the individual forums.

I hated that thing.

You forgot to use the sarcasm tag.

Something is amiss when there has only been 6 posts in the main apple forum in the last day almost

Don't exaggerate. I count 25 posts across 5 topics for today and yesterday in In Tech News & 45 posts across 10 topics for today and yesterday in Everyday Tech.

It's summer.

It just so happened to be the only topic people had posted in for nearly the last day in that forum. And now we have spent just as many posts talking about it.

NAG wrote:

It's like the twilight zone.

Nah everyone's too busy playing with their new iPhones.
Play here dammit!