Where did the OFF-TOPIC forum go?

It seems to have dissappered? It's not on the forums page and I tried to access one of my topics I made on their a while ago to see if that even worked and I got a Forbidden message? Whats up with this?

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http://www.sharkyforums.com/cgi-bin/...n=2452102.1907

they closed it. i'm sad. the other forums are dying fast as a result. http://dev.www.sharkyforums.forums.relay.cool/

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Originally posted by joeyw99:
they closed it. i'm sad. the other forums are dying fast as a result. http://dev.www.sharkyforums.forums.relay.cool/

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No they aren't, SF is alive and well...off topic was just a place for spammers to get boners over their quickly increasing post-counts. Just cause they've left to go feel like rock stars in some other forum doesn't mean that SF is any worse off. https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/06/4.gif

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Yeah but with no off topic forums for them to spam on they'll start coming to this forum & the others. So maybe the off topic forum was a good idea https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/06/5.gif

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A valid concern, but I think they all realize that these other topic areas are not spam-friendly. Spam loves company, any straglers will be easily driven away. Plus, most of those types have left to other forums already, so I think there's little to worry about.

I'm glad it's gone. SF's purpose has always been oriented towards computer hardware and software. I never thought they were trying to be the latest hot-spot hangout for chatters. I'm glad they recognized that (I'm assuming here) and severed it like they did.

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Well, thats what Off-Topic is for.

Even though I hardly ever read the OT forum, many ppl did and I think that SharkyForums is less of a community now that OT is gone. Hopefully, they'll soon add back OT (or maybe just more specific OT forums)...if they're really concerned about spammers, the OT forums should just limit the max posts per user per day.

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I think that is crap. All boards need an off topic. OT gives people a place to get to know each other and speak whats on their mind. There is no way to really get to know someone by just having them give you tech support. I have made many friends from OT which would have been inpossable without it. I think these forums have turned to crap. My forums have are just like sharky's and they have an off topic. There are already many members. They are here.... http://forums.shawnscomputers.com

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Originally posted by praxis:
A valid concern, but I think they all realize that these other topic areas are not spam-friendly. Spam loves company, any straglers will be easily driven away. Plus, most of those types have left to other forums already, so I think there's little to worry about.

I'm glad it's gone. SF's purpose has always been oriented towards computer hardware and software. I never thought they were trying to be the latest hot-spot hangout for chatters. I'm glad they recognized that (I'm assuming here) and severed it like they did.

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Well I think you forgot to add a line to your sentence. "IMO"

And if you ever was at OT you would have seen ppl that aren't "spammers" but instead have other stuff in their lifes.

Does these ppl say ANYTHING to you?

SWW, Galen, Valafar, Wyrm, (MR) White and the list goes on.

Do you call these ppl "SPAMMERS"????????

Edit
Ho by the way my count is 95% from CPU/OC, Motherboard and so on, and only 5% OT. Does THAT make me a "SPAMMER"???
/Edit

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[This message has been edited by Predator2 (edited July 13, 2001).]

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Originally posted by praxis:
No they aren't, SF is alive and well...off topic was just a place for spammers to get boners over their quickly increasing post-counts. Just cause they've left to go feel like rock stars in some other forum doesn't mean that SF is any worse off. https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/06/4.gif

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Hey there Paraxis I think I remeber you posting there quite often...wonder how many "boners" you got in OT.


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[This message has been edited by Recon (edited July 13, 2001).]

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Originally posted by praxis:
A valid concern, but I think they all realize that these other topic areas are not spam-friendly. Spam loves company, any straglers will be easily driven away. Plus, most of those types have left to other forums already, so I think there's little to worry about.

I'm glad it's gone. SF's purpose has always been oriented towards computer hardware and software. I never thought they were trying to be the latest hot-spot hangout for chatters. I'm glad they recognized that (I'm assuming here) and severed it like they did.

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The people that posted most often in OT...you call them 'spammers', were some of the first people to come to SF when it opened up here in Sept. of last year. The things you say make you sound like a completely brainwashed fool, im afraid.

You were hardly ever in OT, so I dont think you even should deserve to put-down the community and the people that were in it in that way. https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2002/01/1.gif

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AHAHA i was just wondering how long it would take them bets?

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Originally posted by Recon:
AHAHA i was just wondering how long it would take them bets?

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Eh, probably by 3pm eastern time it will be locked up tight! https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif

Its all in good discussion mind you, and it hasnt got out of hand....yet..... https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/06/6.gif



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Originally posted by Recon:
AHAHA i was just wondering how long it would take them bets?

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Eh, probably by 3pm eastern time it will be locked up tight! https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif

Its all in good discussion mind you, and it hasnt got out of hand....yet..... https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/06/6.gif

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No your right not yet.
But if Praxis post something BAD it WILL get out of hand PRETTY QUICK.


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Originally posted by Predator2:
No your right not yet.
But if Praxis post something BAD it WILL get out of hand PRETTY QUICK.

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oooh, pretty scary there Predator.

Pardon me for making a generality. Of course not everyone in OT was a spammer, but in the last month of OT's existance it was extremely common (in my experience) to come across a topic, whose contents had nothing to do with the title, and whose pages had nothing to do with eachother. Sure, every once in awhile there would be an interesting discussion, but more often (see in general), it would be a crap on crap increase-your-post-count fest.

And what do you call people who say, "my goal is to reach 5000 posts by tuesday"? spammers. At least that's what I call them. Because they've made it their prime goal to increase their post-count irregardless of what they might have to say.

Sarge - I spent quite a bit of time in OT; I joined early on as well...I just didn't value OT like others did. I respect the fact that people felt they had deep meaningful relationships from it (*cough* - excuse me). Had the closing happened 4 months earlier, I'd be *****ing too...But it happened during OT's downward slope into the relm of crap, and I can understand why they closed it.

Recon - not too many, I didn't join SF to increase my post, I joined because it's a wonderful resource for computer-related issues. I stopped frequenting OT during the last few months because I felt it was going down the poop chute.

Pred - of course those people mean something to me, they're the more respectable members who would post when they had something to say. I wish they had been the majority, then we wouldn't be having this discussion.

And folks, I value discussion much more than endless crap posts. That's where my priorities lie. Please don't get all pissed and start burning me in effigy, because that's really trite and pointless. If you have a point to make, then state it, if you just want to attack, then you're essentially saying, "I have no point" and your showing SF the kind of people who caused OT to go down in the first place.

peace -- praxis

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Originally posted by praxis:
oooh, pretty scary there Predator.

Pardon me for making a generality. Of course not everyone in OT was a spammer, but in the last month of OT's existance it was extremely common (in my experience) to come across a topic, whose contents had nothing to do with the title, and whose pages had nothing to do with eachother. Sure, every once in awhile there would be an interesting discussion, but more often (see in general), it would be a crap on crap increase-your-post-count fest.

And what do you call people who say, "my goal is to reach 5000 posts by tuesday"? spammers. At least that's what I call them. Because they've made it their prime goal to increase their post-count irregardless of what they might have to say.

Sarge - I spent quite a bit of time in OT; I joined early on as well...I just didn't value OT like others did. I respect the fact that people felt they had deep meaningful relationships from it (*cough* - excuse me). Had the closing happened 4 months earlier, I'd be *****ing too...But it happened during OT's downward slope into the relm of crap, and I can understand why they closed it.

Recon - not too many, I didn't join SF to increase my post, I joined because it's a wonderful resource for computer-related issues. I stopped frequenting OT during the last few months because I felt it was going down the poop chute.

Pred - of course those people mean something to me, they're the more respectable members who would post when they had something to say. I wish they had been the majority, then we wouldn't be having this discussion.

And folks, I value discussion much more than endless crap posts. That's where my priorities lie. Please don't get all pissed and start burning me in effigy, because that's really trite and pointless. If you have a point to make, then state it, if you just want to attack, then you're essentially saying, "I have no point" and your showing SF the kind of people who caused OT to go down in the first place.

peace -- praxis

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First off I would like to state that I wasn't going to get out of hand (it's not my style). Sorry if you took it in a bad way.
I should have refrased my sentence.

And I agree that having a Thread that said " first one to 5000" is a spammer thread, but did you stop to see who they where (a smal number of posters who where heading for a BAN or 2).

And these ppl SPAMed all over the place and NOT just OT.

And I have seen some that was asking for a BAN but didn't get one (why not, don't ask me), and to clarify I don't mean YOU ( as far as I know you haven't been SPAMing).

Like My first post in this thread.
You should have said "IN MY OPINION".
When you left that out you made alot of ppl , who have NOTHING to do with SPAM, angry because it seamed that you where saying that ALL ppl at OT are SPAMMERS.


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And AGAIN I have to say LETS STOP this.

1. It's not productive.
2. It wont lead to anything.
3. And it's not related to "General Hardware"

CLOSE IT, MODS.

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This type of discussion is why there won't be any leeway for off topic threads in the topical forums for a while until everyone calms down.

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