Stop Spam. Go back to the old branched thread forum.

[TCO]

I was in another gaming forum the other day and it had the old branching thread method. It was awesome.

1. Way better content.
2. Less spam.
3. Easier to read new posts (don't have to see whole thread when there is a new post.)
4. Threadjacking has less impact.
5. Easier to keep track of old topics and to contribute to them.

Markos/Dan, if you realy want to serve us gamers, let's go back to this concept at least on some of the boards. You could have a UBB board for the spam-desiring.

[Mao]

I like this better, on the other method, the thing took too long to load and I'd have to go all the way down the list for my conversations. Also, Mark and Dan paid for this UBB right?

BTW-You are talking about the methods like in the Addicted forums right? Otherwise, I'm completely off-track.

[MarkG]

with the current method, there have been lots of lots of great on-topic threads which could never exist with a branched method

[TCO]

Mao,

It's a sunk cost.

MarkG,

Could you eleborate? Do you see any merit in my comments?

[adaMada]

If I understand what you mean by 'branched thread', then I'm totally agianst it. It is always harder to read, and less enjoyable. UBB is much better. Sorry.

btw: Just to be sure that I really have the right thing in mind, would someone please post a link to a fourm which uses branched thread?



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adaMada
adamada@springmail.com

[Urban Ranger]

I guess it would be something like the USEnet newsgroups. Any reponses to a thread are posted under that thread. Any responses to a response are posted under that response. A person could choose to respond to the original thread or any of the responses. That would be more coherent when you are trying to track down a line of thought, but takes longer to load.

[Urban Ranger]

You can't stop spam with a change in message presentation format. Spam will always exist. There is plenty of spam in the newsgroups.

[Gatekeeper]

GP, et al.:

I've experienced both styles of message boards — and much prefer the UBB approach. It's quicker and, for me, much more enjoyable.

CYBERAmazon

[DanQ]

Sorry, GP; as far as I am concerned, any UBB pitfall is outwayed by the benefits of what it brings to the operation of these forums.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Nimrod.]

Markos just loves his huge post count; there's no way we could change the forum and possibly have him risk that status.

[TCO]

Cmon Dan. You could go back to being called the emperor...