bo dude

[Bread Regal]

The level of activity on a given board can probably be predicted by a few parameters. Like, there has to be a critical value such that if the board activity exceeds that level (which would be a function of posts per user per day and number of active users) it sustains itself indefinitely provided the users never die and aren't impeded by malware and server issues.

Netphoria has obviously been plagued by server issues and shitty ads. It's hard to say whether the positive net attrition of active users is directly attributable to any one of these, but given the nature of the internet in general, I actually doubt many newbs are actually put off by the acerbic treatment by veterans.

[Future Boy]

they probably suck anyway

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

than the fact that the band is dead and new output is horrid and the board is riddled with malware unless you use protection or pay some absentee admin money

wouldn't this put a damper on registering not posting?

i don't have a problem with you at all

[Bread Regal]

Originally Posted by slunken

wouldn't this put a damper on registering not posting?

i don't have a problem with you at all

It still creates an unnecessarily high barrier to access.

[Trotskilicious]

also it doesn't give the best impression

besides the fact that slunk practically missed the golden years of this board when there were many active, hilarious and snarky posters and i was at my most doggedly mean

[slunken]

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps69c13ae2.png

[Bread Regal]

True, although that can be rolled up into high barrier for access.

I kind of long for the days when IRC was all the rage and you'd just sit in the channel all day even if you were at school or work or whatever.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

golden years of this board ... and i was at my most doggedly mean

so?

http://www.netphoria.org/chat.htm

[noyen]

did this place really have golden years?

[slunken]

“We recently played at a festival where I looked at the program for all three days and saw that I had sold more records than all the other bands combined. And yet I was not top gun. So what do I do then? Why I stand there and try to prove something, I have already proven? ‘.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by noyen

did this place really have golden years?

i use that term facetiously

[noyen]

there were funny moments for sure. i will always be most proud of "hacking" the board and having pakula threaten to sue where all us slc folk worked. tomfoolery was fun when i wasnt old and crotchety.

[Trotskilicious]

it used to be busy at the very least and we had people like ravenguy and glasgowkiss to amuse us

[Trotskilicious]

unfortunately i ran them all off

[noyen]

Originally Posted by slunken

did tia tequila say that

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

unfortunately i ran them all off

apparently i wasn't here to appreciate such treasured posters

[slunken]

obviously trots i wasn't talking about the old regular posters who simply outgrew this band/board

[noyen]

the real golden years were actually on the somethingawful forums.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by noyen

did tia tequila say that

big bill - i thought it was relevant to this thread

[noyen]

is there an e-peen contest going on im not picking up on? lets live in the moment. this shitty moment.

[noyen]

id rather want to be at a hacienda party or a sex pistols gig than pine for that one time on netphoria shandy shit in the shower.

[wHATcOLOR]

I missed that thing w ugly. That's odd

[slunken]

Originally Posted by noyen

id rather want to be at a hacienda party or a sex pistols gig than pine for that one time on netphoria shandy shit in the shower.

i'd take a holiday inn party for that matter

[slunken]

Del

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by slunken

apparently i wasn't here to appreciate such treasured posters

they were still posting in 07, actually

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Graveflower

erica i'm like three drinks away from dialing you again
be prepared for more top 3 hit voicemails

i was expecting more than a verse!

[z e r o]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

so you're basically saying that the fact that trotskilicious is mean to people has more of a dampener on board traffic than the fact that the band is dead and new output is horrid and the board is riddled with malware unless you use protection or pay some absentee admin money

how did netphoria acquire its reputation for meanness anyway? i remember joining the oboard in 2001, and while they had their fair share of shitheads and misfits too and were generally nothing like the collective of noobs and fawning simpletons it is now, they still spoke about netphoria like it was on another level of depravity and actively discouraged people from coming here, so it makes me wonder if some shit went down in the early years that i missed. feels like a feud that's never been resolved.

[sppunk]

We all hated each other, new people, Trots was an amazing troll of hate, etc. oh and mostly we called out Corgan for being a douche and openly spread album leaks.

There were amazing arguments back then, lots of people knew each other off the board, more girls posted here (they really didn't get along with each other), Cactuar, Samsa, etc.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by reprise85

they were still posting in 07, actually

I was being sarcastic