Comments on: I am Sulz!

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:35:29 +0000

Thanks for making them, Juan!

Jennifer: It’s how no one stays back and helps out here and there when asking a question. The only reason I answered a few threads now was because I made a thread myself and sort of felt guilty about not giving anything back so to speak.

I don’t actually think the wp.org problem has gotten any worse, but the amount of people that are rude or a bit off or just complicated has increased.

I’vebeen following that wp.com vs wp.org thread, it’s a great idea and I hope it’s implemented sooner rather than later.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:05:32 +0000

@cat-Maybe you’ve hit the nail on the head when you mention “community”. It seems more and more people are coming to the forums expecting “customer service” rather than support from fellow COM users.

Another challenge is the enormous upsurge in the number of self-hosted WP ORG bloggers who post in the COM forum instead. rosclarke started an excellent thread on this in the Ideas forum.

By: Juan

Juan — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:47:36 +0000

Awesome!!

I’m glad you liked the quizzes. It was a fun project.

Best!

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:48:13 +0000

I can’t believe it’s been 10 months since Timethief was made inactive, seems much shorter!

And yes, there was too much purging on the forums, but that’s all an old topic now.

Good to see you’re at the forum, sulz, even if it’s just for a thread or two. :)

By: sulz

sulz — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:37:19 +0000

that’s what they had drmike for, until they decided they no longer needed him. and later timethief. she’s now active in the blogcatalog forums.

all that ‘purging’ (wank and fellow anarchists – said humorously) made many regulars leave too, i’m sure.

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:53:45 +0000

It’s missing the community spirit I think. There used to be a set amount of people on the forums and there used to be more of a friendly atmosphere. Obviously people move on..

One thing that really annoys me is how staff don’t seem to be hanging round the forums much and the forums sort of go downhill. I don’t mind answering the questions, we all can do that, more the slow response to spammers or anything that has a modlook tag.

On other forums multiple identical threads by the same maybe inexperienced person get closed/merged/deleted, yet it stays open here, why? Or the massive amount of blog promotion threads in the Off Topic section. It would just be nice if staff were there to keep things clean and tidy.

End rant!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:33:14 +0000

The change in “feel” might be due to the huge upsurge in first time bloggers and only 5-6 regular forum volunteers there to answer questions. We need all the help we can get! :) There’s an insightful thread in the off topic forum about hand-holders and spammers. Explains it better than I can.

If you miss Penguin Drama, then stay tuned. They never fail to provide a show, especially on weekends. Unfortunately most of it is reruns, “I wuz hakt!”

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:01:59 +0000

They are like bugs, it’s true!

By: sulz

sulz — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:30:44 +0000

awww, that’s sweet. it’s so different, that’s why i stop hanging out there really! i don’t fancy the new look.

haha, murphy’s law… cp are a bit like bugs, they never ever really go away. :P

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:03:08 +0000

Of course, just as I mention how I haven't seen any penguins around, this happens.. Typical!

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:01:22 +0000

Yeah, I now what you mean, things just stop being a habit.

The forums definitely aren’t the same without you, you are being missed. And I’m not just saying that!

And the forums seem a very different place. I can’t really explain it, it just somehow feels different.

One thing I have noticed though is that there don’t appear to be any Club Penguin people. *touch wood* Not a single one in the last three days!! [I've just doomed us all and they're going to invade in masses, right?]

By: sulz

sulz — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:50:47 +0000

yeah you’re on twitter still so i knew you were alive even back then. :P i’m not sure why i left, really. i think it was because of macau – i spent a month there, so when i returned i forgot my habit of hanging out in the forums?

maybe i should go back there again…

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:46:51 +0000

Well, I’m sort of back, let’s see how long it’ll last this time. I’ve been on tumblr constantly since April though, just don’t always want to write posts on here really.

Hanni is around at the moment, she just replied to a support request I made and I’ve seen her in a thread or two.

I was surprised I hadn’t seen much of you in the forums, it’s a shame.

By: sulz

sulz — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:42:24 +0000

i didn’t know you’re back in the blogosphere! as for your question, i was referring to a moderator named mtdewvirus, but i forgot who the other person i was referring to though. :P hanni was nice enough, hung about the forums for a bit before disappearing.

sigh, i miss those days.