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Post by jhar26 on Dec 23, 2006 5:40:05 GMT -5
With the year almost over I think it's a good idea to hear from everyone how they feel about this forum. What (if anything) you like or dislike about it. Do you like the links to news stories that I've been posting for the last week or so? Does anyone read them? How about those videos on the sub-boards? Should we have more - or less polls? Should there be more talk about movies? etc. Any opinions and/or ideas are welcome...  Gaston |
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Post by robertaxel on Dec 23, 2006 9:15:33 GMT -5
I enjoy the forum, and look forward to its continuation. The one suggestion that comes to mind is the fact that articles more than a day old tend to 'drop off the end of the earth'.. people don't respond to them that often. I know that it is possible to look for the last 50 or 60 messages, but I prefer seeing the most recent ones on the screen. And being more of a movie than a music buff, I am always read to discuss film :} Great job, though Robert  |
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Post by Kathy ~ on Dec 23, 2006 11:21:43 GMT -5
 I LIKE IT, EVEN THOUGHT I DON'T FREQUENT AS OFTEN AS I LIKE. WHAT I LIKE ARE THE POLLS AND GAMES. COULD BE ON ANYTHING.. LIKE THE WORD ASSOC., SPORTS AND THE KIND WE'VE HAD.. I WOULD ADD MORE & MAYBE MORE IN MUSIC. TAKE A BAND AND LIST ALL SONGS OFF A "GREATEST HITS" FOR EXAMPLE & ADD "OTHER" AND SEE WHICH SONG PREVAILS... OTHERWISE.. GREAT !! & TRUE WHAT ROBERT SAID ABOUT MESSAGE OVERFLOW.. MAYBE A 30 DAY LIMIT ON SOME.. CLOSED SUBJECT OR SOMETHING.. THANK YOU GASTON
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Post by egoodstein on Dec 23, 2006 11:41:27 GMT -5
I like most things 'bout the Forum. I appreciate links to news stories. I read most of 'em-- tho agree they kinda disappear after a short time. Maybe you could have a 'digest' summary say, once every couple months so people who missed at first could find easily again? Or separate category. Just a thought. The games & such are fun & very important, though I personally get a bit bored with 'em as I don't really like to think of music as a competition (mostly--hahaha). But that's just me . More polls? well sometimes for me it's hard to think up ones that sev. people can respond to. But it might drum up more interest if you can fashion em. I like having the separate categories for various subjects-- a real plus here IMO. I don't mind talk about films either-- I just don't get out to many these days, why I often talk of old ones ;D. I like the video link threads here-- nice bonus. Folks who come here just need to know they can & probably SHOULD explore a bit to find some older stuff that may interest them. Ed |
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Post by arjan on Dec 23, 2006 12:45:02 GMT -5
I like the forum, actually I feel no need to compare with yahoo anymore.
Of course I would like more activity, if we could persuade Jeff J to move his polls and charts and stuff here... but anyway, polls and games are cool. Specially if it's not all 70s aor rock, like currently Dave's game and I fear also round 2 of Ben's chartshow are. So more and different people would be a plus.
I don't care that much for news dumps, I prefer personal opinions of the people here over any reporter's opinion.
The movie-section is cool, though not a lot of posts there. The youtube video's section is cool too. Nice way to demonstrate what one's talking about.
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Post by bluesron on Dec 23, 2006 13:22:18 GMT -5
i think its fine, Gaston. i probably ought to post more though huh?
i think you've got a nice selection and will be glad when the HOF stuff starts up (i think anyway). what happened to the other one btw?
as for bringing Jeff J's stuff over from Master's, no need to do that on my account (or him either) lol,
but that's just me. whatever the rest of the group wants is fine.
Ron
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Post by jhar26 on Dec 23, 2006 14:35:51 GMT -5
I like the forum, actually I feel no need to compare with yahoo anymore. Well, as much as I hate to do it, personally I have to because the yahoo-groups are the competition of this forum. We have by and large the same memberships and if people don't like it here they will post at yahoo. That's no problem as long as we get a decent piece of the pie as well. Yes, but that's not likely to happen I think. In fact, it would be cool to have Goddesses, Masters and Jeff's movie-group all united here in this one forum. But we know how divided people are on the yahoo vs proboards debate, so I had to put that idea (to my regret) out the window. If proboards had a membership directory like yahoo has we already would have hundreds of members by now. As it is there's no way for me to invite people that I don't know. I don't want to make a newspaper out of this forum, that's why I try to limit it to two or three articles a day. And there's always a chance that some of them cause some discussion. Gaston |
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Post by jhar26 on Dec 23, 2006 14:40:52 GMT -5
i think its fine, Gaston. i probably ought to post more though huh? What do you think, Ron? ;D I've deleted it. We'll start with a clean slate next year. But the exclusively female HOF will stay as it is for the Goddesses-group. Gaston |
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Post by Antonio on Dec 23, 2006 14:53:23 GMT -5
Maybe someone noticed that I have been posting less than I used to, but this is not because I was loosing interest in the forum.
I like the forum to the point that I don't read the Goddesses group anymore. I had to make a choice due to lack of time to go through a lot of messages in no order.
Here I don't ever use the "most recent messages" tool, because it would take me back to a random sequence.
I love the polls and the video sub-boards. I read very often the news posted by Gaston, though I comment only a few, and I think they are a good idea.
I hope we will have a "best of 2006" game, at least about albums and songs.
Unfortunately, I cannot commit myself to running such a game, because I really lack time lately.
In conclusion, great job, Gaston & coworkers.
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Post by babyblue on Dec 31, 2006 13:11:24 GMT -5
Gaston I am very pleased that you invited me to your group. It fills a void in my life. Any Dusty fans out there will know what I mean. I wish there were more of my old friends posting on this site. I love the polls and the news posts. I find that the news comments made by this international forum to be very interesting. I will say my least favorite part of this forum is the section where one song vs another. It is just too tedious in my opinion. Ditto to Antonio's remark....GASTON AND CO-WORKERS, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB!!!!! Keep up the good work. Thank you. Marty |
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Post by erik on Jan 13, 2007 22:40:55 GMT -5
Gaston, I think you have done a great deal to make this board a very good place to be; and yes, i do read the news stories that you post, replying to the ones where I might be able to add something to a burgeoning discussion.
I'm a bit reluctant, of course, to give up on the Yahoo! Groups completely, as I post my Song Bracket and Song Debut favorites over at the Goddesses site, and my Classical Spins over at Masters. However, I do like this particular site as well, and I hope to add more to what is already a fine forum to be at.
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Post by Kathy ~ on Jan 13, 2007 23:10:41 GMT -5
 I DITTO ERIK, EXCEPT I DON'T READ THE NEWS STORIES.. I ENJOY THE POLLS... I CAN JUST CLICK AWAY AND NOT DISCUSS.. I LOVE THE "GAMES".. SOMETIMES I NEED "MINDLESS" FUN. AND, I HAVE THE BEST EVER "STEVIE AVATAR".. THANK YOU.. & DON'T FORGET.. THIS ALL BEGAN YEARS AGO AT THE YAHOO GROUP.. LOOK HOW FAR YOU'VE TAKEN US.... TO MASTERS, MOVIES AND NOW FORUMS.. IF I HAD MY STEVIE WINGS, I FLY OVER THERE WITH A BIG BEAR HUG SMOTHERED IN CHIFFON 
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Post by Andrew on Jan 13, 2007 23:18:34 GMT -5
I didn't see this thread 'til just now.
I wouldn't change a thing, even though I never look at the sports section ;-) Not a sports nut.
Polls, games of all sorts, all of it are a bonus. Clicking on news links is actually kind of rare for me to do, but I have. No reason not to share them though.
I love movies, and am happy to chat about them. I get lots of recommendations in both music and movies from this board. In the past couple of weeks I have worked towards participating as much here as I do on the yahoo group. I get a kick out of creating polls myself...the more each person creates, the more activity we see here.
We could each advertise the board too...I wonder if there is a little icon or something we could put on myspace pages and such, or could such be created? I'm no programmer, so I'm pretty useless here.
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 14, 2007 5:08:31 GMT -5
Thanks for all the kind comments, guys. I guess all the different features have their fans although it's inevitable that different members like different things more. We are doing well now. So far this year there hasn't been a day when we've had less than 50 messages and on several days we've had more than 100. That's good going for a group of less than 50 members. Gaston |
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Post by Andrew on Jan 14, 2007 11:06:32 GMT -5
Gaston, that would be "fewer" than 50 members.
Andrew, grammar police
(Bwah-hahahahahahaha!)
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 14, 2007 12:35:19 GMT -5
Gaston, that would be "fewer" than 50 members. Andrew, grammar police (Bwah-hahahahahahaha!) Whatever, but my point is that it's amazing to have morer than 100 posts a day. ;D Gaston |
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Post by Andrew on Jan 14, 2007 22:14:27 GMT -5
Gaston, that would be "fewer" than 50 members. Andrew, grammar police (Bwah-hahahahahahaha!) Whatever, but my point is that it's amazing to have morer than 100 posts a day. ;D Gaston I know, and I agree...just havin' fun. |
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 15, 2007 1:27:40 GMT -5
Whatever, but my point is that it's amazing to have morer than 100 posts a day. ;D Gaston I know, and I agree...just havin' fun. Well, yes. My use of the word morer WAS my idea of a bit of fun.  Gaston |
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Post by Kathy ~ on Jan 16, 2007 20:57:14 GMT -5
GAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSTOOOOOONNNNNNNN!! SORRY TO BOTHER, HAVE A QUESTION .. HOW DO YOU GET TO BE "PEARL".. I THINK I WAS "SOMEBODY TO LOVE".. HOW DOES THAT WORK? I JUST NOTICED IT NOW... |
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Post by Andrew on Jan 17, 2007 11:44:42 GMT -5
I know, and I agree...just havin' fun. Well, yes. My use of the word morer WAS my idea of a bit of fun. Gaston I didn't catch that 'til later. Honestly, not enough sleep. I'm not losing brain power. Really. |
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 17, 2007 12:41:42 GMT -5
GAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSTOOOOOONNNNNNNN!! SORRY TO BOTHER, HAVE A QUESTION .. HOW DO YOU GET TO BE "PEARL".. I THINK I WAS "SOMEBODY TO LOVE".. HOW DOES THAT WORK? I JUST NOTICED IT NOW... It's because you have posted more than 250 messages..... 0-50 messages=WISHIN' AND HOPIN' 51-100 messages= HELLA GOOD 101-250 messages= SOMEBODY TO LOVE 251-500 messages= PEARL 501-1000 messages= YOU'RE THE TOP 1001-2500 messages= OVER THE RAINBOW more than 2500 messages= CROWN OF CREATION Gaston |
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Post by Kathy ~ on Jan 17, 2007 13:44:58 GMT -5
GAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSTOOOOOONNNNNNNN!! SORRY TO BOTHER, HAVE A QUESTION .. HOW DO YOU GET TO BE "PEARL".. I THINK I WAS "SOMEBODY TO LOVE".. HOW DOES THAT WORK? I JUST NOTICED IT NOW... It's because you have posted more than 250 messages..... 0-50 messages=WISHIN' AND HOPIN' 51-100 messages= HELLA GOOD 101-250 messages= SOMEBODY TO LOVE 251-500 messages= PEARL 501-1000 messages= YOU'RE THE TOP 1001-2500 messages= OVER THE RAINBOW more than 2500 messages= CROWN OF CREATION Gaston I DID NOT READ THAT.. COOL.. PEARL FOR JANIS.. ETC.. I GET IT.. BUT NO.. "SORCERER" FOR 5000 |
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 17, 2007 14:15:00 GMT -5
It's because you have posted more than 250 messages..... 0-50 messages=WISHIN' AND HOPIN' 51-100 messages= HELLA GOOD 101-250 messages= SOMEBODY TO LOVE 251-500 messages= PEARL 501-1000 messages= YOU'RE THE TOP 1001-2500 messages= OVER THE RAINBOW more than 2500 messages= CROWN OF CREATION Gaston I DID NOT READ THAT.. COOL.. PEARL FOR JANIS.. ETC.. I GET IT.. BUT NO.. "SORCERER" FOR 5000 I think we still have plenty of time to decide on a name for that one, Kathy. Gaston |
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Post by Kat on Jan 31, 2007 19:11:10 GMT -5
I think the forum is shaping up nicely.There is alot of fun and interesting topics here. The polls are good and l love. I look forward to seeing more in "The Gallery".......  The one thing I'm not keen on is the bright yellow, hard on the eyes at times. I love yellow my kitchen is yellow.... kat |
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Post by jhar26 on Jan 31, 2007 19:24:38 GMT -5
The one thing I'm not keen on is the bright yellow, hard on the eyes at times. I love yellow my kitchen is yellow.... kat You can choose another skin if you want, Kat. There are quite a few to choose from and I will add many more in the future. Gaston |
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