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<blockquote data-quote="Garraty_47" data-source="post: 988704" data-attributes="member: 1547">Forums (the coding side of things) all have their idiosyncrasies but these days I expect you'd be hard-pressed to find one that's so terrible it's literally unusable. They've come a long way since the early versions which could be so wonky that it wasn't unheard of to crash them just by posting too much text or clicking the wrong thing at the wrong time.Now as then, though, a forum is merely a canvas on which the contributing members scribble and draw stuff at each other. Some use pen and ink, others water colors or oil paints. And yes, a few will always opt for the good ol' trusty crayons. It's all part of the picture being layered onto the canvas and each adds its own unique texture or palette.Too much homogeneity is drab and boring.Too much chaos lacks any continuity and will fail to promote a sense of communal interest.But that's not something that be fixed by software.It's up to the contributors to create the kind of place they want to be.Garbage Contributors = Garbage Forum, no matter how many bells and whistles are added to the code.If someone thinks a forum is shit they should either do something about it (lead by example) or accept that they aren't a good fit in that forum and find someplace else to spend their time.Merely complaining without being in any way proactive is useless to everyone involved.Contributors need to take more personal responsibility for the state of their forums, good or bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Garraty_47, post: 988704, member: 1547"] Forums (the coding side of things) all have their idiosyncrasies but these days I expect you'd be hard-pressed to find one that's so terrible it's literally unusable. They've come a long way since the early versions which could be so wonky that it wasn't unheard of to crash them just by posting too much text or clicking the wrong thing at the wrong time. Now as then, though, a forum is merely a canvas on which the contributing members scribble and draw stuff at each other. Some use pen and ink, others water colors or oil paints. And yes, a few will always opt for the good ol' trusty crayons. It's all part of the picture being layered onto the canvas and each adds its own unique texture or palette. Too much homogeneity is drab and boring. Too much chaos lacks any continuity and will fail to promote a sense of communal interest. But that's not something that be fixed by software. It's up to the contributors to create the kind of place they want to be. Garbage Contributors = Garbage Forum, no matter how many bells and whistles are added to the code. If someone thinks a forum is shit they should either do something about it (lead by example) or accept that they aren't a good fit in that forum and find someplace else to spend their time. Merely complaining without being in any way proactive is useless to everyone involved. Contributors need to take more personal responsibility for the state of their forums, good or bad. [/QUOTE]

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