Idea For A Forum

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03-22-2004, 05:16 PM
tralalala

well, ive been planning to build a forum, and its finally been executed. currently, the forums topic is anything (as in it has everything on it... which i dont think is good cos there are too many of those).
i was thinking maybe changing the topic of that forum to edsk/sig2dat links forum. do you think it would catch?

i mean, if not, ok, if so, maybe give me some tips?

thanks,
Rafi

p.s: mods, is it ok that i posted this thread last time i posted one asking for help on my old board, but i posted a link too... is this suitable?
03-22-2004, 05:30 PM
Virtualbody1234

Posting about your forum is against the rules.

Quote:

9. Sharing your website or forum with other forum members is only allowed within your signature or your profile. This board is not a public noticeboard for you to advertise on. Advertising results in having your URL blocked in our word filters.
03-22-2004, 05:32 PM
bujub22

Quote:

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@22 March 2004 - 13:30
Posting about your forum is against the rules.

Quote:

9. Sharing your website or forum with other forum members is only allowed within your signature or your profile. This board is not a public noticeboard for you to advertise on. Advertising results in having your URL blocked in our word filters.

but he asking for help??
03-22-2004, 05:36 PM
Virtualbody1234

Well... It seems like advertising to me. Otherwise he wouldn't have posted it in the lounge. He would have posted it in Internetworld instead.
03-22-2004, 05:50 PM
bujub22

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Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@22 March 2004 - 13:36
Well... It seems like advertising to me. Otherwise he wouldn't have posted it in the lounge. He would have posted it in Internetworld instead.

but he has no link to his forum posted and some ppl in the lounge are helpful not many but some.
03-22-2004, 06:06 PM
benxuk

/me watches in awe :smilie4:
03-22-2004, 06:14 PM
Virtualbody1234

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Originally posted by bujub22+22 March 2004 - 11:50--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bujub22 @ 22 March 2004 - 11:50)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-Virtualbody1234@22 March 2004 - 13:36
Well... It seems like advertising to me. Otherwise he wouldn't have posted it in the lounge. He would have posted it in Internetworld instead.

but he has no link to his forum posted and some ppl in the lounge are helpful not many but some.[/b][/quote]
So you think that if someone posts to mention he has a forum but doesn't have a link in the post other than in the sig then it's ok?

I can see it now. The ton of new posts that say... "I have a forum. Click the link in my sig".

And you think that's not advertising? Hmmm.

May I also point out that tralalala did ask a mods opinion in the first post.
03-22-2004, 06:19 PM
bigboab

While we are on this subject can anyone explain the logic in this rule.

You are not allowed to 'advertise' your forum in 'a' post. But you are allowed to put it in your sig. Where it appears in every post you make. :frusty:

Why not just ban it completely.
03-22-2004, 06:21 PM
bujub22

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Originally posted by bigboab@22 March 2004 - 14:19
While we are on this subject can anyone explain the logic in this rule.

You are not allowed to 'advertise' your forum in 'a' post. But you are allowed to put it in your sig. Where it appears in every post you make. :frusty:

Why not just ban it completely.

thanx booby that was my next point
03-22-2004, 06:24 PM
Virtualbody1234

I don't know. I don't make the rules. I have only been put in a position where I am supposed to evaluate a situation and apply the rules the best I can.
03-22-2004, 06:28 PM
bujub22

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Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@22 March 2004 - 14:24
I don't know. I don't make the rules. I have only been put in a position where I am supposed to evaluate a situation and apply the rules the best I can.

truth fully all this and all he asked was for a new name :lol: :lol:

so trlalalaa no that name sucks try another :D
03-22-2004, 06:35 PM
Virtualbody1234

As you may have noticed I haven't tried to enforce anything here. I just think that a line needs to be drawn somewhere to avoid people finding ways around the rules.
03-22-2004, 06:39 PM
bujub22

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Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@22 March 2004 - 14:35
As you may have noticed I haven't tried to enforce anything here. I just think that a line needs to be drawn somewhere to avoid people finding ways around the rules.

yup keep on keepin on :D
http://www.symphony-homes.com/boy%20thumbs%20up.jpg

sorry i love this pic so funny :lol: :lol: :lol: :D
03-22-2004, 07:47 PM
tralalala

Quote:

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@22 March 2004 - 19:30
Posting about your forum is against the rules.

Quote:

9. Sharing your website or forum with other forum members is only allowed within your signature or your profile. This board is not a public noticeboard for you to advertise on. Advertising results in having your URL blocked in our word filters.

some 14 replies, and not one had an answer for my question.

anyhow, VB, i know your here to evaluate the rules, its just i didnt do any advertising... i mean, according to the first post, and that post only, can anyone even get into my forum?! the link my sig is for Jonno and Baz's forum... nothing to do with me...

so VB, i think you may have mistaken my question to an advertisement for my forum... but no, i was asking for public opinion: if the public think that a verifeids forum is better than a regular "everything included" forum.

Rafi
03-23-2004, 07:46 AM
jetje

If you wanna get a high traffic board nowadays you need a nice ul bandwith and some time to make a bittorrent tracker, a forum with torrents and some great new movies, games, music and some pr0n...
you will have >50k visitors in no time! Check torrentbits, for prove.. :P
03-23-2004, 10:37 AM
Peerzy

Mmmmmmmmmmmm well i would say that not many people would use a ED2K links forum but alot more people would use a torrent forum....
03-23-2004, 12:10 PM
tralalala

i thought torrent files werent allowed on free forums :huh:

Rafi
03-23-2004, 01:36 PM
jetje

Quote:

Originally posted by tralalala@23 March 2004 - 14:10
i thought torrent files werent allowed on free forums :huh:

Rafi

ai, oh... mmm... i read back... but must have missed the free forums then?!
Well if your gonna use IPB i'm sure it's not allowed according to their rules.
But i know plenty that do it anyway. Like Phoenix.... (don't have the url here with me now...). ;) But that's entirely up to you. Oh ofcourse you can check other forum-software, don't know if there is any that hasn't got rules about the illegal stuff. But is posting torrents illegal, guess that depends on the country you live and the law over there... ;)

but anyways it was just an idea, it's up to you to decide what you use and do with a forum :)