[Offers] Improving posting standards on NSC - some suggestions

[Albion in the north]

Has it really got any worse than its always been? Just be selective when and what you read.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

You invented VAR and I claim my 5 pound!

I said this board is filling up with eejits

bring back Watford O and Enrest

This board has been full of eejits for years.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Has it really got any worse than its always been? Just be selective when and what you read.

No it hasn't.

Anyone for a curry, hun? - (can't find that thread but its out there somewhere)

 

[jordanseagull]

Christ.

 

[Bozza]

Re: point 4, many forums and the wider social media have tier lists when it comes to sources. This is based on the historical quality of their ITK stuff. E.g Tim Vickery or David Ornstein are a higher tier of journalist reporting on a transfer than the Delhi Sports Action Tribune or Cloughie420 with 17 followers.

Here is an example and further development of the idea; https://arsenal-mania.com/forum/threads/guide-to-sources.30385/

The reason this would be of benefit is that it would prevent two things;

- Posts from very poor sources on Twitter and the like getting undue attention and

- Constant reposts of the same story being reworded and embellished and re-tweeted from shit tier sources.

Example; the Dog and Duck Monthly Newsletter has an “Exclusive” that Robert De Zerbi is off to Palace. This is then copied by The Queen’s Legs Telegraph, who add in that it’s a swap deal for Zaha. Then the Daily Mail pick up the story and report that “De Zerbi to Palace swap for Zaha done deal”.

This is how “new media” journalism works and could be nipped in the bud by making it clear the tier of the source is dreadful and shouldn’t be posted in the first place

Ok - understood and I'm broadly supportive.

But how does the "reliability index" get incorporated into threads.

Someone posts a transfer rumour from an agreed dodgy source - how is that identified and treated?

 

[Bozza]

No it hasn't.

Anyone for a curry, hun? - (can't find that thread but its out there somewhere)

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[The Clamp]

Naked Fridays. I have seen some other forums that do this.

 

[Taybha]

 

[jcdenton08]

Ok - understood and I'm broadly supportive.

But how does the "reliability index" get incorporated into threads.

Someone posts a transfer rumour from an agreed dodgy source - how is that identified and treated?

On other forums, there is a pinned thread wherein all posts are required to post a user flair “Tier 1-4” when uploading pictures/screenshots related to rumours. I’m not sure if this software supports that, but if applied to every image upload across threads it might be workable.

That said, I don’t know if that is even possible and may not be popular.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Enpocypto

Will he be our first signing of the summer window? Are you in the know?

 

[GT49er]

In light of the declining quality of posts on the forum, I’ve come up with some suggestions for @Bozza to consider.

1. Autocorrection of misspelt names. Does the forum have a function to change “Connelly” and “Encisco” into “Connolly” and “Enciso” automatically? Such as The Complete and Utter Shyster/Mike Dean phenomenon?

2. Those returning from forum suspensions not being able to create new threads until after, say, six months of regular posting with no reports or warnings about conduct?

3. Flounce threads moved immediately to Bear Pit - anyone found doing this given an immediate forum and IP ban?

4. Source tier lists being required for posting of rumours from Twitter, or caveat of anecdotal information clearly labelled at start of rumour/ITK posting. This is extremely common on most club’s forums. Reposting of identical Twitter stories results in a short thread ban, to allow the user time to read the thread and catch up.

5. The requirement, per other forums, to declare which team users support upon signing up. All being welcome, but it will prevent obvious poseur trolls joining and starting immediate new negative threads in an attempt to get a rise from genuine users


I have a few other ideas to improve the quality of the forum, but these are ones which could/should be looked at first and foremost.

1). Yes, I'd vote for that.
5). OK, probably, on balance.

The rest? Meh, at best.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

In light of the declining quality of posts on the forum, I’ve come up with some suggestions for @Bozza to consider.

1. Autocorrection of misspelt names. Does the forum have a function to change “Connelly” and “Encisco” into “Connolly” and “Enciso” automatically? Such as The Complete and Utter Shyster/Mike Dean phenomenon?

2. Those returning from forum suspensions not being able to create new threads until after, say, six months of regular posting with no reports or warnings about conduct?

3. Flounce threads moved immediately to Bear Pit - anyone found doing this given an immediate forum and IP ban?

4. Source tier lists being required for posting of rumours from Twitter, or caveat of anecdotal information clearly labelled at start of rumour/ITK posting. This is extremely common on most club’s forums. Reposting of identical Twitter stories results in a short thread ban, to allow the user time to read the thread and catch up.

5. The requirement, per other forums, to declare which team users support upon signing up. All being welcome, but it will prevent obvious poseur trolls joining and starting immediate new negative threads in an attempt to get a rise from genuine users


I have a few other ideas to improve the quality of the forum, but these are ones which could/should be looked at first and foremost.

sounds like a well thought out reasonable post.
cant wait to hear those other ideas you mentioned.

 

[banjo]

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

 

[The Rivet]

OP. Perhaps a few lessons for said bugger ups are in order?

 

[Brian Fantana]

things jcdenton08 doesn’t hear very often

”hi jcdenton08, fancy a pint down the pub”

Christ on a stolen grifter, I would not be surprised if you’ve been mentioned in this somewhere

Bell Cheeses at work

Has anyone else noticed the phrase "piece of work" as being a really annoying bit of corporate speak that has grown in popularity over the last couple of years? :shrug:

www.northstandchat.com

You sound similar to Swansman when he turned up, and suggested a few times how we should support the club.

Seems overly harsh to me. They were all perfectly reasonable suggestions, which of course people are free to disagree with.

 

[Eric the meek]

Ok, maybe the implementation needs a tweak, or maybe a rewrite, but.....

All he is doing is trying to raise the bar. I'm all for that. Let's not crush it.

 

[Bozza]

things jcdenton08 doesn’t hear very often

”hi jcdenton08, fancy a pint down the pub”

Christ on a stolen grifter, I would not be surprised if you’ve been mentioned in this somewhere

Bell Cheeses at work

Has anyone else noticed the phrase "piece of work" as being a really annoying bit of corporate speak that has grown in popularity over the last couple of years? :shrug:

www.northstandchat.com

You sound similar to Swansman when he turned up, and suggested a few times how we should support the club.

Come on - we're better than that.

I'm all for hearing about what works well on other forums and other suggestions people think may make things here more interesting or fun etc.

 

[The Clamp]

It's great as it is. Especially after the recent refurb. No mileage in comparing it to other forums. A lot of other forums are full of REALLY dull posters and threads. I'll poke up with the odd Palace troll or bit of pour spellying to be able to talk about the best sandwich pickle.

Progress stops with NSC.

 

[AmexRuislip]

6. No pyjama wearing after 9am. It’s dragged the forum down since Lockdown 1.

7. No f***ing swearing.

8. The first rule of NSC is: you do not talk about NSC. The second rule of NSC is: you DO NOT talk about NSC! Third rule of NSC: if someone yells “stop!”, goes limp, or taps out, the flounce is over.

 

[CaergybiGull]

May I suggest letting things be and just focus on making your own contributions as good as possible?