Last time I posted this topic was in February 2003.

Here are seven trends since then:

1. If I Can't Have My Signature I'm Gone:

Gee, everybody was going nuts over the removal of signatures. TJ flipflopped to try and please people when it was never really a big deal to anyone who posted with the notion of having something to say. MY SIGNATURE DEFINES ME was the cry and some people left and some threatened to leave and some came back. The lot of you should have just gone away, you acted like 5 year olds.


2. Chit Chat - The Crisis and the Conservative - Liberal War

First there was the non-stop fighting almost resulting in the end of chit-chat. Then came the random post board to satisfy those who like to see threads with hundreds of pages. And of course there also came the Politics/Current Events Board - which might as well be labled "I'm not in front of you, so I'll say anything I want Board." Never has heated discussion reached such Kelvin proportions as liberals and conservatives, Michael Moore lovers and machine gun humpers, God lovers and agnostics, all go toe to toe with each other on a daily basis. Everyone is fearless at this board and never has anyone pissed off another more than here (I'm guilty of my own transgressions here too ;)).
When the heat dies down people pretend they are all friends but that is a load of crap.


3. Nancy McKeon

This trend lives and seems to be immortal. What is the fascination with her? Here are my last comments- "absolute bizarre fascination with this actress, role model(?) and champion of Lifetime (a channel I've yet to locate on my cable box"
Umm, ditto.


4. Post counters

Look at me click! I made a post!
Another outcry when TJ removed the post totals from beneath your name. Blasphemy, cried the people who threatened to leave with the signature removal. But alas, the post totals remain and people seem obsessed with quantity over quality. Can't wait for the "Post A Number" thread - forget random posts, might as well have Deliberate Post Total board.


5. John Ritter Love and Celebrity Deaths

John Ritter just might be the King of Sitcoms, an all around good actor and person and the embodiment of sitcom fun. And never was such attention deserved as with his passing. The boards exploded after his death and Ritter avatars and signatures were to be found everywhere.
Besides John there were many, many tv star/celebrity deaths, too many to even name them all. Johhny Cash, Charles Bronson, Robert Stack, Gregory Peck, Fred Berry, Gordon Jump, Bob Hope, Warren Zevon...you get the idea.
Bizzare and sad.


6. Aliases and Bannings

As of late there have been many people snagged for using more than one screen name. Some even saying as much in their posts when knowing full well that is not allowed or tolerated.
And also lately I have noticed that there is a bunch of people who have admitted they have been banned before- some 2 or 3 times! Hey, even I got a warning, but banned 3 times? Funny thing is, these posters are still going out on the offensive and even attacking TJ verbally. What is wrong with you people?

Oh, and by the way, I'm Dorothy.


7. The Wisdom of Solomon

Granted he is no Nate, but he is still recieving the kind of the bashing that the late great toejam K-Mart crossdresser once inspired. Whether it be the women are not good enough stuff, the Good Times is not a spinoff rant, or the I root against your team stance, Solomon is sure to bring about a post from the faithful.

And you know you might as well post, your post total is lacking and by the way your signature really sucks.
;)

:rofl: :rofl: OMG, thats hilarious. :thumbsup:

Welcome back to the boards since there has been so much activity on this board and people have tons and tons of things they want to say!!

Originally posted by EricIdlefan
Welcome back to the boards since there has been so much activity on this board and people have tons and tons of things they want to say!!

I think you missed my point- I have been here, it was in February that I last posted a thread about board trends:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58393&highlight=board+trends

I like your signature, check out #4 on my current list.

lol, i think you covered it all.

Originally posted by dlemond
Last time I posted this topic was in February 2003.

Here are seven trends since then:

1. If I Can't Have My Signature I'm Gone:

Gee, everybody was going nuts over the removal of signatures. TJ flipflopped to try and please people when it was never really a big deal to anyone who posted with the notion of having something to say. MY SIGNATURE DEFINES ME was the cry and some people left and some threatened to leave and some came back. The lot of you should have just gone away, you acted like 5 year olds.

That was a BS trend. So many people that I found annoying said they were going to leave, but they ALL came back. People don't know how to keep promises. :nonono:


3. Nancy McKeon

This trend lives and seems to be immortal. What is the fascination with her? Here are my last comments- "absolute bizarre fascination with this actress, role model(?) and champion of Lifetime (a channel I've yet to locate on my cable box"
Umm, ditto.

Actually, the Nancy obsessing pahse is practically over. :lol: Amost no one likes her anymore. The only fans she has now are the dozen or so people that post at the Division board. Thank God though, because frankly, I was getting sick of all the "I'm gunna kick ur ass for dissin mah idol" and "Nancy Rulz the planet" and "If I was hanging from a cliff and someone said that I had to call Nancy a bitch or else they wouldn't save me, I wouldn't do it. I rather have died because if I said it, she would mad and would think it was all my fault" and other lame ass threats by the Nancy cult.

:lol: That's great

That was great, dlemond. Number 4 and 6 are hilarious. :lol:

I'll admit I was apart of #1, but I could careless about sigs now. If I want to look at Elizabeth I'll go to my own board because I have a whole theme and pic in my sig dedicated to her on there. :D So the whole siggy thing for me on here I could really careless about.

Originally posted by dlemond

1. If I Can't Have My Signature I'm Gone:

Gee, everybody was going nuts over the removal of signatures. TJ flipflopped to try and please people when it was never really a big deal to anyone who posted with the notion of having something to say. MY SIGNATURE DEFINES ME was the cry and some people left and some threatened to leave and some came back. The lot of you should have just gone away, you acted like 5 year olds.

Annoying Person #1

:crying: Ok. I'm Gonna Be Depressed Ad Mourning.. I Swear I Feel Like Crying In Real Life Siggys Were One Of The Best Part Of This Place. But It It Must Be That Way. :crying:

Annoying Person #2

well, that really pisses me off, if u dont CONSIDER one change, i'll pack my bags and hit the road, and find somewhere else to have an awesome siggie like i had BEFORE!

:rolleyes:

You should either let us have our avatars bigger, like some of the pics we had in our siggie, or bring siggies back cuz that is what everyone wants!:mad:

Annoying Person #3

Yeah, well, I'm out as well.

It's a shame that the **** hit the fan, cuz this was such a great place to hang out.

I'll keep in touch with some of ya.




AIM: Rockapella722, SlytherinGirl46
Email: Rockapella1162@hotmail.com
Site: www.momentsofrockapella.cjb.net

Annoying Person #4

WELL I' M PISSED WELL I WAS ALREADY MAD for other REASONS
its not THE TAKING away of the siggies THAT PISSED ME OFF it was the FACT THAT YOU ASKED US FIRST and took THEM AWAY ANYWAYS
WELL GUESS WHAT YOU JUST LOST A MEMBER
to those of you that STILL WANT TO TALK TO ME
well You still CAN at EriksAngel2003 for AIMS
and amypostthree2tango@hotmail.com
and my e-mail addy is EriksAngel1972@comcast.net
BYE

Annoying Person #5

Well this is very sad. I dunno. I am not going to say whether I am going to quit posting here or not, because I may change my mind. If I new the siggy's were gonna be taken away, I would have tried to scrape up some money to send. I am certainly not going to bother doing that now, because siggy's were one of the best parts of sitcoms online. Sorry...

Dorothy

TJ I'll be you humble sex slave forever if you give us back our signatures. notworthy:

Sounds more like a punishment than a reward. :lol:


And yet, all of these people still post here. Why are you still around? Pictures still aren't allowed in signatures. :crying:

Originally posted by Original Prankster

Dorothy
TJ I'll be you humble sex slave forever if you give us back our signatures. notworthy:

Sounds more like a punishment than a reward. :lol:


:rotflmao: OMG, that's hilarious! Where did you find that one? :lol:

Originally posted by Original Prankster

TJ I'll be you humble sex slave forever if you give us back our signatures. notworthy:

Sounds more like a punishment than a reward. :lol:

I never said that Chris (GOMM).:o *SLAP*

Chris: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TJ I'll be you humble sex slave forever if you give us back our signatures. notworthy:
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Sounds more like a punishment than a reward.
o MizzCrystal o: who said that
Chris: u

:o

:lol: Great!!!!

I never saw any Nancy McKeon craze on here just us devoted fans. Like Pandora is a devoted fan of Elizabeth's I'm a devoted fan of Nancy McKeon's. I've been a fan of Nancy's since I was a little girl way before the AOL and internet thing happened. Infact I used to have a fan website but I didn't have much time to update it so I had to close it down.

Originally posted by MandieR1980
I never saw any Nancy McKeon craze on here just us devoted fans.

OK, I like Nancy now as much as ever, but even I can admit that there was a huge craze of "Nancy Rox!" and "Nancy....if you're reading this...". Yeah, ok, so I was a part of it, but that's besides the point...:D

Great list, by the way! I think you've just about covered it!

Originally posted by dlemond



...Solomon

Granted he is no Nate, but he is still recieving the kind of the bashing that the late great toejam K-Mart crossdresser once inspired.


I think Solomon is going to be replaced by EricIdleFan in that category. In fact I think he might already be.

Oh I know a new trend...

Starting a fight in every thread. That one seems to be pretty popular.

Originally posted by TradingMooses
Oh I know a new trend...

Starting a fight in every thread. That one seems to be pretty popular.
Main cause:

EricIdle***. the end.

Very good dlemond.

;)

Originally posted by dlemond

4. Post counters

Look at me click! I made a post!
Another outcry when TJ removed the post totals from beneath your name. Blasphemy, cried the people who threatened to leave with the signature removal. But alas, the post totals remain and people seem obsessed with quantity over quality. Can't wait for the "Post A Number" thread - forget random posts, might as well have Deliberate Post Total board.




Actually I think it wasn't so much people were complaining (I hardly saw any) I think it was that everybody was so used to seeing it there and had trouble adjusting to the change because it was missing.

Very comprehensive list -- most everyone got their fair share of insults.

Originally posted by Brian
Actually I think it wasn't so much people were complaining (I hardly saw any) I think it was that everybody was so used to seeing it there and had trouble adjusting to the change because it was missing.

That might have been one of the reasons, but getting rid of post counts in threads doesn't seem like that big of a change to me. They're just a number by your username and who really cares how high or low it is. I liked the idea of post counts not being displayed, but I didn't like that fact that people were complaining and asking where they went.

Originally posted by Janice
Very comprehensive list -- most everyone got their fair share of insults.

I didn't think I was directly insulting anyone.

I was just calling it as I saw it.

Do you think I was being mean?

Good list - but that doesn't even cover half the stuff that goes on with day to day operations. :)

Expect some changes when vbulletin3 comes along, it will be much easier to change things then.

Originally posted by TJ
Good list - but that doesn't even cover half the stuff that goes on with day to day operations. :)

Expect some changes when vbulletin3 comes along, it will be much easier to change things then.

Hey TJ, what do you think of that board theme idea I suggested to you in email? http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/attachment.php?postid=1307754

Originally posted by TJ

Expect some changes when vbulletin3 comes along, it will be much easier to change things then.


What changes would those be or do you not want to comment?

I may do a Christmas theme, you might see a return of the on/off Christmas lights replacing the tv sets for December.

I won't comment on any potential changes right now, I will have to wait and see the final product.

Originally posted by dlemond
I think you missed my point- I have been here, it was in February that I last posted a thread about board trends:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58393&highlight=board+trends

I like your signature, check out #4 on my current list.


ericidlefan's signature drives me crazy. Every day I log in and see "10 posts with many more to go!" with the number changing daily.

I just dont get the whole post thing and why it's so important to keep upping that post total AND putting it in a sig line. I just dont get it. :confused:

Originally posted by TJ
I may do a Christmas theme, you might see a return of the on/off Christmas lights replacing the tv sets for December.
Those things scared me.

Originally posted by TJ
I may do a Christmas theme, you might see a return of the on/off Christmas lights replacing the tv sets for December.
when you put those up last year i thought they were daggers.

Originally posted by TJ
I may do a Christmas theme, you might see a return of the on/off Christmas lights replacing the tv sets for December.

I won't comment on any potential changes right now, I will have to wait and see the final product.

Ah, okay. Is it possible to make multiple board themes for vbulletin? For example, if I wanted a Bewitched theme on here I could pick 'Bewitched' from a drop down menu in my control panel. And lets say if Sarah wanted I don't know a 'Christina Aguilera' theme. She would be able to go her control panel and choose that as her board theme. Is that possible on this kind of board? I know you can do it for other message boards. I'm just curious about this one. Sorry, for all the questions. If you need a better example I can show you what I mean.

Yes, that's how I do it now - with multiple styles to have different logos and photos on every board. It's not selectable though for the members.

Originally posted by TJ
Yes, that's how I do it now - with multiple styles to have different logos and photos on every board. It's not selectable though for the members.

Ah, okay so this board only has one main theme.

:rotflmao:

that's a great list

dear lord I remember that Nancy craze. I wasn't one of the extremists, but I was pretty obsessed...




OK!! FINE! I ADMIT IT! I recorded eps of FOL onto cassette tapes and listened to them while going to bed. But still...that isn't TOO extreme...right?


I'm better now y'all...(God this living in Hickville has really caught up to me) I only tape The Division and besides that...really, I'm over the Nancy craze...



Oh, and I would call her a bitch to get saved ;)
Just thought I'd tell ya Chris so you didn't think I was some psycho.

you sook :guitar: :singer: :nonexistentsmiley: eeeeeeeeeee http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/images/top_faq.gif

Naaaaaancy! :notworthy I was so obsessed w/her. She still kicks major ass.

Originally posted by Brian
Actually I think it wasn't so much people were complaining (I hardly saw any) I think it was that everybody was so used to seeing it there and had trouble adjusting to the change because it was missing.

People were complaining.

Originally posted by dawsongirl
People were complaining.


I didn't see it then. I was getting so tired of seeing those multiple "what happened to the post counts" threads that I just decided not to read them.

For a week or two after Nirvana called himself a Lisa Marie fan, and started to put LMP pics on his avatar, I noticed many people tried to copy him by doing the same.

Who can forget the Avril Lavigne ROX!, and T.A.T.U. trends as well?

Originally posted by Original Prankster
Actually, the Nancy obsessing pahse is practically over. :lol: Amost no one likes her anymore. The only fans she has now are the dozen or so people that post at the Division board. Thank God though, because frankly, I was getting sick of all the "I'm gunna kick ur ass for dissin mah idol" and "Nancy Rulz the planet" and "If I was hanging from a cliff and someone said that I had to call Nancy a bitch or else they wouldn't save me, I wouldn't do it. I rather have died because if I said it, she would mad and would think it was all my fault" and other lame ass threats by the Nancy cult.

(for some reason, i wasn't able to reply to the boards in journalism, which was weird, because a week before i had. guess they must've banned it...lol).

Oh that's it chris! you're gonna get it. i'm gunna kick ur ass for dissin mah idol. nancy rulz the planet, duh! and i would never, ever, call nancy a bitch, even if it was a life and death situation. :p

I'm still here though...obsessed more than ever.


i remember last summer, when EVERYONE had pictures from quizzes in their siggies. "i'm slater from saved by the bell. which saved by the bell character are you?" "i'm complicated by avril lavigne. which avril song are you?..." them good ol' days.

:lol:

..... :D

Originally posted by SBTB Geek
For a week or two after Nirvana called himself a Lisa Marie fan, and started to put LMP pics on his avatar, I noticed many people tried to copy him by doing the same.
it doesnt mean theyre copying him.

lol that reminds me of when some weirdo PMed me and accused me of copying tim because i liked no doubt... hah and he was being serious.

lala

Originally posted by Nanny Fine
ericidlefan's signature drives me crazy. Every day I log in and see "10 posts with many more to go!" with the number changing daily.

I just dont get the whole post thing and why it's so important to keep upping that post total AND putting it in a sig line. I just dont get it. :confused:

Me too. I mean, I notice my post # (I have like 17600 at the time of this post) but I don't make a fuss out of it or anything. *shrug* So it's pointless to me to have it in my siggy and stuff. If I did, I'd be changing it many times a day because I spend so much time chatting at Random Posts. :)

Originally posted by sArAh123¼
you sook :guitar: :singer: :nonexistentsmiley: eeeeeeeeeee http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/images/top_faq.gif

:rofl:

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
That was great, dlemond. Number 4 and 6 are hilarious. :lol:

I'll admit I was apart of #1, but I could careless about sigs now. If I want to look at Elizabeth I'll go to my own board because I have a whole theme and pic in my sig dedicated to her on there. :D So the whole siggy thing for me on here I could really careless about. I'm with you on that one I was Pretty Pissed at first but then I just got over it and figured WHY do I really Care I mean if I wanna look at Pics I can just go to my website I GUESS SOME OF US were a little Lame *Laughs*

Originally posted by AnahiemPMWitch
I'm with you on that one I was Pretty Pissed at first but then I just got over it and figured WHY do I really Care I mean if I wanna look at Pics I can just go to my website I GUESS SOME OF US were a little Lame *Laughs*

Yeah, but that was before I had my own board back up. I allow pics in my sig so it's all good. :D

LOL

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Yeah, but that was before I had my own board back up. I allow pics in my sig so it's all good. :D *laughs* yeah I allow sigs at my CSI message board to but looking back I still cant believe I acted that way

Originally posted by SBTB Geek
Who can forget the Avril Lavigne ROX!

whatever.

Originally posted by dlemond
5. John Ritter Love and Celebrity Deaths

John Ritter just might be the King of Sitcoms, an all around good actor and person and the embodiment of sitcom fun. And never was such attention deserved as with his passing. The boards exploded after his death and Ritter avatars and signatures were to be found everywhere.
Besides John there were many, many tv star/celebrity deaths, too many to even name them all. Johhny Cash, Charles Bronson, Robert Stack, Gregory Peck, Fred Berry, Gordon Jump, Bob Hope, Warren Zevon...you get the idea.
Bizzare and sad.


Well, that's because more people like John. I don't feel too bad for Bob Hope either, I mean I do like him but he was 100 years old when he died. Not many people even live that long.

I wouldn't call alot of people being sad over somebody's death a trend, it was just a shock to all the fans.

I know a trend.

When we had pics in our sigs. Everyone had to have a blend in their sig.

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
I know a trend.

When we had pics in our sigs. Everyone had to have a blend in their sig.
lol i never has one because i didnt want my sig to look like everyone elses. and i didnt know or care how to make em.

that reminds me, everyone used to have blinkies for their avatars where the words flash different colors. i still like them but i hate using them because theyre so worn out. **** all you for using them too much. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=1269769

Originally posted by sArAh123¼
lol i never has one because i didnt want my sig to look like everyone elses. and i didnt know or care how to make em.

that reminds me, everyone used to have blinkies for their avatars where the words flash different colors. i still like them but i hate using them because theyre so worn out. **** all you for using them too much. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=1269769

About the blinkies I got tired of making them. Maybe I'll make a new one and watch that trend come back to life. :lol:

Originally posted by sArAh123¼
Main cause:

EricIdle***. the end.

hmm. A lot of her/his posts are very random, and sometimes have nothing to do about the subject.

if you're doing it on purpose, you might wanna stop. It gets annoying.

more things i noticed:
*Hillary Duff fans (a whole lot)
*In the summer, i noticed a lot of Saved By the Bell fans
*Clay Aiken fans (well... 4 people)

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
About the blinkies I got tired of making them. Maybe I'll make a new one and watch that trend come back to life. :lol: They aren't worth the trouble. One frame is good enough for me. Every time I make a new avatar I think, "Should I make it blink?" but then I'm too lazy to actually do it.

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
I know a trend.

When we had pics in our sigs. Everyone had to have a blend in their sig.

I never had one of those.

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
I know a trend.

When we had pics in our sigs. Everyone had to have a blend in their sig.

As soon as I learned how to make them I started putting them in my signature and Brandon got the idea off me from the 'post your graphics' thread. Then once that thread came about everybody wanted them.

Originally posted by sArAh123¼
lol i never has one because i didnt want my sig to look like everyone elses. and i didnt know or care how to make em.

that reminds me, everyone used to have blinkies for their avatars where the words flash different colors. i still like them but i hate using them because theyre so worn out. **** all you for using them too much. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=1269769

I used to make them all the time, I got tired of it. It's actually pretty hard work to get alot of words to blink, one great big hassle.

awwww, i remember the nancy cult! *tear* i was actually a member *shudders at the thought* LOL! she scares me! lol... i've moved on... now i like people that actually exist! --ahem---

Great post! :lol:

I don't know if this is a trend, but one thing that sure as heck bothers me is when someone who hates a certain show comes on the board for that show to bash it, then wonders why in the heck people get mad. Makes no sense to me :mad:

Originally posted by Crimson and Clover
I never had one of those.

Me either.