Take away Games from "View New Posts"

[dlemond]

It gets to be anyoning when you are looking for new posts to find the whole screen dominated by Chit Chat Games, which are hardly comparable to real posts.

If you want to play the games go the game board, at least with "new posts" we can see the entire spectrum of the site, but with the games as part of it it can dominate pages and pushes all other topics way back.

The same can be said for Random posts, but people at least tend to have conversations once in a while.

Am I alone on this?

[TripperFan]

I'll back you on it! Sometimes I have to go through two or three pages to find threads I was interested in and posting on. If there was a was to filter the games it would be great.

[TripperFan]

Hey - did Seth or TJ do it? I was just running through Most Active and it was clean!!!


Thanx guys!!!


(and if not, just ignore me......I must be hallucinating again)!



UPDATE: Yup - I was hallucinating.. the games are back....must have just been a lull.

[moeee]

Originally Posted by dlemond

It gets to be anyoning when you are looking for new posts to find the whole screen dominated by Chit Chat Games, which are hardly comparable to real posts.

If you want to play the games go the game board, at least with "new posts" we can see the entire spectrum of the site, but with the games as part of it it can dominate pages and pushes all other topics way back.

The same can be said for Random posts, but people at least tend to have conversations once in a while.

Am I alone on this?

I agree with you.

[Brian Damage]

I do agree the Games can be ridiculous. I do believe some people use them to boost post totals which is stupid.

[Pentimento]

I wouldn't mind not having to sift through dozens of games threads every time I check for new posts. I don't begrudge people their fun -- although how most of those threads fall under the definition of "games" is beyond me -- but I agree that using them to boost post counts is annoying. It's also a violation of posting rule #7, the one about "quality over quantity". Some people don't seem to take that one seriously at all.

[G-Force Glockstar]

I go to this one other message board that looks like Sitcoms Online (just the board styles) and post counts don't count when you post on games.

Anyway, it shouldn't matter to anyone how many posts they have and it shouldn't matter if they do it.

EDIT--ugh, am I making ANY sense??

[Mr. Television]

Yea some of the game posts do get to me especially if theirs a lot of them and you have to dig through them to get to the regular post. Of course I post over there ( not as much as some)and I do know that their are some nice people there. I really don't think most of them use it just to raise their post count.

[G-Force Glockstar]

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

I really don't think most of them use it just to raise their post count.

I agree, I post there alot when I'm bored and there's nothing else to do
Plus, some of those games are pretty fun

[TJ]

I wonder if making that board unsearchable will remove them from the New Posts list. I'll try that.

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

I do agree the Games can be ridiculous. I do believe some people use them to boost post totals which is stupid.

Yep...

[G-Force Glockstar]

Originally Posted by TJ

I wonder if making that board unsearchable will remove them from the New Posts list. I'll try that.

I'm sorry, I don't understand

[Hollow]

that board doesn't bother me or anything, but it's the biggest waste of space on the internet i've ever seen. if there were actual games on there that had a point there wouldn't be anything wrong with it, but it's just thousands upon thousands of posts like "NAME A CD COVER WITH A WHITE BACKGROUND!" "RATE THE PICTURE ABOVE!" "A-Z BASKETBALL TEAMS!" the random posts can be a bit the same but they're mostly for socializing like a chat room, not posting meaningless junk.

[EmoJoe]

Originally Posted by safety pin

that board doesn't bother me or anything, but it's the biggest waste of space on the internet i've ever seen. if there were actual games on there that had a point there wouldn't be anything wrong with it, but it's just thousands upon thousands of posts like "NAME A CD COVER WITH A WHITE BACKGROUND!" "RATE THE PICTURE ABOVE!" "A-Z BASKETBALL TEAMS!" the random posts can be a bit the same but they're mostly for socializing like a chat room, not posting meaningless junk.

Some games on there are playable, but the ones like "Name a squirll from Ohio" and the A-Z games a pretty pointless.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by Maroon5'd

Some games on there are playable, but the ones like "Name a squirll from Ohio" and the A-Z games a pretty pointless.

The What Time Is It Game is too although I've posted there when I'm bored.