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Mr. Clark2 posted:No clue where I hink it was a deliberate counterpart to  , both memorable villain lines from fury road
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for a while you could pay to change your regdate to 9/11 lol
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OMGVBFLOL posted:for a while you could pay to change your regdate to 9/11 lol i seem to recall that lasting for years too
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Blue Raider posted:I agree. That was some way past the point of being reasonable, Eternal September poo poo. This was one of the reasons I put off registering. Nerdfighting is the worst.
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Blue Raider posted:i seem to recall that lasting for years too people would also get snooty about it because it "hides" your real reg date 
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Papa Emeritus III posted:This was one of the reasons I put off registering. Nerdfighting is the worst. There also used to be a big focus on posting decorum, focusing on precise grammar or behavior and whatever else that meant. I distinctly remember a stickied GBS thread from circa 2008 that was a call to experienced posters to mentor new posters in forums culture. This was absurd at the time and would be even more so today. Of course, this weird parliamentary standard was only enforced when the forums had a constant influx of hundreds or thousands of new users. To follow those rules today would only result in 95% of the userbase loving off to Reddit while only a handful of pedants remained talking about turntables or whatever.
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Cubone posted:people would also get snooty about it because it "hides" your real reg date they’d just assume you were whatever the current or previous year was I skated in just in time to avoid having A Bad Regdate 
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Blue Raider posted:There also used to be a big focus on posting decorum, focusing on precise grammar or behavior and whatever else that meant. I distinctly remember a stickied GBS thread from circa 2008 that was a call to experienced posters to mentor new posters in forums culture. This was absurd at the time and would be even more so today. That was my other reason for putting off a registration, actually. People would catch a probation for bad grammar or one word posts. It was ridiculous. I understand why the rule was there but people were spergin it into a new dimension.
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OMGVBFLOL posted:they’d just assume you were whatever the current or previous year was still got an iceass tho
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I think those rules were good not only for their part in preventing SA from becoming like every other trash forum but also for the 'mystique' they lent to SA in the internet of the aughts. I'm also the guy who uses correct grammar in text messages so take everything I say with a mouthful of salt.
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popewiles posted:I think those rules were good not only for their part in preventing SA from becoming like every other trash forum but also for the 'mystique' they lent to SA in the internet of the aughts. While GBS isn't exactly the whole forum, it's a bellwether. So things go to 11 here first. If I remember correctly, the turn toward posting decorum was because the forum was in danger of becoming what 4chan became: memes, single-word posts, goatse, rickrolls, and white noise. Actually having standards and having to think before posting was both a novelty and a relief. Then once that got out of hand, as things do 'round here, it swung too far back the other direction, and suddenly GBS was FYAD with positive post counts. We're at more of an equilibrium now. Anyway, 
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Cubone posted:I hink it was a deliberate counterpart to I'm pretty sure they were both purchased by AI posters, the whole subforum was pretty nuts for Fury Road when it came out (and still is). Jikes posted:still got an iceass tho I never did figure out where those came from, what's the deal?
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popewiles posted:I think those rules were good not only for their part in preventing SA from becoming like every other trash forum but also for the 'mystique' they lent to SA in the internet of the aughts. That was precisely it really. I can't remember if it was Ozma or Lowtax that actually made a "thank you" sort of thread for everyone not posting like we were on the GameFAQ boards. Good grammar and not simply posting "lol" was highly encouraged (often by probating or banning offenders). I think Ozma in particular enforced the grammar rules pretty enthusiastically. Blue Raider posted:There also used to be a big focus on posting decorum, focusing on precise grammar or behavior and whatever else that meant. I distinctly remember a stickied GBS thread from circa 2008 that was a call to experienced posters to mentor new posters in forums culture. This was absurd at the time and would be even more so today. For a long while there would be a monthly "adopt a newbie" thread for vets to take new folks under their wing, teach them the rules, etc. I "adopted" quite a few folks back in those days. And when I was going through my friends list the other day I found that none of them had been perma'ed, so I think I did okay.  (Plenty of them haven't posted in forever though)
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Oh, I agree with the reason on having the rules. I'm also glad to hear that newbs were helped out. I didn't know about that part. I just thought that some of the strict behavior was a bit much at times. Yet, when you deal with hundreds of thousands of users... Being cutthroat is appropriate.
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SA was also about handing out bans casually for fun. It's not like people were really that uptight about flawless grammar when you could also get banned for using the word "what."
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Anne Whateley posted:SA was also about handing out bans casually for fun. It's not like people were really that uptight about flawless grammar when you could also get banned for using the word "what." idk who to point the finger at about that, so im gonna take a shot in the dark and blame Ozma
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also, those oddly draconian posting rules were completely overwhelmed by the widespread adoption of smartphones
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It was just a different time on the internet. The arbitrary bans were seen as fun and wacky and people reupped immediately. It stopped being viable when people stopped being willing to  all the time. It had nothing to do with Ozma or smartphones.
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drat, this thread makes me feel old, but also really happy. Good thread.   
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Papa Emeritus III posted:That was my other reason for putting off a registration, actually. People would catch a probation for bad grammar or one word posts. It was ridiculous. I understand why the rule was there but people were spergin it into a new dimension. My girlfriend introduced me to SA back in 2007, and I wound up lurking for a long time on her account before getting my own. Her advice to me was to never post anything or I'd get banned, because things were so draconian. To this day I still don't think she posts much, if at all. I'd love to see an SACyclopedia of the smilies, hands down the best collection on the internet. I get so irrationally annoyed at how terrible the ones on basically every other forum are. I'm sad the utility of this one was so short lived: 
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NSA version of the Vince smiley. The little grinning guy is from a leaked nsa presentation, about prism I think
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Anne Whateley posted:I'm still fond of https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2877873&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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OSU_Matthew posted:My girlfriend introduced me to SA back in 2007, and I wound up lurking for a long time on her account before getting my own. Her advice to me was to never post anything or I'd get banned, because things were so draconian. It's not the SAclopedia but this thread also explains smilies very well.  enjoy!https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3484928&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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dsriggs posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2877873&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 Guy got permabanned for too much wom lmao.
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Only tangentially related, but I just wanted to share that I made these thread icons... about ten years ago. It gives me warm fuzzy feelings to see them still being used.   The head in the La Migra one is Lou Dobbs.
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OMGVBFLOL posted:for a while you could pay to change your regdate to 9/11 lol You sstill can...
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 Was bought by some dude who posted a thread about how he bought it in fyad which got like 0 replies. Some time later the thread was bumped and got famous. I think that's the story anyway. Been some years.Edit: actually don't think the thread was bumped. I think fyad just found it and started using it, then the thread by the dude who bought it was found. MisterFister fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Feb 1, 2018 |
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Anne Whateley posted:SA was also about handing out bans casually for fun. It's not like people were really that uptight about flawless grammar when you could also get banned for using the word "what." "Post in this thread to be banned!" threads by Lowtax were fairly regular back then (and funny). As was the absolute making GBS threads on of JJCoolJ and all furries in general.  Furry Concentration Camp.
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Beefeater posted:"Post in this thread to be banned!" threads by Lowtax were fairly regular back then (and funny). As was the absolute making GBS threads on of JJCoolJ and all furries in general. The furry business is one of the things that made me aware of the site in the first place. Probably around 03? That poo poo was old internet as hell from the known furries having their avatar changed to a yellow Star of David that said "yiff," to the furry ghetto forum, to their mass banning in the Lolocaust. I guess all that remains of that is the gas chamber where bad threads are sent to be killed.
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Blue Raider posted:The furry business is one of the things that made me aware of the site in the first place. Probably around 03? That poo poo was old internet as hell from the known furries having their avatar changed to a yellow Star of David that said "yiff," to the furry ghetto forum, to their mass banning in the Lolocaust. I guess all that remains of that is the gas chamber where bad threads are sent to be killed. Oh poo poo, I remember the yiff star. Forgot about that until you mentioned it. I think I saw one fairly recently, too.
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I think another reason for strict posting regs in the past was because of the massive influx of new posters who just came for the FILEZ and were cluttering every forum with purestrain stupidity.
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Gallow posted:I think another reason for strict posting regs in the past was because of the massive influx of new posters who just came for the FILEZ and were cluttering every forum with purestrain stupidity. Getting rid of filez and dpph took care of a lot of that, but there was also a general rush because the internet itself was really taking off then. There were a lot of new people everywhere as everyone and their grandma got online. Plus stuff like AYB or the "found a camera in the woods" thread that got popular elsewhere would bring in a wave of new regs. A lot of them were used to Myspace and Livejournal and crap like that and had to get beaten with the "how to post" stick at first.
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Over There posted:
For the most part it is. It was kinda seen as "FYAD Lite" when it was first created, and was largely thought to be a temporary thing (I think it actually did get closed down for a while). I'm glad it's stuck around though.  It kinda reminds me of FYAD circa 03/04 humor-wise.Gallow posted:I think another reason for strict posting regs in the past was because of the massive influx of new posters who just came for the FILEZ and were cluttering every forum with purestrain stupidity.  Man, there was at least 2-5 bannings a day for guys who would register and immediately start a "WHERE DA FILEZ AT?!" thread in GBS.
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What does  mean? Is it saying something is almost amazing, or what?
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The GBS OSHA thread recently birthed a very cool new smilie This is the hip way to vote 5 now FYI.
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Over There posted:What does anticipation right? it's about to be crazy but right now we're in hang time
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Cubone posted:anticipation right? Oh that makes a lot more sense thank you
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