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well I did it
I left WHT i was getting sick of the bashing/flame wars/being told to bite my tong. im sick of them telling me what i can and cant do.
manly just sick of the flame wars and stuff.
i havent been theere in a bout a month and it has gotten worse.
Im going to check the thread in a few weeks tho just to see how meny people bashed me. :D
laters
james
You sux (sorry, just wanted you to feel at home here :D).
I just read a post over thier about a site rip that looked "similar" but not the SAME as the original. different fonts, spacing, pictures were put in but it was a little similar to the original.
The flames, arrogance, and whining on that thread alone is enough to make me not want to go back.
sometimes i just don't understand those people...
shaunewing
04-09-03, 03:42 PM
I'm finding myself going on WHT less and less. When I first started reading WHT over a year ago (even though I only joined July last year) there was a lot of excellent posts and a real sense of community but this is declining fast.
Rakmin - I agree with you there. Some people take the site ripping thing too far. I remember a little while ago there was a thread on WHT about an alleged ripped site that looked nothing like the original.
There are only a finite number of ways to design a site taking into account things such as usability; sooner or later there are going to be sites that are similar to other sites even though the designers may never have heard of the other site.
--Shaun
Same here. I find myself going less to WHT as it doesn't contain the same "useful" information. And besides, I can ALWAYS email Chicken when I need help!
interactive
04-09-03, 03:56 PM
And just to "authenticate" all of your guy's claims about WHT here's a thread: http://webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121770
I goto WHT for about 5 minutes a day to get my laugh, then I leave.
Damned, that was one hard-ass moderator who locked that thread :D.
interactive
04-09-03, 04:14 PM
One more thread thought I would share:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=122696
Username is NancyM but has a "fake" sig of "Jeff", hmm ;)? Freaky people.
interactive
04-09-03, 04:15 PM
By the way, That is one hard-ass mod who locked that thread, wonder who it could have been though ;).
Wow.. Just stopped by WHT and barely recognized it. Used to read the forum over their daily before getting preoccupied with other things and just came back a couple days ago to see it basically destroyed. Luckily I found a link to this forum.
So forgive me for jumping in on your thread, but hey everyone. ;) What ever happened to the chat room that used to be here?
interactive
04-09-03, 04:49 PM
Chicken took it down. Welcome Woody by the way.
Originally posted by shaunewing:
Rakmin - I agree with you there. Some people take the site ripping thing too far. I remember a little while ago there was a thread on WHT about an alleged ripped site that looked nothing like the original.
yes, i think its way out of hand.. its good to be inspired by another design and add your own zing to it... but god forbid you actually do it. Then its a rip.
another standard case of WHT :bs:
oh yeah...
i just want to add one more thing...
I thank the chicken man for making a NICE forum here that seems to have a nice community backing it.
Originally posted by allan:
Damned, that was one hard-ass moderator who locked that thread :D.
That one confused me, did someone bump it again for you to close it, or did you go looking for it after reading the other one?
Operator
04-09-03, 08:35 PM
Welcome!
HostHideout is the cooler side of WHT ;)
Originally posted by Jan:
That one confused me, did someone bump it again for you to close it, or did you go looking for it after reading the other one?
Someone bumped it...so I closed both :).
ahhhhhh, that explains it :D Thanks.
JeremyV
04-09-03, 09:06 PM
WHT? wha?
:D
I still browse and occasionaly post over there, but in the lounge the war threads are just too much to bare (bear?) I really enjoy the laid back atmosphere here, even if it isn't as active, its great.
Chicken
04-09-03, 10:51 PM
JeremyV, there will be a few things happening soon that might help the 'less active'ness a bit. As this is the 4th month, I'm pretty happy with what has happened so far, but the next few months will have a few new things added.
Allan, I probably would have either just locked or tossed it. Your post bumped it and I'm pretty sure no one needs to read that thread again, heh.
Originally posted by Woody:
Luckily I found a link to this forum.
So forgive me for jumping in on your thread, but hey everyone. ;) What ever happened to the chat room that used to be here?
We're lucky you did too ;) :D Yeah, as was said, I decided to change format from the chat. I still have it, and one day it might come back (in some form), but not looking to do that any time soon. What do you think of the forum instead? :chicken:
Originally posted by Rakmin:
oh yeah...
i just want to add one more thing...
I thank the chicken man for making a NICE forum here that seems to have a nice community backing it.
Glad you like it, and as they say, "We couldn't have done it without you..." :D
TheServerDen
04-10-03, 01:04 AM
What this use to be a chat site?
Originally posted by Chicken:
Allan, I probably would have either just locked or tossed it. Your post bumped it and I'm pretty sure no one needs to read that thread again, heh
Yeah I thought of that after I posted my last response. Just delete the bump and close the thread so it is unbumpable. But maybe you want to show you are active :D :banana: :banana:
HOLY cow i didnt expect that big of a responce on this thread. askish(sp?) did point out a few things and i did reply back about them. anyway im glad to be apart of HHO and help it grow to become a very help full place for every webhost out there. hrmmm bring me to a new topic hrmm look for my post :)
laters
James
Chicken
04-10-03, 02:13 AM
Originally posted by TheServerDen:
What this use to be a chat site?
Yeah, at some periods somewhat active with hosts chatting, often about things unrelated to hosting (heh), and often not very active (need many people to be in on the chat thing for it to really work).
Originally posted by Chicken:
Allan, I probably would have either just locked or tossed it. Your post bumped it and I'm pretty sure no one needs to read that thread again, heh.
Yea...and that's why you are the master moderator and I am just your humble student :D.
1000rpm
04-10-03, 05:48 AM
I refuse to sign up at WHT, the only reason anyone seems to use that forum is to put down other companies, nothing but complaints and accusations...
Chicken
04-10-03, 06:02 AM
Well, Allan is part of the crew now entrusted with keepin' peace and order o'er there, so I'm sure he'd appreciate a report on anything you see. But that's there, this is here...
Originally posted by Chicken:
Well, Allan is part of the crew now entrusted with keepin' peace and order o'er there, so I'm sure he'd appreciate a report on anything you see. But that's there, this is here...
Yea, I guess it is kind of telling that they made me a MOD over there, and I still don't want to post ;).
I still look at WHT during the day and even post on it once in awhile. At this point I look at it more for it's entertainment value than anything else.
I am not interested in learning how to sell my product for $9.00/year. I am fairly new there and even newer here, and fortunatley haven't been involved in a flame war yet. I do see some idiotic threads over there though. I just laugh and ignore them.
Keep up the good work Chicken.
JeremyV
04-10-03, 10:29 AM
best thing about this place is how you can look at almost anyone and they seem like your friend :) There is a high level of respect here, and the overall attitude is more mature. :chicken: rocks
1000rpm
04-10-03, 11:42 AM
Originally posted by JeremyV:
There is a high level of respect here, and the overall attitude is more mature. :chicken: rocks
I would definately agree with that. Keep up the good work :chicken:
Looks great so far. :) I did like the chat room when it was busy enough to have a decent conversation going but a forum does seem a lot more logical to at least build up a user base (if you do plan on putting that chat room back).
I'm more into reading than posting or chatting anyway (joined WHT in early 2001 and made barely 100 posts ;)) and it seems this place will be a lot easier to follow.
Originally posted by Chicken:
We're lucky you did too ;) :D Yeah, as was said, I decided to change format from the chat. I still have it, and one day it might come back (in some form), but not looking to do that any time soon. What do you think of the forum instead? :chicken:
Chicken
04-10-03, 03:49 PM
Well, I will say something (which I've said before), and that is that once you add 30,000+ members to our current user base, things do get a bit more tricky. Smaller forums tend to feel more close and friendly, however I'm now in a position to shape things as I feel they should be shaped. Whether that turns out to be the right way, we'll find out, but...
JeremyV
04-10-03, 05:29 PM
That's the thing chicken.. when you start off with a plan and goals of how to make it work, chances are it will. But by not knowing how to handle the growth and no set ideas on how to run the site, things just go to hell :)
markblair
04-11-03, 08:28 AM
I do still visit WHT and don't mind posting and communicating with others over there. It has changed since I signed up nearly two years ago, though. There are many people that will slam you if you even think the wrong thing but I tend to look past those posts. I think WHT needs to take a moment and look at what's going on to be able to "fix" what is broken. By adding new MODS most likely will help.
As for the Hideout, it is definitely a nice refresher as I've stated in the past. It's nice to go somewhere and not have to deal with looking past people that only seem to enjoy slamming others. Keep up the good work Chicken.
interactive
04-20-03, 08:28 PM
Know this is sort of a old thread but thought I'd post about something that I found rather irratating today.
I don't know what's been going on over at WHT with the mods (not direct towards Allan at all), but it seems as though they've been going on a banning spree. I understand a couple of the bans, but then they banned timechange. Now I do understand he gets on people's nerves sometimes, but didn't see much of a reason to ban him (he got in a argument of some sort with another user over a domain). Anyways I'm done ranting, and done with WHT.
Edit: forgot to add it was not a permanent ban.
FindSP.com
04-21-03, 12:43 AM
I don't know they are ok but I leave that boar only for really formal questions... like reviews about companies etc. for everything else I come here :)
Originally posted by Woody:
Wow.. Just stopped by WHT and barely recognized it. Used to read the forum over their daily before getting preoccupied with other things and just came back a couple days ago to see it basically destroyed. Luckily I found a link to this forum.
So forgive me for jumping in on your thread, but hey everyone. ;) What ever happened to the chat room that used to be here?
Is this Rolando ?
Originally posted by interactive:
I don't know what's been going on over at WHT with the mods (not direct towards Allan at all), but it seems as though they've been going on a banning spree.
A big problem with WHT is that for so long it was only Chicken moderating a board with 30,000+ members which it made it very difficult to catch people violating the rules, so people kept pushing the limits.
Now that there are mods en masse it is easier to respond to reported threads, and seek out other problems that don't necessarily get reported. So, absolutely more people are being banned, but they are all being banned for violating forum rules -- people are upset because they went so long without being warned/banned for these violations.
It also means that things that the mods would normally let go are being enforced in order to bring the conversation back to a polite level.
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