What the hell?

[Punk Hazard]

Yes, 916 posts are clearly the result of guests.

 

[bigfatloser]

Re: What the f*ck?

It's because people get too butthurt and the mods take everything too seriously.

"My feelings were slightly hurt when they bashed my favorite character..."
-NO MORE VS. THREADS
"Trolls keep making me feel bad and read stuff i don't want to..."
-NO MORE HOTTEST THREADS
"One person commented with something that was slightly off topic..."
-CLOSE THE ENTIRE THREAD

It's ridiculous. It's no surprise there's nothing fun on here anymore, everything that used to be popular has been removed.

It's like the only things allowed on here anymore are retarded-ass questions that can be answered with a simple google search or the wiki.

and honestly, there are more trolls now then ever. It's like they've found all the loopholes and so all the good topics get quashed and trolls just continue to post and flame.

 

[The Necromancer]

Re: What the f*ck?

and honestly, there are more trolls now then ever. It's like they've found all the loopholes and so all the good topics get quashed and trolls just continue to post and flame.

True. There is in all seriousness, not 1 fun or interesting thread going on. In my opinion, the best debates came from vs. threads. Yes they were repetitive, but this is the alternative.

 

[SilverSlick]

Just know that Versuvio doesn't really care about our feedback unless its positive. So yeah.

@Necromancer, that is true. The top tens and the vs threads were the best.

 

[The Necromancer]

Just know that Versuvio doesn't really care about our feedback unless its positive. So yeah.

I'll second that. If you saw the thread yesterday that was nearly 20 pages of criticism toward the mods, it was deleted with what i assume was no attempt at understanding the reasoning behind so many unsatisfactory members. Will anything be done about it or anything change? I doubt it. But the thread cast a negative light against the moderators so it was shut down (even though they are only volunteers, and not actually any higher up than the rest of the members here.)

 

[FearxDeath]

Truer words have never been spoken

 

[SilverSlick]

I'm wondering why VS. threads don't appear in the latest thread sections and RP threads do. No offense to the people who are about RP but not everyone does that.

 

[The Necromancer]

I'm wondering why VS. threads don't appear in the latest thread sections and RP threads do. No offense to the people who are about RP but not everyone does that.

One of the mods actually told me once that it would be unfair for the sensei's to have to go find their training threads if they didn't show up on the latest threads section... Seriously? So 1 person is happy now while the threads that EVERYONE can participate in are pushed out. Sounds good. What an idiot.

 

[Supreme x Uchiha]

Yes, 916 posts are clearly the result of guests.

smh.. I said there are threads with only 3 replies on the wall because guests view them..

 

[Avani]

There has to be something that isn't being told about decisions. For one, moderators don't have the tools to remove features of the boards; that is in line with administrators. And surely one deviation from a topic wouldn't automatically render a topic locked! Many more threads with that nature would be useless if that were true. There's gotta be more to it.

As for Pokemon, come on, why not? No matter how many successive seasons there are, the lore is always expanded, canon or non-canon

Off course, it's an administrative decision. Only an admin can change remove or add the actual sections and forums etc and V takes care of the site on his own because of his own love for Japan and all things Japanese including the manga.

Forum news have been really helpful to get people attracted to creative sections of the site and other important activities at the forums. The largest fan base we have is Naruto but Naruto isn't the only thing we discuss. It's helpful if we have less spammed but still popular threads visible on home page. Such decisions are made on the basis of over all stats and stats include the hits and responses of less active or less vocal users too. Spam threads on home page don't sit well and despite many warnings members didn't care even if it were troll threads with negative/inappropriate content being sent on it.

Most of the users who are complaining about hot lists' absence are the ones who spammed in threads back and forth with similar posts again and again just to reach at the top. I have seen a user making more than 30 posts of the same one line sentence in a single thread to bump it up constantly and it was OP's alt. Anything for a hot thread.

Yeah, there's not a lot of freedom anymore. I actually miss the hottest thread section. It was easy to access things that were a big topic. If people don't want to read a troll thread, just stop the second you notice it is one, and just don't post anything on it. I hate having to look through every single section when it can just be highlighted on the main page.

Edit: If something gets off topic, it's the guy who made the thread who has the responsibility to either stop it or go with the flow. I make a lot of threads on other forums, but they usually go off topic because other topics evolve by itself in time.

Hottest thread not being on home page is equal to not having freedom now? On the contrary, 5 threads on hot list at an as active forum as NB is not going to cover most interesting topic but only most spammed one- it limits you terribly. Besides this option (The hot list) is still there- see the quick link menu on top.

You don't have to go to different section.

You must be registered for see images

There are also today's topics, and new posts options. These links are much more helpful in checking out the interesting discussions.

You must be registered for see links

You must be registered for see links

^ this though not sure if you can access these links directly or have to click on the option from top bars yourself.

It also shows you the hot threads highlighted with blue colour ( via today's topic other than quick links option) and with no replies in red. and you get much longer list with section details.

 

[YowYan]

Sadly, NB is getting boring. This has nothing to do with the removal of the ''hottest threads'' section though.. There's just not much activity anymore and the Naruto debates are getting dull since the storyline got ruined by ...Disney?

 

[Avani]

Sadly, NB is getting boring. This has nothing to do with the removal of the ''hottest threads'' section though.. There's just not much activity anymore and the Naruto debates are getting dull since the storyline got ruined by ...Disney?

You forget that NB also got affected by DMCA and Google removing it from it's searches. That alone hit us pretty hard.

As for the normal direction of the debates -More like we are getting the answers from the writer and people who have been making their own fictions for years and have their heart set on their personal versions of the manga are terribly disappointed if Kishi's version differs.

Not saying that story line could have been better or more detailed but most of the fun is taken away due to unnecessarily repeatitive whinning in too many threads at the same time by fans of various characters as they had been expecting more for their personal favourites even if that character wasn't important to the main story in the first place.

I'll second that. If you saw the thread yesterday that was nearly 20 pages of criticism toward the mods, it was deleted with what i assume was no attempt at understanding the reasoning behind so many unsatisfactory members. Will anything be done about it or anything change? I doubt it. But the thread cast a negative light against the moderators so it was shut down (even though they are only volunteers, and not actually any higher up than the rest of the members here.)

Oh I read the thread. It goes the other way round too you know. Most user who posted in it were more interested in a drama and just like they exaggerate everything in the manga sections during fanwars they keep the same attitude everywhere.

We wouldn't keep the a thread bashing you on the top either. No matter what my personal opinion may be about a user X, I cannot and would not make a thread about him on the open forum nor I would allow another to do so. Personal problem between two users, even if one of them is a mod is to be handled on personal basis. Simple. Involving a bunch of other users never gives any positive result for many reasons nor it's fair.

Such threads are not positive since other users do not know the whole story nor have proper means to find it out. At the most they can offer you sympathy and advice based on half the facts and then there is always a bunch of spammer which will either flame you or the staff depending upon their mood or personal grudges.

Just for the sake of it let's say Chatte made a mistake. ( Yeah I know many of you are screaming 'yay'- not going to discuss that part so please bear with me) So? You could have ignored her post or could have politely told her that you didn't agree. The thread was made and list was posted. One would assume that some may have their own list and may comment. But as soon as she posted other members practically jumped at her and it went on and on. Off course, she could/should have stayed away and not argued back her case but you cannot say that she broke rules just because she did. The thread got derailed and had to be closed finally because of it.

Yes you can blame her that she started it by posting in the first place yet it was not her fault alone. She had been active in debates and new at moderating. She didn't realize being a mod would make her this much of target and it all spilled beyond control and all that jazz. Still you have other options-

The thread maker or the infracted person could have contacted one of the gmods and could have sorted this out faster and amicably but off course they would have missed on the theatrics and few days of fame as poor victims of power abuse. Which seems way more important and fun than actual solution to a bunch.

I probably would have only edited MM's response, maybe, but he did insult the other guy. So the infraction he got for calling another 'idiot' is not wrong either. And since then MM has made several dozen posts which is nothing but repeated bashing for hours and was let off for it but he forgot to mention it while hanging on to the infraction he received.

How could you be so blind to this kind of behaviour and condone it? Just because Chatte became a mod you should be allowed to bash her while you cannot do so to a regular member ? We volunteered to help the site not to be used as punching bags. Yes, staff can make mistakes but those cases are rare and we fix it as soon as it comes to our notice.

Don't worry, we don't get to have our way either and we are bound by another and more strict rules and surveillance. To moderate forums we have to moderate ourselves foremost.

If you want to discuss mods in public then it won't be fair because we do not do the same and discuss your behaviour in public. Do you really think you guys will be thrilled if we start hanging your infraction histories and PMs to prove our point at open boards? There is a hell lot of info we know and yet we keep our mouth shut and make sure that your dignity is intact at the forums.

People have a big sense of entitlement for everything and do not seem to want to return even the simple curtsy. Regular light on mod behaviour is a joke. You don't have it. Spectrum of the colour you can send is nothing more than single wavelength.