Getting rid of the gatherings forum?

[groovinkim]

board gatherings... once a popular thing, now much more rare. does having the gatherings posted in a separate forum rather than friends play a role in this?

i'm curious about your thoughts on this in general..

do you read the gatherings forum? would you be more likely to read the posts somewhere else? are you interested in meeting nwtekno people at this point? why do you think more gatherings of boardmembers don't happen?

i used to meet people off nwtekno regularly, but now i rarely do.. even though i still go out pretty often. i think board gatherings make nwtekno
a better website - if people know each other, it reduces the amount of flames and stupid bickering and increases the amount of collaboration on projects which are constructive.. it's also just more fun.

[Cethe]

I personally think the gatherings forum is a good place to keep in touch about gatherings and other meets beyond the party.

I know the n.end lynnwood thread is used fairly regularly (not so much right now, but usually)
and the sister pdx thread is a great tool for them as well.

if it is however taking up too much space and you feel you need to get rid of it, would off topic, or community discussion become the place to post about gatherings and spin sessions...etc?

I voted to keep it, but either way I think we would manage w/o it ok.

[groovinkim]

Originally posted by Cethe
if it is however taking up too much space and you feel you need to get rid of it, would off topic, or community discussion become the place to post about gatherings and spin sessions...etc?



no... actually, i mentioned above what i was going to do with the posts
if people decide to get rid of it (move them to friends)

it's not about the amount of space it takes up... it's just that it doesn't seem like people are using it and i don't know why

[StarPhox]

It seems like forums that are rarely used never get read either so when someone does post no one reads it because they never check that forum. I think moving it to friends would be a great idea since I think we all read that more often and it might bring more readership to friends.
Save space!

[mercuria]

i would say that it's because there's so much violence, negativity, and sexual tension that shall we all meet in one place either a shoot-out or an orgy will occur. either way, we'll all get arrested. :rolleyes:

[Kosmicdog]

Originally posted by groovinkim
do you read the gatherings forum? would you be more likely to read the posts somewhere else? are you interested in meeting nwtekno people at this point? why do you think more gatherings of boardmembers don't happen?

I don't ever read the gatherings forum. I always read the friends forum. In all honesty there isn't any new people I want to meet. I have met over half of my left coast friends from the board, so anytime I hang out with friends it could be considered a "board gathering".

[AliciaisAlwaysPimpin]

i think you should get rid of off topic. that would probably increase nwtekno intelligence by 2500% :)

[HexRei]

Originally posted by AliciaisAlwaysPimpin
i think you should get rid of off topic. that would probably increase nwtekno intelligence by 2500% :)

??? Why don't you just not use the forum? Or do you have just enough negativity to talk shit about it, but not enough willpower to stop reading it?

[groovinkim]

i've thought about getting rid of ot regularly, alicia....

only 8 people even had anything to say on this topic.. i'm surprised

[Carley]

Hey Kim... so although I haven't actually attended a "gathering" in... um... years... I really like the (idea of the) gathering forum. I check it regularly, there just aren't many gatherings :)

But an example of what coolness has come out of it is the PDX dj lessons for women thread! What an *awesome* idea. If I had the energy I'd help organize something similar here (but I don't! ho hum!)!

If I ever find the time and energy lying on my lap I will definitely use the forum to organize it. I don't think it should go if it doesn't have to. However, if it's eating up bandwidth or taking up time I would understand.

A lot of the parties that we go to aren't posted on nwtekno (or if they are, the majority of attendees aren't on nwtekno), so that is probably the main reason I'm not more active in the gatherings forum.

And honestly, I hadn't thought about posting in it to meet up at parties since the circus at naf. Next time I go out, I will :)

But I actually *am* and always have been interested in meeting nwtek people! In fact, I met another one just a few weeks ago! And it was [i]fabulous :)

Although I understand how completely fucking retarded people can act on here, I don't understand why people could really despise each other in person. I don't atleast. And although I understand the inhibitions some people might have about meeting some of these crazy folks who may or may not post trashy, hurtful, tacky things on the message board; from my experience of meeting nwtek people, they have been totally interesting and fun!!

Perhaps now that I'm an "out" nwtek person, we can get more to come out of the closet *wink* Maybe even give the dusty gathering forum some love.

Oh gatherings forum... please do not go! Your silent visitors would miss you terribly.

Ciao

~c

[Carley]

I would try to figure out a way to reclassify ALL of the forums so that they each have relatively the same number of posts in each of them.

Heehee, what purpose would that serve?

OT is the default forum, it seems. That is not a good thing for the board.

? No it's not! Check it: http://www.nwtekno.org The RR icon is even larger than the little OT guy.

But I don't see what OT has to do with the Gatherings forum? What did I miss??

[invis]

I do read gatherings, am interested in meeting a few boardies , would read gatherings elsewhere if say it joined with friends again or whatever, and have no idea why more boardies are not attending gatherings cept, personally i've seen a good number of newer ugly individuals around here, that seem to draw other ugly individuals that support one another like a little subculture... which causes ripples of effect, ultimately degrading the whole with their negativity......making people not interested in meeting others, or doing much at all......if that makes any sense:)
What can be done tho? *shrugs* join em.... n see what happens.

[Carley]

Heehee, what purpose would that serve?


I GET IT NOW! Hehheh ;)

[Tecknowledgy]

If something isn't being used get rid of it.

I see that Gatherings hasn't had a lot of activity, and I personally have never used it. It seems to me that when people do meet, it's usually on a smaller interpersonal level. I've only witnessed 1 board-meet in my entire life...and that was by word of mouth.

Why not just move it into Friends like you said? I think that would actually be a really good idea.

[Layla]

yeah...

I've got my big fat sister pdx thread in gatherings, but I wouldn't mind if it were combined into the firends forum... maybe a few more people would see it who wouldn't normally...

sure, go ahead and axe it as long as the thread is preserved.

and bring back expressions and activism while you're at it, or maybe activism/ politics. since 911, the political threads have increased, and keeping them out of ot would probably keep tha drama down...

so yeah. that's what I think.

L

[groovinkim]

Originally posted by Monk
Combine Gattherings with Carpools and rename it. You get rid of an uneccessary forum and fortify them both.


hmm. gatherings and carpool have completely different goals, though.
carpool is not really about meeting people, it's more about getting from
place to place.

Combine Music Production with Music Discussion. Same theory.

these two are definitely more related. but i'm still not sure.. anyone else have thoughts on this?

Divide OT into a new set of forums, but not too many.

what would be in the new set?

[groovinkim]

Originally posted by Monk
Combine Gatherings, Car Pools and Collaboration and continue to call it Gatherings.



the collaboration forum wasn't intended primarily to be a place where people could plan parties, though. i mean, that's definitely something you could collaborate on.

but i was thinking stuff like making a zine, starting groups to do things at events (things like nwlnc, dancesafe, etc.), starting websites, volunteering, etc...

i think i worded the forum description badly, though, now that i look at it...

[groovinkim]

people have suggested version of the dungeon. but having that exist means that people still feel like it's ok to post stuff like that on nwtekno.
and i don't want them to feel that way...

[StarPhox]

Originally posted by groovinkim
people have suggested version of the dungeon. but having that exist means that people still feel like it's ok to post stuff like that on nwtekno.
and i don't want them to feel that way...

People will never stop posting flames because it is permitted here on NWTekno. Until censorship is risked in order to prevent this sort of childish behavior it will continually run rampant. I personally feel that by not taking steps against it the board is inviting that sort of behavior.

Just my $0.02.

-phox

[invis]

Fuck censorship






Sorry Phox, i just really h a t e censorship....