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Cyber Link February 20th, 2005 2:00 PM

Happy Birthday Threads
 
I think there are WAY too many "Happy Birthday" threads in the other chat forum, someone needs to do something with them. I say either make one thread (and sticky it) so people can give a happy birthday shout out. Or make a subforum for them. Cause I think it's getting annoying to have to search through them all to find a thread.

aRedMoon February 20th, 2005 2:01 PM

Long time ago there was a sticky. But that was taken off. :/

A subforum would be kinda cool I think...

Eliana February 20th, 2005 2:02 PM

Well, I disagree =3

I think people have a chance to feel singled out (in a good way) on their birthdays if they have their own thread...besides, it would get UBER spammed up if we made a thread for them all..

MegaDitto February 20th, 2005 2:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JKaizer
Long time ago there was a sticky. But that was taken off. :/

A subforum would be kinda cool I think...

I somewhat agree with the subform,It could be like a special day subfroum like Chirstmas,News Years Etc.I think there should be Birthday Threads.

Cyber Link February 20th, 2005 2:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eliana
Well, I disagree =3

I think people have a chance to feel singled out (in a good way) on their birthdays if they have their own thread...besides, it would get UBER spammed up if we made a thread for them all..

Then have them singled out in a subforum.

Look at it this way, have just one thread spammed up, or a whole forum spammed up. Take your pick. I'd rather have a thread spammed up than a whole forum. And if you don't want anything spammed up, put in a sub forum to eliminate the spam.

John Denver February 20th, 2005 2:10 PM

Holy CRAP yes...right now I'm discussing with the staff if we should make another sub-forum...

Cause as you can tell, OC also has a bunch of stickied threads, and another happy birthday thread that's stickied would be spammed to oblivion.

Andrea-chan February 20th, 2005 3:18 PM

I think a sub-forum might be ok.
But we got rid of the sticked thread because it got spammy. And if you missed someone's birthday then they would feel real bad about it because other members got wished happy birthday and they didn't.
So I think a sub-forum would be ok, but what I don't like is it's only about one thing. I mean in the computers forum you can talk about more then one thing. But a birthday froum would just be birthdays and in a way kind of pointless (because it's just "happy birthday ..." and that's it).

Lil' Schu February 20th, 2005 3:29 PM

This is my opinion:
Threads - Yes, they SPAM up the OC. But, I do think it's better than a sticky. I'll tell you why in a second...
Sticky - Ugh. Another sticky to the OC (as if we don't have enough). It takes the fun out of making a threaad. A sticky makes it impersonal.
Sub-forum - This isn't bad. But, that would be one sub-forum for one thing. That doesn't make sense.

So I think keep the threads...even though I voted different.

Flaming Torchic February 20th, 2005 3:31 PM

Yeah, a Happy Birthday sub-forum sounds good (it's better than having OC crowded with hundreds of birthday threads).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy
So I think a sub-forum would be ok, but what I don't like is it's only about one thing. I mean in the computers forum you can talk about more then one thing. But a birthday froum would just be birthdays and in a way kind of pointless (because it's just "happy birthday ..." and that's it).

Well, I guess another possible alternative would be to shove them in Funtime (although they don't really fit in there, and then we'd have funtime crowded with birthday threads).

Andrea-chan February 20th, 2005 3:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Flaming Torchic
Yeah, a Happy Birthday sub-forum sounds good (it's better than having OC crowded with hundreds of birthday threads).



Well, I guess another possible alternative would be to shove them in Funtime (although they don't really fit in there, and then we'd have funtime crowded with birthday threads).

Well Fun Time is really just for games and stuff. Like you said Nick birthday threads really dosen't fit in a game forum. So if they are going to be moved then I think a new forum would be best if they are not going in OC.

That Guy February 20th, 2005 3:39 PM

I think they should stay the way they are. I dont really like the sticky idea cause like Andrea-Chan said the old one got spammy, so the new one would probably get spammed up. There is no need to make a subforum for just birthdays cause that is just retarded. :P

Flaming Torchic February 20th, 2005 3:45 PM

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Originally Posted by That Guy
I think they should stay the way they are. I dont really like the sticky idea cause like Andrea-Chan said the old one got spammy, so the new one would probably get spammed up. There is no need to make a subforum for just birthdays cause that is just retarded. :P

But if they stay the way they are, then other threads will be over-shadowed and pushed back to the second and third pages (actually, it's already happening).

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you; the idea isn't that great, but what better alternatives do we have?

Cherrim February 20th, 2005 3:57 PM

Solution: Create more threads to make the birthday threads go away.

Honestly, this is a temporary thing. I think we've just happened to have a lot of popular members' birthdays recently. o_o; A subforum would be far too spammy and I think it would have a Member Fanclub sort of effect... in which everyone would create a thread for everyone... regardless of whether or not they knew them. Plus, the threads would probably never die and just become a clone of a fanclub. <_<;; I don't mind the way it is now... just wait for it to get back to normal. o_o

That Guy February 20th, 2005 3:57 PM

Yeah you do make a good point, but why dont you just take them out all together. I mean if someone really wanted to wish them a happy birthday wouldnt they just PM or IM them or something. I bet half the people who make HB threads or post in them dont even know who the person is...

Dignity February 20th, 2005 4:07 PM

Six words: Leave it the way it is. Just leave it. A sticky would create spam, and the sub-forum would take the special feeling and meaning out of it, not to mention the fun. So, there is my two cents. xD;; ~origin

Ryuki February 20th, 2005 4:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber Link
I think there are WAY too many "Happy Birthday" threads in the other chat forum, someone needs to do something with them. I say either make one thread (and sticky it) so people can give a happy birthday shout out. Or make a subforum for them. Cause I think it's getting annoying to have to search through them all to find a thread.

Most of the forums I visit have an official happy birthday threat..this forum should have one too. ^^

Flaming Torchic February 20th, 2005 4:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightning
Solution: Create more threads to make the birthday threads go away.

Honestly, this is a temporary thing. I think we've just happened to have a lot of popular members' birthdays recently. o_o; A subforum would be far too spammy and I think it would have a Member Fanclub sort of effect... in which everyone would create a thread for everyone... regardless of whether or not they knew them. Plus, the threads would probably never die and just become a clone of a fanclub. <_<;; I don't mind the way it is now... just wait for it to get back to normal. o_o

Yeah, well the T-Card trend was temporary, but that didn't stop it from being incredibly popular for quite a few months (it may even still be popular).

I don't want to have to wait a few months for this to end. For the time being, OC is dominated by these threads, and I'd like it if we could just do something about it now, atleast until it actually dies down.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady Origin
Six words: Leave it the way it is. Just leave it. A sticky would create spam, and the sub-forum would take the special feeling and meaning out of it, not to mention the fun. So, there is my two cents. xD;; ~origin

How would it take the fun out of it? oO' We'd just be making a sub-forum for it so that we can let the real discussions actually be on the first page. =X

Cherrim February 20th, 2005 4:27 PM

Blah, point taken. To be honest, I had checked OC, but I didn't realize how scary it was until just now. o_O;

So... I guess the best thing to do at the moment is just create a subforum and get them out of the way... even if it's only temporary. x_x; I still don't want to because I don't want there to be a ton of useless birthday threads, but... looks like there is no other choice. o_o That gets my vote, I guess.

Cassie-chan February 20th, 2005 4:33 PM

I think a sub-forum would work very well. It wouldn't have to be for just birthdays; you could make it for all holiday-like celebrations, so it would have a wider subject area. ^^

But that's just my thoughts on it~

Flaming Torchic February 20th, 2005 4:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by girlgenius
I think a sub-forum would work very well. It wouldn't have to be for just birthdays; you could make it for all holiday-like celebrations, so it would have a wider subject area. ^^

But that's just my thoughts on it~

That's not a bad idea, but this would probably just be temporary, and once the birthday threads die down, it would become pretty inactive.

Kelsey February 20th, 2005 5:03 PM

Forest Grovyle made a suggestion for this in the lounge. XD Well, I loved her idea of having a sub-forum for birthday threads. Really, the OC is soo cluttered with birthdy threads that that's all that's in there. @[email protected] *runs while birthday threads start attacking her*

~Kelsey

Shana February 20th, 2005 5:11 PM

I was thinking about this earlier...a Sub Forum would work fine, I think. ^^

Cyber Link February 20th, 2005 5:40 PM

Sorry, I had church. Just got done reading through everything.

I am glad this is getting some thought to it. I don't normally post in the OC, but I love reading the threads and post. Having birthday threads dominate it is way too overwhelming.

I would have been more blunt and say ban them. But I'm more of a peaceful compromiser myself, and that would just upset alot of people.

My vote is for a subforum, if only until this thing dies down. Which I have a hard time seeing it doing that.

MegaDitto February 21st, 2005 4:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by girlgenius
I think a sub-forum would work very well. It wouldn't have to be for just birthdays; you could make it for all holiday-like celebrations, so it would have a wider subject area. ^^

But that's just my thoughts on it~

I just said that earlier.

Mr Cat Dog February 21st, 2005 4:15 AM

This is why I'm scared to go into OC XD If it isn't birthday threads, it was all teh fluff before it was moevd to FTiP. Hopefully, this should be one step closer to bring the OC to its greatest as it was beforehand >.<

Bay-kun February 21st, 2005 7:19 AM

I agree with Eli, about how people like being singled-out, and having their own thread on their Birthdays. And since this can be done within a Sub-Forum, I say make a Sub-Forum for Birthdays. It would certainly cut down cluttered threads in OC.

IceKitten February 21st, 2005 7:35 AM

I say make a sub forum for them

That Guy February 21st, 2005 1:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bayleef
I agree with Eli, about how people like being singled-out, and having their own thread on their Birthdays. And since this can be done within a Sub-Forum, I say make a Sub-Forum for Birthdays. It would certainly cut down cluttered threads in OC.

Oh cry me a river! Who cares...if they are that in need of attention then they can post a happy birthday for themselves. Just make a sticky thread so the forum cry babies can get thier recognition that they are getting old.

(I love being mean ;))

MegaDitto February 22nd, 2005 2:06 PM

The thread was just made.That is a great thing.Shouldnt this be closed now since the decison was made.

Ryoutarou February 22nd, 2005 2:08 PM

Yep, there's a sub for em' now.*locked*


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