Has the forum changed for you since you joined?

[InOne]

Like from your first impressions or first weeks here or whatever. For me I think there's a lot less arguing and people generally seem to get on more. I was looking back at some 2009 threads when I first joined and they all ended up a mess LOL 2010 was awful for arguing, 2011 it got better. This year there's been some spats but nothing like what I've witnessed in previous years.

[Doogle]

I think it has quite a bit actually. The way I view it anyway.

When I signed up it was the very end of the Stacey's "reign" era or whatever, like there were permabans flying left right and centre just as I got into chat & games. After that I slowly became more comfortable on the forum and just thought it was cool, but yeah it was always mainly the same arguments happening over and over again

I think I saw a change when Plug was introduced though. The forum was a bit more different, and I'd grown to like a lot more members, which I think changed my outlook on the forum. But yeah most of the people I'm friends with now were mainly using TC and MSN and putting :L after things when I was new, there's way less of that now

[Beastie]

There was more arguing back in the day. I was the cause for a few which I apologise for. However this year.. yes there has been less arguments but the place seems to be a bit more "steady" and "boring". Hope it picks up soon.

However there was fun back in the day. Not just arguments.

[InOne]

There was more arguing back in the day. I was the cause for a few which I apologise for. However this year.. yes there has been less arguments but the place seems to be a bit more "steady" and "boring". Hope it picks up soon.

However there was fun back in the day. Not just arguments.

Yes you certainly knew how to get them all riled Beastie LOL

[Kizzy]

I think theres less since I joined, i'm a calming influence...
It could be that pyra and alex are on , er, holiday.
I prefer a mixture of opinion at the min there aren't many arguments as everyone is a bit...um, samey.
Thats not a criticism just an observation.

[InOne]

I think that's the difference for me, it used to be everyone arguing rather than a few problem members causing arguments

[Doogle]

Pyra and Alex don't make interesting arguments though, they just bait and repeat themself 1922728282892 times

[Beastie]

I think that's the difference for me, it used to be everyone arguing rather than a few problem members causing arguments

Yes say one member used to be a catalyst and chip away with sly digs then all of a sudden world war 3 broke out and used to have hours of arguments in threads that lasted over 100 pages! It was quite ammusing though. It spiced up the forum. That's what we are missing. A bit of "zest" and "spice" at the moment. Not to the point of being nasty though!

[InOne]

Yes say one member used to be a catalyst and chip away with sly digs then all of a sudden world war 3 broke out and used to have hours of arguments in threads that lasted over 100 pages! It was quite ammusing though. It spiced up the forum. That's what we are missing. A bit of "zest" and "spice" at the moment. Not to the point of being nasty though!

Yeah I remember they always used to last hours LOL nothing ever seemed to get locked back then, they either fizzled out or there was mass bans

[Beastie]

Pyra and Alex don't make interesting arguments though, they just bait and repeat themself 1922728282892 times

I miss Stu. He was funny in arguments. Witty, hilarious, intelligent. But lets face it.. members like these tend to be too good for the forum :(

[InOne]

I miss Stu. He was funny in arguments. Witty, hilarious, intelligent. But lets face it.. members like these tend to be too good for the forum :(

He still posts now and then, I'm sure he said he didn't have internet where he was at the moment though.

[Doogle]

Stu :worship:

[reece(:]

Weirdly in 2009 I posted way less infrequently but found discussion on the forum to be a lot more interested, Stacey was very prominent round these parts and Kerry is a massive miss plus some members have also started to post less frequently, it's been a bit bland recently for me personally but that's probably i'm not part of the long term chats here. It'll be better when some of my older friends hopefully return for CBB starting!

[Beastie]

Yeah I remember they always used to last hours LOL nothing ever seemed to get locked back then, they either fizzled out or there was mass bans

Everything is too restricted and PC. People need to let things out and have a rant. Let something go off for a few hours. No point in spoiling the fun when it hasn't really begun.

I never got banned. I just got to the point of pushing peoples buttons right at the edge and then disappear and then come back and bait some more. Get my maximum points and then go under the radar for a while and then come back.

Nearly every member back in the day chipped in though. Everyone is guilty. Think I came across and still do as "annoying" but I would say I am harmless when in some members there was some pure nastiness.

I miss some banned members though. It must have been like 2 years ago when Stacey got banned. Any time soon to forgive and forget? Lift a few bans for a few days trial or something?

[InOne]

Everything is too restricted and PC. People need to let things out and have a rant. Let something go off for a few hours. No point in spoiling the fun when it hasn't really begun.

I never got banned. I just got to the point of pushing peoples buttons right at the edge and then disappear and then come back and bait some more. Get my maximum points and then go under the radar for a while and then come back.

Nearly every member back in the day chipped in though. Everyone is guilty. Think I came across and still do as "annoying" but I would say I am harmless when in some members there was some pure nastiness.

I miss some banned members though. It must have been like 2 years ago when Stacey got banned. Any time soon to forgive and forget? Lift a few bans for a few days trial or something?

I was terrible for arguing back in the day LOL I was pretty much involved in everything, mainly with the BH lot. There was more set groups back then though, and that whole Den V BH thing started. But yeah, everyone liked to pile it, the threads often ended up pretty funny. There seemed to be a thead for every little problem too, so we'd basically be having the same arguments in every little thread. I don't miss the arguments of 2010 though, which I did play a big part in. They just drained and weren't even funny or anything. There was also a lot more off-the-wall members back then as well. I dunno if it's better or worse or anything, just different...

[Kizzy]

I find it hard to believe there was a time you didn't have to watch what you said on here...
Even now i'm biting my tongue thinking oops best not say that.
If there was a time threads were a little more accommodating then I would have liked to have seen that.

[InOne]

We only speak the truth kizzy

[King Gizzard]

Yes as in the people I talked to a bit and were good around the forum, like Lauren, Michelle, andyman, Brad, 30stone

[InOne]

Michelle :lovedup:

[Kizzy]

We only speak the truth kizzy

Who does?...

[InOne]

Me and Beastie

[Ramsay]

Yes for sure
That Karma system, the chatroom, brotherhood vs zeta
Lots and lots of memories from the old forum

[InOne]

Ohhh and when the thread had flames next to it if it was a 'hot topic' LOL

[Ramsay]

And when Nathan's name was Hewman :love:
Should of changed it back to that for xmas lol

[Firewire]

yeah, the fact the forum changed from php to vbulletin

and also about how it's not so much about big brother any more

[King Gizzard]

That brief moment when the Music Box was used

[InOne]

Good old music box

[Ramsay]

Think i'll pop on MusicBox for old times sake

[MeMyselfAndI]

The Cliques were terrible when I joined, you'd enter a thread & Jessica, Stephanie, Patrick & Jack reply together within 1 second

[InOne]

The Brat Pack :love:

[King Gizzard]

The music box is down at the moment, hopefully james is restoring it to all of it's glory

[Ramsay]

screw the razzies i want the musicbox back!!!

[King Gizzard]

This calls for a petition

[InOne]

I never really got music box, nothing seemed to upload for me

[AnnieK]

Were you able to get away with more then. Can't imagine 100 page arguments now?? I can't be arsed arguing in real life let alone in here but sure they would have been interesting to watch.

[King Gizzard]

We need more members like you annie

[Niall]

It's changed massively. I don't consider my join date as my actual join date in a sense. I only starting posting a lot in September/October 2010 so I think of that as when I really joined, and back then there seemed to be arguments happening every five seconds. Then after the five or so permabans that happened in late 2010 and early 2011 it seemed to quiet down a lot.

It wasn't until Autumn 2011 that I noticed any new conflict really. I think it's getting more.. tense on here though. Not bad like how it was before, but arguments are happening more easily than they used to imo.

[InOne]

I don't want to turn this into a mod bashing thread or anything, but there was a whole different mod team back then. It was 2010 all the new ones came in I think

[Ramsay]

Good old 30stone

[sooty]

Pyra and Alex don't make interesting arguments though, they just bait and repeat themself 1922728282892 times

:suspect:
I love Pyramid.

[Kizzy]

Were you able to get away with more then. Can't imagine 100 page arguments now?? I can't be arsed arguing in real life let alone in here but sure they would have been interesting to watch.

Oh you can get away with alsorts now... well some can.
you can be nominated for awards for ranting and raving at the right people.
That's me being honest, I hate arguments as much as I hate when i'm being taken for a ****.

[InOne]

Now now kizzy

[Kizzy]

:suspect:
I love Pyramid.

I wasn't being mean earlier sooty, we had a few of spats on many issues but I know she could be supportive too.

[Locke.]

Like a completely different site now I don't think there were even chat threads when I signed up, just The Lounge but that was already dying by then, and then The Brotherhood and Zeta kickstarted all that... But I think even then that was about a year after I signed up.

Looking back on it now the big chat threads are probably the reason it has changed so much, you don't get loads of different types of topics about random things now because most people just bring up their days/whatever in the chat threads

[King Gizzard]

The days when everyone just took the piss out of 30stone in the Brotherhood thread

[Kizzy]

Now now kizzy

Now now what?
Is it only you and beastie allowed to be honest joe?
You started the thread... do you want opinion or not?
:conf:

[Ramsay]

I remember him once mentioning he had a girlfriend, not too sure though

[InOne]

Like a completely different site now I don't think there were even chat threads when I signed up, just The Lounge but that was already dying by then, and then The Brotherhood and Zeta kickstarted all that... But I think even then that was about a year after I signed up.

Looking back on it now the big chat threads are probably the reason it has changed so much, you don't get loads of different types of topics about random things now because most people just bring up their days/whatever in the chat threads

People seem to live in the chats threads now more than ever I think. In the den and the BH days people were still getting around the forum at least.

[Locke.]

Time to end them I think, they are **** now anyway :idc:

[InOne]

Good shout

[King Gizzard]

Can remember him saying he left his car on a pavement cause he was snowed in and posted a picture of it, and when he baked cakes

[Brother Leon]

Pretty much the same for me. Only difference is I talk to more people now :laugh:

[Marcus.]

Were you able to get away with more then. Can't imagine 100 page arguments now?? I can't be arsed arguing in real life let alone in here but sure they would have been interesting to watch.

i am the same if the try to start i walk away

[Shaun]

I'm not really a part of the bitchy in-crowd as much as I used to be. Whenever I talk with old members now it's about our lives, not about forum games or who Conzors has been camming with.

[Redway]

There were better members around when I joined (not that the current lot are no good but too many people have left/hardly post anymore) and as has been mentioned on here people got around this place and didn't just post in chat threads.

Visage, Stu and Zippy are big loses in particular.

[Scarlett.]

It's totally different from when I joined, lol

[Munchkins]

Mhm i used to really enjoy the forum, and look forward to chatting on it. Now i just hate the environment, i hate how paranoid it makes me feel and i hate the bitchyness :l

[Scarlett.]

I'm not really a part of the bitchy in-crowd as much as I used to be. Whenever I talk with old members now it's about our lives, not about forum games or who Conzors has been camming with.

I'm hardly in touch with any of the oldies either lol, I remember when my MSN used to be full of members from this place :joker:

Mhm i used to really enjoy the forum, and look forward to chatting on it. Now i just hate the environment, i hate how paranoid it makes me feel and i hate the bitchyness :l

If you think it's bitchy now, you should have seen it in 2008 :p

[MTVN]

Not actually found it's changed that's much for me, I've noticed phases where there's been more conflict and tension but nothing major, though it does seem the place was quite different before I joined in 08/9. Also guess I've gradually got more confident on here and did find it quite an intimidating place at times when I first joined, always tried to avoid getting too caught up in any of the arguing and stuff though

[Kazanne]

:suspect:
I love Pyramid.

Me too,miss her loads and where is she btw?and Visage too?

[Benjamin]

When i first joined in 2008 it was really busy on here but everyone seemed to fallout with everyone, loads of dramas, spats and a mass TiBB riot when stropz (lili) was banned (that was hilarious). The admin posted a lot more too and I remember some drama between Mark and Hannah, lol, as well as a few fake members who pretended to be ill.

I became a mod in 2009 when I'd say TiBB was at its peak of arguments (BH vs Zeta) and the whole general atmosphere was very intense.

2010 I was away for most of but cam back into the thick of the Stacey/Thomas/Setanta era. It started chilling out nearer the end of 2010.

2011 became a lot calmer on here, there was still a few arguments, but the forum members and the mods seemed to focus a lot more on joking around, having fun and trying to keep TiBB going.

2012 has been a pretty chilled year, the odd spat here and there, but on the whole the forum feels a lot quiter.

[InOne]

It only feels quieter because nobody seems to actually post much. There's sometimes like 50 members on and most just lurk lol

[Redway]

Me too,miss her loads and where is she btw?and Visage too?

She was banned for six months a month or two back (thankfully), so should be back in March.

And idek for Visage. Same for Bollo and Zippy tbh. It's like they've just vanished off the face of the earth lol

[Z]

It's changed so many times while I've been here...

When I joined, it was really tame on here. Threads would get locked if people had differing opinions, never mind arguing :laugh: but things were very civil and I'd say the forum population consisted of much older members. I was 13 when I joined and I think I was probably the youngest regular member on here apart from Corkie. Then there was the rise of a clique of users who had it out for me/lily/Kizwiz/Legend/Tanser Man and they were obsessed with Paris Hilton and were really bitchy and caused a lot of arguments on the forum and I left for a while because of it.

By 2007 the forum regulars were on average a lot younger, mostly teenagers, and there were constant arguments. The Zeta vs Brotherhood thing sparked up and I didn't really fit in with either crowd due to the previous tension with the Paris Hilton gang but I was friends with lily and then Shaun and Darenn who posted in the Zeta thread so I guess I was more in line with them. I started to get to know members my own age (Shaun, Darenn, Billy, Ross) and eventually started using MSN with other members but then had a ridiculous argument with Ross one day over my grandfather's nationality :laugh: which pissed me off beyond belief so I blocked all TiBBers on MSN and stopped posting in chat threads for a while.

When I eventually calmed down (like, months later) I became friends with what became my defining TiBB friendship group - Shaun, lily, Jen, LemonJam, Dezzy, Rory, MrGaryy, MarkWaldorf and sometimes Darenn. People slowly dropped off TiBB and I'm not as close to some of them as I once was but at that time I think we sort of migrated away from the forum for the most part and stopped being involved in the arguments that took place on the forum.

The crazy fighting in 2010-2011 was pretty stressful from a moderator point of view and we were constantly dealing with stupid fights. I stand fully behind each of the bans that were handed out at that time because it doesn't matter how much the people may have changed - it doesn't excuse the stupid things they did at the time. When I think back to what Tommy and Stephanie did to Kerry, for example, it makes me so angry, especially now that she's sadly no longer with us... and I liked them both as members, I just don't think it's acceptable to post other people's personal pictures or save them to your computer and brag about it or try and use it to blackmail people. I would be extremely angry if Stacey was ever allowed to return.

I think the rise of the chat threads kind of took all of the tension out of the forum but it's also made it more difficult to make friends... you're kind of expected to pick one chat thread and stick with it because that's what other people have done, and if you find that you get on well with one member then you're going to post where they post... hopefully in the future we'll just have one chat thread rather than two separate ones, but that might add more arguments... I've noticed in recent months that there are a lot of new members taking sides in conflicts that have been on-going long before they joined which I don't think is very healthy, it seems like there will be a lot more conflict in the future too.

[InOne]

I definitely do agree with the Kerry related bans more now, especially after her passing away. If anyone on a permban was let back it would probably send the forum into chaos

[Z]

I think undoing permanent bans is wrong, it undermines the situation that led to the permanent ban in the first place. We even tried letting a certain member back on the condition they didn't cause any trouble and after behaving for a few days, they kicked off again.

The thing with a banned member as well is that often it's not just the member in question who is the problem; but the people who have a problem with that member. If you unban Stacey for example, it doesn't matter how many people are thrilled that she's back, there are lots of people who never want to see her post on here again and they would all kick off as a result. Once the ban is done, it's final. A lot of consideration goes into a permanent ban and the mods just have to judge each case individually.

Back in the day, users received three warnings and if they got three, they were banned and that was that. It kept people in line a lot more. Nowadays I think people are a lot harder on the mods because they can get away with more than they used to. Before I was a mod, people would never criticise the mod team really, but when I became one the forum was a different place and we no longer had the warning system so it was down to us mods to decide... I don't regret leaving the mod team, you received so much abuse for so little thanks... they do such a wonderful job :love:

[InOne]

Half the forum would be permbanned if there was still the 3 strikes rule LOL

[GypsyGoth]

Has the forum changed much since I joined?

Yes, is the short answer :laugh:

I was unaware of this forum outside of the BB section, so my first impression of it was that it was a hive of activity and even at night there were a fair few about. I felt at home in the live discussion thread, and started to recognise names of people and had a laugh with them.

After BB ended I migrated to chat and games with the other 09ers :love: and I think Ross’s thread the Den became a kinda hangout. It never felt like a clique, and it was just about fun and chatting.

So anyway my impression of the forum now, I think the BBs here are less busy, but just as chaotic, although now I tend to avoid the madness.

I see Tibb Land as a direct continuation of The Den, and I have just as much fun as when I first joined. A lot of the people I chatted to when I first joined are still on the forum and there are a lot of new ones too, so this place always has a fresh feel about it to me.

[sooty]

I wasn't being mean earlier sooty, we had a few of spats on many issues but I know she could be supportive too.

:hug:

[Kizzy]

I would have thought the two chat threads were a good idea, I never go in them but thought that tibbland was sort of for the younger more, er, girly members, and bell end was sort of 'blokey' for foozball and general chest beating?...

[Jords]

Bit boring now tbh

[InOne]

Bit boring now tbh

Needs a bit of Zords back

[Jords]

:love:

[Benjamin]

I don't want to turn this into a mod bashing thread or anything, but there was a whole different mod team back then. It was 2010 all the new ones came in I think

Yeah, we got 5 new additions to our team; Dezzy, Nathan, Josy, Niamh and Iceman.

Before that it was just really me, Vicky, Zee and Marc. Rory was occasionally on, 30stone didn't really appear, Princess and Lauren had stepped down and Sia never really came back after the switch over of the forum which meant she never got reinstated back as a mod.

[Shaun]

-could've sworn Niamh was a mod before Marc-

[Novo]

Vicky being made Mod was just out of the blue i'm sure she was only on the forum for a few months

[InOne]

Bit of cybering with Mark and he sorted her right out

[bbfan1991]

When I first joined in 2010 after an inital amount of time reading and lurking before plucking the courage to register I first thought ''WTF what have I got myself into?'' at first, as when I first joined there was people arguing left, right and centre and here is newbie me trying to find my feet not trying to upset anyone:joker:.

The last 2 years have been calmer because everyone has been more about having fun on the forum and less arguing, or the loss of some really good members or people just spending less time on here in general due to focusing on RL stuff:).

[Mystic Mock]

I think it's been alot nicer from when I first joined, I think I've also grown alot as a person aswell and learned not to take everyone's jokes to heart.

[Ammi]

...the main thing I think has changed is the BB section in season....

...but I think it's probably just me...and that I don't enjoy it so much anymore...which I suppose is a bit odd, as it is a BB forum and it's why I joined in the first place...but I tend to stay away from it a much more now....

[lily.]

It's changed so many times while I've been here...

When I joined, it was really tame on here. Threads would get locked if people had differing opinions, never mind arguing :laugh: but things were very civil and I'd say the forum population consisted of much older members. I was 13 when I joined and I think I was probably the youngest regular member on here apart from Corkie. Then there was the rise of a clique of users who had it out for me/lily/Kizwiz/Legend/Tanser Man and they were obsessed with Paris Hilton and were really bitchy and caused a lot of arguments on the forum and I left for a while because of it.

By 2007 the forum regulars were on average a lot younger, mostly teenagers, and there were constant arguments. The Zeta vs Brotherhood thing sparked up and I didn't really fit in with either crowd due to the previous tension with the Paris Hilton gang but I was friends with lily and then Shaun and Darenn who posted in the Zeta thread so I guess I was more in line with them. I started to get to know members my own age (Shaun, Darenn, Billy, Ross) and eventually started using MSN with other members but then had a ridiculous argument with Ross one day over my grandfather's nationality :laugh: which pissed me off beyond belief so I blocked all TiBBers on MSN and stopped posting in chat threads for a while.

When I eventually calmed down (like, months later) I became friends with what became my defining TiBB friendship group - Shaun, lily, Jen, LemonJam, Dezzy, Rory, MrGaryy, MarkWaldorf and sometimes Darenn. People slowly dropped off TiBB and I'm not as close to some of them as I once was but at that time I think we sort of migrated away from the forum for the most part and stopped being involved in the arguments that took place on the forum.

The crazy fighting in 2010-2011 was pretty stressful from a moderator point of view and we were constantly dealing with stupid fights. I stand fully behind each of the bans that were handed out at that time because it doesn't matter how much the people may have changed - it doesn't excuse the stupid things they did at the time. When I think back to what Tommy and Stephanie did to Kerry, for example, it makes me so angry, especially now that she's sadly no longer with us... and I liked them both as members, I just don't think it's acceptable to post other people's personal pictures or save them to your computer and brag about it or try and use it to blackmail people. I would be extremely angry if Stacey was ever allowed to return.

I think the rise of the chat threads kind of took all of the tension out of the forum but it's also made it more difficult to make friends... you're kind of expected to pick one chat thread and stick with it because that's what other people have done, and if you find that you get on well with one member then you're going to post where they post... hopefully in the future we'll just have one chat thread rather than two separate ones, but that might add more arguments... I've noticed in recent months that there are a lot of new members taking sides in conflicts that have been on-going long before they joined which I don't think is very healthy, it seems like there will be a lot more conflict in the future too.

Nostalgia <3

[reece(:]

I would have thought the two chat threads were a good idea, I never go in them but thought that tibbland was sort of for the younger more, er, girly members, and bell end was sort of 'blokey' for foozball and general chest beating?...

it's a shame the lounge isn't populated now :(

[Jordan.]

It's not as good since most the people I liked got banned or don't post much anymore.

TiBB was at it's best for me when Stacey and Thomas were here.

[Mystic Mock]

Don't you have many people that you talk to anymore then Jordan?

[Z]

The last two times they added new mods, such great decisions were made :love:

[bbfan1991]

It's not as good since most the people I liked got banned or don't post much anymore.

TiBB was at it's best for me when Stacey and Thomas were here.

I am here Jordan, us Cher fans stick together;):thumbs:.

[Mystic Mock]

And Deana fans.

[lily.]

Been back here a few days and already got a list of people I dislike..

[SiaSiaSia]

Yeah, we got 5 new additions to our team; Dezzy, Nathan, Josy, Niamh and Iceman.

Before that it was just really me, Vicky, Zee and Marc. Rory was occasionally on, 30stone didn't really appear, Princess and Lauren had stepped down and Sia never really came back after the switch over of the forum which meant she never got reinstated back as a mod.

My bad! Still much love xx

[mkdfan]

There was alot more excitement for BB when I joined. I was 15!! I'm 23 now.
There have always been people that hated each other for whatever reason, but I kept out of it usually.
I'm only here just before and during BB.
Afterwards I'm never here so I've probs missed alot of the drama but I'm rather glad about that lol.
I find it amazing how people who joined a year ago have THOUSANDS of posts. Don't know how you have time.