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Basically, just a thread to clear up what I've been thinking about this place for a while now. It is my opinion, I don't give two kicks in the insult removed what anybody else thinks, after all this is what a forum is for.

Anyway, I think this forum has changed drastically from since I first joined, which was in 2007, and for the worse. Since then, this place has transformed from a forum of cool, laid back, easy going people to have an intelligent discussion with, to an utter shambles of a forum, to a place where people are verbally attacked for no reason. Many new members are to blame for this I believe. Members such as Stu and Matt are really the only members here which I see contribute to the forum in one way or another, and also I believe that they feel the same way as me about this subject. During the past couple of years/months, cliques have formed on the forum, with people ganging up against each other, which is pretty sad considering they've never met some of these people in their whole lives. Secondly, there are some deluded people on here who seem to have no lives at all apart from TiBB, which is annoying, but above that, is actually very worrying. These people should really think about going out, getting girl/boyfriends, and spending less time taking the "games" and "competitions" on here so seriously.

All in all, this forum needs a good cleanup from the mods, who, I might add with all due respect, are shadows of what they used to be during 07- early 08, as we never see your authority any more in my opinion. I know people might tell me "well why do you come on here then", and the answer is, I like Big Brother. I want to keep up to date with the most recent developements in BB, but recently that's been a very hard job to do with all the unnessesscary threads/members.

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I'd appreciate others' views on this subject, and I'll respect all opinions.

Good on you saying your opinion. :thumbs:

Unless your paying my gas bills here, I have no reason to start cleaning out your chimney but ... well said!

I think the problem just comes from a huge influx of young, somewhat naive, overzealous members. Many of whom this is their first forum.

Comes with the nature of the forums subject matter I suppose. Big Brother has a huge young audience. Sometimes I feel a huge generation gap in this place, especially nowdays. I think alot of it is simply down to bad luck/timing with older members leaving too.

Actually, I am with Aiom on that one! Ive been getting more and more annoyed by this forum al the time. ANd yes its mainly because of idiotic thireads that gets opened about nothing at all, or about personal conversations outside the forum, like we actually care!
I agree, its been sucking a lot, but I try to just reply to the threads that interest me!

Yep! Same here with the generation gap, although I'm only 16. You just can't seem to have a civilised discussion in this place anymore without certain members posting useless comments or bickers, as evidenced by .Andy.

I understand where you're coming from, but I'd be contradicting myself if I didn't point out I'm definitely a part of what you're criticising.

When i joined on my first account in 2008 it was the basically the same back then BTW Am i one of the pointless members on here?

The difference with you, from what I've seen anyway, is that you can actually have a discussion with people without bickering on here. Plus, I don't recall having seeing you make useless threads.

I was thinking of that earlier and your right. Beneath it all though you still have a soul. Your entire gimmick is not being a camped up post ***** who lives through a Disney drip feed. As evident by your awesome taste in music.

You still post in th English language, which makes you a valuable contribution to the forum :thumbs:.

The Britney clique ARE too cool. :love:

Have a feeling a lot of this is about me so i am sorry for that.

ITs not about you Annie at all. I havent seen any evidence of that. I think its about a lot of other people, and the way they act around the forum in general. Some of them are all about groups and clicks. ANd I am not saying anyone in particular. Like the brotherhood people, I know are just having a laugh and arent serious. YOu dont see them go on MSN and Gossip, then bring it back here and things like that. Those are especially for me, the most annoying ones!

And Andy, I dont know why youre attacking the OP, who wasnt even reffering to you in the first place dude!

I respect you for making this post and for at least somewhat naming names, not like these tedious posts of 'some members' do this and 'certain members' to that. If you're going to lecture then have the balls to come out with it and direct it at the people you're talking about.

I'd be an idiot if I thought I wasn't apart fo what a lot of people are complaining about. I also think though that people take this place to seriously. It's an internet forum, naturally I'm going tog et on with soem more than others and naturally I'm going to spend time with them and ahve a laugh.

i have to agree with you annie, but from me, i'm a bitty OTT on the whole 'trying to fix things that's not my problem...'

So Sorry Guys.

It's harsh to call members unnecessary. By the sounds of your post if it was up to you we'd have a guardian standing by us with a whip and chain before we pressed 'Post Reply.'

It's a Big Brother forum, yes, but the General & Chat & Games sections wouldn't be there if they were not meant to be used, therefore I don't understand your definition of unnecessry threads.

It's a database at the end of the day, either lighten up or don't use it.

Though i do think that having the Brotherhood and the Occult, don't help the forum, perhaps they should be stopped?

I agree with you on most of what you're saying, although I do think the mods are doing a good job, which reflects in the past week getting to those trolls quickly enough.

Thread re-opened, cleaned it up a bit.

.Andy. given a warning for repeated insults

Thank you Mark. :laugh:

Yes please. :wink:

Only you'd get turned on by some light innuendo, Bradley. :tongue:

How to fix the forum;

Stop this place being such a tight knit community, and try and talk to other members than your best forum buds

Forums are constantly changing; people need to change with it, because it's the people on it who cause the change. I take issue with you saying "Members such as Stu and Matt are really the only members here which I see contribute to the forum in one way or another" because there are hundreds of people logging in every day and posting; the two of them can't be the only people contributing.

Mmmm...youknowit.

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But most of the members are so disposable nowadays, they join and by three days later they've left. We have no new solid members anymore, they join for the Big Brother hype and leave. & I think that TiBBhas got its members so excluded into their cliques that unless a flood of new members come, it won't change for a very long time.

This is kind of a shortened version of what I typed to start with, but when I pressed post it was closed haha!

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All you need to do tbh is keep out of the way if you don't like it. All the groups/gangs/whatever are annoying at times, yes, but only if you go in the threads / read what they are talking about!!

I joined, what, late 07, the only thing that has changed really is the members! It's still TiBB to me, life moves on yanno! Changes happen :3

If you can't not read everything, I hate to say it, but just leave the forum until they have gotten over it! Or, you could just press read bb-posts at the top, or just read general.. that has no pointless stuff in!

It's the members that make this forum, and if we want to play on games on the computer in our evenings, then we are entitle too!!

The op, is an insult in itself, its just not driect, and i don't think its all that bad sometimes.

Though part of it i have to agree, sometimes certain members post and someone personally attacks them then you get about 4 + people follow just putting little things like "ikr"
Especially when people were picking on harry that bugged me it was unfair and unnecessary.

And the thing me and andy was doing was meant to be a joke, as the stuff the usual comes up when some things are posted and people disagree, it was not way aimed at op.

Very true. I actually found that insulting that only two members here post and contribute to the forum. Surely we all do that?

I agree Niko :thumbs:

this was the thread i found boringg!

I'd like to think of myself as the brains of the forum!!

Yeah, I'm sure the OP didn't mean it in a harsh way, but it was a very sweeping statement.

personally I don't think it's that bad. if you don't like what some people post or the way they post stick them on ignore and be done with it.

and as for the hoohah that happened earlier involving me and 2 others, that was ONE thread no worse than some of the crap that other people have posted since I've been on this forum, it had no direct audience and we weren't targetting anyone with it, and people took it as a personal attack for some reason.

people take things faaar too seriously sometimes.

I would also like to add, that I am one of those who finds the gangs annoying, but you don't see me making threads about it! Just keep out of the way and don't read their messages :3

It's not really boring, at least some of us are getting out some of the issues we've felt have been wrong with the forum for a bit. Could do us some good. :cheer:

BORRINNGG thread

Yeah agree with Zee and you Annie, surely if we all didn't contribute then it would be a really boring place, I think we all contribute in certain parts of the forum. I mainly go to sports or Chat and Games but other people might be good in other areas.

Aye, you're probs right there :spin:

Well then don't enter it cause some of us are actually discussing something of use and you're just clogging it up at the moment. You've said already once you've found it boring, we get the message, so leave & stop spamming the thread. Jeez.

Another thing is that on this forum, there are different members of all ages, you need to remember that when reading through threads. Some people will be rather childish and show it. Some people will be young but act really mature in their posts. And some people are older and just act like children.
The members are what make a forum and they will always be different and act differently.

As hannah has said, if you dont like anything that someone says, stick them on ignore and you dont need to read what they are saying.