State of the QBN 2019
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- mg3314
I love you Benn, but you seem to have a more-than-mild obsession with seeing QBN as more than most of us do, which is a virtual clubhouse of acquaintances with digital friendships going on 15+ years, no more / no less. So many online communities have withered as people have created Facebook groups to cover a myriad of topics and purposes.
The site won't and isn't going away; you don't have to worry about that at all. It's sort of a microcosm of society these days comprised of a majority of us who have been here for quite a long time. We closed membership because certain adults couldn't be trusted to be mature and responsible and not act like complete lunatics, which sucks because we were occasionally attracting new members.
Yes, it would be nice for QBN to grow. Yes it would be nice to have a greater focus on design topics. Yes, it would behoove us to get rid of NSFW content, COTD, etc. to help make the place a bit more presentable to new members, especially women, who these days probably don't feel very welcome to a site with the NSFW content here. Truth be told, we don't need that stuff here at all. People can make a sub-Reddit instantly to post NSFW content to their heart's content.
You said it yourself, Benn:
"QBN isnt a design forum since many years now. Its a place to have fun and communicate with people."That was my point up above. Long ago NT/QBN was some kind of epicenter of discussion / sharing / bragging / complimenting, etc. and it was great at the time. Things change. People grow up, get more serious in careers and lives and families and other responsibilities. If you can just view this place (for the time being) as a group of people who have all known each other and developed varying levels of digital friendships, then it's a good place. You just need to be content with that. :)
- I would back getting rid of cotd, and nsfw thread
*runs and hides*Gnash - Fact is, for this site to grow, and for some of us in this industry to want to promote the site, NSFW content MUST go. It shouldn't even be a debate.mg33
- ^ 100%Gnash
- (Except for Simon’s links - which is a members work )Gnash
- Agreed. Can the grot.Fax_Benson
- Snuff the chuff.Fax_Benson
- agreedmonospaced
- NSFW
https://i.imgur.com/…utopian - the NSFW is the thread that shows up in Google search when you search QBNcanoe
- There are 20 titles on the left at once. COTD, NSFW, BOTD occupying already limited space there.Beeswax
- ya i'm all for rid of cotd. a lot of posts there just straight up creepy. & NSFW thread... who actually like watching that kind of stuffs other than shock valuepango
- its the internet guys. there are porn sites for that!pango
- All for scrapping cotd, etc. With all due respect to Simon who is a respectful dude through and through.ben_
- good point mg33, see the post i just posted in this threadBennn
- Keep COTD it has artistic merit I think. NSFW must go. I'm an ass man and love BOTD but willing to let it go for the greater good! lol_niko
- The QBNr's love beating off to the "Chick of the day thread" lots of hot gash and slots to fill there. It Stays!utopian
- amen._me_
- even though I post in the cheeky threads sometimes and I still agree they should goGardener
- I am not so much for the NSFW stuff either. But then let me post in the photography thread. Happy with this. Please no censorship on QBN. It's everywhere else!SimonFFM
- ya im for simon's in photography thread. separate his work from the rest of the cotd... :/pango
- Get rid of COTD, et al, or is there a way to mark them noindex/nofollow to hide from the Goog and also remove them from nav, unless a user checks off "Show NSFelahon
- W Content" in their user settings? Or just flat-out remove it, IDGAF, I'm for that 100%.elahon
- "Oh, new Butt of the day post!" as I click that. hahaelahon
- COTD etc. are ridiculous, 2019 and folks sharing nudes on a d̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶ general interest forum. Big contributor to the current state of things...kingsteven
- +1 KingStevenNairn
- Whack the crack
Loobs the boobs
Pass on't'ass
Clean the bean
Deet the feetNairn - + 1 everyone abovedee-dubs
- expunge the clungeFax_Benson
- Ooh, bravo, fax - Bravo!Nairn
- :)Fax_Benson
- This idea there was more of a design focus in the past is a myth. I remember more _Randomize Me than design topics.CyBrainX
- i'm against any kind of censorship. this was never a design only forum. shenanigans existed from the get go and it evolved to where we are today. shame on you!renderedred
- and let us assume "we" start voting on threads to delete? where does it stop exactly? is hate kanye thread ok? how "clean" do you want this place?renderedred
- do we keep the politics and religion threads? i vote no on this. it stays, all of it.renderedred
- i think QBN is great how it is! take care, cause when this goes on, QBN could get a one out of many boring design forums. the mix of topics is so special here.api
- what's wrong about some not safe for work topics? i really enjoy things that are not only work or design related to see here.api
- exactly @api i always came here for the varietyrenderedred
- the variety of tits? Why do you have to have multiple threads full of middle aged men rating the genitals of 19 year old girls?Fax_Benson
- i personally don't but i don't mind a well shaped nicely photographed boob here and there...renderedred
- or: https://www.qbn.com/… ;) why not?renderedred
- i get it @fax you are against these things, but where does it stop, to reiterate my questinerenderedred
- it would stop at the butt / tits threads, as suggested. I agree they put a limit on what's possible with this place. They don't add anythingFax_Benson
- you can't seen a million other places. Whereas the people they potentially put off could / would add somethingFax_Benson
- sorry for being a cynical old cunt :) but i see no line of people waiting to join this particular forum. i only see people leaving drama :) and lurkers...renderedred
- i bet if a few lurkers got "busy" we could see something. let's try that first?renderedred
- every community needs "lurkers"! without readers there is no content. it's like wikipedia, only a view post things, when the time is right.api
- i think if anyone wants to have new members, we could invite them on other platforms. did you try that? & tell them we also have great nsfw content. har!api
- I'm against any kind of censorship. QBN is a place for so much more than just design topics and that's what makes it special.riskunlogic
- meh, 'censorship' is a bit of a pointlessly- strong card to try and pull in this context. it's male-centric porn posted somewhere where lots don't want it.Nairn
- I would back getting rid of cotd, and nsfw thread