Thinking of removing the groups mod

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I installed the groups mod in 2014 with the aspiration of quelling Skype cliques that were forming. By giving people space to operate on the boards, I felt they would opt to not use personal skype accounts to communicate casually and reduce the chances of drama. I also wanted an area to turn a blind eye to trolling.

Unfortunately, I think the groups mod is borderline dysfunctional and I'm not sure anybody uses it. There was a valiant attempt by many people, but the functionality definitely left a lot to be desired.

If there's any content that needs to be saved or defense for the groups mod to be made, let me know now.
 
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Null said:
It's not an issue with bandwidth or space, I just hate having a website loaded with dumb shit nobody uses. Everything should have a place.
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I guess that's true, but if anything groups also makes bad cliques.
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Why? We are here for drama.
Seriously I'm in several groups and never use them. Even the Shaner group failed. I think it's useless.
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Sometimes Drama gets off the rails and hits nerves with several people and just causes people to start venting in chat or the board.
 
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It's had some use with discussing banned cows like Len, but besides that, it does seem mostly irrelevant. Though I think part of the reason that IM clients like Skype are particularly used is because of they fact that, as their name implies, they allow IMs. Most the stuff that goes in in Skype is random banter between members, and not well considered forum posts, so the nature of communication in groups doesn't really work for that. If there were individualized chats for each group, it may get more sway. Though, even then, I have my doubts there would be enough motivation for Skype groups to make the jump.
 
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Skype cliques are going to happen regardless because people want privacy offsite.

I think the system could work but I much preferred the original implementation when you could essentially create your own boards in an 8chan style. The current implementation feels too much like Facebook.
 
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Maybe just allowing a skype account to be linked to an account with the instruction while linking "Don't use your personal skype you will get doxxed". I do like the group subforums but I think that they should be the only part of group functionality that is kept and they are very difficult to use
 
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Skype cliques are going to happen regardless because people want privacy offsite.
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The same argument could work both ways. I fucking hate adding people to my Skype because they will bug me, and the way Skype works is really awkward and invasive in such a way that removing people shows to them that you've removed them.

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I think the system could work but I much preferred the original implementation when you could essentially create your own boards in an 8chan style. The current implementation feels too much like Facebook.
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Neither mod really did a satisfactory job with how they associated threads to groups and that was the main problem. They both put threads into an hidden node and then pretend they own it.

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Maybe just allowing a skype account to be linked to an account with the instruction while linking "Don't use your personal skype you will get doxxed". I do like the group subforums but I think that they should be the only part of group functionality that is kept and they are very difficult to use
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For the aforementioned reasons. The way they are designed from a developer standpoint is lazy.
 
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The same argument could work both ways. I fucking hate adding people to my Skype because they will bug me, and the way Skype works is really awkward and invasive in such a way that removing people shows to them that you've removed them.


Neither mod really did a satisfactory job with how they associated threads to groups and that was the main problem. They both put threads into an hidden node and then pretend they own it.


For the aforementioned reasons. The way they are designed from a developer standpoint is lazy.
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Would it be possible to completely overhaul the group system and give every group its own subforum but keep the groups and their members intact
 
Seeing how the groups did little for me, nothing of value seems to be lost. It's probably for the best since some of these groups seemed pretty autistic.
 
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