Thinking of removing the groups mod

[Sanic]

Honestly, groups seem pretty useless. Most people just make them as jokes.

 

[autisticdragonkin]

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.

I feel the same way about media. Although I liked uploading touhous and clogging everyone's alerts there was really no reason for it existing. I think that it would be good if we could somehow archive both but we shouldn't have them as active things

 

[Peace and Harmony]

If it was set up like a regular sub-forum that appeared when you apply/follow it would be great. The current set-up is retarded.

This, I did get good use out of it when I was writing the wiki article on Brad Watson but it always felt "out of the way". Either it could be integrated better somehow or just jettisoned.

(RIP Friends of Fatman)

 

[xXRonPaul_42020Xx]

If it was set up like a regular sub-forum that appeared when you apply/follow it would be great. The current set-up is retarded.

So in other words... reddit?

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

If the Dice Scum group thread could be saved, it be very much appreciated.

Agreed, we use this board for organizing shit related to the show. The only reason for our inactivity on it is due to our currently busy schedules. Once free time is allotted, it will become more active again and we can move forward with the series.

 

[Darwin Watterson]

The only argument I can really think of in favor of keeping groups around is that sometimes, cows discover the Farms and talking about them on here can cause them to go dormant.

Late last year, for example, Kent found out that we were talking about him. He sperged for a while, but eventually he just deleted his channel, taking over half a year's worth of content away. He'd make new channels, but as soon as it was announced on the Farms, he'd delete them quickly. He seems to be back for good for the time being, but for a while it became hard to follow him.

I made a secret group only visible to members so that those who wished to follow and talk about him could do so without fear of him getting scared away again. My point is that groups could be useful for discussing paranoid cows and sharing things that, if posted in the public boards, could cause a loss of content.

Overall, I definitely see why you'd want to get rid of them, but they do have some legitimate uses. If you do get rid of them, I'd suggest adding in an alternative of some sort for the reason I just detailed.

I WILL say this, however: The group feature seems to either be really buggy, or has had some features removed. In my Kent group, I was unable to add a banner, appoint mods/admins, or create forum topics. I'm not sure if those features got taken away or just didn't work because of some kind of bug, but in any case I think it causes the feature to suffer.

 

[HickoryDickory]

So in other words... reddit?

There are sites that implemented that feature before Reddit. I've never used Reddit, so I don't know their deal.

 

[John Daker]

I made the current largest group on the site, it was pretty frequently used at one point. After an update, the mod became basically unusable and maintaining groups became fairly impossible. The Shaner club was pretty popular after the threads got closed. Granted I know you hated the Shaner thread, but the group kept people from bitching about censorship and shit, and kept interested parties informed. They work good as circlejerks and fanclubs for various cows and helps keep it all out of the main threads. I like groups and I think they should stay, but they're pretty useless and broken atm.

 

[Philosophy Zombie]

When the groups mod debuted last year it was annoying but still sort of usable. Then in like November this "update" thing happened that actually made the mod even worse and I noticed group activity in general dropped off further afterward.

I've made a couple groups myself; I had some fun making a "fanclub" around @DirkBloodStormKing once on a lark, but that's both dead now and the fact that groups are really shitty makes it too bothersome to use as compared to an Inner Circlejerk hugbox thread.

Skype cliques are going to happen regardless because people want privacy offsite.

Groups don't fill the same niche that Skype does at all either. Groups are way, way outclassed by Skype as a chatroom for general-interest talk between friends, which is what most Skype cliques are. And as places for specialized discussion they are outclassed by threads in off-topic for [insert interest here]

even for "let's not let the cow see this!" lolcow discussion, I've seen people use Inner Circle for that instead, which honestly works better.

TBH mostly is got used for sharing porn on lewd crew tbh SMH fam

I can't say I'd personally miss The Knife's Husbando's images of women using pussy pumps or vagina dentata. Can't speak for anyone else.

I feel the same way about media. Although I liked uploading touhous to show everyone here there was really no reason for it existing. I think that it would be good if we could somehow archive both but we shouldn't have them as active things

I just uploaded a lot of useless pictures because I liked the idea of clogging up people's alerts with album sharing lol.

 

[MehicTUH_92]

I just hate having a website loaded with dumb shit nobody uses. Everything should have a place.

deadname.info begs to differ

 

[Tranhuviya]

Release all the posts, too.

 

[Reddit Avenger]

I won't lie, I've never used groups ever and probably never will since I don't really post here enough to ever become part of some kind of "clique".

But if bandwidth or something isn't an issue I don't see why it can't just be tucked away in some obscure corner or re-purposed for those who do use it (although you did say you didn't want features that only like 3 people used so idk). Although it's apparently really buggy and super unintuitive so maybe just creating like 8-chan style boards like people were saying is a good idea.

Doesn't matter to me either way, my opinion doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things and if it were to disappear overnight it'd probably take a while for me to notice it if at all. Just figured I'd throw my 2 cents and hope that whatever happens no one gets shafted.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

I don't think it needs to be chucked but enhancing it to be less shitty would be nice though.

 

[trueandhonestfan]

I've never used it. I think I've seen a few joke groups or something, but other than that it never really stood out to me. I think it's a cool idea, but nothing I'd ever use since I just come here for lolcow discussion.
TL;DR I see no problem with getting rid of it since I barely notice it.

 

[Gaol]

groups used to be fun but sadly it also became a clique thing, with some groups allowing only certain people.

 

[Hyperion]

Groups get an A for effort but yeah I've never actually used them. Even the tabletop gaming one didn't see much use

 

[I'm With Chris]

Why are you even asking the peasants?

I don't think this is some sort of democracy. Nobody does.

To be honest - I don't know what you get out of this at all.

It seems like a lot of work for nothing.

 

[Null]

To be honest - I don't know what you get out of this at all.

I'm asking because there's shit like this people want saved.

If the Dice Scum group thread could be saved, it be very much appreciated.

 

[Null]

deadname.info begs to differ

That's not a part of the main website. I'm allowed to have other websites. I'm allowed to have other websites you don't like. Sorry.

 

[Watcher]

Why are you even asking the peasants?

I don't think this is some sort of democracy. Nobody does.

To be honest - I don't know what you get out of this at all.

It seems like a lot of work for nothing.

Null tends to make decisions and find reasons to justify them. These threads typically are where the justifications come from.

I don't actually disagree with removing the groups mod mind you. I just would prefer a system more akin to the old one.