Are Jag and I the only posters to have had a thread closed down due to derailing it (and inadvertantly spawning the Jesus Wept meme)?
Grumpy old bastard alert
It was an off-season. T_X posted in response to some concise, intelligent, witty insights with the now revered phrase: "Jesus wept! Is the off-season going to be like this all the time? Mods take control."
The thread was closed and the rest is history.
I can't remember which topic it was posted under such is my shame.
"Phoenix till they lose"
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Genuine opinion: FTFFA
It was an off-season. T_X posted in response to some concise, intelligent, witty insights with the now revered phrase: "Jesus wept! Is the off-season going to be like this all the time? Mods take control."
The thread was closed and the rest is history.
I can't remember which topic it was posted under such is my shame.
Do you think it needs an "ignore" function?
It was an off-season. T_X posted in response to some concise, intelligent, witty insights with the now revered phrase: "Jesus wept! Is the off-season going to be like this all the time? Mods take control."
The thread was closed and the rest is history.
I can't remember which topic it was posted under such is my shame.
Yeah, T-X spawned the phrase, and opportunists like J82 and myself then proceeded to hammer it at every opportunity. Sadly, not the first time I've been involved in thread derailment. I can still remember the magnificent transfer thread featuring the one armed QPR player.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
It was an off-season. T_X posted in response to some concise, intelligent, witty insights with the now revered phrase: "Jesus wept! Is the off-season going to be like this all the time? Mods take control."
The thread was closed and the rest is history.
I can't remember which topic it was posted under such is my shame.
Yeah, T-X spawned the phrase, and opportunists like J82 and myself then proceeded to hammer it at every opportunity. Sadly, not the first time I've been involved in thread derailment. I can still remember the magnificent transfer thread featuring the one armed QPR player.
We were having trouble getting things fixed on the old website and we were a little short on flexibility so we went with a re-vamp. Unfortunately that was a train-wreck so now we use Siggy and occasionally Nik fixes shit.
Only reason Jag would of had a thread closed is because it probably was talking about spudtown either that or the old fart just wasnt making sense again.
Perhaps people are being put off by a clique group of select people taking the piss out of anyone offering an alternative answer to the question asked? And then you wonder why the numbers are dropping? Newbies read that sort of thing and just don't want to know.
Only reason Jag would of had a thread closed is because it probably was talking about spudtown either that or the old fart just wasnt making sense again.
Old? :-o
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
Perhaps people are being put off by a clique group of select people taking the piss out of anyone offering an alternative answer to the question asked? And then you wonder why the numbers are dropping? Newbies read that sort of thing and just don't want to know.
"Yellow Fever are fantastic – I have to say that"
I propose some of you lighten the f*ck up.
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
That was worth 5 pages of scrolling through to be reminded of how crerberal Frankie Mac is, & how despite not using the "Ignore" function, I still haven't won a big prize. Jesus wept.
Seriously, the drop in traffic here may also be related to evolution in the use of social media.
I'm a member on a much smaller football forum, (about 100 members). Of those 100, there were about a dozen core contributors, (yes, we were called a clique too). Of that dozen, 7 or 8 of us had our own (mostly club oriented) websites, and used the forum to exchange news and opinions. However, over the past two years, we've all added twitter accounts to our sites, and now most of our discussion happens there, to the extent that the forum is barely used.
I used to mainly come on here on matchdays to follow matches in progress, something I can do equally well on twitter, and because of who I follow there, considerably less bickering & angst.
I propose some of you lighten the f*ck up.
Grumpy old bastard alert
It was an off-season. T_X posted in response to some concise, intelligent, witty insights with the now revered phrase: "Jesus wept! Is the off-season going to be like this all the time? Mods take control."
The thread was closed and the rest is history.
I can't remember which topic it was posted under such is my shame.
Yeah, T-X spawned the phrase, and opportunists like J82 and myself then proceeded to hammer it at every opportunity. Sadly, not the first time I've been involved in thread derailment. I can still remember the magnificent transfer thread featuring the one armed QPR player.
Indeed. I am not letting anyone else claim the credit for the "Jesus Wept" meme - it is my single greatest contribution to this forum in over 5 years of posting.
The actual phrase was "Jesus wept, is the whole off-season going to be like this? Mods take control!"
I can't remember why I said it or in what context either.
Forum needs a decent search function.
That was worth 5 pages of scrolling through to be reminded of how crerberal Frankie Mac is, & how despite not using the "Ignore" function, I still haven't won a big prize. Jesus wept.
Seriously, the drop in traffic here may also be related to evolution in the use of social media.
I'm a member on a much smaller football forum, (about 100 members). Of those 100, there were about a dozen core contributors, (yes, we were called a clique too). Of that dozen, 7 or 8 of us had our own (mostly club oriented) websites, and used the forum to exchange news and opinions. However, over the past two years, we've all added twitter accounts to our sites, and now most of our discussion happens there, to the extent that the forum is barely used.
I used to mainly come on here on matchdays to follow matches in progress, something I can do equally well on twitter, and because of who I follow there, considerably less bickering & angst.
Was literally just thinking that. There's a few of us on twitter who end up discussing things from the forum on there. It avoids a lot of the silly angst like "Paston sux" and you can discuss football. Even the great biscuit debate has migrated to twitter as of this morning. We tend to use the hashtag #YFForums
Twitter:
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
That was worth 5 pages of scrolling through to be reminded of how crerberal Frankie Mac is, & how despite not using the "Ignore" function, I still haven't won a big prize. Jesus wept.
Seriously, the drop in traffic here may also be related to evolution in the use of social media.
I'm a member on a much smaller football forum, (about 100 members). Of those 100, there were about a dozen core contributors, (yes, we were called a clique too). Of that dozen, 7 or 8 of us had our own (mostly club oriented) websites, and used the forum to exchange news and opinions. However, over the past two years, we've all added twitter accounts to our sites, and now most of our discussion happens there, to the extent that the forum is barely used.
I used to mainly come on here on matchdays to follow matches in progress, something I can do equally well on twitter, and because of who I follow there, considerably less bickering & angst.
Was literally just thinking that. There's a few of us on twitter who end up discussing things from the forum on there. It avoids a lot of the silly angst like "Paston sux" and you can discuss football. Even the great biscuit debate has migrated to twitter as of this morning. We tend to use the hashtag #YFForums
I seriously doubt a few jokes are derailing the entire forum. Surely if you don't get a joke, you just move on to the next post. I know I do.
Don't take this the wrong way but I come to the forums about 98% less than I used to simply because I don't get email notification of replies and I don't have the time to come frequently to check on the off chance someone might have replied to me.
Which makes it really hard when I post something promising a reply, because it usually ends up being ages before I realise there is a reply. Which makes me look really slack. Which is of course only partly true.
good thread this
couple of notes of mine:
1 yes please bring back piney, where the f*ck is he?
2 jesus wept, what a meme, good times
3: my favourite times of all were the epic pax days - bring back horus
4: I've just realised that I love the in-jokes, even though I whinged about them just the other day (in this very thread I think). I take it all back.
5: I'm surprised no one has started an "Ian Hogg, come on down" thread. That's usually the way with a new signing innit? We used to care more...
Perhaps people are being put off by a clique group of select people taking the piss out of anyone offering an alternative answer to the question asked? And then you wonder why the numbers are dropping? Newbies read that sort of thing and just don't want to know.
Like a 'Prom Queen' vote?
I wanna know what my representative is going to do for my vote. Sexual favours are always a winner...
Grumpy old bastard alert
Like a 'Prom Queen' vote?
I wanna know what my representative is going to do for my vote. Sexual favours are always a winner...
I promise that I will bring World Peace to yellowfever.co.nz. </speech>
How about "save the whales.."
A small town in Europe........looking to bounce straight back up....well that aint going to happen
Did Tegal say something? I had him on ignore. Hope he doesn't do something like offer a secret prize...
Grumpy old bastard alert
Did Tegal say something? I had him on ignore. Hope he doesn't do something like offer a secret prize...
I seriously doubt a few jokes are derailing the entire forum. Surely if you don't get a joke, you just move on to the next post. I know I do.
This. Hey Tegal, "it's a monkey" lol. Good times.
Jeff Vader - PM me. I have a special prize for you.
... and, um, you mentioned something about sexual favours too...
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
