I just realised that 75% of the things that are annoying and stupid about UM.com

[xfer]

downtime/slowness notwithstanding, are "features" that were CONSCIOUSLY, ACTIVELY added to the board by admins with what appears to be the sole purpose of crippling posting enjoyment.

* 30 second reply rule
* all-capitalization rule
* "too short message" rule, which causes an enormous amount of difficulty when you try to post a picture, and get a "sorry, 30 seconds" message, and then wait 30 seconds and try to post it again, except since the picture has been "converted" into an image it no longer counts as a viable reply

et cetera.

i can't even think of a single reason these rules would HELP. like, what does the 30 second rule do? stop bots from speed-posting? a 5-second reply rule would do 100% of the same thing. what the hell does the all-caps rule do except make it look like you're posting like SeanAgnew instead of posting like FAMOUS ADAM NAUSE?

even allowing a forum administrator to shut these "features" off would be a good compromise, but I don't even see why they exist at all, ESPECIALLY as PURPOSELY ADDED CODE.

 

[avi]

preach on brutha!

 

[NAD]

Truth, and the caps lock filter bugs the most because if you want to cease annoying posts, there should be a grammar filter instead. Thankfully no swear filter, so I can say fuck shit piss in every post and not have to resort to fvck sh1t p155.

 

[minxnim]

HEAR HEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(x) <---- *hate*

 

[xfer]

"does ne1 know of some software i can install on my computer that will make it run at half speed with no other effect"

 

[xfer]

what kind of total fucking idiot gets annoyed by:

MAN I LOVE ISIS I THINK THEYRE AWESOME

but not by

Man I Love Isis I Think Theyre Awesome

 

[xfer]

oh, i forgot, on the internet all-caps is shouting, and polite metal people are very quiet and hate loud noise and never yell.

 

[minxnim]

LOL


(x)

 

[minxnim]

i also am annoyed by the limit they put on use of # of smilies in each post.

 

[goatschool]

does anyone use 'thread tools'?

does anyone really need a 100x100 avatar?

if screen real estate were made of paper, UM would already have shredded half of brazil.

does any other board take away a meaningless $15 symbol of status without prior warning or approval?

 

[goatschool]

do we even know what half of the little button/symbols do? do they even know?

 

[xfer]

i just reported that as a "bad post" using one of those little buttons i just noticed.

look, i don't even want to get into the design decisions and the like. i am specifically appalled the refusal to remove (or at the very least explain the purpose of) retarded code devices that were specifically added by the imps.

 

[goatschool]

all design decisions are rendered in code, numby

 

[Baliset]

i got an e-mail about you reporting nick. i don't know what i am supposed to do about it.

 

[Baliset]

xfer ( mailto:horrorconstruct@yahoo.com ) has reported this post:


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I just realised that 75% of the things that are annoying and stupid about UM.com
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=178637

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[goatschool]

great.

 

[xfer]

-s

 

[Baliset]

"please respond to this post as applicable"

i am the law

 

[minxnim]

wtf alex why did you report nix you jerk off?

 

[avi]

are a direct result of alex's posting