C'mon guys,

Can we just leave this topic now, it's gonna turn ugly if were not careful.  I'm sure if we would have had an active moderator, this thread would have been locked by now so it's up to us to self moderate.

It makes no odds to anyone, who is active here, how many members the forum has does it?  What difference does it make?  As long as the members that are active continue to contribute to the forum, no problem.

I don't know if anyone realises, but I joined the forum back in 2007, and remained very inactive for almost 3 years, (that meaning, didn't make any post's)  Now, I'm confident in my opinion, cooking, knowledge and enthusiasm to be a regular poster.  Now, if I would have been removed as a member, say, in 2008 because of a period of inactivity, I may have never returned!

Everyones entitled to their opinion but please, lets end it now before it turns into another "forum moderator" type thread, which I might add, made for some pretty painful reading.

As my little 6 yr old say's when I'm goin on one  'Put your beans in the fridge, and chill'

Ray

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 10:45 PM

Hey geroge that qoute was from domi not me.
If there are 11,000 members on here whats the problem i think people are making a big thing out of nothing.
The truth forum numbers are always good simple.
Oh and domi i code my own forums and have used phpbb boards and even smf which come with most hosting packages free scripts.
The truth numbers no matter what the minority think are good.
Now if they are not active account then i would agree delete them.

"Not active" means not logging in for years and never making any posts....so we agree then, string? ;D Number of members online and quantity of posts made is what counts, those are active members, the ones who keep coming back and posting shows the quality of a forum.

There are lots of forums with many thousands of members but yet only get 4-5 posts a week, that's a dead forum regardless of how many have signed up. I certainly wouldn't want to pay money for a boardsoft/license and hosting fees for a forum with so few active members.  Freehosts are crap and any successful forum certainly wouldn't entertain using them : simply because of the crap bandwidth which means that they can't handle any volume of active members online at the same time without suffering massive speed/loading loss. 

Deleting inactive members isn't that big a thing and it certainly doesn't bother me whether they are or aren't deleted : but what matters is getting more people to post and stay online, staffers insulting and bullying members is not condusive to such nor is the constant arguing and backbiting which is currently taking place in almost every thread from members who really ought to know better. Not only does it look bad but it detracts from the forum and certainly doesn't give new members any incentive to post nor does it encourage the actual posting members to continue posting/participating.  : I think the way George has been treated lately is despicable, even more so when you consider that he's earned the rank of "trusted member".

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 11:53 PM

;D Then we wouldnt get to see all the bir recipes which is what the forum is about.
Looks like that points been lost again.  ;D

You'd get to see the recipes if you actually logged in to look at them, string, even without making a post : obviously if members aren't even logging in to the forum, they aren't interested in what kind of access they have, are they? : lol

Numbers do not make a forum...members do...active posting members make a forum. "lurkers" "leechers" and "Dead members" bring nothing and do nothing. Never have, never will. ;D

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 06:58 PM

Aye but the thing is, string, you were also arguing that using the same ingredients that supermarkets use to mass produce food would still give the same results if made at home in a BIR style, which they wouldn't - which was the point I was arguing so how you can say you were making the same point, I don't know hehehe ;D

As to pictures of curries, I don't mind having a look but sadly I don't have the time nor the inclination to take a decent snap, I'm too busy wanting to dig into it! I by far prefer to read someone's opinion of a dish providing they've actually taken the time to cook it to spec (something not alot of members do) as I don't believe in mixing and matching base and curry recipes simply because the differences in recipes can make an altogether different curry.

I was talking to Razor about this just yesterday in fact as he's doing his own take on a base but worried about the colour (apologies Razor if it was a secret!) I don't really care what a curry looks like as long as it tastes right....and you can't judge a flavour from a picture....if I want to try someone's final curry recipe, I want to try it with their spice mix, their base and their ingredients to get a true taste of their dish.