Good post m8

Quote from: Razor on May 07, 2010, 10:49 AM
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

Just because ive made 54 post does that make me less of a member?
What we gonna start making it now that you cant make a point unless youve made 1000 posts george?
Again i think you forget and a few others what the forum is about.
The someone else you think i am george wouldnt be cory ander would it by any chance?
I think we need to have an obsession about bir recpies not on members of the forum.
Ive been a member a few years now and never seen the attacking of people like i have over the last few weeks.
Thought i would just make a point george.

Quote from: George on May 07, 2010, 10:21 AM

Quote from: string28 on May 07, 2010, 10:00 AM
My point missed again i see.
Hey domi simple the owner of the site will choose simple.
Now maybe we can get back to what the forum is about.
What you think domi?

You've only got 54 posts - nothing wrong with that per se -  but you come over as sounding like someone who's been around here for a long time, with lots of involvement. You're not a person with two parallel memberships, posting under two IDs are you? There are aspects of your style which remind me of someone else. Sorry if I'm wrong but I'm just a bit suspicious.

My point missed again i see.
Hey domi simple the owner of the site will choose simple.
Now maybe we can get back to what the forum is about.
What you think domi?

Quote from: Domi on May 07, 2010, 09:28 AM

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

 ;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

Quote from: Mikka on May 06, 2010, 11:41 PM
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Lets delete everybody!  ;D

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.

Well they are active is they signed up.
You have to press on the active link when you sign up so they must of actived it.
If not then you delete the ones who are not active.
But to delete members who signed up and never post or dont sign in for a while just wont work and would in the end cause more problems then the owner and admins need.

Quote from: Secret Santa on May 06, 2010, 08:48 PM

Quote from: string28 on May 06, 2010, 08:38 PM
The truth numbers makes a forum and deleting members is just not logical.

No, active members make a forum. Numbers just make impressive, if misleading, reading!

Thats in your opinion.
I guess msn and yahoo and all the other big companies have got it wrong then.
I mean lets see i sign up with my name string28 dont sign in for about 6 months because im away.
My account gets deleted lose my username because some else might sign up with it and then we get all the problems of emails from people saying.
Why you delete my account i had messages save i had my username now someone else has it.
See the problems
Again numbers are good.

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 08:48 PM
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

Domi i might agree if i hadnt owned my own forum site.
The truth numbers makes a forum and deleting members is just not logical.
People who take the time to sign up and then dont sign in for a while shouldnt be deleted.
over 11,000 people signed up and to me that shouldnt be rubbed out because it shows the success of the site.
So i have to disagree with you on the point about numbers.

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 08:29 PM
I could argue that having 11,000+ non-participating members on a forum that actually requires you to join to see the recipes rather shows the opposite, string....it means that around 11,000 people signed up, had a look, thought it crap and never returned....do you catch my drift? I'm not implying that that IS the reason, but it's the very reason that alot of boards prune "dead members". So in that respect, no, it doesn't look good...there's a saying which is used alot in the world of forums (or fora lol) better a forum with 50 active members than 5000 inactive ones :/

Domi Your right about the curry pictures and recipes and even videos.
I think its great how people post pics of the base and the curries gives others ideas just like razor.
I hope he does post pictures of the base be good to see how different it is.
Also i think taste is the main thing just because it doesnt look right doesnt mean it dont taste right.
Razor is showing  what we learn on here we can take another level.
Get that bir taste.

Quote from: Domi on May 06, 2010, 08:18 PM

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.

Good man.

Quote from: matt3333 on May 06, 2010, 07:57 PM

To all those who have been upset by my post, I apologise-