Don't Let Queenzone Die

I agree Bob, but why is it evolving into a cyber-playground for a bunch of retarded kids with nothing constructive to say?

Obvioulsy you always view the past through rose-tinted spectacles, but in my 4+ years that I've been here, I seriously can't remember a time when there were so many immature kids running about the place, scaring away the adults or more mature amongst us.

Why is this place attracting more of these types these days? Obviously these people all have an interest in Queen, but it seems that far too many people instantly migrate from the Queen board to the Personal board, find some like-minded imbeciles to converse with, and then proceed to saturate the ENTIRE forum with their infantile shite.

Somehow, somewhere along the line this place has become more akin to a general kids chatroom than a semi-serious place to discuss Queen. There are thousands of forums on the net that are more suitable for the people that post here and are ruining the board. Why do they stay here?

I think there's some validity to what PG said. We inadvertantly fostered the environment here that made it more acceptable for people to post shit, get away with it, and become a prominent poster. Maybe we were too nice to too many newbies. We've mostly got ourselves to blame.

I still come here pretty much every day, and I hate that fact, because I'm just wasting my time. I rarely post, and I rarely actually READ anything that's posted, because only about 20% of the posts are worth reading.

Having said all that, I see a difference between a 'mod' and a 'caretaker'. I really can't see the harm in there perhaps being couple of new forums, and someone (Barb gets my vote!) taking a bit of time to ensure posts are in the right place.

One thing we should consider is that QZ is bound to get a bunch of new posters due to the upcoming tour. I think Bob's idea of a "caretaker" would help solve some of the issues that will arise with an influx of new users. But if users are dead set against making any sort of administrative changes, then, as Richard said earlier, the onus is on us to promote good threads or topics.

I agree Bob, but why is it evolving into a cyber-playground for a bunch of retarded kids with nothing constructive to say?

I think it would take me less time to explain to how a Tunneling Scanning Electron Microscope works.

Are the old-timers saying that they let their guard down and was overran by morons?

I don't come here anything like what I used to, and to me it will never be like it was here in 2001/2002 but I still do what I used to and just ignore the shite.

Maybe there were 50% shite in the old days and now its 65%%, but as time goes on people only remember the good posts and forget all the crap ones from old.
I remember the time when TED completly spammed this place and that took people ages to sort out. The situations now are just similar to those ones.

I go down the no moderation line, just cos I remember those few years ago.
All the younger kids seem to get on, just like Me, Paul, Alli, Emma, Sonya etc did a few years ago. I say give them a bit of a break.

"All the younger kids seem to get on, just like Me, Paul, Alli, Emma, Sonya etc did a few years ago. I say give them a bit of a break."

It's a bit like school really. If you ever happen to pop back to your old school you think "Christ - what a bloody mess! This place has really gone to the dogs!" when in fact it's just new kids doing the same things you and your friends always did.

I think many of us who were around Queenzone in the 2001-02 sort of time when I did most of my posting here just went off and found other things we were interested in in life.

Speaking as one of the 'younger kids' (I like the sound of that!) I have to say I prefer the older crowd to the younger. They want their heads read most of them.

"Seen and not heard " gaffer says. But he's not really a one for message boards. He's not really a one for much to be truthful. But he's full of good advice.

eggy wrote:

Maybe there were 50% shite in the old days and now its 65%%, but as time goes on people only remember the good posts and forget all the crap ones from old.

I think you have it the other way around. People will tend to remember all the crap posts and will forget the normal, everyday conversations they are wont to have.

eggy wrote:

I remember the time when TED completly spammed this place and that took people ages to sort out. The situations now are just similar to those ones.

I rest my case.


Anyway, personally, I consider this a pretty stupid topic. I generally come to the notice boards for entertainment and enjoyment; honestly, this thread is just plain boring.

It's kind of like listening to a one-sided argument with no substance.

One would tend to view my response and think "Why doesn't he just not read it then?"

The response is simple: this seems to be a focus of the board at the time, and to become uninvolved with it would be to become uninvolved with the board. This seems to be a similar dilemma to that of which this thread is about. Many of the mainstream threads in this board have turned into nothing but long, miserable threads on ridiculous topics, filled with supernumerary posts on the populations disappreciation of these threads. This is the mainstream; there is no alternative.

Actually, the Queenzone notice board threads can be easily split into two categories: threads are ridiculous and threads that attack threads that are ridiculous. To be honest, neither of them pique my interest.

This brings me back to my former point I made a while back: there is nothing else to counterbalance the ridiculous posts. If one were to eliminate them, one would also kill Queenzone because instead of creating threads of substance, the population is resorting to creating even more ridiculous threads bashing the ridiculous threads already in existence. Take away those ridiculous threads and what are you left with? Nothing.

A little logic never hurt anyone. Do not worry about the threads which boast no point, but rather create threads of substance; this is what you can do to save your precious Queenzone.

Couldn't have said it better, Music Man.

when do we get to see the three some ?

when will you learn , paul , that an anus is NOT a vagina , and mine is not for sale , or rent ?

Musicman you have it plain wrong in the fact that I remember the normal posts a hell of a lot more than the shite, as will Paul I am sure.

There are a lot of people here who enjoy the normal sensible conversations about everyday things and to call them miserable threads is just plain bollocks. There is also nothing wrong with a thread with ideas on how to improve this place for everyone the majority or minority.


Paul you are right in what you said - the people who were 17/18/19 three years ago now. We've grown older and got other things to do. I suppose being bored at work is the reason i'm back here now (yes its 9.30am!).

eggy wrote:

Musicman you have it plain wrong in the fact that I remember the normal posts a hell of a lot more than the shite, as will Paul I am sure.

There are a lot of people here who enjoy the normal sensible conversations about everyday things and to call them miserable threads is just plain bollocks. There is also nothing wrong with a thread with ideas on how to improve this place for everyone the majority or minority.


Paul you are right in what you said - the people who were 17/18/19 three years ago now. We've grown older and got other things to do. I suppose being bored at work is the reason i'm back here now (yes its 9.30am!).

I think you've both got a point. Music Man's right that we need to actually have constructive discussions about non-related topics and not continued ranting about how the board is going to hell in a hatbox (CCFTSHI: SHE'S NOT INSULTING FATTY. YOU CAN PUT AWAY THE ASSAULT RIFLES.) Then again, this is the personal board, and it's supposed to be for perosnal discussion. Surely we can have some nice, boring, good ol' personal discussions that do not contain the variations on the phrase "when are you going to get it on".

I will have to agree with Fatty once again. We Scots have to stick together.


Plus his ideas make sense.

Uhm...i have read many interesting opinions here, i think that this place is not dying after all, but sometimes it's right to remember everyone that we have an occasion to share our passion for Queen and the chance to meet new cool people without offending anyone and, also, without using the board just to write too silly things. I appreciate the "good" quality of a noticeboard.Too much trash around make invisible the good things.

personally i'm always around, not leaving but without much free time...times are changing ;)

greetz