What do you find annoying about some forums?

[Zachariah]

The people and their petty bickering is the worst IMO.

You know, the name calling and calculated slander that should be left on a playground.

[MrEyes]

Originally Posted by iogames

I hate suppression of FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!

This is my "rules" statement on the subject of freedom of speech:

One of the central ideas that underlies this sites community is responsibility of speech, not freedom. Due to the anonymous nature of the internet the issue with freedom is that it can too easily tip over into license - the idea that people can do whatever they please regardless of the consequences for others.

[mc2w]

I hate forums filled with people who type l13|< 7|-|15 l0l0l0l0l

And forums where a thread takes longer to open than a myspace profile.

[students_forum]

yeah and they have some 'shop' and it's all about some 'forum money' when all I want is to discuss somethings!

[RedeemedWarrior]

boards that are politically correct annoy me endlessly

[cheat-master30]

A few more things I dislike (mainly management related, but some others)

1. Boards which give ridiculous privileges to premium members. I've actually seen boards which give premium members the ability to moderate members and delete others posts and give out infractions. I don't care if they've paid you $50 or so, it shouldn't give them the right to basically be staff and have moderator powers.

2. Xenophobic communities. Aka those that pretty much call everyone who doesn't agree with them morons and wants anyone banned who doesn't agree with a few elite members.

3. Boards with overly harsh rules. As in, IP ban for say, posting a Youtube video or the like. Or for the first ever mistake. Etc.

4. Boards which hate change in any way whatsoever. Not just somewhat hate change, I mean boards that flat out say 'here is a very long list of what not to ask to be changed, now shut up' and apparently prefer to be stuck in the 90s. I've seen some like this which even hate the idea of a search feature or links in posts.

5. Sites and forums with everything and anything on the home page. Like having to scroll down four pages to reach the forum list and having enough gimmicky junk nobody uses everywhere to set a record. You probably know what I mean here, like the boards which have a shiny clock on the home page for no apparent reason and have pretty much added the entire modification section here.

[RedeemedWarrior]

Originally Posted by cheat-master30

A few more things I dislike (mainly management related, but some others)

1. Boards which give ridiculous privileges to premium members. I've actually seen boards which give premium members the ability to moderate members and delete others posts and give out infractions. I don't care if they've paid you $50 or so, it shouldn't give them the right to basically be staff and have moderator powers.

2. Xenophobic communities. Aka those that pretty much call everyone who doesn't agree with them morons and wants anyone banned who doesn't agree with a few elite members.

3. Boards with overly harsh rules. As in, IP ban for say, posting a Youtube video or the like. Or for the first ever mistake. Etc.

4. Boards which hate change in any way whatsoever. Not just somewhat hate change, I mean boards that flat out say 'here is a very long list of what not to ask to be changed, now shut up' and apparently prefer to be stuck in the 90s. I've seen some like this which even hate the idea of a search feature or links in posts.

5. Sites and forums with everything and anything on the home page. Like having to scroll down four pages to reach the forum list and having enough gimmicky junk nobody uses everywhere to set a record. You probably know what I mean here, like the boards which have a shiny clock on the home page for no apparent reason and have pretty much added the entire modification section here.

Agree with these

[dholt]

I hate sign ups you have to enter your whole life just to join

sites that have so many sponsors you can't find what your looking for.

pop up ads and so on.

I Hear folks complain about server cost and everything Else so please don't disrespect our sponsors what the blank is that.

The only thing i see that really cost when running a site is your time you put into it.

Granted
server fees 100-200 a year
paid software this can add up so lets just say 500 a year keepin the site simple and on point.

Advertising hmm maybe 400 a year depending on what your ranking.

I think it is great that a lot of the coders on here give up there time and energy to promote these mods and what they get in return is problems.

Thank to all the coder and moders on here GOD BLESS YOU ALL

rough Day 2 cents

[Alfa1]

This thread is very useful and educational to see what negative user browsing experiences are and what to avoid doing as a site webmaster! Please keep comments coming.

Originally Posted by dholt

The only thing i see that really cost when running a site is your time you put into it.

Ehm, not if you have hosting costs for dedicated servers, terrabytes bandwidth use, hardware, maintenance costs, software & coding costs, etc.

[Winterfell]

Originally Posted by djxcee

Forums that have addons/features that isn't needed. Especially the new ones!!

Why would a money/car forum need an arcade, radio, casino and/or chatbox?
Seriously... would the owner please think!

This is at the top of my annoyance list. Some forums owners can't seem to stop themselves from throwing everything but the kitchen sink at their forums. It looks like crap and usually causes their site to run like crap. Pure crap all the way around.