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tubedogg · #1 09-23-2002, 07:49 AM

Some people have raised an issue lately that vB.org isn't what it used to be, or what it could potentially be. So, with that in mind, we have decided to ask the community: What can we do to make vBulletin.org a better place? What are your ideas of a great community?

Post your thoughts in this thread. Tell us what we can do to make it a better place.

TECK · #2 09-23-2002, 08:28 AM

kevin, i personally think the admins and mods at vb.org are doing a great job. they come up with new original ideas, try to get involved the members with various contests and new things.
the main atraction for people here at vb.org are the hacks. most of the time, people just go directly onto the forum and search for something new.

you know what it's missing here at vb.org? the proper display of announcements. most of the time people dont see it at all becausre they dont read it, so it's normal not to get a high response. let me tell you what i did me on my forums. at the top of each page i located an announcement with a query to display to content of an important announcement, like for example the hack of the month, etc. so in this way, people cannot miss it and they get excited.

take a look below for an example:

TECK · #3 09-23-2002, 08:30 AM

so once we have in place this system, i guarantee you people will interact more often.
also we must ecourage our community to submit ideas or cool things they would love to see created here.

we are hackers, so we love new cool things that we can participate onto, at vb.org.
is normal that the mods and admins dont get excited when they work hard to make a project and nobody interact.

Erwin · #4 09-23-2002, 09:58 AM

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Originally posted by tubedogg
Some people have raised an issue lately that vB.org isn't what it used to be, or what it could potentially be. So, with that in mind, we have decided to ask the community: What can we do to make vBulletin.org a better place? What are your ideas of a great community?

Post your thoughts in this thread. Tell us what we can do to make it a better place.

It's already a great place. There is an apparent slump in posting because it would appear that a lot of members are posting on vB.com because of vB3 discussions there. Also, hackers are waiting for vB3 to come out.

For myself, I come here usually daily to see if there are any new hacks to inspect and possible install, and to answer any questions (if I know how to or if I have time). That's the only reason why I come. A community is what its members make it. I would love to see more people from vB.com post here.

As it is, I find myself posting there more now, since posts here tend to be about inane subjects, or requests for hacks that can easily be found using the search function.

Xenon · #5 09-23-2002, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Erwin

It's already a great place. There is an apparent slump in posting because it would appear that a lot of members are posting on vB.com because of vB3 discussions there. Also, hackers are waiting for vB3 to come out.

yes that's an important point.
i think vb3 discussions should be here, too. also posts of the developers about more hacking relevant infos like the new permission system so the hacker here can diskuss in more details here with the devs and other fellow hackers.

That's a wish from me as a Hacker and user on this board, not as mod

Neo · #6 09-23-2002, 10:30 AM

I will have to say very little but I think the Release forum should be more modded. I have seen hacks posted that dont even have hacks in them and so on. This place is good but sometimes I come here and go.. what to do what to do. I personally think a clan system would be cool. Give a chance for hackers to start clans (after being accepted) and have hack offs

Xenon · #7 09-23-2002, 10:39 AM

hmm, i think the clan system sounds intresting, can you explain a bit more detailed what you would do in this system?...

Releaseforum: Ok, i think i'll take a greater look at this in the future

Neo · #8 09-23-2002, 11:20 AM

Well it could be made really easy but here I go.

The groups for this site work like hacker organizations. A user on this site has the choice (or not) to start a new organization or request a new one made through a admin/mod.

Once it is created the organization is set a group leader that can add users that request to be in the group, delete them, add news for the group, and maybe some other feature like a mini forum.

group members can refer other members to join and have like you do with registration.. # of refer..

Also maybe in your postbit it will show which organization you are with.

These usually promote people to compete which is good on this site since it might preduce more hacks.

I myself currently have a system like this in production.

Xenon · #9 09-23-2002, 11:51 AM

hmm, sounds really intresting to me....
so groups can work together on creating hacks released by the whole group instead of one individual. which can lead to some greater add-ons not just simple hacks, really addons.

but as long as we have installed vb2 here it's not so easy for the admins to create these usergroups with their own forum and so on...

maybe the should use a beta of vb3

but i think it's a good idea if it's practicable to do

Neo · #10 09-23-2002, 12:04 PM

Actually it doesnt take creating a new forum. Just a new table with the basic info like

id,groupid,postuserid,title,comment,time

something like that.

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