Ian Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Hello everybody, With the new year coming up, a few things will be changing around here at TDN. The site will be redone, a few changes will take place on the forums, and you may see some new staff be hired. One of these changes will be taking place on January 1st. Effective January 1st, the 'Debates Forum' will be closed, deleted, and will never been seen again and all generic debates including world issues, political, sexual, and racial debates will be banned completely and will not be allowed to be discussed at all. However, the 'Neopets Debate Forum' will remain open to discuss Neopets-related issues. Thank you, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 oooo some big news for the big 7 (2007) some say number 7 is a unlucky number, will it be lucky for TDN :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 I thought 7 was supposed to be the majority of peoples lucky number? God help us come 2013... Anyway, I am aware of the slight irony in this statement, but why delete the debate forum? Wasn't that fine? *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 oh yeah 13 the unlucky one hehe but wouldn't deleting the debate cause more debate in random chit chat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 True. But this certainly isn't the place to debate about the debate forum closing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 25, 2006 Author Share Posted December 25, 2006 but wouldn't deleting the debate cause more debate in random chit chat? No, because debating will not be allowed anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Dan. Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Is this because some little girls decided to have a squabble over stupid stuff, like WEVIL, Fuzio and that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Why delete it just because of 2-3 people? It's not fair. Debating is good as long as it is done peacefully, which some people have done. Thank you very much to those who ruined the whole thing :grrr:. Now one of the reasons I come to the forums has been erased. What's next? Well since we're being "fair" here, what about the Off-Topic forum and those forums about announcements like let's say "Our servers are back!". Those boards should be closed as soon as you post them because a lot of people start to spam them. Well, I won't be here so often anymore just until my small contest finishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Dan. Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Can we discuss closing the Faeire Crossword so n00bs won't say thank you every single freaking day of the week? I think the staff members would know you're thankful, you just don't have to be dweeb n00bs and post it day after day after day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Well I hope you guys hire good staff members. It would be nice if you hire fresh new "faces". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Dan. Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Aww,that's kinda taking it a bit far.They are kinda stretched now that we've gone past 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 LOL noooo I'm not saying the current staff members are bad or anything. I'm just saying that I hope we won't have any problems with the new staff members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudedsunny Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 New staff, excellent idea. Make sure you don't hire any more SCARY ones though! That might ruin the experience of coming here. Great power needs great responsibility not to abuse it (or people) - read your spiderman!! Anyway I think it's a pity about the debates forum, but really I have to say I tend not to even read them anymore. I mean, I know my political views about political, sexual, racial and religious issues, I don't need to hear children OR adults abusing each other or the views they each hold over them. It just makes me feel really angry and sad about the state of the world and the way people treat social issues. In a games forum like this, those topics are not necessary. They were a privilege and now the privilege is being taken away. *shrug* Oh well. I am glad I won't have to hear any more bashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 That's the thing, why does the privilege has to be taken away from EVERYONE? I agree that this isn't the place for debates, but then also get rid of other non-neopets topics. And that's the thing, some people don't know the difference between bashing and supporting your point. Anyways, I've met cool people here so that's good. I guess it isn't the world XD. Good thing we get to keep the contest area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Merry HBK Xmas! Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Yeah, contests can't go down! Regarding Debates, I'm never on there anymore because I will not argue about current issues. Most of you remember the flaming between me and WEVIL in August. That's the point. So I'm glad you're going to close it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I'm just going to say this now since the conversation is getting iffy, the debates fourms is being deleted, not moved here. Calm down a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 on the final day before it goes, we should open a topic and remeber all the good topics of the debate forum :P, a rememberance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Wow, I can see a lot of you feel strongly about this. I know a lot of you think its a few people, and for the most part it is, but the staff at TDN need to keep our reputation as high as possible. Some may not know it, but TDN is a huge site now. The two main sites in front of us for popularity is Pink Poogle Toy and Jellyneo. We are catching up to them even. So back to the point. For being such a huge site, we can't have little "misdemeanors" happening everywhere, because that will start a big problem. Those little problems erupt into bigger problems which will be enormous problems if they are not suppressed or handled correctly. The debates forum seems to be a nest for these problems and Ian and the staff feel it is completely necessary to stop the problem at the source. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini-Chan Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 wow im cool wit that :D cant wait to see the new staff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 WELL YOU WILL WAIT. KAY? Just kidding. xD Yes, I can't wait either. -skips off to pry the new staff names out of ian- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 so who knows, some of the members could be also staff in the near future??, don't trust no-one, suspect everyone <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mira Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Is this because some little girls decided to have a squabble over stupid stuff, like WEVIL, Fuzio and that? Hee hee. You called them little girls! I think they will leave these forums because that's the only board they chatted on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Merry HBK Xmas! Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Wow, TDN is like third classified in the Neopian help sites, isn't it? Wonderful! To me, the only Neopets fan sites that are good are JellyNeo and PinkPT - TDN isn't good, it's excellent! :D *PWNFUL News source* *wonders who the new staff are...* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 yeah i only use 2 help sites, TDN for the main stuff, and i use Jellyneo for their Item Database (neoitems have their prices wrong, so can't really check stuff) oh and avatarlog but thats more avatars than news etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 (Don't conspire yet folks - we've yet to approach many, if any, people, and there won't be thousands. Perhaps three or four.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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