Spam posts...

[Jon P. Inghram]

Are really getting annoying. Searched a bit and found this link to a plug-in for vB that scans posts from new members for certain keywords ( "[url" for example) and blocks them.

[Nowhere]

Can't we block any first/etc. posts from new members? (seriously (almost)...MURC will forever be associated with Matrox, so not a lot new users )

[Sasq]

nice find there jon, installed, lets see how it goes

Mods, keep an eye on your que's, if your not sure where they are, pm me.

[Fat Tone]

Can't we block any first/etc. posts from new members? (seriously (almost)...MURC will forever be associated with Matrox, so not a lot new users )

This isn't supposed to be a clique you know?

Seriously though, we don't get that much new blood here these days (not that posts anyways).

[Jessterw]

Lack of new members isn't all that surprising given the lack of focus. It's been a long while since Matrox was the reason for MURC's existence and no one thing (ignoring the plethora of religious/political topics) has offered itself as a replacement.

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. We need to reorganize, but as it stands, we have a rather open community that offers a little bit of everything to anyone who makes the effort to become part of said community.

Personally, I think we need to reorganize the various forums to match what MURC has evolved into. I would also love to do a refresh on the layout/design to give the place some new life (and because I've never been happy with the minor tweaks and graphics I was able to do in such a short time before). The biggest problem is just that though - time, or rather the lack of it.

I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on this, bearing in mind that our hairy overlord has final say

[az]

Yes! More green!

I'd volunteer to do some more minor moderating (moving threads that were started in the wrong forum by accident, removing spam, etc.) in the lounge and GHW/SW.

[Fat Tone]

My 2p: posting rates on murc are so low that to divide the forii up any further seems pointless. You might consider moving some sub-forii up a level to save clicking through. As to style, its not as important as content. You and Dan do a good job keeping things running, providing new features etc. Murc is lean, which is great for us existing members. Maybe not so great for attracting new members, but perhaps keeps the foul-mouthed kiddies away?

If you do want to start a serious debate on this, I'd suggest starting a new thread with a relevant title, linked from the Lounge.

[Nowhere]

Following az suggestion...perhaps introduce relatively large number of "spam moderators", which will only have formal allowance of deleting spam topics?

[Jessterw]

My 2p: posting rates on murc are so low that to divide the forii up any further seems pointless. You might consider moving some sub-forii up a level to save clicking through. As to style, its not as important as content. You and Dan do a good job keeping things running, providing new features etc. Murc is lean, which is great for us existing members. Maybe not so great for attracting new members, but perhaps keeps the foul-mouthed kiddies away?

If you do want to start a serious debate on this, I'd suggest starting a new thread with a relevant title, linked from the Lounge.

When I say reorganize I don't mean dividing the forums further, just placing existing ones in better places or removing ones that no longer need to be separate entities.

As far as style, any changes there would still keep us lean. Again, I would actually be keen on streamlining or removing some extraneous elements. There's enough flashy crap out there as it is.

Maybe a "serious debate" can be had, but as it stands, there's just not enough time in the day for anything to do be done. Hopefully come the new year things will be improved.

[az]

The MURC works and looks fine as it is, so it should really not take priority over any other stuff you and dan have to do, including taking a day off or two.

[GNEP]

I would vote for an option for MURC to look as much like legitimate work as possible so we can surf during the odd idle hour or eight in office time Make it look like a spreadsheet!

[Nowhere]

GNEP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostzilla

[GNEP]

Lol