Got Next?

**AstroBlue** · 04 Jun 2004, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by diffusionx

if you let me become a mod in Morning Mayo, and then a few months later I sticky a thread that says, essentially, "Come to Morning Ketchup, its everything TNL is and more" and then sticky it, wouldnt you be mad? I would. Bahn was advertising his site on TNL. No matter his history with TNL and no matter the situation now that is not proper etiquette. He got pissed off when AndyRose was pimping Neomega on here. It is in extremely poor taste and he had no business doing it.

I concur.

**mollipen** · 04 Jun 2004, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by diffusionx

if you let me become a mod in Morning Mayo, and then a few months later I sticky a thread that says, essentially, "Come to Morning Ketchup, its everything TNL is and more" and then sticky it, wouldnt you be mad? I would. Bahn was advertising his site on TNL. No matter his history with TNL and no matter the situation now that is not proper etiquette. He got pissed off when AndyRose was pimping Neomega on here. It is in extremely poor taste and he had no business doing it.

To be fair here, in your example, you became a mod at my site long after it was started. If you had been there when it started, it would be a totally different situation. For example, if Procyin or Dunlap make their own site, they are more than welcome to advertise it on my site. (In fact, Pro has done just that.)

I don't excuse Bahn's past actions against people who pimp their sites on here. However, at the same time, I can't help but put a lot of importance on the fact that Bahn was one of the people who started this place, and put in a lot of his time and effort to start it.

**Tommy Tallarico** · 04 Jun 2004, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by shidoshi

To be fair here, in your example, you became a mod at my site long after it was started. If you had been there when it started, it would be a totally different situation. For example, if Procyin or Dunlap make their own site, they are more than welcome to advertise it on my site. (In fact, Pro has done just that.)

I don't excuse Bahn's past actions against people who pimp their sites on here. However, at the same time, I can't help but put a lot of importance on the fact that Bahn was one of the people who started this place, and put in a lot of his time and effort to start it.

Nick pays for the site. I've seen exactly how much he pays, and if he's asking something as reasonable as his own admins not advertising on the site, then who are you to cry so much about it? Nick kept this site going when it almost died several times, even when he hardly could afford to. He'd probably hate me bringing this up, but he's made a hell of a lot of sacrifices for this little site of his, so he has say over what gets posted on it. Have a problem with it? I believe there's a link to a new board in this thread somewhere. You won't be missed.

lithium · 04 Jun 2004, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by dave is ok

What I meant by 'content oriented' was a typical gaming site previews, reviews, interviews, all fucking sorts of -views.

Not to be a dick to TNL, but seriously how many forum regulars check out TNL's content? I do like once in a blue moon. When forums become popular, they become the focus and everything else is usually ignored. I think if a site wants to be content oriented, it should probably forego forums. That's what I meant by that.

**Diff-chan** · 04 Jun 2004, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by lithium

Not to be a dick to TNL, but seriously how many forum regulars check out TNL's content? I do like once in a blue moon. When forums become popular, they become the focus and everything else is usually ignored. I think if a site wants to be content oriented, it should probably forego forums. That's what I meant by that.

Forum regulars are not the same as... regular regulars. I read GameSpot a lot and I dont post on the forums. I guess Nick would know better than I would on the traffic of this site but I wouldnt be surprised if there is a reasonable number of non-posting readers.

**Drewbacca** · 04 Jun 2004, 11:58 PM

There are a lot of "Guests" browsing these forums. Sometimes more than actual active members, so I think diff hit the nail on its head.

**Nick** · 05 Jun 2004, 12:05 AM

Only about a third of our visitors start their visit on the forum. The other two-thirds start on the editorial content or index pages. I remember it used to be half-and-half. Keep in mind that people that start on the boards do move on to the content and vice versa. People have all sorts of surfing habits. I think it's common to bookmark the forum page and then move around both the boards and the main site.