Suggestion for forum addition

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this would be really cool. i think yous should definitely do this.
plus cool name :slight_smile:

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So what name shall it be ?

  • Phacts Phil Phound
  • Drool Database
  • Useful Sites
  • World Portals
  • The Sifted Web
  • 2C Collection
  • Web Gems
  • Kirupa’s Kitsch
  • Inspiration Station
  • The Incredible Bulk
  • Kirupa’s Choice :thumb:

Sorry if I forgot one :stuck_out_tongue:

23

Well i like
Useful Sites // not cool but to the point!!
Inspiration Station
2C Collection
but that i what i think:beam:[SIZE=1]and how am I ?[/SIZE]

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  • Inspiration Station

…Sounds like somewhere along the reading rainbow.

I think maybe:
Out of the 4 Billion Web Sites That Exist, We Managed To Find A Few That Don’t Actually Suck… That might be a little long.

I like the idea of having a place where we can submit sites that Phil can review and approve or send the the fiery pits of hell.

Maybe: Phil at the Gates

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Yeah rev - users can submit a site to any one of us, and we can create a new thread with one site mentioned in each thread :slight_smile:

26

how bout…

KiruPals

27

I went with Useful Sites, and we can change it as time progresses :slight_smile:

28

well, one question, are we so sure all the sites are gonna be useful? :wink:

29

Whoohoo!

K-man used my blurb… well sort of, it’s a little more polished now.

30

Hmm, true - we won’t know :frowning:

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Maybe: Possibly Useful Sites

32

lol - we don’t want to discourage visitors.

33

*Originally posted by kirupa *
**Yeah rev - users can submit a site to any one of us, and we can create a new thread with one site mentioned in each thread :slight_smile: **

I was thinking more along the line of a column, done in the forum, so Phil could update it. Phil/any mod would be the only one who could post in there (locked threads), and the topics would be discussed (if at all) in random.

This could be a great way to get weird, out of the way topics, found by members, into a place which is easily accessed and without the possibility of spam. When a topic gets a good discussion going, the thread could be linked from Phil’s column…

It would require no time whatsoever on your part, and would be very interesting. I know I see people all the time asking Phil for links. Here we would have those links, with a little explaination from Phil/other mods if they want, easy to find, easy to get a quick summary…

I really think this could be a fun and interesting portion of your site.

Rev

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Sounds like a good idea rev. I modified the original rules before I read your thread with a similar idea. Basically, there is a thread in Random where any cool sites can be included. Any of us mods can add that site to the forum, and regular members will not be allowed to create new threads in that forum. The only deviation I took is that I allow members to reply to threads. If you think that would not be necessary, I can disable that.

I just think that having members reply in a thread that already exists for a site will help the discussion be more organized… instead of a “wow cool” comment in a 10 page thread with none of us knowing for which site that comment was directed toward :slight_smile:

Cheers!
Kirupa :b:

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the only reason I was saying to not allow responses, was so the topic site will not get hijacked, or spammed…

then, when someone wants to discuss a thread in there, they simply link to it from random…

Rev

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ok - sounds good. I’ll just move the 2A and BB threads from that forum back into Random then :slight_smile: There is absolutely no spam in the 2A thread…absolutely none haha.

37

these sites don’t have to be developer based do they?

I mean if I find a site on frogs growing inside rocks, hypathetically, then could I post it in cool sites?

Rev

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Sure - as long as it has some value to the users visiting. It can be really well designed, it can have some really interesting information, etc. :eye:

39

cool!

sometimes I find a site that is very cool, but really has nothing to do with much of anything…

anyway thanks!

this sounds like fun

Rev

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I’m just wondering why us reg members can’t post in it. Assuming there is strict modding of the forum, it’d be a lot easier to see what people have to say about the site w/o having to open another browser to go to random. Plus we’ll probably still be on page 1 of the sites forum while the thread about that site is on page 200 of random. All you’d need to do is just make sure all the posts are useful (-50 post count for anybody who spams that forum).