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[makingmusic476]

I've always wondered: what does the approval system entail?

I've wondered about the particulars myself.

I have a friend from Denmark that's been trying to get in. He thinks he was rejected because his ISP is rather small and unknown, so his e-mail wasn't approved.

 

[sappyday]

HOW IT TOOK ME 4 MONTHS

Haha funny enough it took me only 1 month but ive been lurking since 09.

 

[Falcs]

300 posts and a certain time-frame from what I understood.

Isn't that for membership?
Approval is done randomly by one person at random periods of time.. at least that's what I read in the TOS last time I looked.

Edit: This is probably not really the case anymore. I just had a re-read of the TOS and FAQ.

 

[kennah]

OT is hiring good posters, we are currently looking to fill a News editor to post interesting articles once an hour. You will be judged by the amount of revulsion in each news article you post.

This post made me very sad

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Also, we have a 64 Xeon core platform with 124 GB ram, with most of the kinks worked out over the last several months, massively overengineered for our typical traffic. We handled Reddit front page and its 26,666 sustained concurrent, so I'm confident in being able to handle the major events for 2013 and scaling to additional cores and hats as necessary.

nice !

http://i.picpar.com/SCl.gif[img][/quote]

lol

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Isn't that for membership?
Approval is done randomly by one person at random periods of time.. at least that's what I read in the TOS last time I looked.

Oh gotcha, sorry that I mixed that up.

So yeah, approval is pretty much like bingo.

 

[Toth]

Ah so that's way the site has been loading a bit slower.

I really cannot wait to see GAF quotes on boxarts.

DA3: "Shit Mountain has never looked better"

 

[P90]

I feel like an elite.

I'm about to go to a restaurant with the lovely wife. Might just flash my exclusive NeoGaf members card while I'm out.

Nah. You have only been around since 2007. Old timers from the original GAF are elite.

 

[anchorman128]

300 posts and a certain time-frame from what I understood for most people.

Obviously there are a lot of exceptions. Depends on when you're seen to/noticed I guess.

Pretty sure you are mistaken with the jump from junior to full member. I have no idea what the screening process is, oh god, if they could only scan your posts on other forums and just deny you based off your douchiness, that would be great.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

nah. You have only been around since 2007. Old timers from the original GAF are elite.

What if you've been lurking for years, but you finally just got around to start posting a year or so ago?

It doesn't count, does it?

 

[GraveRobberX]

Took me 2 years to be accepted into GAF

I'm never leaving until I die or go RAGE Rant for the Banhammer, my Trophy Whoring Agenda needs to be dispersed to the masses

"Live by the Platinum, Die by the Platinum!"

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Pretty sure you are mistaken with the jump from junior to full member. I have no idea what the screening process is, oh god, if they could only scan your posts on other forums and just deny you based off your douchiness, that would be great.

If that was the case then they need to go back and check on some of those approvals

Spoiler

I kid

I did mix those up though.

 

[Batman]

Speaking of game sites, what do you guys think about gamefaqs? negative or positive view?

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

No. This is not a catch-all metadiscussion megathread.

Ok :/

Speaking of game sites, what do you guys think about gamefaqs? negative or positive view?

:/

 

[Mr Nash]

Nah. You have only been around since 2007. Old timers from the original GAF are elite.

It just feels weird reading how long people some people have had to wait to get approved here. I've been posting on the various incarnations of GAF since the days of Hot Pockets and SuperKyros. There wasn't much, if any wait time for approval back then. Oh how times have changed.

 

[tiny raptor]

Yeah, I'm wondering what sort of tests they do to approve you for posting.

 

[diamount]

Speaking of game sites, what do you guys think about gamefaqs? negative or positive view?

It's what gaf would be without the approval system.

 

[Falcs]

Speaking of game sites, what do you guys think about gamefaqs? negative or positive view?

I use it for game FAQs (or cheats)... That's about it.

 

[P90]

What if you've been lurking for years, but you finally just got around to start posting a year or so ago?

It doesn't count, does it?

I'm just messin'.

You have an awesome forum nickname and avatar. Good taste counts for much.

It just feels weird reading how long people some people have had to wait to get approved here. I've been posting on the various incarnations of GAF since the days of Hot Pockets and SuperKyros. There wasn't much, if any wait time for approval back then. Oh how times have changed.

It took me a few weeks to get approved. If memory serves me well, I joined in 2001. It must be tough for the mods to sort through all the noobs. I appreciate that GAF/NeoGAF has always had excellent mods. Running a board like this must be like herding angry cats. The other big, and most little sites, do a much inferior job than what is done here. Hats off to EviLore and crew.

 

[G-Fex]

Good lord, I don't think anyone will get rid of the approval system. Have you not noticed how many rubbish juniors we've had over the last couple of days? It'd be a hundred times worse without the approval system.

Yeah. Too many juniors if you ask me.

 

[SunhiLegend]

Apologies if already asked, but does anyone know when the redesign of GAF is expected?

 

[computers putin']

Still remember the thread that brought me here, sort of. It was some big thread about some guy from here going to another posters house, and the guy who invited him came on here and trashed him. The details are hazy to me right now, maybe someone else knows what I'm talking about?

 

[Riposte]

Speaking of game sites, what do you guys think about gamefaqs? negative or positive view?

I don't like it, but SRPG talk is actually decent sometimes whereas it sucks here.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jLnKvlGOoCQ

Research

 

[GreatMightySymp]

Speaking of game sites, what do you guys think about gamefaqs? negative or positive view?

I only use it for FAQs and for the weekly Bleach OT threads because the butthurt in them is hilarious when Kubo trolls during a chapter.

 

[tiny raptor]

Speaking of game sites, what do you guys think about gamefaqs? negative or positive view?

Just reading the name GameFAQs makes me laugh out loud.

A lot of people on there have a, "this conversation is a war that I must win" mentality. Whether that's through character attacks, mockery, you name it, it's being done.

There are some awesome people on there, though. I made a good friend on there, which I am thankful for.

 

[Korranator]

This place has changed greatly from it's old ez-board days.

 

[DietRob]

Hi gaming side. What is this Pratcher business? I don't visit you guys over here too often.

edit: nvm saw EL's post

**Runs back to OT

 

[yamo]

About that kind of thing and why people often get bans.... Here is a basic principle to help understand what "respectful" means: Act like you aren't on the internet, but in a room full of people.

When a group discussion in person is getting heated, is that a time to pop in with a joke that belittles the whole topic of discussion and thoughts/feelings of everyone discussing it seriously? No. You will get a social shutdown, and so it is on here, and the response isn't always purely social. Mods are keeping an intellectual/social climate.

So many posters think they're being cute and don't deserve correction, but they aren't and they do. If you are apathetic toward something and want to joke about it, find someone else who is apathetic and chat with them about how silly everyone is being for getting so serious, just like a quiet private chat on a couch at a party.

Just a bit of advice from a decade+ veteran. You can risk your neck if you want.

I always start to make stupid jokes when I get into heated discussions irl. It's not a very uncommon way for people to handle conflicts. Has nothing to do with apathy.

Still i'm not saying that you are wrong. People are just different.

 

[injurai]

Apologies if already asked, but does anyone know when the redesign of GAF is expected?

these things... they take time

 

[Onion_Relish]

Evilore gon ride dat bubble until he can make out like a bandit. I would have sold you bastards out ages ago.

 

[Dark Octave]

Nah. You have only been around since 2007. Old timers from the original GAF are elite.

Well that would have been embarrassing while out at Shay Whitey, tonight.

Spoiler

In Living Color reference

 

[Technosteve]

I survived the great banning of the epic mickey wii only announcement thread

 

[P90]

Well that would have been embarrassing while out at Shay Whitey, tonight.

Spoiler

In Living Color reference

You are referencing beyond my recollection. I'm gonna have to buy and use the new Brain Age to keep up with you!

 

[def sim]

Wait a minute..


How much are we talking about?

$50/year, cannot change once set.

 

[Raonak]

Will we see account approval removed

oh god no. thats the one thing that keeps gaf from becoming a carnival of stupid.

 

[famfrit]

Pay to post, unless you're GAF Gold.

No, please...

 

[Dice]

I always start to make stupid jokes when I get into heated discussions irl. It's not a very uncommon way for people to handle conflicts. Has nothing to do with apathy.

Still i'm not saying that you are wrong. People are just different.

Maybe the people you hang with are more easy-going than the ones I hang with, but if you were here with me I'd say you might want to try and break that habit unless you enjoy people talking about you behind your back. Then again we may even be talking about different sorts of "tension-breaking" joking, which range from silly to insulting. I added the "that belittles" qualifier for a reason.

 

[keuja]

could the site perhaps become only viewable by members?

What would be the point in doing that? Why wouldn't you want NeoGAF to grow?

 

[Bsigg12]

I was actually going to ask some of the more veteran GAF members, how much does the concurrent GAF population rise during each new new impending console generation. I feel like in the time I've been here, I have seen more junior accounts than at any other time in the last 2 weeks.

And some of the juniors have been utter shit. I'm not one to judge but my god, some of their comments have been straight Busch league.

 

[Nokagi]

Show me that smile again. (Show me that smile)Don't waste another minute on your cryin'.
We're nowhere near the end (nowhere near) The best is ready to begin. Oooohhh. As long as we got each other. We got the world spinnin right in our hands. Baby you and me, we gotta be the luckiest dreamers who never quit dreamin'. As long as we keep on givin' we can take anything that comes our way. Baby, rain or shine, all the time. We got each other Sharin' the laughter and love.

 

[Dice]

What would be the point in doing that? Why wouldn't you want NeoGAF to grow?

Also pretty sure the staff doesn't want to work for peanuts.

 

[Ghost_Protocol]

Apologies if already asked, but does anyone know when the redesign of GAF is expected?

I'd like to know as well. Last I heard it was sometime this year?

 

[TrounceX]

I find it weird that people read without posting. Do they like, read GAF daily? Do they know individual members, despite never interacting with them? I don't think I could frequent a message board where I knew that I couldn't comment.

I've been reading GAF since 2006, probably on average somewhere between 2-3 hours/day. I know every prominent poster by name and can usually guess their response to any particular thread. I also understand basically every inside joke on the site, to the point where I almost feel guilty about it.

And as you can see, I almost never post. I will type up multiple responses to threads every day, then just not post. I like to read what other people have to say, learn a thing or two, form my own opinion, then get it out in writing. I think it's fun. But I have no desire for any type of confrontation, as forums are the worst possible place to have a debate. A particularly bad run-in with HaloGAF made that abundantly clear. Never again.

About the only time I will actually post is if someone is in need of advice and either a.) Nobody has helped them out yet or b.) I'm particularly qualified to help. Otherwise, lurker for life.

Not even sure if I'm going to post this yet. hmmm. ah what the hell.

 

[caffeware]

...

 

[Rainbow In The Dark]

It took 5 months for my account to get approved and now I'm used to lurk, but hopefully I'll start posting more.

Damn, looks like that was his lastStrike...

Ouch... hopefully it wasn't a perm.

 

[keuja]

I've been reading GAF since 2006, probably on average somewhere between 2-3 hours/day. I know every prominent poster by name and can usually guess their response to any particular thread. I also understand basically every inside joke on the site, to the point where I almost feel guilty about it.

And as you can see, I almost never post. I will type up multiple responses to threads every day, then just not post. I like to read what other people have to say, learn a thing or two, form my own opinion, then get it out in writing. I think it's fun. But I have no desire for any type of confrontation, as forums are the worst possible place to have a debate. A particularly bad run-in with HaloGAF made that abundantly clear. Never again.

About the only time I will actually post is if someone is in need of advice and either a.) Nobody has helped them out yet or b.) I'm particularly qualified to help. Otherwise, lurker for life.

Not even sure if I'm going to post this yet. hmmm. ah what the hell.

I do this too. I type a response, do something else and when I come back, I feel it's not worth posting anymore and just cancel.

 

[malingenie]

I've been reading GAF since 2006, probably on average somewhere between 2-3 hours/day. I know every prominent poster by name and can usually guess their response to any particular thread. I also understand basically every inside joke on the site, to the point where I almost feel guilty about it.

And as you can see, I almost never post. I will type up multiple responses to threads every day, then just not post. I like to read what other people have to say, learn a thing or two, form my own opinion, then get it out in writing. I think it's fun. But I have no desire for any type of confrontation, as forums are the worst possible place to have a debate. A particularly bad run-in with HaloGAF made that abundantly clear. Never again.

About the only time I will actually post is if someone is in need of advice and either a.) Nobody has helped them out yet or b.) I'm particularly qualified to help. Otherwise, lurker for life.

Not even sure if I'm going to post this yet. hmmm. ah what the hell.

You are the hero neogaf deserves

 

[Tomat]

I wish NeoGAF was better.

Yeah.

 

[gdt]

I really do love this place. Been here a long time.