Is this site run by a gang of school children?

wheels619

wheels619

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wtf? i just posted something in this forum and now its gone. this shit is buggin as of late. i hate having to post thing multiple times. the rep whoring also sucks becuz they took the like button away everyone and their moms have a shit ton of rep. it suck for those of us that actually worked for our rep to just in my opinion honestly not have it mean anything anymore. the trolls are fuckin ridiculous on this site now. every thread i enter has people arguing becuz of a troll. maybe u guys should have a vote button? something that people in the thread can hit to have a troll voted out of the thread. also keep track of the negative votes so we can tell who the trolls are with a bit more ease. also maybe u guys should have it to where u need a respectable amount of posts before people r enabled to earn rep. like 500+ or a 1000+ something. or just delete the rep completely and figure out a new way to help us figure out who the real helpful legends are on riu are. i know with the size of the site problems occur and its inevitable but with a growing site of this size shouldnt u have figured in some of these database issues? also security is a huge concern for most people also. since the site got hacked ive felt less inclined to post and help out due to me not wanting to have my shit fucked with or possibly have all my incriminating posts fall into the wrong hands. i understand it is a lot of work maintaining this site, but im not liking is as of late and this thread is just proof that others are not liking it just as much as i am not.

its nice to vent at least. time for a bowl.
 
Total Head

Total Head

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wheels619 said:
wtf? i just posted something in this forum and now its gone. this shit is buggin as of late. i hate having to post thing multiple times. the rep whoring also sucks becuz they took the like button away everyone and their moms have a shit ton of rep. it suck for those of us that actually worked for our rep to just in my opinion honestly not have it mean anything anymore. the trolls are fuckin ridiculous on this site now. every thread i enter has people arguing becuz of a troll. maybe u guys should have a vote button? something that people in the thread can hit to have a troll voted out of the thread. also keep track of the negative votes so we can tell who the trolls are with a bit more ease. also maybe u guys should have it to where u need a respectable amount of posts before people r enabled to earn rep. like 500+ or a 1000+ something. or just delete the rep completely and figure out a new way to help us figure out who the real helpful legends are on riu are. i know with the size of the site problems occur and its inevitable but with a growing site of this size shouldnt u have figured in some of these database issues? also security is a huge concern for most people also. since the site got hacked ive felt less inclined to post and help out due to me not wanting to have my shit fucked with or possibly have all my incriminating posts fall into the wrong hands. i understand it is a lot of work maintaining this site, but im not liking is as of late and this thread is just proof that others are not liking it just as much as i am not.

its nice to vent at least. time for a bowl.
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i miss the like button also, but it was literally around for less than a year out of the 6 years this site has been up. it's not as if all of a sudden rep is meaningless. rep was always meaningless, just slightly less so with the like button. not to be a dick, but no one cares how much someone did or did not "work" for their rep. it has ALWAYS been meaningless. i agree it's shitty when all your bars are from giving out grow advice and someone else's are from witty insults, but that's exactly WHY it's meaningless and always has been.

there have always been trolls, and peaks and valleys in the troll flow chart. sometimes there are troll surges. it's not a new development. there used to be neg rep, and it was abused like anything else, further rendering rep meaningless and further tempting trolls to abuse it.

about all the recent downtime, yes, i agree it's been close to unbearable, especially for those of us who visit this place 12 times a day and can only use it 4 out of those times. on the other hand, i personally appreciate the warning announcements. if they would do that more often people like myself would whine less. this is a particularly paranoid community, and leaving us out of the loop is how rumors get started. i do feel like admin has been a little more forthcoming with this type of information recently, and that's really all i need to be able to relax and stfu. i don't know about the rest of you.
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
first of all, from what i have heard, the like button is how the hackers gained access to the site to do what they did a few months ago which in turn is what started this bs off..
so, in order to avoid any future attacks, the like button is now a thing of the past.. can't have both the likes and not have the openings in the site where possible attacks can take place.. can't have your cake and eat it too so to speak.. so i'm sure the like is a thing of the past, for now at least..
and as far as the site being screwed up lately, someone nailed this one on the head as well.. they are trying to do site maintanace while keeping the site up and running so people don't bitch that the site was down for a few days, but by doing so, we have to deal with a few bumps in the road for a few days to they get done doing what they are doing, then things will be back to normal around here..

as far as other sites, yah, there are a lot of other mj sites out there, but has anyone ever tried using any of them?? you post a thread and wait a week for one person to even respond.. on here, i just saw someone bitching that their thread had over 200 views and no replies.. any clue as to how long some sites take to get 200 views on one thread?? months and months is my guess..
 
Rascality Afoot

Rascality Afoot

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racerboy71, yayerre. There is always room for improvement, but that said, this is still the best MJ site since overgrow. I've looked. Also, I just watched The Search For Animal Chin and then went and picked up another re-issue Powell Peralta deck. G-bones and indie trucks. That's whats up :)
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
Rascality Afoot said:
racerboy71, yayerre. There is always room for improvement, but that said, this is still the best MJ site since overgrow. I've looked. Also, I just watched The Search For Animal Chin and then went and picked up another re-issue Powell Peralta deck. G-bones and indie trucks. That's whats up :)
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nice.. i haven't seen that video since it was pretty much new, lol..
i did however go out at xmas and get the old steve cabalerro re-issue of the first real deck i ever had.. also got a new steve cab deck, the glow in the dark one, with indi's and some powell wheels as well... :)
 
PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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It may be true that this is the largest MJ forum out there, but there are many many larger non-MJ forums that run much smoother. Let's compare this site with the largest "smart phone" forum, XDA-Developers:

RIU:
Threads: 494,874
Posts: 7,011,004
Members: 398,302
Active Members: 21,496

XDA-Developers:
  • Threads: 1,261,317
  • Posts: 24,299,590
  • Members: 4,410,864
  • Active Members: 367,801
Guess how often they have problems at XDA? Very very rarely. XDA is about 10 times larger/more traffic than XDA. They are both vBulletin forums.
What's the difference? XDA is run by phone geeks (aka "techies"). RIU is run by stoners. See any connection here?
 
potroastV2

potroastV2

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PJ Diaz said:

What's the difference? XDA is run by phone geeks (aka "techies"). RIU is run by stoners. See any connection here?
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So that's the only difference? What servers do they use? And how many? And what are the cost differences? You have no clue.

I'll take stoners over phone-geeks any day! And by the way, we're all techies.

:mrgreen:
 
PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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rollitup said:
So that's the only difference? What servers do they use? And how many? And what are the cost differences? You have no clue.

I'll take stoners over phone-geeks any day! And by the way, we're all techies.

:mrgreen:
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You're right, I have no clue about the details of their business. They do have more traffic, so likely have more $$ from ads, so have better servers. I dunno, maybe you should ask them. Their site works very well.
 
Kyle Keen Green

Kyle Keen Green

Active Member
rollitup said:
So that's the only difference? What servers do they use? And how many? And what are the cost differences? You have no clue.

I'll take stoners over phone-geeks any day! And by the way, we're all techies.

:mrgreen:
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Well seen as your all techies, why don't you explain to all of us experiencing problems, what you are doing about this because this site is useless to me now I cant view any of my last posts, all I have now is this thread and to be honest I would love to get back to grow talk! Or is this information lost? And yes I may have been here for a few months but I bet even experienced people that have used the site for years are getting fed up with it! You need to sort it out guys.

Just because your the current "biggest" forum doesn't mean it will stay that way considering the current state of the site!
 
kelly4

kelly4

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Kyle Keen Green said:
Well seen as your all techies, why don't you explain to all of us experiencing problems, what you are doing about this because this site is useless to me now I cant view any of my last posts, all I have now is this thread and to be honest I would love to get back to grow talk! Or is this information lost? And yes I may have been here for a few months but I bet even experienced people that have used the site for years are getting fed up with it! You need to sort it out guys.

Just because your the current "biggest" forum doesn't mean it will stay that way considering the current state of the site!
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I've only been a member here for 2 and 1/2 years. Been coming here for 5. Very few problems I could think of. It's free so, whatever.
I bet you're the first one in line for "free shit", then bitch because it wasn't free enough.
Don't let the door hit your wanker ass on the way out!
 
wheels619

wheels619

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kelly4 said:
I've only been a member here for 2 and 1/2 years. Been coming here for 5. Very few problems I could think of. It's free so, whatever.
I bet you're the first one in line for "free shit", then bitch because it wasn't free enough.
Don't let the door hit your wanker ass on the way out!
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its not free for everyone. some people pay for the good membership not to mention how many people actually paid for the android app. so yeah some people might actually be butt hurt.
 
wheels619

wheels619

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kelly4 said:
I've only been a member here for 2 and 1/2 years. Been coming here for 5. Very few problems I could think of. It's free so, whatever.
I bet you're the first one in line for "free shit", then bitch because it wasn't free enough.
Don't let the door hit your wanker ass on the way out!
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u have been a member for 2 1/2 years and ur post count is 416? if u used the site as often as others that r venting in here too u might be pissed also so my question is mr 416 posts is why are u even giving a negative opinion to someones post when this is just a venting thread?
 
wheels619

wheels619

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u guys need more level headed mods. mods that will step in when messaged to solve a problem. ive messaged like 6 mods one time trying to figure something out even asked them all the same question in the messages and never got one reply. not even an im not sure how to solve ur problem. just me waiting for days and days and days. kinda sucks. some of the mods abuse their power and others dont even use it. i feel sorry for the few that actually do a pretty decent job cuz the others are slackin. not to mention the trolls. if ur a mod and u see a troll argument simply send the two people a message arguing that this is their warning. please leave this particular thread before further action needs to be taken to stop the argument as this is a friendly forum. simple message that gets the point across and doesnt cause any butthurt for either side. but they need to be well enough educated to know the difference between an argument or internet brawl then just a simple debate. the trolls are multiplying hardcore. lol. its like they simply fuck their way into the population more and more thru some troll breeding program.
 
ohmy

ohmy

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rollitup said:
So that's the only difference? What servers do they use? And how many? And what are the cost differences? You have no clue.

I'll take stoners over phone-geeks any day! And by the way, we're all stoners hear lol

:mrgreen:
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sorry pot roast but I had to fix it for ya ................................LMAO,
 
kelly4

kelly4

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wheels619 said:
u have been a member for 2 1/2 years and ur post count is 416? if u used the site as often as others that r venting in here too u might be pissed also so my question is mr 416 posts is why are u even giving a negative opinion to someones post when this is just a venting thread?
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I think coming to this site 7 out of 10 days for five years gives me more of a leg to stand on than someone who has been a member for a month or two.

Because I don't post as often as you, doesn't mean I haven't spent WAY MORE time here than you.
 
BillyBobJoe

BillyBobJoe

Active Member
wheels619 said:
u have been a member for 2 1/2 years and ur post count is 416? if u used the site as often as others that r venting in here too u might be pissed also so my question is mr 416 posts is why are u even giving a negative opinion to someones post when this is just a venting thread?
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Dude seriously your pulling the post count card? If someone don't run their mouth like a dumb fuck and might actually have a life outside the Internet, their post count probably won't be all that high. Just cause you have more post don't mean shit.
 
kelly4

kelly4

Well-Known Member
wheels619 said:
i know it doesnt mean shit. except that im on here more than he is and thats all i was trying to say. if he were on here checking his thread everyday and adding to it or checking out his friends threads everyday then he might be butt hurt too with all the issues. besides this is a venting thread and he had no reason to jump on the guy a few posts back about his complaining. he was venting that doesnt mean he had to jump in and be a dick to that guy about his comment. and so fuckin what if i like getting high at night and i check my threads and friends threads. its a networking site in case u havent noticed. kinda like facebook for weed. so i use it to grow pretty awesome bud. so yes i talk to people constantly on here and it does mean my post count is higher but it doesnt mean that i dont or any of us others dont have lives. i have a great fuckin life beyond this site. i just dont feel like he had the right to be a dick to the dude he quoted recently. also maybe if u used the site more u would see what i we were all saying. so until u actually use the site as much as those complaining in here im just gonna say goodbye and happy growing.

also u can go fuck urself kindly if u were calling me a dumb fuck. if not my bad.
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Because I don't post, doesn't mean I'm not here. Take the number of hours you have been on this site then multiply it by your IQ, wait......by twice your IQ, thats how many hours I have spent here, fool!
He's being a dick to admin., so I was a dick to him. It's all even.

If it walks like a dumbfuck, and talks like a dumbfuck,.................you know the rest!
 
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