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Commander, when has suddenly suddenly forcing changes on this community been a good idea? When has anyone on this forum been accepting of hard and fast, radical changes without their input, consent, or at the very least timely notification? Remember the April Fool's banning? Sure it was done with joking intentions, but a lot of us stayed up that night because we were scared o the radical change. The move to IPB was better since some of us had experience with the system, but it's just... as a leader you should know your constituents. And fuck, treat your constituents with respect. There are life really about 45 of us on here. You are missing out on one of the best advantages of such a small group- you can communicate very easily with all of us, graduall work through changes and gather input on what is wanted or desired. Instead, you just go ahead and make radical changes without informing anyone ahead o time! Not even the mods! We're staff- it'd be nice to know what kind of business we'll be expected to do in the future! Look, I know you have good intentions. I know you want this community to be good and to grow and be your baby. I know that in the end, it's YOU who calls the shots. But your leadership is terrible. A leader doesn't hide things or act so stiffly with their flock, especially with a group so small and tight-knit as this. Treat us as freinds and equals instead of just peasants who are subject to any change you will. (I say us instead of them because at this point I feel that we mods are basically regular members with a few extra tools- we aren't told about anything bit as I mentioned). Realize what this community is- a treehouse of friends here to have conversations about stuff and just shoot the shit in our off hours. We don't need to grow larger, we don't neccessarily want to become more streamlined. We're just a secret club, like it or not. Some things you want to introduce are good! The move to the current board was good- it has statuses, good themes, bigger avatars, and other things. Just run it by people well ahead of time and ask what people want. I understand that you want what's best for this community. I know you do. But you're blind to what his community is and you refuse to give any leeway or listen to your flock. This is bad leadership.

and when I asked rammite: Ergo: seriously this is a Bad Idea

I think most of the negative response here (including my own) stemmed from the utter lack of communication or preparation. The admins weren't ready, the mods weren't even aware of it, and we were given nothing but a series of buzzwords and reassurances that everything would be okay. Were the OP to simply announce "we'll be using Discourse", I think we'd have saved ourselves a lot of trouble.

Alright, time to explain what's going on here. The new forum will use Discourse, which is similar to a conventional forum in many regards (sections, subforums, topics, posts). It's a major headache to configure, which is why the deadline is so far off (and why it was started so long ago). Replies to a post are accessible immediately below the post, which makes it easier to follow a particular conversation. All of the posts are still listed in chronological order, which means that the forum provides conventional functionality as well. The main difference between our current system and Discourse is in visual aesthetics and design. It's far less rigidly structured (e.g. board icons spread out to fill the screen). Obviously the color scheme and general design is much different from what we have currently. I'm curious as to how configurable this will be. Personally, I'd be more comfortable with using IPS4, since it's not much of a jump from our current forum. However, change isn't necessarily bad, and I do think we need to give this new format a try now that it's been laid out before us.

Our "preconceived notions" aren't going to change as long as our only knowledge of these amazing changes is "no guys trust me it's gonna be great". Could we possibly hear from those who have seen this preview?

WHAT FUCKING HYPE TRAIN NOBODY EXCEPT YOU HAS ANYTHING BUT DREAD

Commandler: "We're going to light everyone on fire!" Literally everyone else: "We don't want to be on fire." Commandler: "You haven't even seen how awesome the fire is." Literally everyone else: "But we're happy with the way things are" Commandler: "Too bad."

http://time.com/3449402/tetris-movie/ What.

The hell is this?

I, too, am edgy and against the system. Row, row, rep me please.

All aboard the dread train. Choo choo, motherfuckers. Spoiler

Stop it.

Spoiler Also, they are making a sequel.

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PC Mustard Race?