We really should close down this subforum

[musicf8]

it's nothing but spam and spambait

[Victhor]

I'm seriously thinking about it.. There are various reasons to do it:
1. The subject on most threads seems like spam bait (asking for links!)
2. Nowadays, people is not interested in talking about video games IN A FORUM (whattt is that? Says the kid.. )
3. Winamp user isn't interested in discussing video games / movies / etc.
4. Seems like I'm the only moderator left
5. This won't stop spam, but like a bottle neck it will redirect it to threads where I'm actually participating or where other people is (who can then report it).

[musicf8]

Agreed, These subforums made sense when winamp was active, but since most people come here for shoutcast/winamp related things now, might as well close all community center subforums down (except maybe the general discussion)

[NJK]

whatever you do , don't kill General Discussion
somethings entertaining read there

and the lost winamp boys en girls always go there on their return to the forum
the rest i couldn't care less about those subforums.

[gaekwad2]

Can you make them read only (like the Winamp3 forum, which still exists, I just checked)?

[musicf8]

Also maybe Winamp for Android. That app is really really (really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really) old and pretty much out dated. Surprised when I read people still use it, but it's another spam farm for mostly android related stuff

[NJK]

Originally Posted by gaekwad2

Can you make them read only (like the Winamp3 forum, which still exists, I just checked)?

good idea

[Warrior of the Light]

Originally Posted by Victhor

4. Seems like I'm the only moderator left

Need help?

[NJK]

Originally Posted by Warrior of the Light

Need help?

Victhor was a bit early with saying that , he already has a helping hand, see my custom title

Hi WOTL

alles goed?

[Warrior of the Light]

NL: Alles prima, dank je. Ik ben er nog zeker een paar keer per week, al post ik lang niet altijd.

EN: All's fine, thanks. I'm still here a few times each week even though I'm not always posting.

[old and quite mad]

In the darkest night, in the outermost reaches of space, in those places where the brave and the just fear to tread...

The Frisian Spam Fighter seeks out the evil doer and smites them with great... smiteliness.

Dammit, it's a word now.

Smiteliness - adj., to smite really effing hard.

[Dr.Flay]

Read only will still attract the spammers, who will then post in other sections.
Removal or hiding will stop people finding it in google (after a while), so not come here anyway.

Alternatively, make problem sections hidden to the outside unless logged in.
I assume you cannot change the robots.txt file, so make some sections not public.

[gaekwad2]

I don't know how much can be done without admin access at all (assuming there still isn't anybody active with it, since otherwise you could implement a whole load of other spamfighting measures).

[musicf8]

Donde esta DJ Egg?

[NJK]

Originally Posted by gaekwad2

since otherwise you could implement a whole load of other spamfighting measures).

I have been implemented already....

[White Raven]

Hey for real though, I'll take this over if there are no objections. I don't mind writing a monthly thread "This month in gaming" to try and get the conversation going! Sounds like a nice easy project to do.

[Dr.Flay]

There has been interesting gaming news recently that has implications beyond the games in question.
Epic and Blizzard for example, deciding to take control of their own distribution.