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I noticed that a lot of qbasic sites, often dead ones, have words such as "thriving" in them. Hype?

when i hear/see thriving and really think about it, i see lush jungle type stuff where everythings... well, thriving

Don't you think that useless polls are overused? J/k :wink:

As the Qmunity's #1 hype-hater, I fully agree with you, Agamemnus. "Come visit our thriving site!" and they have like 20 files remote-linked from other servers, a forum with three users (the site owner and two of his coding buddies, or his family members or close friends who can't code), and site code that breaks at least 5 of the deadly sins of web design. The one I always loved was "come see our thriving new site!!" (note: "new"). If something's brand new, how can it be thriving? I can understand something getting a flood of users, but that's not considered "thriving"...when a site's thriving, it's been up for awhile and has a loyal userbase. To say "thriving new site" is jabberwockey BS and a stupid attempt at sucking people to your mediocre MS-Word designed hackjob of a "website".

Phew, got that off my chest.

I have to say, Ado, I totally agree with you on that. Sites like the kind you mention give the Qmmunity a cheap and nasty style, with jerks thinking that their "kickass" program of a ball bouncing is what Qb is all about. Most of these sites dont even have programs created by the owner, mostly just stolen off other Qb sites or hot linked.

I have to say that the word "Thriving" can only apply to a few sites in the Qmmunity: QBN, QBNZ, etc... Actually I am amazed that QBN has nearly 1000 members now. Thats a lot...

Heey, I can use the word "thriving"!

(ps: don't forget many of those 1000 members have posted less than 5 times, many don't post any more, and some like Jofers must be doubles )

Hehe oracle...you've got one of the best online file archives and QBNZ's been around for a bit now, plus it's got a relatively active forum, so it's safe to say that QBNZ is "thriving".

Good Things Take Time, but they do happen

(oracle chills and watches hitcounter snake its way towards 10,000)

Quote:(ps: don't forget many of those 1000 members have posted less than 5 times, many don't post any more, and some like Jofers must be doubles )

How much do i agree! There is like 300 members who havent posted a single post! What on earth did they all sign up for?! :-? :???:

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oracle Wrote:(ps: don't forget many of those 1000 members have posted less than 5 times, many don't post any more, and some like Jofers must be doubles )

How much do i agree! There is like 300 members who havent posted a single post! What on earth did they all sign up for?! :-? :???:

Possibly to have a profile, to keep track of posts not read, etc