Mr. Anderson
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Sir_Giggles said:
Well, its just a matter now of some other news worthy item to come along....and it seems to be a bit slow. That's just the way it goes sometimes.
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Well, its just a matter now of some other news worthy item to come along....and it seems to be a bit slow. That's just the way it goes sometimes.
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Everyone Remain Calm
And just like negative voters, there are always going to be a few folks on here who take just about everything way too seriously. I think it's the combination of mac-passion and a certain degree of anonymity that breeds overly-intense emotions in online forums such as this one. Plus, a lot of the stuff up for discussion around here is highly speculative or based on personal opinions. But that's the nature of the beast, after all this is a Mac RUMORS site. It's also more difficult to convey subtle humor, like sarcasm, without the benefit of facial expressions (beyond smilies, anyway), or without tone of voice, timing, etc. so it often goes completely unnoticed -- and a statement intended to be said in joking can be taken as an attack. Folks just need to remember that it is possible to have an opinionated online conversation without getting personal.
Anyone who doesn't realize that is just a complete buffoon. (Yes, that was ironic sarcasm. 😎 )
As for the accomplishment of 1,000,000 posts, I congratulate everyone involved in keeping this site operational, as well as the entire posting community of Apple fanatics. I'm relatively new to the site, but I'm sure I'll be around for the next million!
-Joe
Mr. Anderson said:
And just like negative voters, there are always going to be a few folks on here who take just about everything way too seriously. I think it's the combination of mac-passion and a certain degree of anonymity that breeds overly-intense emotions in online forums such as this one. Plus, a lot of the stuff up for discussion around here is highly speculative or based on personal opinions. But that's the nature of the beast, after all this is a Mac RUMORS site. It's also more difficult to convey subtle humor, like sarcasm, without the benefit of facial expressions (beyond smilies, anyway), or without tone of voice, timing, etc. so it often goes completely unnoticed -- and a statement intended to be said in joking can be taken as an attack. Folks just need to remember that it is possible to have an opinionated online conversation without getting personal.
Anyone who doesn't realize that is just a complete buffoon. (Yes, that was ironic sarcasm. 😎 )
As for the accomplishment of 1,000,000 posts, I congratulate everyone involved in keeping this site operational, as well as the entire posting community of Apple fanatics. I'm relatively new to the site, but I'm sure I'll be around for the next million!
-Joe
who the f cares?
this is pretty lame. oh great a million posts!!! really, am i supposed to care. Page 2 please, where 75% of the page 1 stories belong.
this is pretty lame. oh great a million posts!!! really, am i supposed to care. Page 2 please, where 75% of the page 1 stories belong.
Leave then!
It is their freakin site. They can post what they like, and I think they and a lot of people are pretty proud of what they created and how successful it has been. This is great news for MacRumors and a really nice milestone. It portrays a promising future for MacRumors. Show some respect and thanks. Celebrate this milestone instead of putting the site down.
Congrats edesignuk and MacRumors!
sillycybin said:
It is their freakin site. They can post what they like, and I think they and a lot of people are pretty proud of what they created and how successful it has been. This is great news for MacRumors and a really nice milestone. It portrays a promising future for MacRumors. Show some respect and thanks. Celebrate this milestone instead of putting the site down.
Congrats edesignuk and MacRumors!
NusuniAdmin
macrumors 6502a
~Shard~
macrumors P6
Mr. Anderson said:
Thanks for that Mr. Anderson, I couldnt have put it better myself. Its not a silly milestone, and it does contribute to the maintenance and the future of MacRumors in general, both through continuing contributions by members (intellectual and/or monetary) as well as advertising.
Mr. Anderson said:
Lord knows Im one of those... 😉 😎
~Shard~
macrumors P6
sillycybin said:
This is a major milestone for MacRumors, and a testament to all the members who have contributed in many ways to the sites success over the years I would hardly use a juvenile term as lame to describe this meaningful occasion. Are you supposed to care, you ask? No, you may do what you wish, why are you asking us? If you believe this belongs on Page 2, along with 75% of the other stories, then perhaps you do not grasp the concept of MacRumors. Lastly, it is not necessary to imply swears here on MacRumors, were all adults (well, perhaps not all of us...), but to address your subject line, it should be obvious that many people care, myself being one of them. Sorry, but you cant expect to carry much weight making negative statements like this with your current myriad of posts. 😎
Congrats again to edesignuk, and more importantly to the MacRumors team for running such a great site. I'll be with ya all the way to the 2 millionth post and beyond! 😎
I'd say judging by the votes, this story is lame. Call it what you want, but obviously most people think otherwise. just because i havnt posted 36,000 posts here doesnt mean that i donnot visit it as often, if not more often than you. I also find it bizarre that every one is giving props to edesignuk. as if he did something marvelous. I guess i donnot understand the social meaning that some of you hold for this site. I come here to find out whats going on in the Mac world, not whats going on in the MacRumors Family. Maybe you guys should have a MacRumors Family page for your selfindulgent needs.
Mr. Anderson
Moderator emeritus
sillycybin said:
As I mentioned above, all voting indicates is what the people voting selected. Its not representative of the whole community.
And lets all play nice and move on - we can go back and forth all day on this - its pointless. Everyone has their own opinion, that's fine, leave it at that and move on.
This site means different things to different individuals. There are rumors and there is a large community. There's even a whole section devoted to political and war discussion. Use it for what you like, but if you don't like the site, there are other places to go on the web 😀
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pimentoLoaf
macrumors 68010
I can't understand why there are so many negative votes on this million-th post news item.
oops... me bad! not reading all the posts again...
oops... me bad! not reading all the posts again...
I didn't vote one way or another on the positive/negative thing. However, I'm not that thrilled with emphasizing numbers of posts. Quantity != quality. Back when I used to participate in Usenet, it was almost universally true that the top 2 or 3 posters contributed very little, whereas some of the most insightful and helpful posts were from those who only posted once or twice. Hence, the development of "kill files" so you didn't have to read posts from those who really didn't have anything useful to say.
I would much rather the user's description (newbie, regular, 68000, etc.) reflect the amount of time that had passed from when they first registered, rather than be based on number of posts. And I'd be much happier to know that MacRumors had been around for a long time than to know that the forums have had a ton of posts.
--D
I would much rather the user's description (newbie, regular, 68000, etc.) reflect the amount of time that had passed from when they first registered, rather than be based on number of posts. And I'd be much happier to know that MacRumors had been around for a long time than to know that the forums have had a ton of posts.
--D
Congratulations macrumors!! I have only recently started taking part in the discusions here but they have already increased my knowledge of the Mac platform.
And what's up with the negative ratings!!
And what's up with the negative ratings!!
edesignuk said:
Haha, if I scare them away by that then I'd hate to see what happened when they looked at some of my previous posts!
who cares...
instead of sitting around and cheering about the record count in your db, why dont you catch up with some of the news going on around you?
www.appleinsider.com
www.thinksecret.com
www.theregister.co.uk
do i need to go on?
instead of sitting around and cheering about the record count in your db, why dont you catch up with some of the news going on around you?
www.appleinsider.com
www.thinksecret.com
www.theregister.co.uk
do i need to go on?
Dat's one crazy "macrumor." I think this rumor is too outlandish and belongs on page 2. How can this site know for sure? What is their source, someone's cousin who cleans the toilets at an Apple Store?
