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Petition to have an over 18 forum!

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shibby
Posts: 7088 - Karma: -19
NS really needs a public forum that is limited to members that are over 18 years of age. I can't handle all the real idiots and /b/tards anymore.
Jan 6 2010 12:13AM
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OhMyBosh
Posts: 5056 - Karma: 171
>implying that a "you must be 18 years or older to enter this site" notice ever stopped anyone.
Jan 6 2010 12:14AM
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DYFI
Posts: 3836 - Karma: 30
Here here!

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Although it would be nearly impossible to determine the age of every NSer, it's a nice idea.
Jan 6 2010 12:15AM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
have fun trying to regulate this?
Jan 6 2010 12:15AM
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SteezyOhio
Posts: 6044 - Karma: 60
or a large cult filled with non-doucbags, it could work
Jan 6 2010 12:16AM
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Slinger1x1
Posts: 8853 - Karma: 66
there are plenty of older kids that are annoying to
and plenty of kids who are under 18 that are helpful and useful contributes, and people enjoy their posts.

i think the contributors forum is good enough, most people that are annoying or idiots won't be old enough or wont care enough to contribute. lets start back up the contributors forum
Jan 6 2010 12:17AM
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switchieski
Posts: 575 - Karma: 15
hmmnn....

i agree with the bullshit is gettin annoying, but there are young members that are helpful
Jan 6 2010 12:19AM
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knblhjgkfjxdzsg
Posts: 354 - Karma: 491
Just like a porn site, you would have to agree that you're over 18 years etc. IT could work.
Jan 6 2010 12:28AM
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Commonwealth
Posts: 3729 - Karma: 11
No, it will never work. I was at porn sites when I was like 12 and 13.

Simply put, this idea would never work.
Jan 6 2010 12:29AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51678 - Karma: 162,714
You have to certify that your 18 under fear of penalties such as deat or worse, banishment from the newschoolers kingdom in heaven
Jan 6 2010 12:32AM
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C_Perin
Posts: 944 - Karma: 156
Like said above there are members under the age of 18 that contribute positive info to the site and some over 18 that do nothing but crap....And there would be no way to regulate it.
Jan 6 2010 12:33AM
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knblhjgkfjxdzsg
Posts: 354 - Karma: 491
Everyone who wants to be in post their facebook or the equivalent and a photo of their selves and we judge if correct idk. Post license with sensitive info blacked out except for DOB
Jan 6 2010 12:34AM
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family_vacation
Posts: 6200 - Karma: 7,840
you just joined, you have under one hundred posts, don't even worry about it.
Jan 6 2010 12:42AM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
im 18 and i make absolutely worthless posts. so the majority of those over 18. your idea is bad.
Jan 6 2010 12:46AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51678 - Karma: 162,714
It's to weed out the 12 year olds and the zomg i smoked weed today, i smoked weed and went skiing, i smoked laced weed, my mom said i have to go to my room for not doing my chores, those kinds of threads
Jan 6 2010 12:49AM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Shouldn't this be in Site Discussion anyway?
Jan 6 2010 12:49AM
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knblhjgkfjxdzsg
Posts: 354 - Karma: 491
fuck off I'm just contributing some ideas
Jan 6 2010 12:51AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51678 - Karma: 162,714
probably, my shit show threads post got moved immediately.
Jan 6 2010 12:53AM
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smuggs
Posts: 6561 - Karma: 1,375
its called TGR fool
Jan 6 2010 1:06AM
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DoubleB
Posts: 4 - Karma: 11
i agree. just because some people are under 18 doesnt mean that they dont know what they are talking about. I myself know several kids under 18 that are very knowledgable and they happen to know quite a bit about skiing
Jan 6 2010 1:09AM
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jdilla
Posts: 706 - Karma: 41
You don't even have to do this for porn sites. Nobody's gonna want to go through all that effort just to post on a fucking skiing messageboard.
Jan 6 2010 1:12AM
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WikiWiki
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 426
ladies men
Jan 6 2010 1:12AM
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knblhjgkfjxdzsg
Posts: 354 - Karma: 491
I'm not saying you have to do it each time, just a one time deal where the site stores who has done it and etc. Kinda like the agreement you have to click in order to sign up from the get go
Jan 6 2010 1:14AM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Unless wambat is around.
Jan 6 2010 1:15AM
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DYFI
Posts: 3836 - Karma: 30
Ouch, i enjoyed his posts up until he was banned, pre-wambat times.
Jan 6 2010 1:26AM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
i think the most annoying threads are the ones that talk about all the annoying threads.
Jan 6 2010 1:27AM
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THATS_STREET
Posts: 2250 - Karma: 33
agreed.


and age limits would not work whatsoever.
Jan 6 2010 1:28AM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Yeah, he never sugar coated it but once he got banned and came back as wambat his posts are just laced with this entitled sort of air.

Like, I PM with him sometimes and he is a very decent guy but sometimes he just snaps too fast.
Jan 6 2010 1:29AM
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gnar_bars
Posts: 107 - Karma: 10
ns would slowly evolve into a porn site...
Jan 6 2010 1:33AM
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BikeMlatt69
Posts: 1947 - Karma: 60
If there was no way to regulate it, id think you'd have alot more trolls.
Jan 6 2010 1:34AM
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0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
in canadaia we drink!
Jan 6 2010 1:35AM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
i agree with ohmybosh. there isnt any way to prove someone's age (it would be too much work to have everyone send in some kind of verification proving their age)
Jan 6 2010 8:38AM
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Steezius_Maximus
Posts: 1152 - Karma: 22
amen
Jan 6 2010 10:34AM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
thatd be a pretty boring forum
Jan 6 2010 10:55AM
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looneygeorge
Posts: 633 - Karma: 14
The only reason I would ever see this work is by implementing the new forum slowly.. Like start out with an update to the website that requires everyone to set their age. Then first after 2-3 months without any info on creating a new forum create the 18+ forum.

If the kids see no advantage to putting their age above 18 they won't do it.. then have the age thing locked after you've set it once.
Jan 6 2010 11:24AM
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OhMyBosh
Posts: 5056 - Karma: 171
except now that you've gone and said that everyone will set their age to 18 regardless... this idea obviously isnt going to work.
Jan 6 2010 11:28AM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
how could this be controlled? im all for it, but i dont think it would work simply because people can say they are whatever age they want, all they have to do is make a new account and lie about their birthdate.

i think it would just be more effective to make a cult for 18+, which i am sure there already is, but is most likely dead since cults were sooooooooooooooooo 2005
Jan 6 2010 11:36AM
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Tasche
Posts: 5422 - Karma: 99
what they should do is give members the ability to flag posts as off topic/offensive/or immature. Then mods would have an easier time controlling content.

Or members could select options that would only show posts that are not flagged if they wanted to.

Also the rules are terrible, the mods all follow their own rules so no one really knows what they can post. I think the way to go is like a craigslist approach. Where if enough people flag a post it goes away. The only problem with this is that it will most certainly get abused by people who disagree with each other.
Jan 6 2010 12:30PM
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acc
Posts: 4122 - Karma: 222
You really think that 18+ is going to keep a more mature conversation?  HAHAHA
Jan 6 2010 12:40PM
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hurrisun
Posts: 6284 - Karma: 49
foolish!!!
Jan 6 2010 12:43PM
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.Asain-Skiier
Posts: 3708 - Karma: 977
the chronic masturbation cult was a failure though...
Jan 6 2010 12:56PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
joined. i didnt know about that cult
Jan 6 2010 12:57PM
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shibby
Posts: 7088 - Karma: -19
Yeah there are some of these cults and they're not all hype, they're way too serious about it. Besides, I love the general cuntery of NSG, it just gets too bunk sometimes.

Perhaps what should happen is anyone who posts any unrelated picture (motivational poster or meme) gets permabanned.
Jan 6 2010 12:59PM
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sack
Posts: 4881 - Karma: 147
this
Jan 6 2010 1:01PM
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49566738265
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My strategy is to act like an adult instead.  I do so by not letting internet spam ruin my day.
Jan 6 2010 1:13PM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
No, many of the threads become such clusterfucks so fast here in NSG that when one posts a random picture on page like 7 of an argument it=many good laughs.. especially if it is Potamus doing it cause he always posts like 4-5 of them.
Jan 6 2010 1:16PM
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OhMyBosh
Posts: 5056 - Karma: 171
you are the least fun person ever
Jan 6 2010 1:42PM
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scratchproteen
Posts: 5173 - Karma: 286
cause kid with any knowledge of the internet can't just go....1989 for their birthdate instead of 1997
Jan 6 2010 1:58PM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
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Jan 6 2010 2:51PM
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shibby
Posts: 7088 - Karma: -19
Too bad that shit actually happens in China.
Jan 7 2010 12:01AM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
Nah-uhhhhh. That sounds turrible.
Jan 7 2010 12:09AM
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