Your worst fear...

[Emperor Claudius Rome]

I've wondered for a little while, do other members have a fear of something happening that would make our beloved EB suck. My fear is that a bunch of 9 year olds will join and spam up the forum. And prepared two scenarios on how it could happen.

1. LEGO.com shuts down for maintenance, and a bunch of kids think its broken and decide to come over to EB.

2. PizzaMovies (a guy on Youtube who makes okay Brickflicks that mostly 9 year olds like) makes an account here, and all of his followers do the same.

But what do you fear could ruin the experience...

[The Who]

Well, that all of the staff would get drunk and lost somewhere, and EB shuts down because nobody is here to maintain it.

Seriously, though, I'm personally not too concerned. I've learned in life that things happen, whether you care or whether you want them to. There are always more fish in the sea forums to go to.

[Commodore Hornbricker]

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[Shadows]

*stares at the stupid topic and hopes it isn't a sign that EB is going downhill*

*shakes it off*

Carry on!

*wanders off to ban this pizzamovies person before it's too late*

[Emperor Claudius Rome]

*stares at the stupid topic and hopes it isn't a sign that EB is going downhill*

*shakes it off*

Carry on!

*wanders off to ban this pizzamovies person before it's too late*

He's not a member... yet. Its only a matter of time until he finds out about EB

[Siegfried]

He's not a member... yet. Its only a matter of time until he finds out about EB

We can ban usernames even if no-one is using them.

[Emperor Claudius Rome]

We can ban usernames even if no-one is using them.

You are so powerful, even prophecies can't be fofilled as long as you are around.

You should also ban the name Brad Roberts Productions, because he also uses that

[WhiteFang]

Worst fears???

We are going to be their worst nightmare...

[JCC1004]

We can ban usernames even if no-one is using them.

What if some poor AFOL wants that name? They'll fell unwanted. You're a meanie!

I really don't think that EB is in any danger from spammers. We did have those ilovelego6 guys but I don't think a bunch of 9 year olds can overthrow us, we're unstoppable!

[prateek]

We did have those ilovelego6 guys but I don't think a bunch of 9 year olds can overthrow us, we're unstoppable!

Yeah, pretty much, so I don't think there is anything to worry about. As long as everyone acts mature, it's all good. If a 9-year-old apocalypse does happen, I think we'll all have to become temporary mods to ban every single one

[Tereglith]

Yeah, pretty much, so I don't think there is anything to worry about. As long as everyone acts mature, it's all good. If a 9-year-old apocalypse does happen, I think we'll all have to become temporary mods to ban every single one

OOH! Like an apocalyptic police state? Cooool....

In any case, I'm pretty sure there's been a topic like this before, because I distinctly remember saying that the nine year olds wouldn't be able to figure out what the 'L' in AFOL stands for and therefore wouldn't be able to create acounts, and people thought I was being serious

[JCC1004]

Yeah, pretty much, so I don't think there is anything to worry about. As long as everyone acts mature, it's all good. If a 9-year-old apocalypse does happen, I think we'll all have to become temporary mods to ban every single one

9-year-old apocalypse. Unless someone tells them about EB I don't think they'll find it. Very few have so far.

[prateek]

Very few have so far.

I was one of the very few

[WhiteFang]

I feel that this topic is very close to a thing, called the "lock".

[Siegfried]

I feel that this topic is very close to a thing, called the "lock".

Indeed. I seem to recall making a topic about people talking casually about being under aged.

[Peppermint_M]

What could ruin EB? Well, topics like this causing in-fighting and damage to moderator/member relationships?

What killed the last forum I used was a mixture of factors, it would crash for a few days at a time, driving good members to other forums. After the crashing and disappearing problem was resolved, argument topics questioning what a "true" member of the group was, what counted and what didn't. Then a certain member started making trouble but they weren't banned, the left only to return to try and drum up support for their "purer" forum on the same subject. A second long term downtime and a glut of new members afterwards alongside a lot of members I liked leaving killed the forum for me. I now know no one and never go there. It's focus is no longer my major interest.

The forum before that just upped and died. By the time it was back no one was using it anymore. I don't even buy the magazine it accompanied anymore.

Eurobricks has weathered the storms from members, has active moderators and hasn't had a long term crash in the time I have been a member.

[Siegfried]

and hasn't had a long term crash in the time I have been a member.

That's good to hear! We had a lot of trouble there a while back as we kept overloading the server! Several upgrades later we seem to have found one that works.

[RileyC]

A new wave of members that post immaturely and create havoc in the forums creating many older members to leave. I know you moderators would get on top of the problem its just the communial friendship within the site would deteriorate.

[Dunjohn]

There's a forum I go to (not Lego-related) that had an interesting near-death experience. Frequent server problems (down for long periods, even days at a time, pages failing to load, posts failing to upload once typed etc) meant they had to take it down for a month and replace it completely. In that time, most posters upped their participation in other, rival boards. When the forum returned, it had changed completely, with many basic features gone and new ones difficult to understand or see the point of. Most - literally, most - regulars didn't like it and didn't return. Over the last while, gradual changes have been made to restore some of what was missing, but the user base is way down. It's the product's official site so a newer generation of poster is gradually developing, replacing the veterans, and the site will probably recover, but the damage is done.

What could kill EB? Gimme time, I've only been here a couple of months.... I believe the broad affection for Fabuland is the weakest area in this site's defences

[Big Cam]

That members get more and more confident of their knowledge of a certain area and get a little snoody about it, making that area less fun to visit and participate in discussion because you are not as much of a genius in that topic as they think they are. It makes for a less enjoyable experience, when everything you say gets constantly shut down or someone feels the need to argue with you or proove you wrong.

It'a already happening.

[Siegfried]

It'a already happening.

No it's not. What would you know?

(That was a joke. )

I believe the broad affection for Fabuland is the weakest area in this site's defences

[Rick]

We should have a Fabuland forum instead of one thread in 'other themes'!

[Siegfried]

A new wave of members that post immaturely and create havoc in the forums creating many older members to leave. I know you moderators would get on top of the problem its just the communial friendship within the site would deteriorate.

Sad to say this is an on-going issue (yes I am serious) and it's one of the major reason why we try to keep the maturity at a certain level on EB. But the problem is that EB is always changing. For the most part I see it as positive, but you can't please everyone...

We should have a Fabuland forum instead of one thread in 'other themes'!

I'd like that but there's not enough interest for it to work.

[Big Cam]

No it's not. What would you know?

(That was a joke. )

We should have a Fabuland forum instead of one thread in 'other themes'!

I need to visit this thread, I've avoided it since I don't have any fabuland But I was thinking of collecting the figs from bricklink.

[Dennimator]

Well, that all of the staff would get drunk and lost somewhere, and EB shuts down because nobody is here to maintain it.

No, that´s what made EB to what it is like today.

(Just couldn´t resist, again, the Force is strong with this one)

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That's good to hear! We had a lot of trouble there a while back as we kept overloading the server! Several upgrades later we seem to have found one that works.

Still, the site seems to overload sometimes... Not often though, but sometimes my screen just says "there´s an error with the server" and I can´t go on EB. This usually only lasts for a short amount of time, though.

That members get more and more confident of their knowledge of a certain area and get a little snoody about it, making that area less fun to visit and participate in discussion because you are not as much of a genius in that topic as they think they are. It makes for a less enjoyable experience, when everything you say gets constantly shut down or someone feels the need to argue with you or proove you wrong.

It'a already happening.

Yes, I feel the same. Especially my favourite forum, Town (previously Trains and Town), isn´t what it used to be... I can´t really put my finger on it, but what you described fits pretty well, the attitude has changed.

[DISCLAIMER]Still, EB is by far the best LEGO-related forum on the net.[/DISCLAIMER]