WTF happened to over yonder?!

[CameronBornAndBred]

Wow..what an eyesore...literally. That gave me a headache.

[lawgrad91]

Wow..what an eyesore...literally. That gave me a headache.

CB&B, did you see my rant on LTE 2.0? Well, now the ad is different on Decorum...and the DateMrsRobinson.com ad has migrated to your message on Ozzie's thread with the smilies!

It is a major eyesore.

[allen]

Yuck. It looks like the web-site equivilent of Wal-Mart at 2:00 a.m. on the day after Thanksgiving.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Wow..what an eyesore...literally. That gave me a headache.

CB&B, did you see my rant on LTE 2.0? Well, now the ad is different on Decorum...and the DateMrsRobinson.com ad has migrated to your message on Ozzie's thread with the smilies!

It is a major eyesore.

@LG..yeah I saw that after I posted this..and Allen, you nailed it.

[EarlJam]

Yuck. It looks like the web-site equivilent of Wal-Mart at 2:00 a.m. on the day after Thanksgiving.

Perfectly stated!

Why did they do that? Is it a Beta thing? I hope so. They just took two steps back on the Graphic Path.

Lordy!

-EarlJam

[YmoBeThere]

I got Gold Bullion ads...

[CathyCA]

My Facebook has an ad right now that says, "Law: The writing is on your wall: now is the perfect time to earn your degree online!"

Um, duh, Facebook. I already have the law degree. And an online law degree? You can't sit for the bar exam, at least in North Carolina, with an online law degree. What good would that be to anyone who intends to practice in NC?

[Lavabe]

My Facebook has an ad right now that says, "Law: The writing is on your wall: now is the perfect time to earn your degree online!"

Um, duh, Facebook. I already have the law degree. And an online law degree? You can't sit for the bar exam, at least in North Carolina, with an online law degree. What good would that be to anyone who intends to practice in NC?

Apparently, I've got an ad to get an online Anthropology PhD. Not sure that ILJ wants me going for a second one.

[CameronBornAndBred]

I just figured out that the ads are buried into the threads. That is horrible. DBR is toast in my opinion..it was one thing to dislike the moderation, but now they have gone on beyond commercial..in 12 hours it became a site that is more than a struggle to enjoy. Dumbasses.

[Lavabe]

Wow..what an eyesore...literally. That gave me a headache.

CB&B, did you see my rant on LTE 2.0? Well, now the ad is different on Decorum...and the DateMrsRobinson.com ad has migrated to your message on Ozzie's thread with the smilies!

It is a major eyesore.

Glad to see that everyone is a member!
The ranking system seems to have gone kaput.
I don't get any of those crazy ads.
Looks pretty much like the same old front page over yonder, but then things fall apart. Aside from Sue, DA, and BD posting on LTE 1.0 (and not here), I didn't see anything radically surprising over yonder... well, except for the different, more hideous look. Maybe I don't get the ads because I'm abroad right now?

[devildeac]

And furthermore:



Just my

[OZZIE4DUKE]

They suddenly seem to have an accessibility problem. Worked earlier, but can't get to it now.

[CameronBornAndBred]

This message is brought to you by Electrolux..sucking for over 90 years!

[Lavabe]

They suddenly seem to have an accessibility problem. Worked earlier, but can't get to it now.

Maybe the imported animated smilies put over yonder on the fritz .

That or maybe the recent emoticon use by devildeac fashizzled my brain. ;)

[Lavabe]

Just logged in over there, and realized something BIZARRE... or maybe I don't understand what I saw (after all, I'm just a cave man).

They now have a system of PITCHFORKS you get for how much people like your posts (based largely on people hitting the thumbs up or down button). You get more pitchforks for the number of positive responses people hit. It's sort of like college football helmet stickers. The more big plays you make, the more stickers you put on your helmet. Now of course, some folks have lots of pitchforks (a few chosen mods currently), and others have precious few. According to the explanation sticky, the mods may even delete items that receive a lot of thumbs down.

Oh no!!

I see all sorts of potential problems with this system. I can easily imagine some folks hitting certain buttons many times just to lower the rankings of certain posters or even mods. In the proper vernacular, it's sort of like "poll skewin' time" gone crazy.

I just think that feature will last all of about 1 week, MAXIMUM.

It also makes me glad to be over here. As the thread title says, WTF happened to over yonder?

[CathyCA]

Just logged in over there, and realized something BIZARRE... or maybe I don't understand what I saw (after all, I'm just a cave man).

They now have a system of PITCHFORKS you get for how much people like your posts (based largely on people hitting the thumbs up or down button). You get more pitchforks for the number of positive responses people hit. It's sort of like college football helmet stickers. The more big plays you make, the more stickers you put on your helmet. Now of course, some folks have lots of pitchforks (a few chosen mods currently), and others have precious few. According to the explanation sticky, the mods may even delete items that receive a lot of thumbs down.

Oh no!!

I see all sorts of potential problems with this system. I can easily imagine some folks hitting certain buttons many times just to lower the rankings of certain posters or even mods. In the proper vernacular, it's sort of like "poll skewin' time" gone crazy.

I just think that feature will last all of about 1 week, MAXIMUM.

It also makes me glad to be over here. As the thread title says, WTF happened to over yonder?

If I were still posting over there, and I rarely even go over there to read something, I would be giving certain posters "thumbs down" ALL THE TIME. Bwahahahahahahaha!

I might have to go over there for that very reason.

[allen]

If I were still posting over there, and I rarely even go over there to read something, I would be giving certain posters "thumbs down" ALL THE TIME. Bwahahahahahahaha!

I might have to go over there for that very reason.

With apologies to Arlo Guthrie

and if you're in a
situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's log into
DBR wherever you are ,just log in and give the thumbs down, and log out.
You know, ifone person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people logging in
giving the thumbs down and logging out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day logging in, giving the thumbs down and logging out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

[devildeac]

If I were still posting over there, and I rarely even go over there to read something, I would be giving certain posters "thumbs down" ALL THE TIME. Bwahahahahahahaha!

I might have to go over there for that very reason.

With apologies to Arlo Guthrie

and if you're in a
situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's log into
DBR wherever you are ,just log in and give the thumbs down, and log out.
You know, ifone person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people logging in
giving the thumbs down and logging out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day logging in, giving the thumbs down and logging out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

and you can get anything you want...

[devildeac]

Just logged in over there, and realized something BIZARRE... or maybe I don't understand what I saw (after all, I'm just a cave man).

They now have a system of PITCHFORKS you get for how much people like your posts (based largely on people hitting the thumbs up or down button). You get more pitchforks for the number of positive responses people hit. It's sort of like college football helmet stickers. The more big plays you make, the more stickers you put on your helmet. Now of course, some folks have lots of pitchforks (a few chosen mods currently), and others have precious few. According to the explanation sticky, the mods may even delete items that receive a lot of thumbs down.

Oh no!!

I see all sorts of potential problems with this system. I can easily imagine some folks hitting certain buttons many times just to lower the rankings of certain posters or even mods. In the proper vernacular, it's sort of like "poll skewin' time" gone crazy.

I just think that feature will last all of about 1 week, MAXIMUM.

It also makes me glad to be over here. As the thread title says, WTF happened to over yonder?

YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!
I thought it was pitchforks=#of posts as I had all of 1 pitchfork and was a "member."
I just might be done posting over there.

But I will make a visit and...


heh-heh-heh...

[allen]

Most DBR readers are unaware that it is no longer the DBR of old - that site was sold about a year ago to SBNation - a group that owns hundreds of sites. None of the original three principals (James, Julio, Boswell) are among the new owners. James and Boswell are not associated at all and Julian is simply an employee of SBNation. SBNation, to paraphrase Roy Willisams, "doesn't give a shit about Duke" They will do what makes money.