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RJ Spurrier

SuperTopo staff member
Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 12, 2003 - 06:41pm PT
Hello SuperTopo Forum,

In response to numerous requests, we have made an important change to the Forum.

Effective today, the SuperTopo Forum now implements required membership. This will mean that in order to post or reply to a message, you will need to first <a href="signin.html">sign-in to the forum</a> or <a href="newaccount.html">join the forum to become a member</a>.

Although registration increases the amount of effort required of people to post, our hope is that registration will also result in an upgrade in quality of posting.

Our goal in the SuperTopo Forum is to provide a friendly and informative resource for climbers of all skill levels and interests. More information is available on the <a href="forum_intro.html">forum introduction page</a>.

If you have any questions or suggestions to further improve the forum, please reply to this post. You can also feel free to send me email at <a href="mailto:webmaster@supertopo.com">webmaster@supertopo.com</a>, or to Chris at <a href="mailto:webmaster@supertopo.com">chris@supertopo.com</a>.

Thanks for your on-going help to improve the Forum.

Regards,

RJ Spurrier
SuperTopo Webmaster

P.S. Here's some of the past discussions that influenced our decision to require membership:

<a href="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?m=12706">http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?m=12706</a>;

<a href="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?m=10577">http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?m=10577</a>;

<a href="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?m=1981">http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?m=1981</a>;

Slab-Dyno

Trad climber
Pennsylvania
Jan 12, 2003 - 09:11pm PT
So what does everyone think of the new forum rules?
David

Trad climber
San Rafael
Jan 12, 2003 - 09:55pm PT
Nice work Randy.
mike hartley

climber
Jan 12, 2003 - 10:31pm PT
Really support your new "screening" policy. There's a lot of great information to be gained from this type of forum but wading through some of the incredibly moronic entries has been trying. Thanks!
wallkid

Big Wall climber
cayucos ca
Jan 12, 2003 - 10:40pm PT
this is wierd my reply box says hello to me......holy shit
c4

climber
United States
Jan 12, 2003 - 11:47pm PT
Nice job. Now I search for all my moronic posts.

Time will tell what effect this has on the forum.
hillsyde one

Social climber
modesto
Jan 13, 2003 - 01:10am PT
ok. this is cool. i might miss some of the humor value of the "off topic" chatter though...we still get what we need here, right? info.....
hillsyde one

Social climber
modesto
Jan 13, 2003 - 01:16am PT
im also noticing the more "random?" topics drifting towards the bottom of the list......hmmm
Michelle

climber
Cali
Jan 13, 2003 - 01:47am PT
"Hello Joshua"
"Do you want to play a game?"


cool.
Granitewalker

Trad climber
3rd Stone from the Sun
Jan 13, 2003 - 01:52am PT
How about Global Nuclear Warfare...

Scott
Bob Jones

Trad climber
san luis obispo
Jan 13, 2003 - 02:30am PT
how about a nice game of chess?
Russ Walling

climber
Jan 13, 2003 - 02:35am PT
Profanity filter test:
F*&%
S&*+
C&$@
D$#@
A##*!@#
up2top

Big Wall climber
Phoenix, AZ
Jan 13, 2003 - 11:46am PT
Cool. Accountability has been much needed for a long time. Nice job.

Ed
Ron Olsen

Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
Jan 13, 2003 - 12:00pm PT
I applaud the change to the SuperTopo forum. Let's hope this reduces the garbage that used to be posted anonymously.
Michelle

climber
Cali
Jan 13, 2003 - 01:30pm PT
It's not on the list!

tick
tack
toe


oh, did I digress? I do like the sign in dealy-o.
dillweed

climber
CA
Jan 13, 2003 - 01:51pm PT
neat!
BR

Trad climber
The LBC
Jan 13, 2003 - 02:28pm PT
Thanks. Much appreciated.

br
Howie

Trad climber
Calgary, Alberta
Jan 13, 2003 - 02:47pm PT
At last!
Climb safe.
Howie
Mike

climber
Orange County CA
Jan 13, 2003 - 03:32pm PT
Nice work, guys. Thanks for keeping it dynamic. And thanks in advance for modifying it further if it doesn't achieve its objective.
Hammer

climber
Jan 13, 2003 - 05:09pm PT
Cool :)
Hammer

climber
Jan 13, 2003 - 07:04pm PT
I'm looking forward to the ST forum being a kinder, gentler place. (Too much to expect?)
Fingerlocks

Trad climber
where the climbing's good
Jan 13, 2003 - 07:52pm PT
I'll bet there will be more informative threads, but maybe there should be a corner for some of the off topic rants? Or is everybody just going to be nice? What a thought.
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Marin Hot Tub Country
Jan 13, 2003 - 08:01pm PT

I suppose you could always go to rockclimbing.com
or the USENET group rec.climbing, where well-written
flames are not only encouraged but expected.

Hardman Knott
Jay

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jan 13, 2003 - 08:19pm PT
I like the idea of having both a tame and tumultuous forum. I don’t mind logging in but I'm going to miss some of the trollers; “Some” being the key word. Keep it fun!
RJ Spurrier

SuperTopo staff member
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2003 - 01:21am PT
FYI, another change to the forum is automatic link support. If you put a web link on its own line in a post like this:

<a href="http://www.supertopo.com/articles/boldschool.html">http://www.supertopo.com/articles/boldschool.html</a>;

It will now automatically get turned into a clickable link. To make it work you need to include the full URL, including the http part.

rjs
Charlie

climber
Jan 15, 2003 - 09:06pm PT
Way to go; I like it
FREEclimber

Social climber
SF
Jan 17, 2003 - 07:02pm PT
the best thing about the new ST forum is that we will only have to check it once a week in order to be current on all topics, largely because no one posts here any more (funny that...).
Miles

climber
San Francisco, CA
Jan 18, 2003 - 12:37am PT
I dunno, freeclimber, posting seems to be pretty lively, and there's definitely more signal and less noise. Cool, I say.
Loom

climber
K P Pinnacle or Erebus
Jan 18, 2003 - 01:20am PT
It used to be like an online deli session at times, now it's like a series of approved slide shows at the lodge.

I miss the wild west atmosphere.

After thousands of hours sitting at the deli listening to the twisted humor of people who pick up body parts for a living I’ve enjoyed the irreverence. I think I can usually tell when someone is truly racist or full of hate as opposed to someone who is just trying to be shocking.

But the free-for-all couldn’t last. It’s Chris’ sandbox and he and all the kids in neatly starched jumpers were bound to get tired of the brats from the trailer park leaving turds and dead cats in it.

Hammer

climber
Jan 18, 2003 - 03:12pm PT
It sure is different. More 'civilized' maybe? Guess I kind of miss the old obnoxious stuff.
joker

Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
Jan 18, 2003 - 07:35pm PT
I'll miss Satan and Donny (if Donny really even exists) if they quit posting... I laughed, I groaned...
hillsyde one

Mountain climber
not a place where i can climb @ this moment
Jan 18, 2003 - 10:27pm PT
it was not hard to sift through the stupidity to find the valid info....if and when that was what i was after.
Loom: nice analogy...trailer trash kids shitting in the ST sandbox n all. see? i still get some crisp, ol E influenced, chuckle inducing literature in the ST forum.
Miles

climber
San Francisco, CA
Jan 18, 2003 - 11:03pm PT
But really what's to stop Satan and Donny et al from posting now? So everyone knows their email address. BFD.
Jody

Mountain climber
San Luis Obispo County, CA
Jan 19, 2003 - 12:35am PT
It isn't that hard to create a false ID and flame away...

I like the change because I don't have to log in any more to post...I would like a feature that allows us to go back and edit posts afterwards, for spelling errors, etc.
Demented

climber
Jan 19, 2003 - 12:45am PT
I am bored silly, now...

Yes...all the "new and improved" posts are great, full of good stuff.. but...

Been there done that at rockclimbing.com. It has enough great and good stuff, too. It lacked humor. ST had humor. Now ST lacks humor.

Well, hope it works out for the best zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
Will know soon
Apr 19, 2010 - 06:58pm PT
The thing is Jeff, I have never known anything different. ST started for me in 2008.

Maybe it's like climbing. The young pups don't know about the Ditch bitd, but they are making their own history....as am I and other newbies around this grate ST campfire of awesome folk.

But you guys have kept the Forum alive so it was there waiting for our wonderful discoveries. Smiles, lynne
MisterE

Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
Apr 19, 2010 - 07:23pm PT
Russ Walling said:

Profanity filter test:
F*&%
S&*+
C&$@
D$#@
A##*!@#


Don't forget Howwit (A#@&%e)!
HighDesertDJ

Trad climber
Arid-zona
Apr 19, 2010 - 08:13pm PT
RJ- your autolink support doesn't appear to work for Chrome.
snarky

climber
Hoisington
Nov 3, 2014 - 08:48pm PT
Hooray! Finally!
j-tree

Big Wall climber
Typewriters and Ledges
Nov 3, 2014 - 09:27pm PT
Is it just my browser or are RJS's posts trying to use html coding and failing?
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Nov 3, 2014 - 09:40pm PT
The original post is from 2003.
The forum could probably display that plain html at that time.
j-tree

Big Wall climber
Typewriters and Ledges
Nov 3, 2014 - 10:06pm PT
Thanks Clint.
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Nov 3, 2014 - 10:44pm PT
snarky is being a resurrecting pain in the ass today.
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Nov 4, 2014 - 12:09am PT
I like it the way it is.

Yeah, there is a lot of waffle, yes I do not climb as much as in the past, yes I have cut down on my postings, but ST is the one forum I can go to and enjoy.
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