Quote Originally Posted by westin View Post
Holy crap. This thread makes me sad. I haven't read much, if any of it. Stop complaining and post interesting topics to discuss. The most read/posted-to thread on this forum is just talking about how much it sucks! I wonder why we have gone downhill . If you were a newcomer, and saw this thread, would you feel like joining, posting, sticking around? The very members that make this forum great are all just complaining constantly.

Check some news sites, post interesting headlines, spark discussions, take sides that you normally wouldn't, just to stir people up.

Close this thread!
Didn't I say that a few times already?

I haven't closed this as of right now, because I don't think it's ALL bad...

I mean, like I said, I've pointed out, I can't even count how many times, not just here, but a few years ago when this topic was brought up before, which it has quite a few times I might add, I had said even then basically "If you guys spent half the time on making interesting or at least good threads as you do on making threads about how there aren't any of those threads, we'd be fine"...

I was basically saying back then to quit whining about how nothing seemed interesting except complaining, and that maybe instead of making threads complaining about how there aren't any interesting threads, to get off their asses and MAKE some.

I've been here for a total of 8 years. That's almost a decade... And I've seen a LOT of things since then. Like "AO is getting boring, there aren't any good threads now" and "What is going on it's so quiet here" and "Why is this place turning into a tech support center?"... And even then I was saying "Well, maybe if you got off your ass and posted something good instead of this bullshit it would change?" and "How about you get off your ass and CHANGE things! Seriously, buy a Punk Rock CD, pop it in, and realize that YOU can change things, all by yourself.

People bitched then too about this exact same thing. The difference? There isn't one... AO HAS NOT changed that much. It really hasn't. Back when I joined in 2002, we, the members, MADE AO what it was. JP was an incompetent cocky ***** just like he was until he got banned by N man, he didn't post much, he didn't pay anyone for anything, he didn't even ask people to post! People just DID it, and made this an interesting place.

Now? Jupiter buys it, offers to PAY people to redesign the old BeOS looking format, and people BITCHED!!!! As far as I know, that 50 dollars was never sent out because the winner said they didn't want it.

Then, they offer to pay people for Tutorials. I used to have a Contract with Jupiter when I was writing for another site about Computer Security and so on, and it was awesome, it got me some cash, and it got me writing more. They offered actual money, but people were to busy using JPs ass for a hat saying how big the ads were to do anything else.

Hell, I used to get complimented all the time about my sense of humor, and the way I posted, and then slowly but surly, people whined about THAT too... Seriously, people said I was to much, sent staff back before I was a moderator that I should be banned, and complained all the time about me. What changed?

When did so many tight assed nerds get through my Bastard filter?

I should link you all to GG Allin on Jerry Springer. Put some Fear back into you that everyone isn't a Windows administrating do what you're told book taught moron like some of the seniors here who complain about me.

Ahhh that feels better. *Puts gold star next to talking about feelings* Buahahaha.