Bad Petition on the other MB

Did anyone see a post on the official Steeler MB by a poster named gpguy in reference to trying to save the Steelers Official MB Petition: (Save the Steelers Official MB Petition)?

I don't know why they are trying to encourage people to stay over there with that mess. I think its a joke. They are saying things like, some people have over 10,000 post, and please go and sign the petition.

I say lets build this board up and make it the place to be. Lets encourge the folks on the other board to come on over a be a part of the new opportunity that we have over here. Lets not support that old situation anymore.. There service to Steeler Nation was less then desired. So, beause there service was so bad, we the consumers deserve a very serviceable situation. Its time to move on. Because there service was less then desirable, they are S. O. L.

GO STEELER NATION and come on over to the new world!!!!!!

 

Ray D, first of all, thanks for your info that you posted. Those numbers sound good. I agree with everything that you said. I don't understand why those people refuse to try and support that MB. The hand writing is on the wall, they are through. We must continue to blitz them with info about this site. I can't post over there, but if you can post over there, bombard them with information about this site. Let our voice be heard loud and clear. We will no longer support a service that is less then desireable.

 

Ray D, I haven't seen KevDude in quite a while. Do you think we can get his attention. I haven't seen him post on the other board since forever. He was one of the guys who really kept things interesting. Whoever can post on the other board, please send out some shoutouts to KevDude, SteelHack, PWP, Del, and Joey15215!!!

Thanks in advance.

 

Is there a way to give members on this board their post count from the Official MB? Maybe the admin can just manual alter it?

 

Seconding Pierogiman's suggestion, but if it's too labor intensive can certainly understand. See, TTF, it's just because now we think you're Superman.

 

The thing is, the people who had those massive post counts had so for a reason. They had a lot to say about the Steelers. So I would kind of expect their post count to rise pretty rapidly over here.

I'm with Ray D on this one. Clinging to post counts seems an odd reason to stay with a board that nobody posts on.

 

Agree with Thigpen82 on this. Do the stragglers who haven't come over really prize their post counts more than being actively involved in an up to date and vibrant message board? Seems pretty shallow if so.

 

LOL! Great post. Nothing like "Fire Bruce" to get people's attention. The old board is definitely on life support. Only several new posts the last couple of days over there. As for the post count issue who cares as long as we all know and recognize the longtime usernames over here.

P.S. old post count 2734 for those counting here

 

Yep, I agree. Post counts mean nothing, other than showing that someone posts a lot. I've been a member of countless Internet message boards on countless topics over the last 18-20 years (going back to Usenet when it was all text based). I've had really high post counts on some boards, and I've had fairly low post counts on other boards and never once did I feel like my post count (when boards started keeping track) meant anything. I've seen people sign up for a board and have 1000 posts in a week or two just b/c they post so much, and I've seen members with more useful thought-out posts take over a year to get that many. And if you really are that concerned about post counts specifically from the old Steelers board, keep in mind that a lot of people may have lower post counts because they couldn't get signed up for a long time or because they couldn't post half of the time.

This isn't to say anything negative about someone with a high post count, as there is nothing wrong with having a high count at all, but to me it's kind of like bragging about Playstation 3 trophies or X-box achievements. They show that you are active, but they really don't mean anything in the long run.

 

I have to agree with the comments about the post counts. It really seems immaterial to me. What should be more important is the content of what someone posts, not the number of times they posted: LOL, or KEWL, or something meaningless. What I think is really cool about this board so far (in addition to TTF creating it and working hard to support it!) is that most of us who came over have kept the same MB handles, so people know who you are regardless of whether you have 5,000 or 5 posts under your name. I know who to look for to get meaningful insight about our team and the game in general. But hey, if a post count is what makes you happy, more power to you.

 

just tried to post the link for this site on the other board, but the submit button is gone. They're onto us! :-D

 

that 'other board" is a joke. has been a joke for years... no one ever responded from the "other board' i hope it goes the way of the dinosaurs.. put it to sleep... i tried for 2 years to get someone to respond to my request to join that crappy board and never got a reply.... hope everyoen leaves and comes here.. thanks to whoever started this board..

 

Ray D, I read your post over there with the same information that you posted over here, and yes you are right, nothing has been done about your post. I believe that they have left the ship, forgotten about the site and really just don't care. Anyone who is still trying to keep that board afloat is crazy. They are wasting there time. You told them right, come on over to this site. If they haven't recognized yet, they soon will.

The guys that you mentioned in your post, asking them to come on over so that they will receive a hero's welcome are all long time veteran posters over there who keep the board very exciting, (kevdude, del, pwp, steelhack, joey15215, and many more). So, keep sending out invitations to those guys until they get here. Infect, if you keep sending out invitations to come on over to this site, then we will know that nobody cares about that site.

 

Ray D, that was great. If I could post over there, I would give them the blues!!!!

 

First post on the new board! Thanks for setting this up Terrible Towel Flying...looks like a HUGE upgrade!

 

Actually Ray for me it was missing. How much of an addict am I . I tried clicking on it and could never find it. Looked up source code and found it approximate location and still it was unclickable . Tried various browsers 3 to be exact and still nothing. So for me at least it was just missing hehe

Bman

 

I read your post this morning just before I left for work. Came home and registered here and was very glad to see some familiar names. BTW, I was steel_press over on the dying/dead Steelers mb.

Thanks again for the post and link