How do you like your ZGeek news? [Archive]

druckfugged

12-07-2005, 11:23 AM

I tend to prefer the amusing articles or those that might stimulate some discussion. I sincerely hope that's what you meant.

*edit
..ah, a poll...

lostreality

12-07-2005, 11:24 AM

i want more news damn it. i need to be edumacated.

plext

12-07-2005, 12:34 PM

Bulk != intrinsically good.

There has been a trend for the front page to become a mirror for major news sites.

If I want to read smh.com.au or Fark, I can easily go straight to them.

Even a little bit of an original take on these stories would be nice, rather than the nadir of copy/paste that the still included [Advertisement] block represents.

kré

12-07-2005, 01:14 PM

Scythe

12-07-2005, 02:03 PM

As long as it's interesting or funny, I'm not bothered about speed. It's all about quality, not quantity, baby.

Scumbag

12-07-2005, 02:20 PM

I like it to come bit by bit.

Instead of the same article being at the top of the page for half a day, then all of a sudden another 5 posts appear.

Also, it pisses me off when they arent put into order. ie; newer articles get placed Below older ones and sometimes I miss them!

that is all.

Sagacious

12-07-2005, 02:28 PM

How do you like your ZGeek news?
Hot with cream and sugar and a sprinkle of cinnamon on top (none of this cocao powder shit CINNAMON goddamnit!)

Scythe

12-07-2005, 02:32 PM

Also, it pisses me off when they arent put into order. ie; newer articles get placed Below older ones and sometimes I miss them!

I think this is to do with the time the article is submitted. I'm not a news mod, but I can post straight to the front page, which means that when I post a story, it bypasses "News articles awaiting review". Then if a story is approved later, it get put on the front page in the order it was submitted i.e. before my article, which was submitted with a later timestamp.

Of course I may be completely off base and it's all due to the internet fairies.

dwarfthrower

12-07-2005, 03:01 PM

it's all due to the internet fairies.

These internet fairies?
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/6342/internetfairies6lb.jpg

Directed

12-07-2005, 03:26 PM

I prefer my Zgeek news with bacon. MMMMMMM Bacon.

Movius

12-07-2005, 03:34 PM

Slower news... and a ban on newscorp links... and BBC 'science' stories

gooey

12-07-2005, 03:39 PM

slow.. then fast

ShinymetalASS

12-07-2005, 03:50 PM

Faster is not necessaily better.

Slow is just boring.

I think you've got it just right baby.

All of you ;)

p.s. I actually wanted "Tuesday" as an option. That's my favourite news day.

108

12-07-2005, 04:17 PM

Are we still doing the fake news Tuesday thing? I think every week makes it kinda tiresome. We should pick a day (23rd in honor of Warnie for example) and every month on that day it would be an unspoken fake news day, to fool the people that don't visit the forums. Making it monthly makes it often enough, but far enough from the previous one to make it seem like an event.

Ooh, good idea 108, rep++!

And I like the frequency of the news posts now, but I like the idea of the posts being less copy/paste and having more of a ZGeek prersonality to them. In the rare occasions when I post news, I'll try to write my own shit from now on :)

imp

12-07-2005, 04:43 PM

As long as it's interesting or funny, I'm not bothered about speed. It's all about quality, not quantity, baby.

:cool:

Jabro

14-07-2005, 05:21 PM

i only read the comics :]

jambo

16-07-2005, 04:42 AM

Regular.

wibble

21-07-2005, 04:05 AM

I like my news lightly grilled and sprinkled with cheese

MisterBishi

21-07-2005, 04:31 AM

Yeah man, less politics and wars, less copy/paste of boring irl news, more original shit (ie. created by the poster), zany shit and all round cool shit.

Oh and I got dibs on whoopdee.gif.

Yeah.

kashel

21-07-2005, 10:28 AM

I think its pretty good as it is.

berserk

04-08-2005, 01:35 PM

What news? I come here for the anal fisting midget pron.

The Cunt

04-08-2005, 03:49 PM

I'm all for quantity over quality.

It when the opinions differ (shit hits the fan) and zgeekers get brawling in the thread that makes for the best reading.

Vardsy

04-08-2005, 04:07 PM

I come here to get the weekend's weather outlook

Sagacious

04-08-2005, 04:16 PM

I'm all for quantity over quality.

It when the opinions differ (shit hits the fan) and zgeekers get brawling in the thread that makes for the best reading.
Like General Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf said of the numerical and technical superiority of the coalition forces as against the iraqi forces...'Quantity has a quality all of its own.'

eeefreak

09-08-2005, 06:38 PM

There's news on this site?

Where the fuck is the monkey sex?? I WAS PROMISED MONKEY SEX!!!

dilligaf

09-08-2005, 06:46 PM

It gets annoying on a slow news day. We need at least 10 posts a day on the from page, but the more the better. I remember a time when the whole front page would be less than 24hours old. Now there is shit from 2 days ago. Perhaps we need more? I would like to get back to front page posting, but I've got m trials at the moment. Perhaps i can help solve the problem at the end of next week when my trials finish...

and3w

18-08-2005, 11:30 PM

I think it is fine as is speed wise, but maybe a bit more original stuff. Also, it can be a bit of a pain if you are a pom and nobody looks at the awaiting review for several hours, so it all comes at once.
So, more British news mods to cover the aus time-out? (mememememememe) :-)

4X4

18-08-2005, 11:33 PM

*DRUNK* Let me just tell ya *HIC*, Good ol' Zgeek has never been better than *HIC* now! So*HIC*, shove whatever fu*HIC*cking idea of this place in need of *HIC* improvment!!

Seeker

20-08-2005, 04:59 AM

How do I like my Zgeek?

With fries and a bottle of beer.

munganah

28-09-2005, 10:17 PM

the more news the better
im an information junkie
i dont even care if its shit just give me something to read

Boobmeister

16-04-2006, 08:18 PM

How about we do something based on rep points or post numbers where you can post it to the front page yaself, instead of waiting a few hours for a mod who may or may not allow it to go front page?

MisterBishi

16-04-2006, 10:12 PM

Because the people with the most rep are not neccesarily the best news posters. It's quite straight forward really.

Scythe

16-04-2006, 10:29 PM

If it's based on post numbers, Sapia and Nodbugger would have control, and the front page would be nothing but American cheerleading and OMGWoW.

Xythan

04-06-2006, 01:08 AM

More News...I'm Bored...

LauraleeBug

29-08-2006, 07:39 PM

Slower news...

What he said! Even a big "Couch Queen" like myself (and a fast reader/typist) doesn't get enough time to read barely 20% of new stuff in forums - never mind the news as well. News to me is something that happened recently that you just found out, so I wouldn't fuss if the same page stayed up for a week... but that's just my 2 cents.