Lately, the Internet has managed to not impress me. There's just so much that disinterests me to the point that it does not make surfing enjoyable. However, I enjoy forums for the reasons that I do not enjoy spoken conversations as much because so much can get lost in oral communication. I am no more socialble on the Internet than I am in my non-Internet time which has me spending more time on the Internet. It is a vicious cycle. But I'm not on YouTube, I'm not searching Wikipedia, I'm not reading the news because news is usually crap. I give a minimal amount of my attention to certain newstories. Those of which I have to pay attention to is because it is related to my career field.

And the term, "social network(ing)" . . . I hate it. I don't have any intention of being socialable on the Internet for the same reasons I'm not socialable when off the Internet.

I would not say that I am "addicted", but Internet Acess is a neccessity for what I need to accomplish. I am definitely not someone who always has a smartphone in their hand. I don't even have a smartphone. I'm glad I don't. For one, I rarely have a conversation over the phone. I prefer the communication method of sending text messages. It is short, simple - and to the point. It also cuts down on awkward silence type of moments. A pre-paid mobile phone suits me best. And why would I want to pay ludicrous monthy bills that come with smartphone?

I do have a mobile device that's not a phone that I use to get updates, keep me on schedule and has WiFi access when needed and It isn't in my hand 24/7. So. No - I'm not addicted.

Have you looked at other forum software? Will Invision Power Board be used for long-term?

Has this forum always used Invision Power Board?

I am liking this version of Invision Power Board for the most part. I would like to see single post view and the posts be separated like how a thread in vB is viewed.

What is the long-term view for this forum?

Let's just not go there.

What gets me irritated is when there are those who claim those against abortion are declaring war on women. Pfft! If abortion was about protection for women, then why are they okay with unborn females being aborted?

I never really made an attempt to notice what SHIFT key I use while keyboarding. Now that I look at it while I'm writing this post, I noticed that I am consistently using the left SHIFT key. Probably developed that habbit long ago, though I am sure when first learning how to keyboard that there was a "right way" and a "wrong way."

Proud to say that I have not seen any of the Iron Man films. Even waited for The Dark Knight Rises to be available to rent for a minimal fee. Just don't care enough about comic book adaptations like I kind of did. The soure material angers me and so does the community.

Hey hey, everyone! I'm Thought Crime. I found this forum by just Googling "nerd forum". I am interested in nerdy things as well as other things like being a contributing member to forums. I have been a part of much larger forums but I have been wanting to find a smaller community to be a part of.

Yes, I should also note that I happened upon this forum in that exact way.

My old forum died so I googled nerd forum to find a new stomping ground and nothing turned up, then I waited a few months and did it again and this is what popped up.

Does that not piss you off when your own project just falls apart? Advertising is a hassle. And you feel like your just buggin' people. You invest all that time and then *poof* it is gone. AAARRGGHH! That really sucks when that happens.

Thanks for the welcoming messages, everyone.

Computers. I enjoy all aspects of computers. I enjoy taking them a part and modifying when needed. Thinking about building my very first computer. It is either doing that or Alienware. But it would probably be more fun to build one.

Also was into comic books for a while and looking to get back into it.

I am afraid that may be as far as my nerd cred goes . . . as there are other aspects. But since this a nerd focused community, I'll just leave it as that for now.

Building would be far more beneficial. Alienware is effectively the PC version of a Mac; overpriced as hell and you're paying for the pretty colours, that's about it.

But that's why I want it! I want the pretty colours. But seriously . . . 

You have mod or admin capabilities? I thought there was only one admin.

If for enabling those restrictions for guests, wouldn't be a bad idea.

I don't know how much it affects a forum if it is private, somewhat private or mostly open, or completely open. Some have certain areas of a forum that are private. 

And I logged out to see if I could view my profile as a guest, and I could.

It seems guests have nearly all the capabilities members of this forum have except for communicating with members and posting messages. Is there an option to disable some of those things, like, viewing members profiles? I don't know what the options are for various forum software, except a few.

Will settings be kept as is?

I am fine with either way. I was just going to PM the question to you, but, a prompt said you are not accepting messages.

It looks a bit off when posting - until I revisit the thread that I posted in.

I never bought into the karma system. I was just curious about whether or not a dislike button would be added because fo the like button. Is the like button there because of facebook or something?

Oh yeah, people don't usually back up why they like something. The only service a like button adds is keeping from several member replies stating"I agree" in a row, but at the same time cutting down on non-contributive posts.

Sorry, SpleenBeGone, I thought this would be a just as helpful thread being that it would be all inclusive.

I had a thought that it may be a good idea to have a general feedback thread so that a member does not feel like they must create a new thread for every suggestion they may have.

Yay or nay?

Would this thread made more sense if a member with a higher rank would have created it? Probably. Anyway, I thought it might be a good idea to have a comprehensive feedback thread.

About those "Like This" buttons, what about the addition of a "Dislike This" / thumbs down button?

I'm sorry you are not fortunate enough to not be close to anyone.