inline replies to some of the above posters
lawl, i know, right? how many threads do we need full of people getting their panties in a bunch over whether or not marijuana should be legal? i was bored with that topic the fifth or sixth time we had a thread about it. now i don't even bother to open those threads.
I agree, it is quite annoying. But, there are a few people here who care about it a
lot.
avery said:
i don't really see that much of a difference between the old forum and the new one. it's still the same community. it's true that it's bigger than it used to be, but it's still a thousand times better than most other AB/DL communities. every time i start to really dislike someone in this community i remind myself how cool it is that i've actually gotten to know them well enough to dislike them. in most other places, you'd never get to know someone's actual personality. i see people having conversations that are like
"i like diapeees!"
"i like diapees too!!!!1"
"we like diapees!!!!1one =DD"
it's a shame that ADISC is getting a bit larger and more impersonal. but at least we'll never be like that.
looking down the member list at the people with the highest reputation, i don't really see any evidence that reputation has anything to do with age. mandi has the highest reputation right now, and she's only 17. to me this forum still seems to be oriented toward teens. i'm glad of that: it keeps people on their best behavior.
Agreed
I don't know if anyone else on ADISC feels this way, but I miss TBDL.org. It always seemed friendly, everyone in the community was happy to see you, and, at least for me, it just seemed happier. I miss some of my old friends from that site, and people who I looked up to. I miss the great stories that died with the crash, even my own story, The Infantilist Chapters of My Life, which I am negligent to re-write. (It was a fun hobby, it even got me 4 reputation points, but I don't know if I'll ever re-do it.) The community was smaller, warmer, closer-knit, and I always felt... wanted... which I don't always feel here. I remember finding out that there were others like me.
While there's nothing wrong with the modern site, it's just different. While I like the fact that there is much more diversity in age, I still miss when it was more for teenagers, because they are going through the same stuff that I am at this time. Now, I get the feeling sometimes that I'm not taken seriously. My crackpot theory? Reputation. Looking around, I notice that many people 16> have consistently lower reputation counts than our older friends in infantilism, and although you may argue, "Russian, it's because your posts suck more," I know that I try my best to make good, well thought out posts.
Also, the quality of the threads has changed. There are more repetitive topics now, in my opinion, the worst offender is the legalization topic. One or two threads on it would be fine, but now it seems like that's all a lot of people want to talk about anymore. F***ing drugs. Oh, and all forms of sex and genitalia size and shape, too.
I just want to feel accepted and loved. Usually, ADISC is good about this, but my bottom line is, times have changed, but I don't know if I have, too. I hope that, in reading this, you will not just shrug it off and negrep me, but will seriously consider what I am saying. Peace everyone, thanks for reading this piss-and-moan rant, please post if you have any comments. :grouphug:
-The Russian
P.S. I am Han Solo, if any of you remember me.
I don't think that people are giving you less respect just because of your age. Mandi here has the highest rep of anyone on the site, and she's 17. Obviously, being young doesn't stop people from respecting you.
If you're not getting respect, it is far more likely to be your tone/attitude than your age. That's my guess, at least.
And Han Solo does ring a bell

Welcome back.
Ive noticed that many people have been repping posts that make them laugh or insignificant things like that. I think its always good to add a little joke just in case. But yes they should be repping helpful or informational posts.
I think people should get credit for making others laugh. It helps keep the community together when we have fun by reading others' jokes. Also important is that it makes people realize that in order to get status, they have to add value to the discussion, value that others like.
On the other hand I think that a one-line joke is not as valuable as a long, thought-out post or article on a particular subject.
Nostalgia goggle syndrome.
The bottom line is times have changed, don't like it? Get over it.

Times change. Live in the past, or live in the present. Your choice.
I preferred the old website, but all the changes that were made aren't the website's fault, it's Moo's. I hate all the new rules, especially about memes and the taboo 4chan topic or anything that's related to it (like Anonymous), EVEN in the Mature forum. It pisses me off.
Another thing that I hate is the secret VIP requirement. Moo told me that he had enough of people who thought that they only had to get reputation to become a VIP or something similar, but isn't the point in reputation to show how respectable someone is and worthy of being on a higher rank?
There are many other things that annoy me with the new forums, like all the added features that are really pointless, at least to me, as well as the advertising politic with ADISC, and Moo's obsession with being in the first Google results. It attracts lots of members, which is not a good thing to me. I found TBDL thanks to my motivation, and I believe that helping random people to find the site through Google is stupid and pointless. I also don't like the fact that people who donate get more stuff, but I know that a lot of money was wasted during the crash and that you need help from members, so I don't mind. But I wonder when the donations will be hidden from the top of the main page, because it looks like MMORPGs that want you to pay to get extra items.
Also, to anyone who agrees with what I think about all this, I'm one of the only people who stands up and says what they think should be changed (yes, there are things that can and should be changed). That doesn't help with influencing our beloved administrator. Oh noes, revolution.
I could find a lot more things that I hate about the new system, but again, I don't blame the website itself.
Oh, by the way, the name change seems to attract even more pedophiles than before, at least to me. Maybe the proportion non-perv/perv is lower than before, but there ARE more members who join every day.
I've seen small groups of 'Anonymous' cause tens of thousands of dollars worth of criminal damage. I've seen them ruin innocent peoples lives by outing gay furries to their family and friends. I've seen them stalk people in real life. I've seen them push racist, homophobic and violent speech which creates a
very destructive culture. They are morally bankrupt criminals who get their jollies from hurting other people. Promotion of them or their 'causes' is going to remain forbidden on ADISC. Memes are usually bad, but not always. Promotion of 'Anonymous' is always bad.
Reputation does show that someone has got status, but it is not the only measure of status. There are others... like how much that person has helped the community, and how mature/thoughtful they are. This has nothing to do with age. One of the guys I respect the most on this site for his mind is Spirit, and he's only around 15-16. Being young doesn't mean you have to be immature.
I don't want to be #1 in Google. It would be nice as a 'congrats, your site kicks ass' thing... but very quickly it would become a nightmare. The background check guys would quickly get overwhelmed with new applications, for example.
Donors get a pink username and a 'Donor' title under their name. That is
all they get.
The donation link will never be hidden, because I spend $50 on this site per month, in addition to software licences and other costs (like the $150 software I bought yesterday). So I need that up there.
I don't mind people standing up and saying what they think, so long as they do it politely and with respect for the fact that I created this site and when things go wrong, I'm the one who gets stuck with fixing them. For example, taking down the donation link would cost me $60 a month and result in me buying less stuff for the site, hence reducing the site quality for all of you.
The only person who'se really qualified to judge on perv question is Charlie the background checks guy.
Well, I do like the features, but it does seem like some of the usergroups are hard pressed to get off of the ground. Personally, in that area, I'd love a reply system, which kind of notifies you when you are replied to.
As far as the "advertising politic", not even sure what it is.
As for getting off the ground, do you have any suggestions?
As for a reply system, check out the 'thread subscriptions' options in the thread tools and your UserCP. You can set it up so that you get emailed when someone replies to threads you've started or posted in.
The site is bigger, and obviously that makes the whole community less tight. But it's not like it is much of a struggle to know everyone... I feel like I know all the VIPs and regular posters well.
I do miss being able to read most posts, as opposed to just some posts that I can read now. But that's not really a big deal, it's not like I've ever seen a regular or VIP and thought "Oh, I've never seen them before".
As for the age difference, I don't know. I think we have it a pretty good way. Members as young as 13, members as old as [insert oldest age here]. The poll on this showed it to be about 50/50 between under and over 18s. I like having younger teens here, because the site is after all a support site, and they do benefit from the site a lot. And the younger teens keep everyone else clean. I like that people, as Daria said, "can discuss sex without it having to become sexual", and I wouldn't like it if people swore excessively or got too descriptive about certain things.
I like older members, because they inject maturity into everyone else, and give the place a more grown up feel.
Donors don't get much extra stuff... What do you mean? The only thing that donors get (apart from the satisfaction of donating

) is a pink username, if they want. And also they have the title "donor". That's it.
And I don't think the name change has attracted more pedos at all. If anything going from "teen" to "adult" has helped with this.
Agreed.
Definitely TBDL.org was better. Nowadays, we are getting to be less personal, less of a group of friends, and just a group of people who know each other's names. Rep has become a joke, yes. People are giving rep points for insignificant things, things that you can get from Comedy Central.
In conclusion, TBDL.org was much better.
Rep isn't a joke. Far from it.
Here are the last page of reps given:
reps said:
* Negative useless post, dumb question [-1]
* Good post, except its been done before, make sure you search the forums next time. -XYZ
* Very good analysis! -XYZ
* Excellent, thanks for the video!
* For posting this thread. -XYZ
* Best. Story. Ever. -XYZ
* Very nice idea. I would've posted this myself, but you had. Thanks. ^_^ ~ XYZ
* Wise comments on the changes to this site.
* Lol, I was wondering when someone was going to say that, and those other 2 sites are terrible to use...
* Not exactly a smart comment... [0]
* Thank you for standing up for us.
* Thanks for this guide. =) ~ XYZ
* No need to bash moo in a post. [-1]
* Great story so far! ^.~ Can't wait for the rest... =p -XYZ
* i agree with some things you said and i disagree with other things, but i always admire people who have the courage to speak their mind.
Except where indicated in []s, all of these were +1.
"XYZ" has been used to cover the names of the people giving the rep.
Most of these rep seem reasonable, and some are very good. They might be a little vague, but they're OK. Certainly not a joke.
I just love how people here are talking about repetitive posts and threads when we have gone over this subjects maybe, what? Ten times. Honestly people just have to shut up about it already, if you really feel so strongly about it, go make your own site and see how easy it is to never make it change. This is a place to have fun, not to focus yourselves on reputation or what others are doing that you do not like. If someone is doing something really bad, report them. And you talk about the same threads and how they are boring, get the hell over it or, I don't know uuum, MAKE YOUR OWN. All I read are complaints and no one is actually doing what they are complaining because of X lack their of. You guys only focus on the bad and are so blind now to even accept the awesome things that are going on here. Nice one. Complain more though, maybe one day, when you have nothing more to complain about, something will magically change.
FullMetal
I don't mind the complaining, its what drives me to make the site better. The only things I mind are when people demand things rather than ask nicely, and when they seem more concerned with flaming other people off than being constructive and trying to make the site better.
