GFY's Size is killing it
 

Am I the only one that feels that as GFY gets bigger it becomes less and less useful? You've got webmasters whoring themselves out making useless posts just to increase their sig value. You've got the females in the MISS Gfy contest posting tons to win the MISS Gfy contests. And you've got the Search feature disabled. GFY is all but useless to me now.

It feels like 5% of all threads are business related. And if you aren't on the board at all times you miss them and they are bumped to the second page within an hour. The only time I use gfy is either to start a thread or to use the search feature.

Anybody else feel the same way?

:helpme

Of course... It's a productivity waster.

But hell...

I totally agree. Any useful post is quickly buried and because of the search being disabled it is pretty well lost.

Why not just open an extra sig free forum?

:stop :waaaaahh ...Growth is good

Probably you have a right. But what can we do ?

The only thing i agree with is The fact that the search feature is down...oher than that shut the fuck up...

You can do your part to lower the size of GFY by one. :Graucho

the search funtion is vital..since vb code is on and html off i still don't know why it isn't enabled

Exactly ! If we had search shit would be fine

The only guys that get a lot of jobs from here are designers ...

What is most efficient code? I prefer php scripts, but I read somewhere that non-compiled code is slower.

Here is a business related thread knock yourself out :glugglug

Start Creating TV Style Commercials To Promote Your Sites
http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...hreadid=303727

Welcome to 1500. :thumbsup

Btw shap Im getting tons of business here honestly ... tons .

But its pretty much useless for a program owner / tgp owner ... waste of time :)

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Nasty!!!

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Shap are you still selling spots on your sites like back in day ?

You can find business here if you're looking for it like Dre said. ICQ seems to work.

Hey Juicy, we are thinking about selling again. You interested in buying?

Dre, with the number of posts you make it would be impossible not to get business done :Graucho

Btw when I say business I mean reading about the industry, not necessarily doing business here. For example the KRL thread or the ibill good news threads. Threads like that die fast while the Britney threads just stick around.

That happends because people read and assimilate the info, then move on to the next. Threads like that dont prevoke thought...

Britney threads provoke thought...and for every britney thread thats posted, i bet a buisness connection is made...

For comparison, look at the thread views on those news threads...its just as high for the life of the thread, if not higher than the rest!:glugglug :glugglug

I totally agree. .. I just posted about cell phones (I dunno about you but my bill is probably 250 $ average per month if not more sometimes ... thats business releated)

And about microsoft backup server liscence that will be free and I got 3 replies in 2 business releated thread ... anyways

search didn't get disabled because of gfy's size. there's always been a large % of threads that were nonbiz related. but yes sig whoring has meant there's much more bullshit posts than there was in the past

Righthandman you are an absolute moron. :1orglaugh

Btw shap I gotta agree with you, the OLD awi days were the SHIT ...

Everyday I was learning LOTS of new things .

Sorry you feel that way, person who has used GFY SOOO much in the past 3 years with only 300 posts...

*word*

I don't use GFY because I'm too busy making money. :1orglaugh

It takes a Noob to judge me based on the amount of posts I've made over the past 3 years. :1orglaugh

maybe because bitching about cellphone bills and talking about microsoft is boring?

:winkwink:

just disable the sigs and this place would be back to a normal board...

And most of the people wouldn't post anymore.

not judging you by the posts that youve made, im judging the basis of this thread youve created...your buitching about how useless it is now, but you barely used it to beginwith... Just shut the fuck up :2 cents:

Hey Dean :thumbsup I just had a thought. Tgps and Galleries have their own section on the board. I'd love to see a Photographers and Searching for content section. Allow photographers to post their newest work. And those looking for content to post their needs there. That would be sweet.

Just because I don't post doesn't mean i don't use GFY. The same applies for you. Just because you can't spell doesn't mean you are an absolute moron. Or maybe it does? :1orglaugh

Maybe Lens could get Smokey the Bear to fix it

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and the amount of surfers on this board would triple

hehe

im all for a pay to post board myself, that will clear some of the the idiots.

Lol you got me on that one... "buitching" i guess isnt really a word...

Actually Noob I was referring to your other mistakes. You've got a shitload of typos, misspelled words, misused words. A word of advice use two hands when you type. This isn't a Britney thread, you can take a break. HA Noobs and their porn.
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It doesn't matter that you're useless (most can see you are) but your stupidity matters.

As a note to all this,
GFY is starting to be nothing but "today's hottie [pic]" and 10-15 posts with the same subject (Ronald Reagan is dead is a good example). It seems like a LOT of the people here don't have a clue about this business and that could very well be because they couldn't setup an adult site even if their life was on the line if they didn't.

Shap, I tried to be humble, just STFU and go about your buisness...You dont like The Way GFY is now, TOO FUCKING BAD. Quit yer bitchin and go about your goddamn buisness...

Your not allowed to bitch about GFY until you contribute to it!

Noob i've contributed more with my 300 posts then most with 5000+ posts. I've actually taken the time to help people in this industry. Most of my posts are an attempt to improve our industry. Not to discuss whether Britney is hot or not.

its how gfy has always been...

Agree:glugglug

edit: most of the useless people wouldn't post anymore.

Good thing.

You mean most of the people living in trailers wouldn't post anymore.

Having some of the rules that are on the books enforced would help. And adding a few sig rules would help as well.

"Discuss what's fucking going on, and which programs are best and worst. One-time "program" announcements from "established" webmasters are allowed."

How many times do we see announcements from non-established webmasters.

In most cases no-compiled code is slower....

Any site using PHP though can speed things up tremendously using Zend's ZPS as well as the AdoDB dba (done in php). AdoDB can increase performance upto 75% in some cases ;p

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gfy isn't really growing... it's about as popular as a year ago.. and it's been downhill all 2004 according to alexa..
not that that is gospel.. but against what appears to be growth and an influx of newbies it doesn't statistically seem to be moving.
Sure there are more posts, but the rise in posts doesn't seem to mirror a rise in users.

You want girls to cyber you or something with your sig ? Shap owns you and your whole fucking family. He can buy your little stupid place and everything you got (and you probably still live at your parents house i guess ...) .

Just shut up when you dont have a clue .

Thats a good reason why big guys stay away from GFY ...