I think it is wonderful that we now have over 6000 members. Having so many members I would love to see more input from our regular (even irregular) forum users. Some fresh ideas and thoughts and opinions would only add to this great site. Variety is the spice of life, the saying goes, and I bet we have a massive variety of users with just as many varied ideas. I am looking forward to reading lots of new posts from lots of new people.  

Noting the 1000+ members, how about a check on new members or members with 0 posts who haven't posted in a certain time (say a week or maybe a month) then they will be deleted?

Same for those with only a few posts who have been inactive for a certain time (say 2 months or so)?

Am I a regular or irregular member?

You own an Ebroadcast Orange Pen of Power so you superceed all levels of membership  

Hahaha you as well
Most people have average daily posts at like 8. something mines at 3.someting :S

Mine is 6 right now but I haven't hit the site every day recently and then it's just a quick run through.  
People are going to come and go and come back again.  I don't reckon the stated concern applies to you or me (I think).
Also, remember that it's not a competition... unless you happen to be winning at the moment lol.

Hahaha lol.
I'm almost a max member and when I come on I post heaps but I'm only at 2 messages a day cuz I signed up ages before I actually posted :S

If you didn't participate in the counting threads and tug of wars then you missed out on a bunch of empty posts too.

I ALWAYS NEW WE WERE ON A GOOD THING.
glad there are a 1000.more persons  that think like me,laugh
heres a big welcome to the next 1000
come on australia
have your say!

Lol yeah ebroadcast has awesome forums!

A lot more than 1000 I'd say...

Members: 1,645

Pretty damn good  

Quoted from dara

Lol yeah ebroadcast has awesome forums!

Forums? I thought there was only 1...

Congratulations

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

To the people in charge....ever thought of advertising the website, like, on TV perhaps?

I'm sure you'd get a whole heap of people interested. I found this website by luck and I'm really glad I did but there's probably a lot of people who are interested in TV in Australia.

Quoted from elie06

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

To the people in charge....ever thought of advertising the website, like, on TV perhaps?

What??? Do you know how much advertising costs? This forum earns barely any money, and you want them to pay for a $1000+ ad on TV? That's crazy...

Quoted from elie06

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

To the people in charge....ever thought of advertising the website, like, on TV perhaps?

i just about choked on my sandwich reading that !     fpmsl  
i mean really  

( and this is even before the cost comes into ! )

Come on you lurkers, post, post, post.  We're not that scary are we?  

Quoted from Paula

Come on you lurkers, post, post, post.  We're not that scary are we?  

No . . here is Devman:



This is Normangerman:



Meet Suzi . .



Look at Paula . .



If all the above does not scare you off. . .this will

Haha, Giz!  I really do that eyebrow thing too!

Hahaha that's funny

Welcome to Adelaide

At the time of writing this we have 2495 members! Speak up... give your thoughts a voice!
Love the depictions of us Gizmo, gave me a great early morning laugh, thank you.  
Cheers All!

well its clear the rest of us regs dont rate on Giz scale

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

well its clear the rest of us regs dont rate on Giz scale

I'll say  

Just the mods I guess... and why am I the guy from the Flintstones?

hmmmmmmm maybe becasue you live in the stone age i guess - i don't know

Suzi i understand thou

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

well its clear the rest of us regs dont rate on Giz scale

Even some of us mods dont...........

True! Seems Gizmo hopes to replace you LawnB

Not to worry    

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

well its clear the rest of us regs dont rate on Giz scale

Oh! yes . .  you do!!!  

I simply ran out of time last week before I went away for work.  

*I have nefarious plans . .watch this space * . . I just did not want to offend more members than I had to.*     

Norman may be Barney Rubble because he is short and Norman is always complaining he is short. Devman has really got me worried with that buck teeth thing happening but Gizmo.... Gizmo's has got me perplexed and bewildered because...... I didn't know she knew how to ballet dance or that she had blonde hair! Suzi is well depicted tho as far as running around pulling out her hair!

Quoted from SuziH

Norman may be Barney Rubble because he is short and Norman is always complaining he is short. Devman has really got me worried with that buck teeth thing happening but Gizmo.... Gizmo's has got me perplexed and bewildered because...... I didn't know she knew how to ballet dance or that she had blonde hair! Suzi is well depicted tho as far as running around pulling out her hair!

Devman is the 'peek-a-boo' moderator.

Norman is the 'High-Tech' guy . . so he should laugh at the Barney method of using bare feet as brakes on his car.

Paula . . well , the giraffe was her fav animation months ago . . so she gets it.

Suzi . . what happens when double threads are posted.

And as for me . . the blonde hair is not true . . the ballet is only a fantasy . . but the hairy legs,  well . . .    

Lol

Muttering to herself......damn stupid browser..... making me look like an idiot again.... still..... I corrected it Norman and now your post looks out of place....hahahahahahah, ***evil laugh***!

Not anymore

Now your post looks stupid!

***EDIT by SuziH: Norman is being naughty and deleted his previous post poking fun of me and now he says I look stupid.  
I'm telling Devman on you Norman! and double and :S***
Haha can't catch me..... runs like hell.......

***EDIT by normangerman: *Fun Pokes SuziH* ***

Here is Dara



and ALLEYCAT.  

Lol alleys is so cute!!
Am I a show off?

lol no Dara your a star !!

:O I play the piano too

Sorry to dig up an old topic, but check out the Alleycat video that Gizmo posted...

Quoted Text

This video has been removed at the request of copyright owner Silje Zuno Vågshaug because its content was used without permission.

Odd.

Ugh. Permission? I hate that word. Byfar one of the stupidest words in the English language. Everyone's such a credit hog nowadays.

That is soooooo funny^^^ this person must be online all day just searching for people who nick their stuff.

lollllll too true.

I wouldn't be surprised. Recently, my school kept harrassing me after I graduated to get some of my videos off YouTube. Gosh, what losers. And my videos have little to no bearing on their so-called reputation anyway. *rolls eyes*

I don't know what was removed, but usually what happens is that a server alerts the user that it's serving bandwidth to a place that isn't on the list or part of the website it's set up for.

How your school found your videos is pretty lame though.  Did you have to take them down, did they threaten legal action, did you tell em to get bent?  How did it play out?

Quoted from Youtube

This video has been removed at the request of copyright owner Silje Zuno Vågshaug because its content was used without permission.

Quoted from Silje Zuno Vågshaug

My goal is to be able to live of my art, but have only earned one dollar so far

What a fool...obviously she doesn't know about the benefits of promotion

Quoted from MeanDean

Did you have to take them down, did they threaten legal action, did you tell em to get bent?  How did it play out?

One of them did and I was absolutely appalled. I was appalled that they waited until AFTER I graduated for them to ask me to take it down because those videos have been on the internet for almost 2 years now.

The teacher that called pretty much threatened me with legal action as he was "embarrassed" for appearing in one of my videos and having it posted online. I didn't believe him because it was a music video, and he played the *ONLY* dignified person in the video. The rest of the students in the video were dancing stupidly, and would have every reason in the world to be embarrassed, but they haven't complained only because it gives them something to talk about lol (Or so I'd assume).

One video was taken down mainly because I played a homosexual character. Yes. Our school is not only sexist and plagued with unqualified teachers, it's homophobic to boot. Disgraceful, it really is. They complained about the video because it allegedly depicts the school in a negative way, which it DOESN'T. It's basically a spoof of Australian Idol using people from my school and I played one of the judges.

Frankly, the only legal action I would be afraid of is for using copyrighted music in my movies, but I've credited the artists although that may not be enough.

hahaha, I bet there was a staff meeting after that to address what can't be done as part of class anymore because of it.

Lol!
You should put them up on google videos

Good idea lollllll
But nah, it's not worth it.

To see the video all you need to do is be my "friend" on YouTube, hey it's fair game haha.

6622 members now!!! ....most are very quiet aren't they. Or is there some secret area here I don't know about????? *paranoia sets in*

wellll... ;P

Please tell me kiwi....  

never!!

Dara... I think you've said enough lol just wait til I tell Paula... you're gonna be in trouble!

no.. please.. tasman knows nothing!

OH!!!!!  

...so Paula has a private area where she entertains 6621 members  

SAY NO MORE I BEG OF YOU!

Earlier pages in this very thread are a reflection of eBlah's better days...

Quoted from 122

OH!!!!!  

...so Paula has a private area where she entertains 6621 members  

No, Suzi has most of those; she's the senior mod.  

Ahhhem, **clears throat**, yes Suzi is run off her feet

Quoted from Paula

No, Suzi has most of those; she's the senior mod.  

Thats nice to know....

Is suzi the senior mod :O

Quoted from LB

Thats nice to know....

Well, length of service wise she is, LB and managing to keep abreast of things rather well too.    

When you vclick on the View Portal link it shows the Top Posts as..

Top Members
1. (1166768747 posts)
2. LB (9712 posts)
3. sillygostly (8915 posts)
4. kiwi (8247 posts)
5. Paula (7205 posts)
6. SuziH (6194 posts)
7. Candy (4849 posts)
8. music313 (4349 posts)
9. Lowie101 (3368 posts)
10. MorganPym (3133 posts)

Who is that at Number 1 ????  

seriously

yeah spooky  

everyone together?

Yes, I am Senior in length of service but only 2nd in seniority in age
I remember the day well when I was asked if I would like to be the first Moderator on eBlah MarkII. I was, frankly, lost for words! **Joke** I am NEVER lost for words. ;

Quoted from SuziH

Yes, I am Senior in length of service but only 2nd in seniority in age

Not even in length, Suzi, I beat you on here by two days.....
I joined 16th September 2005, you joined 18th Sept 2005......not that it matters

Quoted from SuziH

Yes, I am Senior in length of service but only 2nd in seniority in age

Length of service as a Moderator LB, not for being a member on here

Lol, well, good job to both of you

Quoted from SuziH

Yes, I am Senior in length of service but only 2nd in seniority in age
I remember the day well when I was asked if I would like to be the first Moderator on eBlah MarkII. I was, frankly, lost for words! **Joke** I am NEVER lost for words. ;

I'm the youngest!  

Theres a few of us that have been at eblah way longer than any of the mods  


btw, thanks for ignoring my question just as you do with most of the reports I have ever sent in over the time

I joined 2 months after the forum opened, damn, not even near page 1

The old eblah was a great site, so busy all the time. Not that a busy site is necessarily good, the members here are great  

Quoted from 122

The old eblah was a great site, so busy all the time. Not that a busy site is necessarily good, the members here are great  

I never saw the old eblah
I wonder if it's in the archives.. what was the url?

wow

This forum seems kind of closer, in a way though. But it's still pretty different to when I first joined. Less not so active posters, lol.

Hey the 2005 one is so, just tv!

Wow, I remember the last one!

I never knew about the original original eBlah. I always used the website for my TV guide and one day saw the girl with a huge mouth announcing eBlah! (Mark II) I thought I would check it out and... here I am
It changed my life, no joke.

Same as me, Suzi, I was just checking the TV guide within a couple of days of the new Eblah starting up, it was just a huge coincidence really as I had never been on a forum before.
I used to play scrabble on Wordox and have a few friends on ICQ, thats all...........

Quoted from 122

The old eblah was a great site, so busy all the time. Not that a busy site is necessarily good, the members here are great  

I loved that forum.  I think we're talking about the same one... It was the first time I even knew what a message forum was and was probably the case for a number of other people, and although it was annoying to be unable to do anything about the real trolls, it sort of kicked arse anyway because a large percentage of the forum would gang up on them and it created a sense of comradery even for those that weren't interested in taking up verbal arms. It felt to me like it was "our" forum, and not some... blank space provided by anonymous people and looked after by... an annoying special interest group.  You can't even find that place on internet archive now.

I never understood why it was taken down.  It had real potential to... well for example the dating site that is affiliated with this forum now probably could have helped pay the bandwidth bills.

Edit: Those first two screenshots are from the original one Dara.  Thanks for finding it.  Now I can copy the url out poke around  

That's ok
What happened to all the posters on there? They just left?

We were given notice that the forum was closing down and that a differant one was opening.  I don't remember why.  I remember that it was written by an ebroadcast employee so presumably Glen, and that it didn't have images other than smileys (I think) so I guessing they weren't able to afford their bandwidth bill... that and a legal thing I had read about people running mythtv boxes (linux based tivo type devices before we had tivo here) scraping info from ebroadcast and it causing a bandwith bill problem, or bandwidth theft if that's what it was called.. I don't remember now.   I think the other one in one of your screenshots was the forum that was between the first eblah forum and this one.

Supprisingly, I read about the legal stuff while trying to find an Australian TV guide feed for a drop down applet on my panel (taskbar).  There wasn't anything at the time because people had to srape off a site that was filled in manually.  I should look into that agian.  Anyway, getting further and further from your question, those users scraping the ebroadcast guide should have just had a central server do a scrape every 6 hours and then everyone gets it from the same server in text format.  People probably didn't really set things up right or the scripts distributed checked for new info at an aggressive rate.  

Ohh ok. Wow. That's more interesting than ancient history lessons

It's funny how mundane stuff can be interesting.  

Haha, yeah

Quoted from MeanDean

I loved that forum.  I think we're talking about the same one...

Oh yes of course    Ahhhh...the good old days. Thankfully one of the members had the foresight to open their own forum and keep some of the friends together  

And had help from good people g  

I am loving seeing your 'old' avatar again MD. I'm sure it was you who taught me about avatars and how the boards worked. In fact I reckon its you I have to thank(?) for my addiction to forums over the years  

haha, yeah I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not either.

mmm...well on the upside its certainly made me fairly computer savvy, on the downside its wasted one hell of alot of my time  

stops me from gettin' bored

and with all the games, it keeps your mind sharp too...

what games  

Quoted from LB

what games  

Ha!