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OC Forums + Overclockers.com: Reunited
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So I will ask..
Whats that mean to us?
Whats that mean to us?
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It means the forum will be going on as it always has. It also means we'll get heightened exposure and ocforums.com will be rolled under the overclockers.com domain name (we've gone thru various domain name changes in the past).
Additionally, it means we need members to produce articles, reviews, commentary, etc that is of high quality to be featured on the frontpage. While the frontpage has recently been mainly a one man show, going forward the intent is to move back to our roots and get much more user contributed content which is relevant and interesting to the community.
If you can get more specific, I can also - hope that begins to answer the core of your question.
Additionally, it means we need members to produce articles, reviews, commentary, etc that is of high quality to be featured on the frontpage. While the frontpage has recently been mainly a one man show, going forward the intent is to move back to our roots and get much more user contributed content which is relevant and interesting to the community.
If you can get more specific, I can also - hope that begins to answer the core of your question.
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I was not aware that oc forums and overclockers.com were not 'officially' joined, but I see it as a positive step.
Overclockers.com was likely my first stop for overclocking information, way back when; as a google 'hit' for "overclocking'' overclockers.com is second only to a Wikipedia link.
Overclockers.com was likely my first stop for overclocking information, way back when; as a google 'hit' for "overclocking'' overclockers.com is second only to a Wikipedia link.
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In our conference call, it was made clear that Joe, iNet, and the forum all wanted to make the site more community-driven. That means members like yourself should have much more impact on the sites content and overall quality.
That, and iNet has kept the lights on here for the past few years while none of us have had to foot the bill, so they've been good to us. We also haven't turned into a "corporate money making site" - we're still the same homegrown unbiased content we've always been.
iNet has repeatedly shown that they recognize the value a healthy community can yield, and they've gone out of their way to not get in the way of that while trying to maintain profitable sites. We're fortunate for this, and I expect this behavior to continue to be reflected as these changes move forward.
EDIT: Oh, and Troy Augustine slipped me a few benjamins to say good things.
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How can we contribute to the overclockers.com site?
I would love to review stuff for the site, articles or what have you.
I would love to review stuff for the site, articles or what have you.
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Do you really understand what this means or are you trolling for the sake of it? I don't know where you are getting your information from...
What does this entail for everybody else?
Some immediate benefits that popped into my head:
- This move would give you, the members a bit more leverage in terms of accessibility, content and response time.
- We will be in a position to act quickly on your suggestions i.e engage a fast feedback loop if you will.
- The staff would like to see members handling editorial responsibilities.
- Benching, Folding, SETI and other DC teams will be strongly represented.
Working together, I am sure we can create something unique and accessible to all. I just hope for a strong, positive, effort from all of us!
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Nice!
Go Rosetta!
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You can write anything you find interesting, which you think the community would also be interested in.
You could also contact the author of a thread and ask if you can cover his thread for a frontpage article - threads are usually long and information-sparse. That is, a thread can contain a lot of good information but its often not concise and to the point. We can feature the good stuff we have going on, in a format that's more attractive to a broad non-forum centric userbase by posting articles which are essentially thread summarys like this occasionally.
If you have a component, review it and submit the review to me. Hopefully sooner rather than later, we'll need someone to produce a base review format for the site - something that everyone can use as a starting point so they know where to start, what points are important to cover, and make it easy to convert the work you did and the stuff you wrote about into a frontpage article.
So there's a lot of ways you can contribute - it's best if you have a certain interest which you'd like to capitalize on, or if you have a specific part you've purchased and want to review, but if you just want to get involved and aren't sure how shoot me a PM and I'll put you on a list for things we need help with, and we'll follow up with you.
So you can reach out to us and let us know what you want to do, then we can see what fits. Also, we'll be reaching out to the membership letting you know what we're trying to do and what we need.
Otherwise, anything you produce as far as an article or content can be submitted to me and I'll forward it to Joe - this will help us get a sense of how much content is being produced by the forums and where we need to focus our efforts.
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Joey: This is an example of some of the lighter stuff we can produce easily on a consistent basis. Obviously, I'd like to get a lot more high quality, in-depth stuff that I know our membership is capable of, but articles like this are much better than freeware reviews if we need to fill in some gaps between heavier content. If your interested, start writing up short summaries or analysis of forum threads similar to this and I'll start sending them to Joe. Anyone who produces stuff will receive all the credit in the arcticle (your name will be attached to the article, not mine or Joe's):
http://overclockers.com/index.php?o...s-my-room-baking&catid=52:cooling&Itemid=4257
http://overclockers.com/index.php?o...s-my-room-baking&catid=52:cooling&Itemid=4257
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Articles could always be submitted to Joe C from anyone... so not sure what the big deal is here. TBH I care more about Overclockers.com than having white stars here if thats what this is about. I hope we're not moving towards a "blog" kind of site... as I read above. That would be terrible.
When you say it will be under the overclockers.com domain name, you mean ocforums.com will redirect to forums.overclockers.com or something like that? That also looks to be a small unimportant change since I think before iNet even had the forums it was forums.oc-forums.com. So whats this all really mean without the long fancy description? It just means that forum members now should send their material to you IMOG instead of directly to Joe?
When you say it will be under the overclockers.com domain name, you mean ocforums.com will redirect to forums.overclockers.com or something like that? That also looks to be a small unimportant change since I think before iNet even had the forums it was forums.oc-forums.com. So whats this all really mean without the long fancy description? It just means that forum members now should send their material to you IMOG instead of directly to Joe?
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Overclockers.com has been a blog since before the term blog was made up. The only thing changing about that is it will be on wordpress instead of joomla, and the forum will be integrated in, and not under a seperate domain name. This is similar to webhostingtalk's setup.
What this means long term is that the forum is going to become the primary driver of frontpage content. While Joe will be present for the foreseeable future, we'll be looking to provide a structure in which we can encourage and promote more community (forum) content so that the site becomes self-sustaining - less of a one man show.
Material should be sent to me so that I can track what's getting produced and ensure we are organized in how we're providing content, and that the content submitted actually makes it to the frontpage. Joe can then focus on just scheduling, editting, and posting the content without having to manage and communicate with all the people.
Boiled down: this means we'll be taking a focus on improving the frontpage, and everyone involved with it will be working together much more closely. There hasn't been community involvement in any meaningful fashion with the frontpage for some time, and this opportunity will attempt to change that.
What this means long term is that the forum is going to become the primary driver of frontpage content. While Joe will be present for the foreseeable future, we'll be looking to provide a structure in which we can encourage and promote more community (forum) content so that the site becomes self-sustaining - less of a one man show.
Material should be sent to me so that I can track what's getting produced and ensure we are organized in how we're providing content, and that the content submitted actually makes it to the frontpage. Joe can then focus on just scheduling, editting, and posting the content without having to manage and communicate with all the people.
Boiled down: this means we'll be taking a focus on improving the frontpage, and everyone involved with it will be working together much more closely. There hasn't been community involvement in any meaningful fashion with the frontpage for some time, and this opportunity will attempt to change that.
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will there be something of a "what we want to see come from manufactures?" in terms of cases,watercooling,etc? maybe im the oddball in the forum but i always see missed opportunities by companies for some good products. maybe a "predict future products" section? just throwing things out there..
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If you write it, there could be. Start a thread about an overclockers wishlist, then summarize things in a coherent easily consumable fashion and it sounds like a good article to me. Could be a running column, and we could even followup by reaching out directly to manufacturers for feedback.
Get it started and let's see what we can do with it.
Get it started and let's see what we can do with it.
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Splat: wordpress and vbulletin is inet's tested platform for this sort of site. The features of wordpress for blogging are much better than vbulletin with addon's, allowing easier manageability and more direct access for contributors. Vbulletin's front page features are primarily bolt-ons which can work, but from what I've seen in testing it, it can get difficult to make it do exactly what you want it to.
The login system will be tied together. I'm not sure how comments will be handled, but I agree with your thoughts there also - I'll be looking at that once we get a development version up and running.
The login system will be tied together. I'm not sure how comments will be handled, but I agree with your thoughts there also - I'll be looking at that once we get a development version up and running.
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