State of the QBN 2019
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- mg3314
I love you Benn, but you seem to have a more-than-mild obsession with seeing QBN as more than most of us do, which is a virtual clubhouse of acquaintances with digital friendships going on 15+ years, no more / no less. So many online communities have withered as people have created Facebook groups to cover a myriad of topics and purposes.
The site won't and isn't going away; you don't have to worry about that at all. It's sort of a microcosm of society these days comprised of a majority of us who have been here for quite a long time. We closed membership because certain adults couldn't be trusted to be mature and responsible and not act like complete lunatics, which sucks because we were occasionally attracting new members.
Yes, it would be nice for QBN to grow. Yes it would be nice to have a greater focus on design topics. Yes, it would behoove us to get rid of NSFW content, COTD, etc. to help make the place a bit more presentable to new members, especially women, who these days probably don't feel very welcome to a site with the NSFW content here. Truth be told, we don't need that stuff here at all. People can make a sub-Reddit instantly to post NSFW content to their heart's content.
You said it yourself, Benn:
"QBN isnt a design forum since many years now. Its a place to have fun and communicate with people."That was my point up above. Long ago NT/QBN was some kind of epicenter of discussion / sharing / bragging / complimenting, etc. and it was great at the time. Things change. People grow up, get more serious in careers and lives and families and other responsibilities. If you can just view this place (for the time being) as a group of people who have all known each other and developed varying levels of digital friendships, then it's a good place. You just need to be content with that. :)
- I would back getting rid of cotd, and nsfw thread
*runs and hides*Gnash - Fact is, for this site to grow, and for some of us in this industry to want to promote the site, NSFW content MUST go. It shouldn't even be a debate.mg33
- ^ 100%Gnash
- (Except for Simon’s links - which is a members work )Gnash
- Agreed. Can the grot.Fax_Benson
- Snuff the chuff.Fax_Benson
- agreedmonospaced
- NSFW
https://i.imgur.com/…utopian - the NSFW is the thread that shows up in Google search when you search QBNcanoe
- There are 20 titles on the left at once. COTD, NSFW, BOTD occupying already limited space there.Beeswax
- ya i'm all for rid of cotd. a lot of posts there just straight up creepy. & NSFW thread... who actually like watching that kind of stuffs other than shock valuepango
- its the internet guys. there are porn sites for that!pango
- All for scrapping cotd, etc. With all due respect to Simon who is a respectful dude through and through.ben_
- good point mg33, see the post i just posted in this threadBennn
- Keep COTD it has artistic merit I think. NSFW must go. I'm an ass man and love BOTD but willing to let it go for the greater good! lol_niko
- The QBNr's love beating off to the "Chick of the day thread" lots of hot gash and slots to fill there. It Stays!utopian
- amen._me_
- even though I post in the cheeky threads sometimes and I still agree they should goGardener
- I am not so much for the NSFW stuff either. But then let me post in the photography thread. Happy with this. Please no censorship on QBN. It's everywhere else!SimonFFM
- ya im for simon's in photography thread. separate his work from the rest of the cotd... :/pango
- Get rid of COTD, et al, or is there a way to mark them noindex/nofollow to hide from the Goog and also remove them from nav, unless a user checks off "Show NSFelahon
- W Content" in their user settings? Or just flat-out remove it, IDGAF, I'm for that 100%.elahon
- "Oh, new Butt of the day post!" as I click that. hahaelahon
- COTD etc. are ridiculous, 2019 and folks sharing nudes on a d̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶ general interest forum. Big contributor to the current state of things...kingsteven
- +1 KingStevenNairn
- Whack the crack
Loobs the boobs
Pass on't'ass
Clean the bean
Deet the feetNairn - + 1 everyone abovedee-dubs
- expunge the clungeFax_Benson
- Ooh, bravo, fax - Bravo!Nairn
- :)Fax_Benson
- This idea there was more of a design focus in the past is a myth. I remember more _Randomize Me than design topics.CyBrainX
- i'm against any kind of censorship. this was never a design only forum. shenanigans existed from the get go and it evolved to where we are today. shame on you!renderedred
- and let us assume "we" start voting on threads to delete? where does it stop exactly? is hate kanye thread ok? how "clean" do you want this place?renderedred
- do we keep the politics and religion threads? i vote no on this. it stays, all of it.renderedred
- i think QBN is great how it is! take care, cause when this goes on, QBN could get a one out of many boring design forums. the mix of topics is so special here.api
- what's wrong about some not safe for work topics? i really enjoy things that are not only work or design related to see here.api
- exactly @api i always came here for the varietyrenderedred
- the variety of tits? Why do you have to have multiple threads full of middle aged men rating the genitals of 19 year old girls?Fax_Benson
- i personally don't but i don't mind a well shaped nicely photographed boob here and there...renderedred
- or: https://www.qbn.com/… ;) why not?renderedred
- i get it @fax you are against these things, but where does it stop, to reiterate my questinerenderedred
- it would stop at the butt / tits threads, as suggested. I agree they put a limit on what's possible with this place. They don't add anythingFax_Benson
- you can't seen a million other places. Whereas the people they potentially put off could / would add somethingFax_Benson
- sorry for being a cynical old cunt :) but i see no line of people waiting to join this particular forum. i only see people leaving drama :) and lurkers...renderedred
- i bet if a few lurkers got "busy" we could see something. let's try that first?renderedred
- every community needs "lurkers"! without readers there is no content. it's like wikipedia, only a view post things, when the time is right.api
- i think if anyone wants to have new members, we could invite them on other platforms. did you try that? & tell them we also have great nsfw content. har!api
- I'm against any kind of censorship. QBN is a place for so much more than just design topics and that's what makes it special.riskunlogic
- meh, 'censorship' is a bit of a pointlessly- strong card to try and pull in this context. it's male-centric porn posted somewhere where lots don't want it.Nairn
- I would back getting rid of cotd, and nsfw thread
- renderedred21
a few posts back i was optimistic about new users. so, no, it's just the same trolls under a different username...
- A couple of seemingly good ones snuck through, then flooded with absolute fuckos. I don't get it, the internet does weird shit to people.ben_
- It's ok, because the usual suspects are so fucking dumb that their alts stick out like a sore thumb on gain week.garbage
- pretty muchpango
- Come on, let's make QBN great and fun again. Too much negativity, politics and shitting here lately.SimonFFM
- The best way to deal with trolls is to never respond to them. This latest one is trying sooo hard to get a response, it's quite funny and sad :)yuekit
- I don't get how people have the time. not much going on in their lives I guess.inteliboy
- and you aren't guilty of being a troll here on qbn in the past?pockets
- Please tell me more...pockets
- oh @pockets, sorry man. ;)renderedred
- i am here for the funseddieScissors
- Be the change you want to see in the world. Start a PSB or something.i_monk
- ... or design challenges, year end playlists, alternate channels. So many productive things one could do ...deadsperm
- year end playlist in June... if only.ben_
- i_monk20
Instead of another pointless drama thread like Thunderdome, bump a design thread with a relevant post.
Pic of the day - DESIGN:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/58269…Ad of the day:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/58924…Book cover of the day:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/64209…Package Design of the day:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/63660…Typography:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/63619…Poster of the Day:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/63464…Font of the Day:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/55244…The Useful Thread:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/57770…Logo of the Day:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/56201…Vid of the day - DESIGN:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/58423…Show some recent work:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/53530…Architecture of the Day:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/58675…Art of the Day Thread:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/63060…design thread:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/54992…Client of the Day:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/63197…Black & White Photography:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/68138…Pentagram Sucks...:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/57888…
(anything Pentagram-related, not just their sucky stuff)Street Art:
https://qbn.com/topics/643922-st…iPad Pro – DESIGN:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/76383…Minimalist Thread:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/69951…Maybe revive one of these older/less popular threads:
Your latest DESIGN purchase:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/55321…Generative Art:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/76150…Type Appreciation Thread:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/42866…Type resource thread:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/56339…Brand Guides:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/55288…Album art is dead.:
https://qbn.com/topics/678051-al…museum ID's:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/59403…CINEMA: crushed blacks.:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/65570…flat logo's vs '3d' logos:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/67710…Color Grading in films:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/71239…Rebrand Examples:
https://qbn.com/topics/760435-re…Line logos:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/65439…University Rebrands:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/68087…Classic Italian Typography:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/66272…Or the tangentially related Associate threads:
◯ Associate to Circle:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/58025…▲ Associate to Triangle:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/59426…. : Associate to Triangle:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/57522…
(of course we have two)Associate to: WHITE:
https://www.qbn.com/topics/68535…/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / :
https://www.qbn.com/topics/69776…- what is that thunderdome supposed to be for anyway?hans_glib
- ^Stirring the pot.i_monk
- Who runs Bartertown?misterhow
- You forgot Chick Of The Day
https://www.qbn.com/…deadsperm - Is this guy serious?i_monk
- @hans Thunderdome was my attempt at an idiot quarantine. i_monk is right, that was like trying to herd cats. This is a much better post.garbage
- THUNDERDOME is about two things: 80s Tina Turner Wasteland Warlords and Hardcore Gabberprophetone
- Great post, thank you.zarkonite
- Thanks, I appreciate this.Fabricio
- should we look at the name imonk in all theses threads? or imonk in totality of other threads?deathboy
- Oh good, they let you out of your cage again.garbage
- Let's face it. Everything else on QBN has been completely useless.CyBrainX
- *bookmarked
I always forget which threads are which.
Thanks, i_monk!Nairn - Imagine if those links were accessible in an easy to remember URL like QBN.com/librarydeadsperm
- hehe i did actually think it looked like an official, good idea when I scrolled back up that thread. A shame it was docpoz (wer) who made it...Nairn
- It wasn't docpoz just zealot mods. No big deal but it's this kind of petty shit that gnaws at the goodwilll of improving this site.deadsperm
- Bennn16
- 6 seniors dishing out 81 upvotes on a cash cat, i'm impressedrenderedred
- From left to right: Krassy, pockets, Bennn, fadein11, utopian, Moderator. Just a random joke ;Pmaquito
- i'm the fart on the right, The Moderator was looking for my lost denture somewhere at the 3rd hole.sted
- Sorry sted, you both totally look alike.maquito
- No worries, sometimes even I don't recognize myself :D
anyway nice shot Pango!sted - Lol^maquito
- get off my golf courseutopian
- Thanks!pango
- This is the US delegation, the EU look way more young and healthy...OBBTKN
- Obviously, we do not meet in golf coursesOBBTKN
- Its not a golf course, its just Krassy driving some balls at the parkBennn
- you can almost see I am carrying a flip phone in the side pocket of my stylish cargo half pantsKrassy
- lolpockets
- ^^ ha!maquito
- Where’s scarabin, moldero, Georges, CALLES, e-pill? Have we gone to shit? Am I gonna be able to get out of bed tomorrow?maquito
- george is staying away from social media. moldy lurks. Calles lurks. epill hustling.pango
- Pango. Head of QBN's HR department.Krassy
- Moderator17
- ha i get itCALLES
- Nice!moldero
- lolKrassy
- hahaprophetone
- lolpockets
- ahhaa i wondered why its been quiet lately ;)helloeatbreathedrive
- Iol that’s goodfuturefood
- Krassy5
Question for those of you who only lurk: why aren't you contributing?
- Yeah its really weird. Why?Bennn
- "hey lurkers, why you lurk?" lurkers: "..."renderedred
- maybe they are too busy eating the popcorn.BabySnakes
- Shyness, maybe. Was the reason I lurked for long time.Fax_Benson
- Why bothernb
- Never ends well, when I get involved.Khurram
- Little time due to work, difficult to follow inside jokes, threaded notes not great UI. Plus social anxiety and knowing how much of a cunt drunk online me is.5timuli
- Most of the times I start to type, but end up deleting everything...dmay
- Usually just help identifying fonts and some HTML / CSS problems.dmay
- the 'group think' thing tends to keep me quiet. Like how anything 'unilateral' has to happen because of isolated interest.MrAbominable
- TBH I find a lot of the jokes and memes posted on here a little boring. It's the same stuff you'd see on Reddit or another site like that.yuekit
- impostor syndrome?ArchitectofFate
- it's not really a community any more, set getting hounded out was the end of that illusion for me. its just another anon meme page.kingsteven
- Its like a business meeting for me. Sometimes its best to stfu and listen. I hate when everyone in a meeting feels the need to say "something".MHDC
- MHDC going on and on again....Fax_Benson
- I used to try & contribute, but I was always behind & shared shit that was already posted. Timeline. I liked the previous homepage. it kept me current.ayport
- Tbh I love graphic design, architecture etc... I’ve continue to work in a completely different field but have always appreciated the talent of so manyStatic_Line
- I don't get it. where are all the memes and bad jokes you guys are complaining about? are we on the same site?inteliboy
- Continuity7
I'm still pretty unhappy about set having left.
- I'm sure that his mental health has improved since leaving.utopian
- Set's probably having the time of his life.PhanLo
- would be cool if he come back, and scarabin, and georgesBennn
- maybe he finally gone to germany to go after that girl.pango
- I do miss that cunt, scara and georges.garbage
- Personally couldn't stand that mediocre irritating prick. Hope he's dead.Khurram
- woh woh ... calm down Khurram, wtfBennn
- He's probably drunk again.pango
- ^ set-like sarcasm I'm guessing ... otherwise the QBN cow pat has gone and grown another irritating little mushroom.MrT
- pango is my replacement scarabinutopian
- Pango films the Predator movie set across the street a la Rear Window. Scarabin might have made the movie poster.garbage
- So totally different and "das raciss".garbage
- His other profile is still active and he still posts just not as often and as a decent dudeGuyFawkes
- Wasn't aware he had an 'other profile'.Continuity
- set was the best, hounded out by a bunch of bores.kingsteven
- He was a lovable cunt. And very much the same guy in personProjectile
- keepin it 100. Little man child. Used to be a character called "Hench". If I ever sawed him at one of those London drinks we had in the old days, *blap blap*Khurram
- pango, I bet you any amount you've had more to drink in the last week than I've had in 2019 and 2020 put together.Khurram
- i literally had a pint.... so.... unless you dont drink. which is impossible knowing you were drunk not long ago.pango
- @king, was he really? I must have missed that. He could hold his own with anyone on here. Are you talking about the 5G thread?fadein11
- there were a few days while that 5g thread was going, the set thread was going and everything he wrote seemed to get 20 downvotes in a minute, it was wild.kingsteven
- maybe 'hounded out' is a bit much, but who could be arsed with that noise...kingsteven
- yeah there was something weird going on with downvoting, forgot about that, someone with a lot of accounts presumably.fadein11
- i_monk13
Post more design content if you want to see more design content.
- Bluejam7
- nailed it.neverscared
- lolKrassy
- One of the best opening scenes in film.
https://youtu.be/wCT…HijoDMaite - One of the best explosion scenes in film.sted
- haven't seen this , looks good!jaylarson
- truly a masterpiece, what worth diving into.sted
- baby diegoSalarrue
- ayport10
I really enjoy QBN. I've considered it a healthy inspirational distraction from work for quite a while. I do enjoy it most when design and coding topics pop up in the list. I think the last time I contributed was 10 years ago. I'm sorry. I would hate to see QBN go, but I would love to have a revival of the overall design conversation. Back then, QBN kept me thinking on a higher level when it came to new ideas with most of the work I did out in the world.
I really do miss the old homepage. It showed the latest and greatest in current thread topics as well as design news.
- NBQ0011
- Maaku4
- lolBennn
- "hidden" or "private" threads are a good idea in my viewrenderedred
- We can also just make the NSFW "private", for logged-in users only. It ain't much but it's honest work.Maaku
- much better idea than the delete police :)renderedred
- Well that is just the perfect gifRamanisky2
- Do we have the budget to hire a consultant to tell us what to do?misterhow
- This is Twittercannonball1978
- canoe3
Regarding mg33 recent NSFW comments...
All that shit has to go... if it was racist, it would have been gone a long time ago... well it's not racist but it's pretty damn close to that same feeling ya get when ya see racist shit... Boobs of the day, chick of the day, etc...
Throwing "complete lunatics" aside, I have to wonder...
"We closed membership because certain adults couldn't be trusted to be mature and responsible and not act like complete lunatics...'
is the exploitation of women an example of adulthood?
- From a "dude's perspective"canoe
- Good point.mg33
- Are you saying guys like Simon... or women who are very into the pinup / modeling game are exploiting themselves? (and in turn... not adults?)PonyBoy
- I'm not trying to start shit... truth is you guys are attempting to walk a line of morality here that will fall apart in another thread (especially...PonyBoy
- ... on this site given how far creatives will go to get their point across visually)... where are you going to draw the line and who's going to do it?PonyBoy
- I think it’s just a matter of context and purpose. Cotd is clearly only about posting naked chicks. Professional photography as a recent work is different.monospaced
- Hot gash and slots to fill...don't you dare take it away from QBN. They'll rebel by not posting any design related material anymore....Oh wait.utopian
- Meh. COTD is just a personal advertising board for Simon now. Like that drawing of the day guy a few years ago.toemaas
- A woman chimes in; I occasionally peak into CotD & find the majority shows a variety of natural & sensual feminine beauty. You add the level of sexuality to it.BustySaintClaire
- autoflavour5
This fucking thread again..
Eye rollHow about we delete everything that doesn’t strictly have to do with Helvetica and be done with it.
- You kind of precipitated it with your post y'day!Nairn
- ^ That's a fair point.Continuity
- I like comic sansBusterBoy
- LOL.. oh shit, didn't even return to that post in the blog.. 92 comments.. FIRE
loopsautoflavour - Out of interest, Auto - do you not use the 'feed' view here? I only discovered it a couple of years back. Game changer.
For the worse... :)Nairn - ( https://www.qbn.com/… )Nairn
- aint no one got time for that.autoflavour
- but yes, do know, but dont useautoflavour