Be strong man...TC begins in a few days. Try and hold it together.

 

First off brother this was not posted in the correct forum. Members have there opinions, some prefer to just read, then post. I know in my life I don't always have time to read the local papers, and greatly appreciate the posts from the local papers.

 

I don't think he was calling us pinheads, FFIC, I think he meant all the pinhead journalists who know less than most of us about the Miami Dolphins.

He wants to see more original thoughts and content from us. :)

 

Thanks Darin, edit made.:up:

 

I got the pinhead comment mistaken. I apologize. :wink2: If you disagree with the writers, do you leave your thoughts in comments to show your difference of opinion?

 

Zod, there's a link right between contribute and join club level in the upper nav bar...it's blogs from members of this site....maybe you'll find some original thought there....

http://forums.thephins.com/blog.php

 

Which makes us more efficient than Google.

 

Bro by clicking on the links, and adding comments to the articles, you could get others to think outside the box if your opinion is different from the writer, who may or may not have as much Dolphins knowledge as you have. You may get others to see another point of view that the writer did not bring up.:wink2:

 

Join VIP.

 

Links in the past have been required by other members to help prove what has transpired, or what was said. What if you started a topic, and explain that there is no links in this thread, just members honest to goodness in sight? Brother PhinishLine does have a good point on Club membership (aka old VIP). There I think you will truly find the conversation that you so desire.:wink2: Here is to join Club membership info.

Use the "Join the Club" link or click here

Mail
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The subscription rate is
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I agree with you.

We're starved for news right now. And while I definitely appreciate the passion and vigor in which we seek out the news.....I too get a little weary of every single link being posted without discretion. And too often I see brand new threads with just a link in them. Maybe a single line if we're lucky.

I just think that we as Dolphin fans could put a little more effort into it. That we not only post the link, but go thru the trouble of reading the entire article, pull a relevant quote or two, and perhaps offer up an opinion on the matter. Basically making a better showing of ourselves, and thereby setting the bar higher as a site. :)

Granted, this is not really a problem in the Club forum. But the point is valid nonetheless.

 

I appreciate that.

It is true, though, that this really isn't much of a problem in there.

 

I have the same concerns about the main forum.There is too many links to news stories without much discussion.

There is a reason for that.Most of the serious discussion is happening in our Club Level.

Personally I dont like to see the same news items with just a link repeated in Club and I discourage that.

We can all see the news items on the main forum.Why duplicate it unless the poster has a special spin to the story and can add something of value .

We have a News reporter who does an excellent job of posting news on the main board but he doesnt do it on the Club level even though he is a member.We appreciate that

The Club level is for deeper discussion .Hopefully when we get more traffic there will be deeper discussions in the main forum too.

Keep in mind that this site has not been really inaugurated yet.We are waiting to get our artwork and front page installed and working before that happens .Most of our active members have arrived by word of mouth.

The link has not been published yet.When it is the traffic will increase and the discussions should be better

 

Consumers control content

 

Just something I was thinking about, but what if we put all the news articles on the front page like the way that other forum that I will not speak of here did in the past. Our news reporter can post the articles on that page with standard comments and if someone really wants to discuss something, bring it to the forum. Just a thought.

 

exactly..................

 

Maybe you could create a subforum specifically for links to articles and what not?

I don't know, it doesn't bother me being on the main part but it's an idea.

 

I've known you long enough to know that when something is on your mind, there's really no stopping you. :tongue: More importantly, it I know it comes from a good place. So no, I didn't take any offense or interpret it as anything but concern/suggestion.

After all, this is the Questions/Suggestions (and inherently Complaints) forum. So you should be able to get things out (within reason of course), and we shouldn't automatically get defensive about them. :)

EDIT: and I agree with you on the writers. Some of them are good. Some not so much. And while I like the blog format and the somewhat intimate Q&A with the beat writers, I'm not a fan of the 'what do you think?' parts on the newspaper sites. I guess because that's what I've got here already. So it's just redundant for me personally.

 

Personally for me I see the links and articles as a basis for our discussions. As to why we are discussing what we are discussing. And as pointed out earlier alot of it has to do with lack of things to talk about. Dear lord if we were Packer fans or Bears fans we wouldn't have this problem.

 

a lot of it has to do with the fact its the offseason and its slow... so most of the traffic is going to be what you see in the press seeing as how none of us have access or insight into the team right now and what its doing.

2nd, some people like to talk about that stuff. if you don't, don't click the link. pretty easy. the articles that are linked from somewhere are usually titled as such. if you want to start a discussion not related to an article, i suggest you think of the idea and start the thread. :)

be a part of the solution instead of complaining about the problem sir :up:

 

every day at work i open the sports section of my local paper and there is nothing other than rams and chiefs bs! i for one enjoy the local links from miami. they give me a little more ammo to use on the rams and chiefs fans around here (and god knows we need all we can find right now!)

 

I always felt that finding a story on the Phins lead to discussions and opinions among everybody on the board. I agree that some of the writers are not that great but i still see a lot of people respond to the story.

I like the fact that all phins news is in one place on this board. If i'm busy at work i know guy's like ALEN1, bkbuffet, and gi§h® (to name a few) will find news and post it. To me thats great, i'm up to date. I read every post that on the board, i might not like it or respond to it but it there for you.

I'm a VIP member and i never post a news story with a link there. I check the VIP everyday to see what's going on. I also see news that i posted on the main that's in the VIP that leads to opinions which is great.

I see zod's point in this matter maybe we need a better mix of news and fans views on the phins i don;t know, to be honest i think this board is perfect....

There is a lot of different section from the phins, gaming, VIP, college etc for everyone to enjoy and see there views

thanks

 

I see both sides of this story. I thought about this today at the beach.:lol: I think if we post a link to a story, that we make great effort to put our thoughts,and ideas down whether yeah or neah to the story. From there we can have a great discussion to the story as to whether we believe it, or are the writers just throwing stuff out there to see what sticks? :wink2: I thank the family who post the news that I always don't have time to pull up.:yes:

 

Maybe we should have a sub forum in the mains for linked articles, etc?

 

Brother I think this will be taken care of once the front page is done. The news will be there, and then we can have great conversation to that regard.:wink2:

 

i miss club level :(

 

I agree with every word.

 

Then fork over the money, jr.

 

First of all, great to see you, Zod ... it's been FOREVER. Second, I know what you mean. There does seem to have been a proliferation of news-only links. That may or may not be fixed when we get our main page up and running. Perhaps a sticky from a mod reminding the general public that we strive to be a discussion board, not just a message board. I dunno.

:pity:

Yeah, how's that front page coming? :yes:

 

Brother Steve it is very close as we speak. The staff is working on it with as much time as they can.:up: Mal or George could give you a better answer brother.:wink2: