the reason that the many poll threads have been added recently was to try and pick up traffic through the forum. the forum actually has had a bigger traffic volume in recent times than in the past (correct me if i am wrong admins, but i believe i read this somewhere). the polls are supposed to be used to spark discussion. after a bit they started to go a little downhill and more towards the 'i voted for x film' that you noted in your comments... i agree to this.
as mods we are always looking for a new and somewhat exciting ideas for threads/games/polls that will bring a little life into the forum. eventually after a good round or two they die out and we move onto something else. tis life, wax and wane. even super threads like using mspaint to realize a move scene has gone a bit by the wayside. i loved that one.
i have also noticed that the polls are lacking and have been trying to think of a new... gimmick?, perhaps, to bring in some new blood. this is where you, thespade, come in. as a user of the forum you can make it better. yes, you try with threads on film you enjoy... but you have to realize that it can be hit or miss with threads. the users of bluelight are from many backgrounds and places. not everyone has seen in america has seen international films or cares to. not everyone in japan has seen what americans are watching on hbo. europeans may not have seen the thai fantasy film that came out last week. not every thread can be a direct hit. i have posted about films that have bowled me over and gotten one response whereas a comedy i deemed barley watchable has seen pages and pages of comments. any sorts of ideas you have please, shoot them over to us mods. we consider anything sent to us. we love feedback and ideas.
and please, we are uberspecial, fabulous, awesome, love worthy, amazing beings... us mods. we are never curt, rude or nasty. right? we do our job and try and make the forum go as smoothly as possible, we try and direct users into a situation that can take off into a great discussion. we try to not form all of the content of the forum ourselves. we rely on you people. and you guys do a pretty damn good job. sometimes we have bad days some times we are sick of people not using the search forum to start yet another thread on requiem for a dream or whatever junkie movie you can think of. for the most part i try and be nice. i try to also be efficient and do things with a short explanation. i also almost always merge threads on movies, one post or not, if it is more than 'i just saw..blahblah... and it is fucking awesome!!!#?!?!?@#?@!?@".
