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Trust's Feedback Thread 2.0 | 3.8k Posts | 2.4 Years

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|Trust's Feedback Thread 2.0|
3.8k Posts | 2.4 Years
Original Feedback

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|Introduction 2.0|
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I'm Nick, or as most of you know me, Trust. I registered on Hack Forums in August of 2012 and have been using the site ever since. As previously stated in my original feedback thread, (Located here.) I am not too sure on why I joined Hack Forums in the first place. My main theories are that I wanted to view a thread that I was unable to view as a non-registered member, or simply... I wanted free stuff!

After a two year long hiatus, I began using the site very frequently on New Years 2014. I've become more than addicted ever since for more reasons than one. Around February, I bought l33t and was accepted into the Empire's gaming sector. I really became active at this point. Like, really active. Since then, I've met some insanely cool users and created some awesome experiences that I would not trade for the world.

I wanted to update my previous feedback thread as so much has happened since then. It's astounding, actually.

So without further ado, I present you all with "Trust's 3.8k Posts, 2.4 Years Feedback Thread!"


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|Group Feedback 2.0|
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Just like my previous thread, let's start with group feedback. Unlike last time, I will judge groups without seeing how they truly operate. Perhaps my feedback can help them establish their image better in the eye's of the general public.

First off, we'll start with groups I've been a part of.

Nightfall
I've never actually been in Nightfall per se, but I have been in Instinct. It's not too long ago since the group changed and it's focus remains the same, so I will still act as if I have been a part of this group. I like the inside of the group a ton, but I do not like the way the group presents itself outside of the subforum, honestly. Vinnie runs the group amazingly and it was very laid back, but, at times, it was a bit too laid back... Regardless, the group was amazingly fun to be a part of and, to this day, I regret leaving it. Now, about how the group acts outside of the subforum. Most users are cool and they act completely different inside of the subforum then they do outside of the subforum. However, some users have the impression that Hack Forums, in it's entirety, is one giant Nightfall subforum. Small hordes of Nightfall members will find a thread and relentlessly troll on it. Sure, it can be funny at times, but most times it gets out of hand and can be downright annoying. Overall, Nightfall is a pretty decent group. I like the way they operate, but I just wish that they would take things just a tad more seriously.

The Brotherhood
As of currently, the Brotherhood is my favorite group on Hack Forums. They're one of the very few groups that aren't treated as property to be bought and sold, but rather as a family that can converse, share ideas, and simply have fun. Cryptic is a great leader and used to post a ton every single day. Unfortunately, Cryptic does not have to time to lead the group anymore and has passed that responsibility unto Aura. Aura is a great leader and I can tell he really loves the group. My only problem with the group is it's activity. Despite the growing efforts of Aura and Roger to increase the group's activity, members just aren't buying it. However, things are looking like they're are going to start getting a lot better around the Brotherhood, so let's wait and see what the Brotherhood has in store for Hack Forums.


The Writ3rs
I'm still not completely sure what I think about the Writ3rs. We get our editions out on time and most of us have been friends for what seems like forever, but there's always an uneasiness within the subforum. I think Sir is doing a fantastic job leading the Writ3rs, but I also think he should re-evaluate who he's chosen to be a Writ3r. Sometimes you have to sacrifice friends for quality news editions. I've never had to say that before, haha.

Now for the remaining groups..

ERADICATED


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|Staff Feedback 2.0|
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This is my feedback regarding the staff of Hack Forums.
I will not give any feedback on Skorp as he is still a new staff and I'd like to see how he fares before I judge him.


Omniscient:

Oh, Omniscient. I respect you as an administrator and, so far, you've done a swell job at running Hack Forums. However, you've been really hot headed and impulsive lately, even more than usual. While I agree with most of your opinions on what to do with Hack Forums, some of the major changes come abruptly without warning and you express yourself pretty harshly. I understand that this is your forum and you can do as you wish, but I wish you would do what you did with the Writ3rs lounge situation more often. That being thinking over it and doing your best to keep a cool head to make a compromise, rather than acting purely on impulse. As a person and not just an administrator, you're an amazing guy. You care about your family, you care about the community of Hack Forums, you lived in New York, and so much more. Perhaps you should take a few more vacations and clear your mind.

Xch4ng3:

Still don't see much of you. I'm sure you're doing a lot of work behind the scenes though. Every once and a while I will see you post and it's usually something pretty cool. Just keep up the hard work. It wouldn't hurt just to say "hi" and post in the lounge once in a while, though. Keep recovering those accounts and catching those multi-accounters!

Factor8™:

I've actually been seeing you a lot more lately. You seem to be the brains behind Hack Forums. You're always explaining common sense to users and busting a bunch of multi-accounters and rule breakers. It seems pretty tiring, actually. Just keep doing what you're doing now and Hack Forums will continue to be an amazing place!

Judge Dredd:

You used to be insanely active and you were a bigger troll than Omniscient. I honestly miss talking to you. As far as I'm aware, you haven't been on in over a month and I'm starting to worry you'll become very inactive. Let's just hope you're on an extended vacation.

Paradoxum:

Used to see you a lot as well, but not so much anymore. You're always busy cleaning up Hack Forums, though. I'm sure the recent closure of the MRT got you down. Just continue to do the job you're doing and I hope you'll continue to help members even without an official malware removal team.
RDCA:

Almost the same exact feedback as Paradoxum, except you need to focus on the community a bit more. You were my partner in the Writ3rs and you were downright terrible at communicating with me. You're doing fine as staff and I like you as a person, but you should focus on the community as a whole a bit more.

Viral Dragon:

You're doing a fine job as staff and you're a bit more active in the community than the other staff, which is always a plus. Simply put, you're average. It makes me feel mean saying this, but you're nothing entirely special when it comes to staff, but you're also not terrible at it. As a person, however, you're a great guy. Hope all goes well with you and I'm praying that the lesion is benign.

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|Section Feedback 2.0|
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This is feedback on every single section on Hack Forums that I have even the slightest bit of experience with. Let's begin, shall we? Wouldn't want to waste too much time on an introduction.

Rules, Announcements, News, and Feedback
One of the best sections on Hack Forums. Seems there's always someone to help with a question the second it is asked. Nothing should be changed about this section besides possibly a little box with a FAQ section. Then again, that's what we have the search function and the Help Documents for. Then again, most people don't care to check both of those before answering a question.

Suggestions and Ideas
This section would be a lot better if people bothered to search before they posted. Unfortunately, most users don't. Still, a lot of great ideas have come out of this section, so it must be doing something right!

HF News
An amazing section. If you don't check out the HF News every week, you most definitely should! All of the Writ3rs, including myself, work very hard on each edition to keep you up to date on Hack Forums' happenings!

Ub3r Support
There's almost no difference between this section and the "Rules, Announcements, News, and Feedback" section besides the fact that one of them is filled with ub3rs. In my opinion, this section isn't entirely needed.

MOTM
Member of the Month? It's really only a popularity contest. Sure, no matter what you choose, you're still choosing a quality member, (hopefully) but a lot of people have been fighting over it for no apparent reason. This section needs a serious revamp. I'm just not sure how to go about it.

The Lounge
While definitely the most active section, it is also the most cluttered. People end up posting things that don't belong in the Lounge often because they have no idea where else to put it instead of asking someone who does. However, the legitimate threads in this section are usually pretty entertaining and you often find yourself having a really good time.

Innuendo
I like and dislike this section at the same time. Too many threads about sex and not enough threads about actual relationships. Overall though, it's not a terrible section.

Vices
While I'm glad that drug threads are not being posted in the Lounge anymore, I wish that they weren't here at all. Most of these threads can get pretty annoying and they're all basically the same thing. Perhaps it's just because I don't do drugs, who knows. I'm not a big fan of this section.

Member Contests
A good section with good contests. My only complaint here would be users hosting giveaways instead of contests in this section.

Freebies and Giveaways
When there are decent giveaways, this is a decent section. It's mostly filled with five cent giveaways for rep and nothing but rep, though. I'm also rather tired of seeing normal members post contests here because they can't post in the "Member Contests" section.

Science, Religion, Philosophy, and Politics
There should only be about five users allowed to post here. This is not a debating forum, so obviously, not a ton of users are good at debating. Most provide no evidence based on their claims and are simply there to bash others' opinions. There needs to be a massive quality check on this section.

News and Happenings
I love this section. I wish it were a bit more active, though. I find about all the recent stories that people consider big through this section, rather than an actual news outlet.

Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, and MP3
This section saddens me as I love music with a passion, but there just isn't really any activity within this section. If more people would post here and more people didn't just post the latest popular or controversial music video, then this section would be one of the best on Hack Forums without a single doubt in my mind.

Movies, TV, and Videos
This section is pretty active and I generally enjoy it. However, people need to learn the YouTube videos go HERE and not in the Lounge. There's a difference.

Beginner Hacking
Too many people in this section that request people to hack for them, (In the wrong section, I might add.) rather than those who actually desire to learn about hacking. There should be more strict rules in place in this section.

White Hat Malware, Virus, and Rat Removal Help
We should just rename this as "Aura's Section." This is one of, if not the most, helpful section(s) on Hack Forums. I love how users are so willing to help one another in this section.

The Gamers Lounge
This section is just a clone of the Lounge, except with a focus on gaming. It's still got some pretty entertaining threads, though. If you're into gaming, chances are, you frequent this section.

Xbox Live Membership Codes
There should really be two separate sections dedicated to requesting a code and giving them away/posting methods. Too much clutter in this section with people begging for codes. At least it brings some new faces to the forums.

HF Ub3r Area
There's no reason for this section. The only thing notable here is the "Ub3r Welcome" thread. Other than that, this section is just ub3rs begging for free things because they feel entitled to it.

Gay Fucking Requests Cuz You Want Free Shit
Just like the last section, the only purpose to this section is for ub3rs to beg for free stuff because they feel entitled to it.

Giveaways
Just rename this section, "I want rep so I'm posting here instead of the normal giveaways section." as that's all this section truly is.

HF l33t OT Discussions
There's really no point to having a VIP section at all. It's just upgraded users asking for free stuff. We've been over this. I wish it was more like a VIP lounge rather than a place to beg for free stuff. That should be disallowed, in my opinion.

Bragging Rights
For the users who think that they're better than everyone else, this is your section.

Graphic Battles
This section is so much fun. I wish it was more active. It gets about two posts per month and it's slowly dying. I'd love to see more battles happen here.

Marketplace
This is for the Marketplace as a whole. I love Hack Forums' Marketplace. I've searched everywhere and I can't find another like it. It's so simple how you can just post a thread with what you're offering and someone else can buy it and vice versa. Much more simple than setting up an entire eBay or Amazon listing and a lot faster too. However, people seem not too aware of it's existence as a plethora of users are getting banned each day for not posting their product in the Marketplace rather than anywhere else.

Monetizing Techniques
I'm glad sonex is taking his time to make this section great. I've been noticing a large increase in tutorials and general activity. If things keep up like the way they are now, this could easily be one of the best sections on Hack Forums.

Shopping Deals
More people need to contribute to this section. Who doesn't like free or discounted stuff? A great section and a favorite in my books. Just needs a bit more activity.

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|Shoutouts|
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The Writ3rs - For letting me use their subforum.

Djlatino - For being my placeholder.

Baghead - For being Baghead.

Devote - For being one of my favorite Hack Forums users. Even if you're inactive now.

Basquiat - For being a good new friend. You're one of a kind.

Evangelist - For inviting me to the Empire and turning out to be a really good friend.

Promethazine. - For being a good friend. Glad you're back!

Your Thighs (Yellows) - For being seriously huge hq.

Froggy - For dealing with my mistakes. Also for being cute.

Sir - For believing in me.

Cryptic™ - For knowing how to run a group well.

Vinnie - For knowing how to run a group well.

Aurа - For knowing how to run a group well and your dedication to helping others.

D3xus - For being a genuinely cool dude.

Bonfire. - For liking Super Mario Sunshine!

beslim - For being a great guy to talk to.

Coppersan - For being there when I'm in need. Thanks!

Music Producer - For helping me out more times than I can count. Thanks so much!

RDCA - For moving this thread to the correct section!

Nivarka - For reading this.

Gary. - For being a UML noob.

Suffixed - For Cuz yolo.

Omniscient - For creating Hack Forums and sticking with it while also continuing to make it a better place. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you.

If you honestly think I forgot you, just tell me and I will add you!
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|Closure 2.0|
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All good things must come to an end, even this feedback thread. I hope this thread genuinely makes Hack Forums a better place.

I will be adding on to this thread in the near future, but for now, this should suffice. I thank anyone who took the time to read this entire thing.

Here's to many, many more years on Hack Forums!


Reserving this post, just in case! 🙂
Bookmarked this thread, looking forward to the read.
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Nice feedback, Trust.

I wrote mine not too long ago. xD
Long live The Empire,
forever in our hearts.

[Image: empire.gif]
Thanks for the pleasant words about Nightfall.
Thanks for the comments guys. 🙂
Took me a bit to write this up.
Thank you for the shoutout mate, you're a stand up guy and a great person to talk with! :)
Impressive feedback Trust, I loved it 🙂
And yes, me and Roger are trying to do something to raise The Brotherhood's activity, but it won't happen before 2-3 weeks as most likely everyone (like me and Roger) are in their finals right now, so no time to dedicate to group projects and such. But it's the group number's 1 priority right now. And LOL at the "Aura's Section" part 🤣
Thanks for the shoutout too <3
Fiat justitia ruat cælum

My era of providing technical support and malware removal on HackForums is over, so you can stop PM'ing me about it. Sorry.
(Dec 8, 2014 03:41 PM)beslim Wrote:  Thank you for the shoutout mate, you're a stand up guy and a great person to talk with! :)

(Dec 8, 2014 03:42 PM)Aura Wrote:  Impressive feedback Trust, I loved it 🙂
And yes, me and Roger are trying to do something to raise The Brotherhood's activity, but it won't happen before 2-3 weeks as most likely everyone (like me and Roger) are in their finals right now, so no time to dedicate to group projects and such. But it's the group number's 1 priority right now. And LOL at the "Aura's Section" part 🤣
Thanks for the shoutout too <3

Thanks for the compliments. 🙂
You're welcome for the shoutouts.

@beslim, you as well!

@Aura, thank you, I worked hard on it! I hope to see the BH get more active in two-three weeks then. 🙂
Awww, no shout-out?

Mind editing your post to include this?
Suffixed - Cuz yolo
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[url=https://hackforums.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=1886302][b][color=#00AAFF]Suffixed[/color][/b][/url] - [color=white]Cuz yolo[/color]
Naw, I'm just playing. Great feedback, nevertheless. Just by quoting your post, it appears you've spent a lot of work on this.
(Dec 8, 2014 04:40 PM)Suffixed Wrote:  Awww, no shout-out?

Mind editing your post to include this?
Suffixed - Cuz yolo
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[url=https://hackforums.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=1886302][b][color=#00AAFF]Suffixed[/color][/b][/url] - [color=white]Cuz yolo[/color]
Naw, I'm just playing. Great feedback, nevertheless. Just by quoting your post, it appears you've spent a lot of work on this.

Done, but I had to edit it a tiny bit.
Thanks for the kind words!
(Dec 8, 2014 04:42 PM)Trust Wrote:  Done, but I had to edit it a tiny bit.
Thanks for the kind words!
Well, it was meant to be a joke, but nice. I love you<3
ty for the shoutout bae
You said you were going to give me a shoutout yet didn't happen. D":
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