I like the News section. I read it every morning while enjoying my coffee. I for one have no issues with the posting etiquette by anyone in that section.

Brad_Hawthorne
I look at it a bit differently. The News section is failure not because of one person in particular, but rather because no one else wants to make it viable.

Who can make it viable when evga management refused to do anything to where the community can do that.  We don't see any moderator stepping up to improve things.
 
EVGA refuses to test some basic posting guidelines.
 
Basic guidelines like this:

1. URL to source of article  (give credit to original source when possible)
2. Snippet from the article (allows members to see if they want to read the whole article or not)
3. take part in the discussion about the article you find so interesting to post (were all here to a discussion, not here to look at url links)

 
The last time i mentioned posting guidelines for when members make new topics in news sections, evga management excuse for not wanting to do it, they were afraid members might not post if they added any guidelines. Do we see that stopping members from posting news articles on other forums that have posting guidelines for news sections.... no we do not. In fact we see more people take part because of it.
 
I bet if someone with over 2,000 posts setup a spam bot to post any and all software/hardware articles from x site, no one would be able to tell the difference from what we have now in computer industry news section. Makes me wish i knew someone to do just that to prove that point.
 

rjohnson11

MSim

Brad_Hawthorne
I look at it a bit differently. The News section is failure not because of one person in particular, but rather because no one else wants to make it viable.

Who can make it viable when evga management refused to do anything to where the community can do that.  We don't see any moderator stepping up to improve things.
 
EVGA refuses to test some basic posting guidelines.
 
Basic guidelines like this:

1. URL to source of article  (give credit to original source when possible)
2. Snippet from the article (allows members to see if they want to read the whole article or not)
3. take part in the discussion about the article you find so interesting to post (were all here to a discussion, not here to look at url links)

 
The last time i mentioned posting guidelines for when members make new topics in news sections, evga management excuse for not wanting to do it, they were afraid members might not post if they added any guidelines. Do we see that stopping members from posting news articles on other forums that have posting guidelines for news sections.... no we do not. In fact we see more people take part because of it.
 
I bet if someone with over 2,000 posts setup a spam bot to post any and all software/hardware articles from x site, no one would be able to tell the difference from what we have now in computer industry news section. Makes me wish i knew someone to do just that to prove that point.
 

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away EVGA forum members started complaining about no one putting articles into the news section. I was the one who ended up getting many of these complaints via PM (Personal Message). So I decided to go ahead and post news articles that I thought were worthy of that section. I am not going to 'snippet' too much from the article or post the article in full as that is a violation of copyright law.
 
I receive far more 'thanks' from the forum members for posting these articles than any negative complaints. As a matter of fact there is only one negative complaint and that is from 'you'. You complaint about it but what have 'you' done to contribute to that section? If you feel there is a better way than start contributing to the section rather than moan and groan about it.

i like reading the articles Rj puts links for.
its better than reading 1 persons opinion.

rjohnson11
 
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away EVGA forum members started complaining about no one putting articles into the news section. I was the one who ended up getting many of these complaints via PM (Personal Message). So I decided to go ahead and post news articles that I thought were worthy of that section. I am not going to 'snippet' too much from the article or post the article in full as that is a violation of copyright law.
 
I receive far more 'thanks' from the forum members for posting these articles than any negative complaints. As a matter of fact there is only one negative complaint and that is from 'you'. You complaint about it but what have 'you' done to contribute to that section? If you feel there is a better way than start contributing to the section rather than moan and groan about it.

If you would bothered to read the "if you could make a new forums rule" thread, you would see more than just me feel the computer industry news section is being spammed. Do you pay attention to what members say in your own milestone threads, they call you the king of spam for a reason. some even comment "that's a lot of url's". Your not going to snippet too much? When have you ever posted a snippet from a news article. All we see are url's with some generic reply like "good info in that article". If it's so good why not post a snippet to allow members to see if they want to read the article or the visit website that has all kinds of ads on it. That can't be too much to ask can it.
 
Some members wonder if your not making money on the side spamming articles from sites like techpowerup. That is no lie.
 
Moderators and members have commented about it to me in private messages over the years.
Moose518
Violence
Winvert
Arctic_eagle
Sajin
Holo
at least 2 moderators
 
I could go on and on of members who agree with me or have made a comment in public or in private messages. I won't name the moderators who agree with me, don't want them receiving backlash because of it. Evga has instructed server admins and forum moderators to not engage with me and other members on the forums. 
 
I have tried to improve things by including the following when i make a news post.
 

• Original source of the article whenever possible
• Snippet which a lot of members like when i do it
• add any youtube video in the post if possible (long as it doesn't have cursing in it)

 
I would say that's more effort than you put in any news post. I have lost count the number of times Computer Industry News section first page is almost full of topics made by RJohnson11. In every one of those topics is a url with generic reply, wow such quality contented added to the forums for members, let me tell ya.
 
You opened this can of warms by attacking me.
 
 

MSim

rjohnson11
 
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away EVGA forum members started complaining about no one putting articles into the news section. I was the one who ended up getting many of these complaints via PM (Personal Message). So I decided to go ahead and post news articles that I thought were worthy of that section. I am not going to 'snippet' too much from the article or post the article in full as that is a violation of copyright law.
 
I receive far more 'thanks' from the forum members for posting these articles than any negative complaints. As a matter of fact there is only one negative complaint and that is from 'you'. You complaint about it but what have 'you' done to contribute to that section? If you feel there is a better way than start contributing to the section rather than moan and groan about it.

If you would bothered to read the "if you could make a new forums rule" thread, you would see more than just me feel the computer industry news section is being spammed. Do you pay attention to what members say in your own milestone threads, they call you the king of spam for a reason. some even comment "that's a lot of url's". Your not going to snippet too much? When have you ever posted a snippet from a news article. All we see are url's with some generic reply like "good info in that article". If it's so good why not post a snippet to allow members to see if they want to read the article or the visit website that has all kinds of ads on it. That can't be too much to ask can it.
 
Some members wonder if your not making money on the side spamming articles from sites like techpowerup. That is no lie.
 
Moderators and members have commented about it to me in private messages over the years.
Moose518
Violence
Winvert
Arctic_eagle
Sajin
Holo
at least 2 moderators
 
I could go on and on of members who agree with me or have made a comment in public or in private messages. I won't name the moderators who agree with me, don't want them receiving backlash because of it. Evga has instructed server admins and forum moderators to not engage with me and other members on the forums. 
 
I have tried to improve things by including the following when i make a news post.
 

• Original source of the article whenever possible
• Snippet which a lot of members like when i do it
• add any youtube video in the post if possible (long as it doesn't have cursing in it)

 
I would say that's more effort than you put in any news post. I have lost count the number of times Computer Industry News section first page is almost full of topics made by RJohnson11. In every one of those topics is a url with generic reply, wow such quality contented added to the forums for members, let me tell ya.
 
You opened this can of warms by attacking me.
 
 

 
 

"If it's so good why not post a snippet to allow members to see if they want to read the article or the visit website that has all kinds of ads on it."

 
This is one thing that really bugs me. Going to the web sites and battle the ads that actually freeze my computer for a moment and it is getting worse.
 
 
 
I was told a few years ago by other forums that posting a web sites article in full is NOT a copyright issue as long as the source is acknowledged in the post. These articles are for discussion purposes and are not being sold. If anything they are free advertisement for that web site.
 
 

whiskers54
This is one thing that really bugs me. Going to the web sites and battle the ads that actually freeze my computer for a moment and it is getting worse.
 
 
I was told a few years ago by other forums that posting a web sites article in full is NOT a copyright issue as long as the source is acknowledged in the post. These articles are for discussion purposes and are not being sold. If anything they are free advertisement for that web site.
 
 

 
You should use adblock type browser plugin to solve freezing problem due to ads, it will also help to keep your system free of malware. It's our choice what gets shown on our computer screens. You could argue "fair use" and post multiple snippets from an article. People can make reaction/comment video about another video, while showing the other video content. 
 
If a news article is behind a paywall, i won't bother linking to it.
 
If we couldn't post snippets, i think by now evga would of made a sticky post in each news section saying otherwise. Some members are just too lazy to put any effort into news posts.

ty_ger07
I don't understand your complaint.  Posting news in the news section is not spam.  Why should eVGA request that someone be less active?  I see the title, decide whether it sounds interesting, and then decide if I want to visit the link.  I can decide whether the title sounds interesting before I even view the forum post.

Why would someone be less active?  Getting members to put more effort into news posts is a GOOD thing. Look at how many active members are on OCN industry news section, they have posting guidelines. Most of the news posts have over 10 pages of members taking part in the discussion. That shows what can happen when you give a crap about the quality of news posts. 
 
If it was up to me, i would hide posts count on here. I believe that is the number one cause for so many "news" articles being spammed.
 
The only members it would hurt to require a few basic posting guidelines for the news sections, are the members who spam 4-6+ articles daily. They would have to actually put some effort into it besides just copying and pasting article headline and url. No ones asking to require members to write a 500 essay about each news articles they post.
 

MSim
You should use adblock type browser plugin to solve freezing problem due to ads, it will also help to keep your system free of malware. It's our choice what gets shown on our computer screens. You could argue "fair use" and post multiple snippets from an article. People can make reaction/comment video about another video, while showing the other video content. 

 
OK. You were not the first to suggest Ad Block but you helped me to do it. Wow, big difference. Thank You!!!!
So far it's playing nice with my Anti-Virus software.

Reading lots of great news vs waiting for people to post things for weeks?  The first one wins hands down.  Thanks mods for providing us great news to read daily.  They take time out of their days to post news articles that wouldn't otherwise get populated.  I'd rather not wait a week before someone else posts something.  Again, great job mods!!
 

kaninja
I like the News section. I read it every morning while enjoying my coffee. I for one have no issues with the posting etiquette by anyone in that section.

Same.
 
Most tech blogs are atrocious.

NazcaC2
Reading lots of great news vs waiting for people to post things for weeks?  The first one wins hands down.  Thanks mods for providing us great news to read daily.  They take time out of their days to post news articles that wouldn't otherwise get populated.  I'd rather not wait a week before someone else posts something.  Again, great job mods!!
 

Who has to wait a week before they can post. Glad you just make stuff up out of thin air to disagree with me.
 
 

NazcaC2
 
 
You seem to always come off as you know EVGA's business more than they do themselves.  You know absolutely nothing how EVGA works behind the scenes, lmao.  Disgruntled employee anyone?!
 
FYI, they're not doing it for their post count, lel.  They're doing it for the community and as above, you can see we like it.  A URL and a generic comment is enough to make someone to read the article.  I don't want to read more than a couple of lines when I can read the article.
 
"traffic on evga forums continues to go downhill" - Another false claim.  You don't even have the web statistics to pull up and back that up.  Next?

 
I have seen how EVGA works behind the scenes unlike you who does nothing. I have seen how each and every time Rob Beca would take what evga volunteers have to say over what normal members say. Joe Darwin makes fake claims like he wants whatever the community wants but when it comes down to it, he can't be bother to do that.  
 
Traffic on evga forums does continue to go downhill. The forums traffic isn't like it was a few years ago. Lots of members who been around a long time have noticed it too.
 
I'm sure by now you have reported this topic or made a post about it in evga private forums area,  on how evga should just ban members like MSim and Arctic_Eagle. It sure is funny reading what you guys say about members behind closed doors. Walls of text about us lol.
 
 

you know what I like RJ's news articles, i dont need a snippet if the title interests me ill read it, if it does not i skip over it. Why don't you simply calm down, take your panties out of the bunch you put them in, accept that things are not ever going to be the way you like it, and stop complaining about everything. Thats what I really see from you these days, complaining, complaining complaining. 

I like the news section and its "spam" articles.
I like that someone else scans through the mass articles out there and gives me something I might actually read and find useful.
 

It wouldn't hurt anyone if we improved things by requiring members to put a bit of effort into the news posts they make. That the main thing about this topic.  Some members might like just a link, other members like to see a snippet so they can see if it's worth visiting a site full of Ads or not. A lot of so called news from tech sites is nothing but clickbait. 
 
I never said Rjohnson11 posts nothing but junk articles.

 
Is it just me, or is it weird to see the same thread re-worded over and over again on the news section in the General section? 
 
And for the record, I see nothing wrong with the suggestion from Sim, and I see nothing wrong with how RJ and others have been posting in the news section. I would be happy with or without change.