NerdZone is rebranding

[Retro]

No, it's all on hold for now. Let's just leave the rebranding subject for now.

 

[AllThingsTech]

No, it's all on hold for now. Let's just leave the rebranding subject for now.

Cheers! Let’s embrace NZ for now

 

[AllThingsTech]

Hahaha I accidentally entered needzone.uk instead of nerdzone.uk so guess we need NerdZone

 

[AllThingsTech]

I got ya to 2000 threads @Retro

 

[Retro]

Thanks @AllThingsTech. The idea is that you post it in your 2000th thread like I did my 1000th.

 

[AllThingsTech]

Thanks @AllThingsTech. The idea is that you post it in your 2000th thread like I did my 1000th.

???

 

[Retro]

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I got ya to 2000 threads @Retro

Thanks, really appreciated. Is it the one below? XF doesn't have thread numbers so one can't tell and I'd like to add your screenshot to it like I did with my 1000th thread, to really mark the occasion.

Feels nerdily good to have made that 2000th thread, doesn't it? Race you to 3000!

AI increases likelihood of pandemic five-fold

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nerdzone.uk

 

[AllThingsTech]

Thanks, really appreciated. Is it the one below? XF doesn't have thread numbers so one can't tell and I'd like to add your screenshot to it like I did with my 1000th thread, to really mark the occasion.

Feels nerdily good to have made that 2000th thread, doesn't it? Race you to 3000!

AI increases likelihood of pandemic five-fold

A pandemic is far more likely given that AI has proven far more effective than a team of virologists at troubleshooting bioweapons. https://time.com/7298645/ai-pandemic-5-times-more-likely/?utm_source=reddit.com Thankfully the study identifies ways of reducing risks posed by AI: AI models...

nerdzone.uk

Oh yeah, you should do one of those competition threads again and advertise NZ along with that competition!

 

[Retro]

Yeah, but have I linked to the right thead?!

I'll do another competition thread if I feel it will actually help and that certainly isn't now, unfortunately.

 

[AllThingsTech]

Yeah, but have I linked to the right thead?!

Only Father Luck will tell.

I'll do another competition thread if I feel it will actually help and that certainly isn't now, unfortunately.

And presumably same goes for the advertising?

 

[Retro]

Only Father Luck will tell.

Oh come on, don't be so mysterious!

The advertising could help at any time, but no plans for it right now.

 

[AllThingsTech]

Oh come on, don't be so mysterious!

I only know as much as you do

 

[Retro]

I'll have to assume it's that one then.

 

[AllThingsTech]

The advertising could help at any time, but no plans for it right now.

@Retro !!! You’re becoming literal through your interactions with me!!! My literal brain is so contagious now, is it?

 

[Retro]

I'm just being me.

 

[AllThingsTech]

I'm just being me.

We’re alike in some ways!!! @Retro !!!

 

[AllThingsTech]

Palindrome with the number of threads (oh, and members)

 

[Retro]

Right, while significant developments to the forum continue to remain on hold for now due to the Online Safety Act and what I'm gonna do about it, I've thought of another potential domain:

oldskoolforums.com

It's a little on the long side for me, but I really like it for the following reasons:

1. It's a .com. This is critical, as I've wanted this since I first created this forum and is the default TLD everyone thinks of
2. This is an old skool forum, of the classic style from the early 2000s as several people have commented recently, so the domain name describes it perfectly and fosters a feeling of being part of an enthusiast community who prefer this kind of forum to the likes of Facebook. This name makes a feature of its "classic" form and function.
3. My username, Retro, fits it perfectly, even better than NerdZone.
4. It's a catchy name and easy to type.
5. It shortens to OSF which is also catchy and convenient to type when referencing it in conversation. Can't beat NZ though.

What do you all think of it?

Note that I've also registered oldskoolforum.com as a protection domain as it's so similar so don't want anyone potentially snaffling it and passing off.

 

[petermarkley]

I don’t suppose “oldschoolforum.com” (with correct spelling) is available…?

I’ve just grown up all my life with brand names all around me that use misspelled words, it seems like a cheap and low-effort way of being distinctive, or like a shabby cliche.

Right off the top of my head I can think of a dozen brands that do that. Those brands convey to me a sort of corny or cringy or fake sense of “we’re being fun and different!” I picture an obese, middle-aged, bald, stuffy executive in a suit, standing in a white corporate office and describing what he THINKS is “fun and different” but is actually a boring, business-driven idea.

 

[Retro]

No, that one's taken and there's an actual forum on it, but good suggestion.

I get what your saying about misspellings and I agree with you, but in this context it's actually the correct spelling as it's supposed to convey something. Google's AI can explain it much better than I can:

 

[petermarkley]

(I’m not that invested either way, just wanted to offer that point of view which it seems like you acknowledge. So… )

 

[Hitcore]

I for one like oldskool better than oldschool. I see what Peter means with his argument of cigar smoking executives coming up with names like these to awkwardly sound hip and cool, but as a counterargument I know some legit underground DJs (so no commercial marketing teams behind them, just dudes mixing for the love of the beats) who actually and unironically use that spelling.

This is an old skool forum, of the classic style from the early 2000s as several people have commented recently,

I'm one of the people who have said this.
This forum -in style- reminds me of Hype.fm, an EDM forum I used to frequent a good two decades ago. I could well imagine a section there about "oldskool rave" or something like that if that forum were still to exist today. So you know what, I think it fits!

DJ Retro, spin that oldskool shit!

 

[data66]

I prefer this:
"Note that I've also registered oldskoolforum.com as a protection domain as it's so similar so don't want anyone potentially snaffling it and passing off."
without the plural.

 

[Retro]

@Hitcore cool, nice to have a thumbs up for the proposed name. btw I can't read the first word in that logo no matter how hard I squint. What is it?

@data66 I did consider that, especially as it's a character shorter, but the plural version just seems to flow better in my opinion. However, whichever one I go with eventually, the other will redirect to it, so you could still bookmark it like that if you wanted to.

 

[Hitcore]

btw I can't read the first word in that logo no matter how hard I squint. What is it?

Well... It's Oldskool !
(That was kind of the point of that image )