What is iFanboy? iFanboy.com vs. Revision3 Forum - and some simple rules!

[jaflanagan]

Hi! We're iFanboy, otherwise known as Josh, Ron, and Conor. We read comic books.

Since 2000, we've run iFanboy.com (http://www.ifanboy.com), a great place to talk about comics. Then, in November 2005, we started doing the iFanboy Pick of the Week Podcast, to go along with our weekly Pick of the Week (http://www.ifanboy.com/pow.html) written review, which updates every Wednesday night, when new comics come out.

Then, in 2006 we attended the San Diego Comic-Con with a video camera, a microphone, some free time, and several disused degrees in TV production. From that, we created our first iFanboy video production (http://www.ifanboy.com/archives/000978.html).

And eventually we ended up here at Revision 3, where we're doing a regular weekly comic book based video show. We'll be talking to comic book pros, checking out more conventions, and talking about whatever else we can think of, which has never historically been a problem.

And who are the three men of iFanboy? You can see more here (http://www.ifanboy.com/about.html).

In addition to these forums, we post regularly at iFanboy.com, where we've always great comic book discussion going on.

If you want to participate in either the audio or video show, you can send your questions and comments to contact@ifanboy.com, or leave us a voicemail at 888-FANBOYS (326-2697). If you're feeling really adventurous, you can even send us a video.

Look out for new video shows every Wednesday, and new audio shows every Sunday night.

Thanks, and we hope you like the show!

[jaflanagan]

If you're familiar with us from before the video show, you'll probably know that we run a comics blog of sorts of iFanboy.com, and the only things posted were posted by either Ron, Josh, or Conor. But there were people who wanted to post their own stories, and justifiably so. But that sort of went against the general idea for iFanboy, so it wasn't really an option.

Then we started producing the video show for Revision 3, and we had to opportunity to have a forum as well. We decided it was a good idea to have both, because it was the best of both worlds.

But what's the difference?

Basically, iFanboy will continue on like it has (hopefully), and we'll post our pick of the week, and shipping threads, and any odd things we feel like talking about. If you feel like something has slipped through the cracks, and we didn't post it, or there's a book you want to talk about, or pretty much any damn thing in the general area of things the iFanboy community might like, go right ahead. Please try not to post things on both places, unless you're redirecting a conversion so that it doesn't take place in two places. We'll try to watch out for redundancies, and steer folks in the right direction when we can.

But so far, the folks at iFanboy have always been one of the best, intelligent, most courteous, and general non-stereotypical group of comics fans on the web, and we'd like to continue that here in the Rev 3 forums. So just keep doing that. Don't flame, don't be a jerk, and just keep it up, and keep it fun. I'd like to think that we really are friends. (Except me, Ron, and Conor, who barely tolerate each other, except when there's a giant paycheck in it. Oddly enough, I'm still waiting for that check.) We're not going to be iron-fisted moderators here, just like we aren't on iFanboy. But if you use any kind of racial, sexual, or otherwise bigot like slurs, or make personal attacks, we'll boot you, and feel good about it.

Just keep making us proud like you've done, and don't act like the folks over at those other forums. You're better than that!

-josh

[jaflanagan]

Where can we talk about our weekly books?


After the Pick of the Week goes up on Wednesday night, you can always talk about the weekly haul at the iFanboy POW thread (http://www.ifanboy.com/pow.html).

Postmaster General Fred will start a general weekly review thread on these forums each week, where he'll write his reviews as well. This will stand in for any other general weekly review threads.

If you want to start a thread about a specific book/issue from the week, that's OK, as long as it's focused on that. BUT SEARCH THE FORUMS FIRST to make sure that there isn't already one going on for that book.


We'll try this for the time being and see if it works. We're not trying to restrict people, but rather avoid clutter. As always, feel free to let us know what you think.

[horatio616]

I think we should be allowed a stream-of-consciousness thread. It's a God-given right.

[pride-of-brandon]

If you don't like clutter stay at ifanboy.com. When you join threads together it just makes them more Cluttered.

[jaflanagan]

We noticed, so we're not going to join them from here on out. We're going to close them.

If you don't think that most of these don't end up being stream of consciousness threads, I don't know what to tell you.

I like chocolate.

[fred]

I like porn.

[fred]

I'm a uniter not a divider

[conorkilpatrick]

What do people think about the idea of having a thread for each book?

For example, instead of a Batman #663 thread and then next month a Batman #664 thread, we just have a thread called Batman and every time someone wants to talk about the new issue of Batman they just add to that thread. Kinda like how we do it on the 24 thread.

Thoughts?

[the-screw-on-aaron]

Hey there, Aaron here, this all started when I posted a thread asking what was your favorite book from DC, Marvel, Image, Darkhorse and any Indy books people were reading this week.

I didn't want to change the direction of the conversation or anything like that. I genuinely wanted to know what was people's favorite book this week from each of the companies. I did not mean to create all this confusion. I figured that unlike the main iFanboy site where people could talk about the pick of the week, this site was created with the intention of going in different directions related to comics.

I appreciate your explanation of how you want to run the site but am still sad it didn't work out.:(

[jaflanagan]

Aaron, sorry for the confusion. We're still just trying to work out how to keep the most people happy. Sometimes we fall on our face.

We certainly don't want to be heavy handed, just maintain some semblence of order.

But hey, if that's not what the people want, who are we to deny the people?

[acomicbookgirl]

I like that idea. Its kind of annoying to see the same thread of comic book reviews from like how many different people. As for the Batman thing, that sounds good to me.. :) I'm all for less clutter. :D

[k-dizzle]

I think a little restriction is in order. i like the Batman idea as well. I tried to see what I missed today and the threads joined together thing did not work. How about this, we all join an email group and go over the next few months of solicitations, then we Correspond with eachother vie e-mail and telephone confrencing to decide what books are going to be "hot". Once we have our list of "hot" books the moderator of the forums can post them as the books come out. If there is an odball book that we missed or a break out/sleeper book, we will regroup at ifanboy.com to further discuss the other books. sarcasm and the internet do not mix well.

[conorkilpatrick]

I think a little restriction is in order. i like the Batman idea as well. I tried to see what I missed today and the threads joined together thing did not work. How about this, we all join an email group and go over the next few months of solicitations, then we Correspond with eachother vie e-mail and telephone confrencing to decide what books are going to be "hot". Once we have our list of "hot" books the moderator of the forums can post them as the books come out. If there is an odball book that we missed or a break out/sleeper book, we will regroup at ifanboy.com to further discuss the other books. sarcasm and the internet do not mix well.

That's almost too simple...

[six-gun]

Thank goodness. One of the reasons that I haven't gotten into any other forum online is because of all the clutter. Then I found iFanboy.com, and I found the moderated weblog format much more to my liking.

Then the Rev3 forum came about, and I was forced into a fetal position with fear that all of the discussion that I liked so much at the main site was going the way of DC's Elseworlds line.

But now that I'm here I love it, the clean nature of the forum is just great. Keep up the good work!

[k-dizzle]

That's almost too simple... A planned weekly/ ifanboy chat room would be kinda cool. ya think?

[pride-of-brandon]

I'd like to have categories: DCU, Marvel, Vertigo, Indy, Movies, TV, Pick-of-the-week, and Fred.

Then just have sub-sections that fall into any of those catgories.

I don't like the idea of ever closing a thread. Sometimes I get the urge to talk about a book I read 4 years ago.

[kwok_talk]

I'd like to have categories: DCU, Marvel, Vertigo, Indy, Movies, TV, Pick-of-the-week, and Fred.

Then just have sub-sections that fall into any of those catgories.



I think this might be a good suggestion. I really like the new “individual thread devoted to a book” format, but I think very quickly there will be more book threads than can nicely fit on the front page. I don’t know if threads can be divided into main and sub categories, but that’d be cool if it could.

To the iFanboy three – I hope all of these suggestions aren’t discouraging. I think I speak for most, that we really appreciate the fact that we even have such a great forum to talk comics, but don’t mean to overwhelm with our comments and suggestions. I’m sure you all are busy enough with the podcast(s) and such.

[jaflanagan]

I don't like the idea of ever closing a thread. Sometimes I get the urge to talk about a book I read 4 years ago.

I think you're worrying about a iron fisted regime that doesn't exist. We're not planning on closing things for the hell of it, and I would be surprised if it even happened that often.

[paper]

What if the threads were divided by setting? Superhero jurisdiction. The Central City thread. The Gotham thread. The Outer Space thread. Water, the Thread.

This is why I never ran for student government...


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I like the idea of dividing the threads by publisher, but it's also kind of dangerous. The forum won't be nearly as intimate , and I think that's a big draw for a lot of us.

[fred]

I like the idea of dividing the threads by publisher, but it's also kind of dangerous. The forum won't be nearly as intimate , and I think that's a big draw for a lot of us.

Definitely agree. The issue there as well is that say we're discussing Batman and there's a parallel in a Wolverine story, is it improper then to compare it there or then do we need a Marvel/DC Comparisons section?

know what I mean?

[conorkilpatrick]

Definitely agree. The issue there as well is that say we're discussing Batman and there's a parallel in a Wolverine story, is it improper then to compare it there or then do we need a Marvel/DC Comparisons section?

know what I mean?

I'll be honest, I see no benefit from dividing the forum up into categories.

[fred]

I'll be honest, I see no benefit from dividing the forum up into categories.

I agree. That's what I'm saying. It would get absurd and restrictive quickly

[horatio616]

If there's a clear consensus that a thread sucks can we vote to have it deleted? Would that be divisive?

[conorkilpatrick]

If there's a clear consensus that a thread sucks can we vote to have it deleted? Would that be divisive?

As it stands now, threads that aren't popular will just get pushed to the bottom of the list. I think that works fine.

[horatio616]

As it stands now, threads that aren't popular will just get pushed to the bottom of the list. I think that works fine.

I was thinking we could American Idol-ize the boards. The kids seem to love it!

[pride-of-brandon]

lets do nothing.

[conorkilpatrick]

lets do nothing.

Too late! :)

[watsonglenn]

What do people think about the idea of having a thread for each book?

For example, instead of a Batman #663 thread and then next month a Batman #664 thread, we just have a thread called Batman and every time someone wants to talk about the new issue of Batman they just add to that thread. Kinda like how we do it on the 24 thread.

Thoughts?


If you do that the thread will get very long, maybe too long.

[jaflanagan]

If you do that the thread will get very long, maybe too long.

Yeah, we're gonna keep an eye on that and see how it works.

[e-tagg]

If you do that the thread will get very long, maybe too long.

Agreed. I only check two or three times a day tops, and if I've gotta sift through 26 pages of Civil War posts already, imagine what'll happen with an ongoing.
Good for people that keep up constantly, bad for the occasional.

[fred]

one thing that kind of helps is that you can up your posts per page to 40 in the control panel. It doesn't give you less to read but there is less time waiting for pages to load or searching for where you left off

[e-tagg]

one thing that kind of helps is that you can up your posts per page to 40 in the control panel. It doesn't give you less to read but there is less time waiting for pages to load or searching for where you left off

Ooo, that does help, but it's still a matter of volume.

[conorkilpatrick]

This place is nothing if not organic, so if people don't want long threads about each series and want to have threads on individual isses, that's cool.

Have at it.

:)

[racemccloud]

Hey, this may have been addressed already, but... is the name "iFanboy" a play on "I, Robot", or is it play on "iPod", or is there some other origin to the name altogether? Just curious.

[conorkilpatrick]

Hey, this may have been addressed already, but... is the name "iFanboy" a play on "I, Robot", or is it play on "iPod", or is there some other origin to the name altogether? Just curious.

We may or may not have talked about this in episode #25, but in a nutshell...

At the time the URL we really wanted, fanboy.com, was taken. So then it was a choice between eFanboy and iFanboy. In 2000, putting "e" before your name was somewhat the thing to do but iFanboy worked on more levels, one of which was in the "I, Fanboy" sense.

[racemccloud]

We may or may not have talked about this in episode #25, but in a nutshell...

At the time the URL we really wanted, fanboy.com, was taken. So then it was a choice between eFanboy and iFanboy. In 2000, putting "e" before your name was somewhat the thing to do but iFanboy worked on more levels, one of which was in the "I, Fanboy" sense.

Given how pop-tech and internet culture has played out, it would seem you inadvertently made the right decision.

[conorkilpatrick]

Given how pop-tech and internet culture has played out, it would seem you inadvertently made the right decision.

Absolutely.

[six-gun]

Absolutely.

that's an awesome story

[racemccloud]

Right now, right at this moment, the iFanboy forum is by far the most active of the Rev 3 forums by about 35 people (to Diggnation) at 331 members "currently viewing". Maybe this happens a lot, I don't know. But that's pretty cool.

[esophagus]

It's usually up there as one of the more active. Not sure it's usually that high though. It also usually has one of the most recent posts.

[six-gun]

Right now, right at this moment, the iFanboy forum is by far the most active of the Rev 3 forums by about 35 people (to Diggnation) at 331 members "currently viewing". Maybe this happens a lot, I don't know. But that's pretty cool.

we do seem to have the best community by far

[timmywood-]

Yea Us !!!!!!

[black-chowder]

I've and understood

[johnferrigno]

There are other forums?

[jo-relrollins]

i was gonna say the same thing. i only hangout and read in this forum. I mean I watch a couple of the other shows. But mainly I donate,post,read,and hang out at Ifanboy only.lol

[d_taube]

Can someone tell me how to submit a review on the site. Just can't seem to figure it out.

[webnet]

Can someone tell me how to submit a review on the site. Just can't seem to figure it out.

Log into iFanboy.com, go to the Comics page and Pull the comic you read and want to review. Once its pulled, look under the iFanboy logo and click Your Comics. Then click Write a Review.

Hope that helped