deskthority.net vs geekhack.org

[artee]

which site is better? what do you think? I like the geekhack.org more, because its background is black which is great especially in the night.

[Brian8bit]

I don't have a conscious preference for either, though I find myself using Deskthority more now in the little time I do spend on keyboard specific forums.

[Crazy9000]

I don't like Geekhack very much, not sure why.

[daedalus]

[xbb]

I find this more user friendly and specific
I like the forum spy from geekhack

[002]

I think geekhack is a pretty cool guy. eh has a dark background and doesn't afraid of anything.

[webwit]

I considered it, and I think deskthority is better. I recommend it.

[002]

I think webwit is a pretty cool guy. eh considers it and doesn't afraid of anything.

[webwit]

Here's a picture of me during that moment.

[keyboardlover]

Taking a dump?

[webwit]

It is because our wiki is better. Especially once we copied everything ripster has been accumulating at geekhack.

[ripster]

I like Deskthority better because I can call the OP a douchebag and not feel guilty.

[YetAnotherDeveloper]

It is because our wiki is better. Especially once we copied everything ripster has been accumulating at geekhack.

its at least a real wiki... that really is one of my biggest complaints of GH.

[ripster]

Lulz is better at OCN. Nothing like reading about another person throwing up on their keyboard to make me feel superior.

[sixty]

I considered it, and I think deskthority is better. I recommend it.

I chuckled.

[arcanius]

I think both are great forums, but they've got their differences, and if I need to find something out about something, I know I'd want to check both sites, because of the varying communities, threads, etc.
Although I do like Geekhack's wiki system, it seems that now it's gotten a bit.... bloated, almost?

[ripster]

The Geekhack Wiki has always been scattered because a lot of people don't know how to do one properly.

Speaking of which, if you need another Wiki editor I recommend another EU member, Ekaros, to start working on yours.

[xbb]

It would be nice to have something (shared with both sites?) to manage easily group buys

[sixty]

I have given up at organizing specialized group buys on geekhack. People are too whiny and demand too many variants/changes/versions/whatnot. Just look at the past 2 keycap group buys... round two ended in a disaster. Round 3 started well, then took 6 months and now feels like its never happening, with more variants and more confusing sets than alps colors.

I decided against posting my newer group buys on geekhack purposely.

[Brian8bit]

When organising group buys just tell people to STFU. "This is what's getting ordered, are you in or out?". Like the KBC poker buy right now. Sure, people can whine all they want about not having ISO available. Fuck em. Clearly the buy isn't for them. If we'd of had a thread asking "We're thinking about making an order for a customised Deskthority keyboard. What would you like in a custom Deskthority keyboard" it would be 72 pages long and filled with pictures of japanese and korean women, over used memes and we'd never get anything done.

[ripster]

I blame Group 3 on being a disaster because a German is in charge.

Speaking of which how is that Hanzo Steel Spring Group Buy going?

[sixty]

Speaking of which how is that Hanzo Steel Spring Group Buy going?

The original company I worked with stopped replying to me. I think they thought I was trolling them when I complained that the spring makes a very audible sound. I guess there is only so far you can push these guys around.

[sixty]

When organising group buys just tell people to STFU. "This is what's getting ordered, are you in or out?". Like the KBC poker buy right now. Sure, people can whine all they want about not having ISO available. Fuck em. Clearly the buy isn't for them. If we'd of had a thread asking "We're thinking about making an order for a customised Deskthority keyboard. What would you like in a custom Deskthority keyboard" it would be 72 pages long and filled with pictures of japanese and korean women, over used memes and we'd never get anything done.

That is exactly what I'm doing with the new group buys.

[Brian8bit]

That is exactly what I'm doing with the new group buys.

[gorb]

Yeah, I wanted to jump in on some of the group buys but they've been getting way too fucking complicated...give me one or two options and if I like I'll buy, if not maybe next time.

[ripster]

When they work they can work well.


Except nobody at Signature Plastics knows how to do kerning or even Fonts properly.

[Spharx]

Both forums are great, but deskthority suits me better because it has ( or it will have ) more European users.
This fact leads to :

- More european ebay links
- better, faster & cheaper shipping
- ISO !! xD

so all in all less problems.

[Findecanor]

I find this board to be a bit redundant, to be honest.
From what I have seen, there are only a few members here who are not members of Geekhack.
Webwit, apparently .. I am supposing for personal reasons that most of us never got to know. Why?
(thx for the geekhack-specific japanese pr0n btw! )

If/when this board has grown big enough, people will whine just as much here in group buy threads, there will be just as much trolling etc. The amount of mess on a board is often mostly a function of size.

Technically, there are a few features of Geekhack that I miss here. Ctrl-commands in the editor, the subboard a topic belongs to being shown in the editor, etc.

[Gilgam]

maybe webwit was a former GHer.

I do agree on the redundant thing

[sixty]

Webwit, apparently .. but why? (thx for the geekhack-specific japanese pr0n btw!)

The amount of mess on a board is often mostly a function of size.

Maybe so, that is why the target group is supposed to be different to begin with.