[Albion] What unites us is greater than what divides us...

[Bozza]

I know it's been posted on here before, probably several times in fact, but for some reason my alert for mentions of NSC has just flagged this excellent piece from @chaileyjem as being new, even though it's anything but.

Anyway, most days don't pass without a small group of people on here sniping at one another continually, generally over politics. I don't even open those threads any more - it's frankly depressing. But, anyway, just a reminder that we're all here primarily because of the one thing that unites us, that can deliver despair and ecstasy in equal measure and that enriches all of our lives.

Open forum: how online message boards offer a safe space for fans to open up

Twitter and Facebook should have killed off forums but the community feel of sites like Brighton’s North Stand Chat gives supporters a valuabl

www.wsc.co.uk

 

[Bozza]

And another @chaileyjem piece that also got flagged as new today if you enjoy his writing, and you probably do.

Thank god this is all in the past...

From railway station chats to overpriced sausage rolls, it's the tiny parts of matchday we miss

After almost a year without full stadiums, the connections made through football are missed just as much as the goal celebrations February 22 ~ It’s

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[Stato]

But, anyway, just a reminder that we're all here primarily because of the one thing that unites us, that can deliver despair and ecstasy in equal measure and that enriches all of our lives.

Chip forks?

 

[The Fits]

What's amazing about NSC in 2023 is how little serious aggro there is about the football side of the stuff.
I'm the same now in terms of avoiding the political threads etc but I remember there being really vitriol on football threads in the past- even during the Potter reign, especially when he went on losing steaks, things could get pretty vile.
Sign of the time i guess- other things to get pissed off about perhaps, but it's great that when it comes to the football we are all mostly positive and together.

 

[Stato]

Cheap jokes aside, that was an excellent piece and highlights the importance of blokes, particularly of a certain generation, finding ways to communicate. Unintended consequences for a football forum perhaps, but at the risk of sucking up, you and the mods do good.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

What's amazing about NSC in 2023 is how little serious aggro there is about the football side of the stuff.
I'm the same now in terms of avoiding the political threads etc but I remember there being really vitriol on football threads in the past- even during the Potter reign, especially when he went on losing steaks, things could get pretty vile.
Sign of the time i guess- other things to get pissed off about perhaps, but it's great that when it comes to the football we are all mostly positive and together.

I think the anger on here mirrors the form of the team on the pitch. A lot of us vent on here after a bad result/performance but there haven't been too many of them in the last 15 months. Also no one is attracting the attention of the resident bullies these days. Palarse fans seem to be very quiet for some reason and of course the Swedish pizza addict got cancelled for antisemitism.

 

[Muzzman]

Weird. I've been thinking about NSC a lot lately, I think we should all be proud of this space. I'm confident it IS one of the very first online football forums, dating back to 1996/7 in its proto stage. If we placed an 'Established' date within the NSC logo, what year would it be?

 

[Silverhatch]

Like a (sadly all too frequently disappearing) traditional pub that just sells good beer and bar snacks.

 

[Bozza]

Weird. I've been thinking about NSC a lot lately, I think we should all be proud of this space. I'm confident it IS one of the very first online football forums, dating back to 1996/7 in its proto stage. If we placed an 'Established' date within the NSC logo, what year would it be?

The thread about the Luton forum had me digging back to try and find a copy of the early version of NSC as the Luton threaded format is similar to how NSC was back in 1996/7.

Unfortunately 2002 is as early as the Wayback Machine goes.

 

[CheeseRolls]

I took a quick look at the moderating decisions sub forum yesterday. Coming up for a year since anyone was publicly rebuked there. It feels like the worse behaviour and repeat offenders have been weeded out and the board is a better place for it.

 

[BBassic]

The thread about the Luton forum had me digging back to try and find a copy of the early version of NSC as the Luton threaded format is similar to how NSC was back in 1996/7.

Unfortunately 2002 is as early as the Wayback Machine goes.

Man, NSC sure was different back then...

 

[Bozza]

Man, NSC sure was different back then...

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Oh, don't you have access to the sub-forum where that stuff is hosted nowadays?

 

[BBassic]

Oh, don't you have access to the sub-forum where that stuff is hosted nowadays?

There's a risqué sub-forum?!

Best I don't know about it - NSC is addictive enough as it is

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

There's a risqué sub-forum?!

Best I don't know about it - NSC is addictive enough as it is

It’s why Bozza has had to increase the number of adverts. It’s not to keep the site going but he needed extra bandwidth for the moderators archive of filth.

 

[AmexRuislip]

I know it's been posted on here before, probably several times in fact, but for some reason my alert for mentions of NSC has just flagged this excellent piece from @chaileyjem as being new, even though it's anything but.

Anyway, most days don't pass without a small group of people on here sniping at one another continually, generally over politics. I don't even open those threads any more - it's frankly depressing. But, anyway, just a reminder that we're all here primarily because of the one thing that unites us, that can deliver despair and ecstasy in equal measure and that enriches all of our lives.

Open forum: how online message boards offer a safe space for fans to open up

Twitter and Facebook should have killed off forums but the community feel of sites like Brighton’s North Stand Chat gives supporters a valuabl

www.wsc.co.uk

Hey @Bozza
Are you going through a melancholy chapter in your life.
Are you ok hun

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

I know it's been posted on here before, probably several times in fact, but for some reason my alert for mentions of NSC has just flagged this excellent piece from @chaileyjem as being new, even though it's anything but.

Anyway, most days don't pass without a small group of people on here sniping at one another continually, generally over politics. I don't even open those threads any more - it's frankly depressing. But, anyway, just a reminder that we're all here primarily because of the one thing that unites us, that can deliver despair and ecstasy in equal measure and that enriches all of our lives.

Open forum: how online message boards offer a safe space for fans to open up

Twitter and Facebook should have killed off forums but the community feel of sites like Brighton’s North Stand Chat gives supporters a valuabl

www.wsc.co.uk

Brilliant article and so true.

I love this place, it is somewhere that I can go when I am in need of a bit of an escape or just want a laugh something ridiculous that has been spotted and shared

Like many I have been a member for a long time and have posted a fair few times but probably a bit anonymous and not really missed when not having posted for a while. It is great! It is such a happier and better environment than places like Twitter and it takes threads like this to realise what level of influence it has on you, your daily life and supporting the Albion. For years it was my only source of football/Brighton chat and a brilliant escape from looking out the window at Reading.

Keep up the good work Bozza and the mods. But also give me access to the filth forum so I can go back to the thread full of beautiful ladies.

 

[BNthree]

We should all meet up for a curry night.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Cup of Tea. Fixes everything. Got a cold - tea. Feeling a bit down - tea, lost a limb in a farming accident - Tea.

 

[Oh_aye]

I know it's been posted on here before, probably several times in fact, but for some reason my alert for mentions of NSC has just flagged this excellent piece from @chaileyjem as being new, even though it's anything but.

Anyway, most days don't pass without a small group of people on here sniping at one another continually, generally over politics. I don't even open those threads any more - it's frankly depressing. But, anyway, just a reminder that we're all here primarily because of the one thing that unites us, that can deliver despair and ecstasy in equal measure and that enriches all of our lives.

Open forum: how online message boards offer a safe space for fans to open up

Twitter and Facebook should have killed off forums but the community feel of sites like Brighton’s North Stand Chat gives supporters a valuabl

www.wsc.co.uk

I don't open those posts either. I honestly find the endless speculating about where our current players are going more hard work.

I think I'll just come back at the start of the season when it's mostly all sorted.

 

[Bozza]

We should all meet up for a curry night.

You joke but, before re-reading that article today, I had decided I wanted to have a go at some "NSC Social" events.

Frankly, as someone who is quite introverted, the thought semi-terrifies me, but I think they could be good fun, and there are a lot of names I'd like to put faces to. I think it's worth a try anyway - if it doesn't work, then so be it.