Let's face it Survivor is way in the past and I often think that the name could be changed to something more generic.

What do you think?

I know it's a bit controversial but hey!

I voted not bothered, because I'm not. Not been here long enough to be bored with it yet. I would be apathetic if I could be bothered...... :bored:

I said No. I like the little palm tree :ninja:

I said No. I like the little palm tree :ninja:


hey! slow down! I'll do the logo poll later!

ooo interesting thread! I've thought about it many a time, but
1. it would be a pain to move
2. survivor-online is well ranked in the search engines and other sites link to it
3. I can't think of a suitable (domain) name that isn't already taken

Oh techno techno blah blah blah. Just pretend, Haydon. Honestly!

ooo interesting thread! I've thought about it many a time, but
1. it would be a pain to move
2. survivor-online is well ranked in the search engines and other sites link to it
3. I can't think of a suitable (domain) name that isn't already taken

bearing in mind I know nothing about these types of things .... couldn't you just have a page to say to anyone finding us via "survivor" links that the site has moved it can be found on this link "blah blah"?

NOOOOOOOO - I bought the t-shirt!!!:glare:

NOOOOOOOO - I bought the t-shirt!!!:glare:

oh lordy yes! now that's you, ILS and Coastie who are going to be "no's" ... ok who else bought the tee-shirt?

When I joined I didn't even think it was about the programme (which I'd never watched :blush: )


I just assumed it was a place where all the flotsam and jetsam ended up :w00t:

I voted no, because I think it explains where the forum started.

And I haven't got a t-shirt :sad:

I've got one that state's "I'm in shape - a round one" does that count?

I just assumed it was a place where all the flotsam and jetsam ended up :w00t:

Hello :wave:

NOOOOOOOO - I bought the t-shirt!!!:glare:
LMAO. I hadn't thought about that! I still have about 4 that I wear around the house (not all at once obviously!)

Dolores - yes, that could be done. (clever cloggs!) ;)

I voted No as I have the t-shirt!

Dolores - yes, that could be done. (clever cloggs!) ;)

Woooooo, get you. :smartie:

First time for everything I suppose.

Woooooo, get you. :smartie:

i know! after a hard day's graft and achieving nothing i can now go to bed happy!

i can now go to bed happy! hey hey - I now know who has my rampant rabbit that I lost!!!:bag:

I voted no as I've spent ages designing my T shirt for the Dublin meet and I loved survivor too much, wouldn't be the same.
What alternative did you have in mind Dol?

Im not bothered..

I've said "yes" partly cos hardly anyone else has, but mainly because I've wondered in the past why we are still called SO.

We should be called Reality-Online or summat.....

I voted no, because I think it explains where the forum started.

And I haven't got a t-shirt :sad:


What she said **points up**

I voted no, anyone still here after this length of time really is a 'Survivor' :w00t:

Gawd NO!
Jezuz...I'd never find it again!
:-O

Don't have the t-shirt, are we getting new ones for the Dublin meet :w00t: , but I have voted no as why change a habit of a lifetime!? :)

No - i love the name, and would feel bereft without it ...... cor how dramatic am i being lately :w00t:

No, no and once again No.

Like you say Haydon SO figures high in the search engines, we still get lots of new members through the current shows .

[b]IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT!!

**Sigh**

You lot are just sooo unadventurous. So resistant to change! :laugh:

(Apart from the other people who voted "yes" alongside me, of course)

(Apart from the other people who voted "yes" alongside me, of course)

All three of them :laugh:

All three of them :laugh:

:laugh:

Well, you may jest, but its 4 now......... Oh yes......

But numbers are irrelevant really because it just proves that we are the one's that have our fingers on the pulse. It always the case that the really cutting edge ideas are only taken on board by the most radical minds initially.

Totally agree Kaz :wink_kiss .

I think the crux of the matter is, if you want the board to stay the same as it is now, keep the name the same. If you want it to develop and evolve (who knows what into) then the name should be changed to attract the kind of people who will make that happen.

IMO, the name does not reflect the site and could well deter potential new members from joining as it appears to be a specialist site relating to one particular programme - frinstance, there's no way I'd even investigate a forum that called itself JohnMajor.co.uk if my interest was in general politics as I'd presume, rightly or wrongly, that that particular forum was primarily concerned with JM.

:fireman:

But - do many people know what 'survivor' is ? Would they know it was a reality TV show ?

IMO, the name does not reflect the site and could well deter potential new members from joining as it appears to be a specialist site relating to one particular programme - frinstance, there's no way I'd even investigate a forum that called itself JohnMajor.co.uk if my interest was in general politics as I'd presume, rightly or wrongly, that that particular forum was primarily concerned with JM.

:fireman:

Although I voted for the name to say the same, I think you have made some very valid points Floopy :thumbsup:

Can I change my vote?

But - do many people know what 'survivor' is ? Would they know it was a reality TV show ?

Kind of backs up my argument though really - what good's a name that no-one understands?

Can I change my vote?

Yes, yes you can. :smartie:

Karen - make that 6 :D

Wahey - we have 6 whole radicals on the board! Who'dve thought it? :laugh:

Good points in the post Floopy btw.

I voted no but then again I am not very radical and I happen to like the name.
I didn't even realise when I joined where the name came from as I was introduced to it through Crit.

Maybe I just don't like change as I always hate it when they change the name of pubs round here as they seem to do quite often.

Even if the name was changed it would still be SO to me. The thing is when you first introduced to something you still call it by it's original name. To me Veet will always be Immac, Cif will always be Jif, a Snickers bar is still a Marathon to me Starbursts or whatever the heck the new name is will always be Opal Fruits to me!

I agree Bella, I always use the original name of something, so if Haydon changed the name, it wouldn't make any difference to me, this place would always be SO, but it might draw in more new members :thumbsup:

I voted No because i am cr-ap on the computer as it is, i do not need to be confused by a logo change!
I would get lost and you would never hear from me again! (No sarcastic comments thank you.) :laugh:

Here's a thought (god why do I set myself up for these things).... we keep SO, but create a new identity as well.
The SO site would remain but there would be links to the new site, so therefore eventually almalgamating (sp) the two. Although, as I type this I'm thinking I would have to buy another vbulletin(forum) license to put the software on the new site as well.

I was going to suggest changing the blurb on the home page to play down the reference to Survivor. Sort of inferring that if you've been adrift on the internet and survived, etc etc,

But have you just done that Haydon ?

But would it then still not be called SO? :unsure:

No, I haven't really done anything to the homepage. There are a couple of links on there to Survivor stuff.

Not it wouldn't be called SO, something else. But I could always create a "SO skin" for the forums so for those that like to see the logo etc could.

Having given it some thought i have voted for yes.

At the end of the day we will lose none of our lovely posters through it, and there is a lot to be said in the addage 'a change is as good as a rest.'
*I will leave the technical wizardry to you Haydon.:)

No it wouldn't be called SO, something else.

Ok, well if there is to be a name change, can I suggest the title, 'Virtual Reality' please?

Ooh "Virtual Reality".....we might get JKay on here then, woooooooo :w00t:

Ooh "Virtual Reality".....we might get JKay on here then, woooooooo :w00t:

Well, I'd love it if we did (I quite fancy JK and he makes good tunes), but wasn't the song called "Virtual Insanity"?

**adopts pedant's hat**

Or the other single, Virtual Insanity. :bye:

Edit: snap kazza! :w00t:

Oooh look.

Are we Great Minds or Fools Patsy? :laugh:

Great minds, CLEARLY!

Ermmmm, oops, well others might make the same mistake as me :bag:

Are we Great Minds or Fools Patsy?
Great minds, CLEARLY!

Now that is the best laugh I have had in ages!! :w00t: :w00t:

How about calling in Virtual Inanity? :bag:

Virtual Insania :w00t:

Like it, like it.

Virtual Insania :w00t:

Nooooooooooo. We would be inundated with the Peter Andre fan. :w00t:

Nooooooooooo. We would be inundated with the Peter Andre fan. :w00t:

Oh no, not again :wacko:

Nooooooooooo. We would be inundated with the Peter Andre fan. :w00t:
oh no i wood hate dat coz den we wood hav all those annoyin lil teenyboppas to contend wiv again like b4.


:glare:

oh no i wood hate dat coz den we wood hav all those annoyin lil teenyboppas to contend wiv again like b4.


:glare:

Eh?!?! :wink2:

No don't change it.....I know Dol is only contemplating the thought as a means of losing those of us who are easily confused! :sad:

No don't change it.....I know Dol is only contemplating the thought as a means of losing those of us who are easily confused! :sad:

I'm sorry to sound harsh Coastie but the easily confused deserve to be lost! It's all about natural selection and we would only be left with the tenacious and not so easily confused posters! .... I count that as all of us then!

I'm sorry to sound harsh Coastie but the easily confused deserve to be lost! It's all about natural selection and we would only be left with the tenacious and not so easily confused posters! .... I count that as all of us then!

Hmmmmm..... :glare:

Eh?!?! :wink2:

Exactly!!!:glare:

OR HEAVEN HELP US THOSE THAT SHOUT EVERYFING!!!!:glare: :glare:

People will never find us if we change the name and like H says it's ranked well in the search engines so it's probably best to leave it for the time being. I did have a good name for the site the last time we discussed this, but a few months after I suggested it the name was taken. Wish I'd registered it for myself now - damn.

Which people?

Apart from the people who already know and who will presumably be told of any impending move.

I mean the ones who might go absent for a while, those who only visit occasionally etc.