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#26 |
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Great news about an upgrade. Can we please go back to the original colour scheme
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Oh oh oh I'm thinking up a new name already as I have a space! it's like christmas up'inhurr
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I have a space
I shall miss it!![]() CrookedHeart it is, then
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: On top of the sherry trifle.
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I'd be happier if there were an option in settings that allowed us to disable the embedded media. Just my two penn'orth.
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#30 |
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If this was post-upgrade, we would 'Haha' this post.
To clarify some of the questions that have come up: - Ban amnesty: this is not a straight 'you appeal, you can come back' - we will be reviewing every account and deciding on an individual basis. If someone was incredibly disruptive, chances are we will not be allowing them back. What this does allow us to do, however, is if some time has passed and someone accumulated too many small bans, ending with a permanent ban, maybe we can allow them back. People that have re-registered again and again are unlikely to be allowed back. - Reactions: we will be introducing more positive than negative reactions. All actions are logged so we can review them all. Similarly, they are for the lurkers more-so than the regulars, though they are of course welcome to use them as well. Many members sign in and just read rather than taking part. We are also keen on the burying of poor-quality posts that are voted by the community. We can then see if there are particular trends ("does a user have many buried posts? Maybe they are doing it deliberately to disrupt the forums?...") |
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#31 |
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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It would be good to see the mods posting in the forums again. I remember a few being really whitty in some of their comments.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Sounds very good. It will be nice to have the search working again.
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Essex/ex NW London
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How many times have you seen a "I agree" or "This!" post? I think I can count on one hand how many of those I've read.
Not sure what the relevance to lurking is. If you lurk, you're not contributing. If you click a thumbs down, you're not contributing. This is exactly what I'm talking about. Discourages discussion; just click the thumbs up/angry face and run. So does that mean the forum will run in a similar fashion to Reddit? Thumbs up threads/posts dominate the top of the board over the latest ones? Also, didn't realise we'll be getting images... worst idea ever. Will we be able to turn off that feature? |
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: London
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I hope that the new Notifications can be switched off. If you started an incredibly popular thread or, indeed, if you're simply just incredibly popular, it could get a bit annoying.
And I did a double take on the Ban Amnesty heading. I thought, what have Amnesty done to earn the wrath of DS?
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#35 |
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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When will this be happening?
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#36 |
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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#37 |
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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- Reactions: we will be introducing more positive than negative reactions. All actions are logged so we can review them all. Similarly, they are for the lurkers more-so than the regulars, though they are of course welcome to use them as well. Many members sign in and just read rather than taking part. We are also keen on the burying of poor-quality posts that are voted by the community. We can then see if there are particular trends ("does a user have many buried posts? Maybe they are doing it deliberately to disrupt the forums?...")
I've always felt the discussion is what it is, whether people post well or not - at least you read it in a linear fashion from start to finish and it's conversational. Quote:
How many times have you seen a "I agree" or "This!" post? I think I can count on one hand how many of those I've read.
Not sure what the relevance to lurking is. If you lurk, you're not contributing. If you click a thumbs down, you're not contributing. This is exactly what I'm talking about. Discourages discussion; just click the thumbs up/angry face and run. So does that mean the forum will run in a similar fashion to Reddit? Thumbs up threads/posts dominate the top of the board over the latest ones? Also, didn't realise we'll be getting images... worst idea ever. Will we be able to turn off that feature? bib - I truly hope not, so hard to read those boxes within boxes, a pain in the arse
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Posts will not move based on reactions, the design of them will change based on their ranking. Buried posts for example become 'minimized' (while maintaining their position in the thread) with users needing to click to read them, similar to how the ignore function works here at the moment. The chronology of posts is something we are very keen to preserve.
Will look into media being disabled as a user option. Not seeing it at the moment but it is certainly something we can investigate if we choose to go live with it. |
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#39 |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Leafy Ealing
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It will be good to have a fully functioning search facility again. Not sure about the ban amnesty., and definitely don't like the idea of posts becoming non-linear.
Please can we have the yawn and rolleyes emojis back. |
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Will there be a report button next to images and videos or any kind of auto detection for porn or spam bots?
No doubt some wag will take up the opportunity to post their w*** bank late one night. I've no problem with porn but it certainly doesn't belong on DS. |
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I hope that the new Notifications can be switched off. If you started an incredibly popular thread or, indeed, if you're simply just incredibly popular, it could get a bit annoying.
- Turn on/off notifications by the forum (so any time someone posts in TV, for example) - Turn on/off notifications for threads created by you or bookmarked by you - Turn on/off notifications that mention you by username - Turn on/off notifications for threads you have participated in - Turn on/off notifications on private messages Quote:
Will there be a report button next to images and videos or any kind of auto detection for porn or spam bots?
No doubt some wag will take up the opportunity to post their w*** bank late one night. I've no problem with porn but it certainly doesn't belong on DS. |
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#42 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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A couple or so questions is the notification function switchable on and off. I would find it annoying to have messages come up on screen?
Will advertising be less obtrusive? What happens to the "Chatter" Forum I see my first question has just been answered |
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#43 |
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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A couple or so questions is the notification function switchable on and off. I would find it annoying to have messages come up on screen?
Will advertising be less obtrusive? What happens to the "Chatter" Forum I see my first question has just been answered I would like it even better if they moved our TTN thread to the soap games room.
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#44 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Lancs
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All those that have posted in the chatter forum, will they get added on to our post counts lol
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Essex, UK
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Will you be allowing avatars as part of the upgrade? A lot of forums nowadays allow you to login via Twitter - will that be an option now?
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#46 |
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Will you be allowing avatars as part of the upgrade? A lot of forums nowadays allow you to login via Twitter - will that be an option now?
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#47 |
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: County Durham
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I am far more excited than I ought to be about the ability to like or react to posts.
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#48 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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No to avatars, yes to Twitter.
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#49 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: UK
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Great news about allowing name changes.
If we change our name, will our new name or old name appear in archived/old posts if we are quoted? I assume old name, but would be great if new name! |
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#50 |
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Can I suggest an Appreciation section, which can include the horrendous boobs on TV thread, and the regular Rachel Riley pervathons? I'd imagine that many would support the idea of having a special corner for the binocular collectors. It seems preferable to them getting in the way of the telly forum. We get told to ignore them, but it's a bit difficult when they're almost ever-present. Again, just a thought... and this seems to be the right time for thoughting.
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