I bet after reading the title, half of you came in here sighing uncontrollably and hovering
that mouse over the delete button.
In any case, it's a compilation of suggestions I got from the community base which I bothered to type out.
(Or maybe this section of the forum is dead and I want to see a different icon on the 'Active Threads'
tab)
Alright so I'll start with some basic stuff about the website. I noticed that every
section is void of threads and posts especially in the more down-to-earth sections such as the discussion section and
pretty much every section but the Off-topic one. The reason for this (as I've asked around) is that the off-topic
section is the only part of the forum which -tolerates- any form of post which just misses the mark on the OP and as
such doesn't really help very much if someone's goal somewhere is to try and -populate- another section and
encourage posting elsewhere for that matter. So I don't think any section is really going to be used besides the
O-T branch and if that continues into the far future (you know.. when I start creating my own robot butler) the forum
will consist solely of spam which is something people are trying to prevent. I'd suggest slamming in a General
Section that tolerates both spam and sensible posts in the same thread since such threads are disappearing. I've no
solution personally but the Off-topic section is nearing a million posts and that's disturbing. (Well not really
disturbing after reading the shoutbox for a day)
Perhaps we could have another section which allows discussion of anything while allowing garbage posts and off-topic
posts that does not herald closure? You can argue that that in itself is the off-topic section but from what I'm
looking at I can tell you that you missed the point.
Speaking of new sections, we should pin one for any GFX things we got going on here. After all, we're a forum
community and people are sometimes in need of an avatar to their liking or perhaps a signature that actually fits with a
ridiculous height resolution. (No, it's not your fault Sheqel..)
This next one is about Mods (don't stab me..)
- You close threads too soon and you grip off-topic posts harder than a biker grips handlebars. I won't go into
detail for obvious reasons.
- One more thing commonly brought up is the shoutbox but nobody cares about that. It's a refresh-it-yourself mini branch with all the off-topic regulars RP'ing and causing enough drama that if you collect all of it you could write a script for Paramount. I used to ask why it wasn't a chatbox or why it didn't refresh itself.. but after skimming through a bunch of threads I don't think anyone wants to argue about any possibility that would never happen. (We have IRC anyway.)
- Another is that people want a sort of ability to delete posts they don't appreciate in their guestbook because it is unsightly to have something you don't like in your own personal section of the forums. Some have argued that it was unfair that only mods were allowed to delete things and that they have to ask you every time which is inconvenience that you guys clearly don't need. Plus what's the point of being able to script stuff and customize everything when you aren't even allowed to bleach the ugly comments in your visitor's book?
- Any other girl with a B+ cup and absurdly large measurements in the gallery should be removed. Though I really wouldn't suggest doing that..
- We should have some User Leveling System that goes by how many posts you've made in areas of the forum (hopefully besides the spamfest section) whereas posts increase your 'exp' toward the next level. It's nothing important but just a cosmetic you people might want to add in for fun though it works differently than the achievements in such a way that it's displayed where you avatar is along with whatever symbol you are (depending on your 'level'). Some dweeb mentioned this breeding elitism but forgot to take into account that if you wanna be elitist about something like that.. yea you get the picture.
- Someone wants Marilyn Monroe to be the banner on the top and bottom where the F.A.Q and
other links are.. but I couldn't convince him that she isn't as physically pleasing as the girl we already
have there.
There was also one where a guy wanted a jukebox on the front page where people could contribute songs to the list,
telling me that the idea would be popular seeing as how people like to share the music that they're listening to
for other people to hear.
I threw a hammer at him. I threw one at the guy who suggested installing a spelling/grammar helper here because he
couldn't understand half the things some guy said in a post.
I don't know.. what do you guys think?
(I packed the first paragraph closely because Angel complained that I used so many paragraphs that she got distracted and couldn't read it properly)
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