What's new with this upgrade?

Oh man, that is really good stuff.

With all the blackouts we get here, I've had many longer posts screwed over.

Thanks, cynthetiq!

 

Thank you, cynthetiq. Much appreciated

 

Hah! I hope you're not giving that duty to the_jazz.

He still hasn't given me access to Tilted Exhibiton.

What a douchebag.

 

Thanks cynthetiq you are the man. Thanks for all your hard work.

 

You are the awesomes, cyn. Really.
Nowwww......zombies to celebrate the awesomeness!?

 

Hi, Cyn ... look at this:



Everything, including a working 'ciew attachment' link was there. In this thread, couple of posts above, I was mainly thinking of the extended editing time and the saved drafts. But this blows my mind. The fact that it was ring 's amazing photo was already powerful, so the overall impact brought me to my knees.

I extrapolate and reckon that this technical modification makes a massive difference in how the forums will work. to me, it feels like the first time I heard music through a Sony Walkman or the first time I used a mobile phone. OK, news content coming at me via email is no new thing, but this feels different: this modification you've done is putting me a few steps closer to the people I care about. Thanks again

 

Yo. Just noticed I misread the Posting Games thing, and was thinking it wouldn't show up in the Recent Threads section anymore.

Since Recent Threads and alerts are how I primarily find out about new content, could a feature possibly be added where I can select which forum sections I want to see updates on in the Recent Threads section? Sections like Posting Games I don't really care too much about, but it keeps pushing out the more interesting threads, because only 5 are listed at any one time.

Cheers.

 

Is it really so hard to check the what's new tab? There comes a point where annoyance at the posting games section becomes less about convenience and more about a prohibition.

Sometimes that forum is more active than the discussion forums. Reality check.

 

Thanks for the reality check.

I'm not annoyed at the Posting Games section. It's simply my preference not to be updated on that section, and I'd think people in general would appreciate being able to pick which areas of their own interest they see updates on. It also seems fitting to a forum with a member base that has a wide array of differences and interests, where some post almost exclusively in one section, others blog only, others post only in 2-3 sections, etc.

Where the hell you got your "prohibition" conclusion from is far beyond me, as it doesn't make any sense whatsoever. I clearly didn't ask for a general removal of Posting Games updates, but for my individual ability to not receive them.

 

the site really isn't that large. do you seriously find it such a nuisance to navigate around the image threads? again, what's the problem with using the 'what's new' tab?

 

As I said before, it's simply my preference. Why on earth are you on my case anyway? I'm asking cynthetiq for the feature, not you.

If it's about you being a donor and me not being one while asking for special shit, I'll happily make a $200 donation today for the privilege to ask for special shit.

 

classy.

personally, i think the idea of compartmentalizing the site even more is a bad idea. this is a community. if we keep making it easier and easier for each other to ignore certain aspects of what we are doing here as individuals, we will lose the personal, community-driven feel of this place. not to mention, set up opportunities for people to feel undervalued and marginalized. that has never been what tfp is about.

 

Yeah, because $200 is the epitome of wealth and gives me supersized bragging rights.

Why would people feel undervalued and marginalized as a result of the feature I asked for? If a person doesn't have any interest in a particular section (such as Plan9 's beloved Politics forum), then they don't post there anyway. When a majority of the forum feels the same way, which is currently the case with the Politics forum I believe, doesn't the "undervalued and marginalized" argument apply anyway? And while saying this, I don't think the Politics people particularly care, either.

Further, if ignoring a forum section undervalues and marginalizes people, why don't you protest the introduction of the Ignore function? If many people put a person on ignore, it undervalues and marginalizes (emphasis on marginalization) him/her as well.

 

In my opinion what happens in posting games is just as legitimate as a large percentage of what you would consider to be discussion here. Much of what goes on here is more what I would consider to be chit-chat. Granted, expression through images is not what you want. That, I can understand. But to say that it takes less thought and less self-expression by default is narrow-minded, cyn, and I take a little bit of exception to the idea that you only value it as a possible traffic generator.

 

My only "issue" with posting games, if I have one, is that it's frustrating to see a cool sounding link and be unable to click it because it's behind the 2 post barrier.

I guess the good thing is that when that happens, I will almost immediately go out of my way to find some threads to post in so I can go check it out. It is a little annoying when all 5 (or whatever) recently updated posts are in the Posting Games section, but I think a toggle would be great (to see or not see Posting Games) so people who like it or are incentivized by it can see it and those who don't care can happily not care.