04-28-2007, 06:47 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Location: Central Coast CA
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minimum posts to use the shout box
90% (statistics grabbed from ass) of the people who search in the shout box for porn have 0 posts. can we add a minimum of a few posts before users can use the shout box to cut down on porn shouts.
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04-30-2007, 03:00 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Location: Seattle, WA
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Two posts would be more than enough to skim the top off of the porn shit..
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05-01-2007, 04:04 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Location: Chicago
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Honestly, I'm not sure how possible this is. The shoutbox feature is coded by someone else entirely: all Halx basically does to implement it is plug it into the right spot on the server. So, if the ability to limit who can post in it isn't already available in the code, it may be a fair amount of work to add it. Know that the mods share your annoyance with people who mistake the shoutbox for a search box and, if we can, we'll do something about it. No promises though.
That said, this is why we have both a shoutbox and an IRC channel. The shoutbox is nice, but the IRC channel is really where actual conversation is intended to occur. The shoutbox is intended for just that: shout-outs. Some advantages of using IRC to converse over the shoutbox:
Right now, though, of the 21 users in TFP chat, 10 are mods/admins, 1 is a bot, and only 10 others are regular TFP users. Most of those 10 connected TFP users are among the people who stay connected 24/7 and, as such, the fact they're connected means nothing in terms of activity. The IRC chat has been, for the most part, dead lately. It, like TFP in general, is what the users make of it. If people don't connect to it and, after connecting, use it to initiate conversation with others, then it's not a great source of community. But if enough people connect to it and enough people take the initiative, it can be an active location to connect with other TFP members in real time. So I recommend you give IRC chat a chance, and don't be discouraged if (when) you connect and see no one talking. Say hi, maybe someone else who is connected will bite and you can start a conversation. If not, stay connected! It certainly doesn't hurt, and sooner or later someone else may (probably will) connect and say hi themselves. If you want to connect the quick and simple way, simply click the "Chat" link at the top of any TFP page. It will open a small window with a java applet that connects to IRC for you. You can leave this open just like any dedicated IRC application in order to stay connected to the channel (though I should warn you that clicking a URL in IRC while using the java chat has a tendancy to open that page in the same window, closing the java chat and disconnecting you). Or, if you want to take advantage of one of the numerous dedicated IRC applications available, and all the advantages that come with using them, check out the TFP Chat Guide. It's written with very explicit instructions so that, hopefully anyone can set up and use any of the IRC applications with little trouble, regardless of technical inclination. If you find something confusing about it, please feel free to comment in the thread and ask! It's there to help you. Finally, there are some cool things that you can do in TFP's IRC chat, and a few matters of courtesy that we ask of people as well. Check out this thread to read about that. To summarize, we all share your frustration regarding people trying to use the shoutbox to find porn, and hopefully we'll find some way to fix the problem. Nonetheless, I hope to see many more of you in IRC chat. It really is a much better way of having conversations than the shoutbox, and if enough people use it and actively start conversations then it can be a great additional source of TFP community. (Note: Some (many?) work environments do what they can to block IRC connections on the business network, so some people may run into difficulty connecting to IRC while at work. Sometimes this can be overcome with a little technical know-how, but sometimes it can't.)
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