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Login/Join to Participatebig and good and broken
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
could work nyc but i think once the ratings have been around for a while, they will work, even with everyone having the ability to rate threads.
i think the issue you raised is where the sticky threads could come into their own - threads compiled by people who spend lots of time in a particular forum and know where the really useful nuggets of information are.
cole. x
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Sporadically Prodigal
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fae
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Location: London, United Kingdom
unfortunately appreciation is one of those things that nobody mentions
people complain about things if they are displeased but they rarely notice, or they presume it normal when they are pleased
as a mod (or any similar position) i guess you have to realise the proportion of people who complain compared to the proportion of people who don't complain in order to realise that you are appreciated - this is not always easy
i guess what i meant to say is i appreciate all the work done on this site, and the continuing effort made to change for the better as time passes.
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Playing OldSchool Poi
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Location: amsterdam, Netherlands
so if old, useless, chatty, double and bad threads get deleted, does that effect the post-count of us users and will Cantus' post-count then suddenly drop from over 10.000 to only half of that?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Don't worry, post count isn't affected by deleting posts or threads - it's a number stored separately from all that.
Member
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Location: knoxville, tennessee, usa
heres my 2 cents. i love the idea of thread rating. i wish when i started spinning i could have gone directly to the threads pertaining to my intrests that were rated high by more experianced users. i would however, like to be able to defer rating a thread before i post on that thread. sometimes i forget to rate the thread and type a message. then i submit and rate the thread ok, when i would have liked to rate it something else. in the end i have to retype my message. there are also times when im not sure which way a new thread will go but if i want to post on it i feel im forced to rate it prematurly. i dont want this coment to be taken as a complaint but as a piece of constructive critisism. thank you all for contiually improving the site and working so hard to make it user friendly.
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9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
What about a 'please do a search' smiley?
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Written by: NYC
What about a 'please do a search' smiley?
It should look like Durbs.
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with added berries
1,365 posts
Location: Manchester, England (UK)
What about a rating that could be repeat post/post in wrong place or something?
and a do a search smiley would be cool
Plus then you could make 3 new smileys too so you've got a full line in the window
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,384 posts
Location: mancunian, United Kingdom
fantasic! took me a few minutes to realise (and knowing me its been like this for a while) but youve changed the ratings again.
i think this is excellent considering the social chat cant really be classed as 'informative' etc
just thought id let you know
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Thank yoooooou!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
now you can't order search results
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
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What about a 'please do a search' smiley?
It should look like Durbs.
Ah - but then people would purposefully not search just to see my beautiful face...
*sigh*
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3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK
Um, The 'do a search' Smiley is a great idea...
It would people like me, durbs and Ucof (to name but a few) getting misinterpretted as being a bit rude and abrupt...
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member
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Location: Gold Coast, Qld, Australia
As a newbe who knows absolutely nothing about anything
your site kicks butt glad to be on board, well done to all the people who put this all together, now wheres that complaint button Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
its that exclaimation mark in the triangle, in the middle of the 5 icons at the bottom of this post.
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
i mentioned this in another thread but thought i'd post it here:
the ratings seem to have disappeared...
threads i've rated in the past are unrated again and the search doesn't push highly rated threads to the top any more...?
cole. x
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they do porridge."
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Sporadically Prodigal
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
I had an idea.
It's probably old and not very good but I like it, so I'll post it.
How about something like an "index" page, that lists maybe 100 or so of the most-used searches, double-posts and unnecessary threads (so... incorporating some nonsense threads, stuff about coloured flames, wirewool and how to build toys, beginners moves, isolations and all that) and links to either threads or a search page for the subject?
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Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
Glad to see the new search prior to new topic stuff implemented
Out of total self interested smuggery: was that a result of my recent suggestion?
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
I think thats a great idea, but after running some tests I just found a load of old posts where people just said 'do a search'.
I think everyone to reply to any future thread like that should do the search and post a link, so as to help people following the post > search > read path.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
I think that there's also the issue that with this new facility we can finally expect to see threads shouting "do a search" to be deleted- every new topic will now have already performed a search, and after a little while the pressure will shift on to members clearly titling their posts.
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
go malcolm
really likeing the search for similar function that seems to have appeared next to the page numbers as well
pretty slick me thinks back
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Written by: Malcolm
Dear all,
The "Search before posting a new topic" is now currently working.
i only just found out that this feature has been added - it is a superb addition malcolm, thank-you so much!
and the thread ratings (or at least some of them) appear to be working again now.
i think it goes without saying but:
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HOPcole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
91 posts
Location: Bristol
Dear Mr Malcolm
I may just be being a nervous nelly Mr Malcolm, but if you had a 'bad' option to the rating system that automatically deletes a post what's to stop someone from going around deleting the said posts for the 'fun' of it?
Regards, Mr Joker
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3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK
Is it just me, or has the google search thing gone? That was my link to google... Instead of having to look through my visited pages, I'd just click on that up on the top corner of HoP... Laziness rocks...
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
HOP librarian
1,841 posts
Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
Edit:
-New post that creates new page of the thread, appear as blank page.
-When editting, quote tag is modified to ":]".
-When logging, sometimes I've got MySQL error or cookie's corrupted.
-Searching whole phrase like google doesn't work.
-Search check before creating threade doesn't allow <5 letters.
-Preseach library result mix with thrread result.
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Pre-search of term, gives a result from all the main threads
check this out,
:R
POI THEO(R)IST
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
I think that's a good thing Richee.
This way someone won't start a thread on "How To Make Hula Hoops" in Technical if it's already been done in "other toys".
I think it helps people not start duplicate threads in the wrong forum.
For example, if you wanted to start a colored flames question in Poi Moves you'd see that that subject was already done a billion other places.
Of course, that thread shouldn't be in "moves" but I think giving people that option helps prevent errors before they happen.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Hmm. Well if anyone loves me enough that I end up with that many posts, I'll certainly do that.
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