I haven't read every post regarding the specific subject of message board style, but it appears a main objection is having to click on every post just to read it. Thus, my observation: Have we become so lazy, that we're unwilling to do something that takes a fraction of a second? And, yes, I know, cumulatively it's longer than that when clicking on more than one, but still.
I will admit that unless see posts by people I generally like, I don't always click them. The post title (or conversation itself) has to be very interesting if it's not my friends. I know that's not right, but I don't have much time to be here surfing around, and I like to streamline that time.
This means that there are new people who may be making a good point that I'm missing, and it also means there are certain posters I won't even click on any more because I know there is a 90% chance the post will make me cross-eyed before I get the gist. That is not a great way to run a conversation, and it's bad for a site that is all about conversation/debate. Imo.
A simple preview option would be great.
Wishlist
09/05/2011 08:26:23 AM
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I thought we already had one
09/05/2011 11:45:34 AM
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That is essentially Goodreads. *NM*
09/05/2011 02:42:06 PM
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I specifically noted I do not want it to become a Librarything/Goodreads copy.
09/05/2011 09:16:27 PM
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Wotmania content (FAQ, Theory post, personality test, etc.) and Chat *NM*
09/05/2011 02:53:08 PM
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Also agree here, at least where intellectual property isn't an issue.
09/05/2011 06:41:27 PM
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The Books MB, for example, has had more posts than the WoTMB in the past while.
09/05/2011 08:20:04 PM
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I think the BMB is the future, but am not convinced it's the present, or the road to the future.
09/05/2011 09:58:01 PM
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Or there is just a link between WoT fans and answering the quick poll.
09/05/2011 10:27:18 PM
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I did consider that possibility, yes.
10/05/2011 02:24:02 AM
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Re: I did consider that possibility, yes.
10/05/2011 11:11:37 AM
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Like I say, the data doesn't allow for certainty, but I've seen no data contrary to my premise.
11/05/2011 08:49:28 AM
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Re: Wotmania content (FAQ, Theory post, personality test, etc.) and Chat
22/07/2011 05:35:32 AM
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A new messageboard style
09/05/2011 06:49:10 PM
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I hate other bulletin board styles. Hate.
09/05/2011 06:55:31 PM
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09/05/2011 07:14:56 PM
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Well. I half agree with that.
09/05/2011 08:35:41 PM
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Help thing?
09/05/2011 09:55:18 PM
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Yes. The Help link on every page which currently goes nowhere. *NM*
09/05/2011 10:21:09 PM
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phpBB has an "ignore" option
09/05/2011 10:50:39 PM
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The thing is its the fun awesome people who do the tangents
09/05/2011 10:58:42 PM
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1996 is over
09/05/2011 11:52:48 PM
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THe option to show posts with newest replies first allows for that
09/05/2011 11:57:57 PM
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a few things
10/05/2011 12:05:50 AM
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I'm surprised to have gotten this strong of a reaction
10/05/2011 12:30:21 AM
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For what it's worth
10/05/2011 12:45:45 AM
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Re: For what it's worth
10/05/2011 08:29:08 AM
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It's possible
10/05/2011 11:45:26 AM
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Re: It's possible
10/05/2011 12:02:51 PM
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No, I got it
10/05/2011 01:03:59 PM
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Re: No, I got it
10/05/2011 01:14:01 PM
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Re: No, I got it
10/05/2011 04:42:57 PM
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Re: No, I got it
10/05/2011 04:52:06 PM
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Yes
10/05/2011 05:10:07 PM
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There's a firefox extension "interclue" that allows you to preview webpages before clicking links
10/05/2011 05:18:05 PM
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This site has what, 10% or so percent of wotmania's activity in its heyday?
10/05/2011 10:45:51 PM
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I used to spend quite a lot of time on other sites.
10/05/2011 12:14:09 PM
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Which type of sites?
10/05/2011 01:06:32 PM
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*NM*
11/05/2011 06:36:55 AM
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I actually had no idea to whom this response was directed.
11/05/2011 07:10:32 PM
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I agree with everything Rebakah and F&R said. I loathe the bulletin board style. *NM*
09/05/2011 07:12:53 PM
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I think forcing either style on anyone tends to discourage membership from those who want the other.
09/05/2011 08:23:13 PM
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This is a good alternative,
09/05/2011 08:39:07 PM
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Thanks; you can't please everyone, but this seems like the closest we'll get.
09/05/2011 10:25:00 PM
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Nice assumption
09/05/2011 10:32:35 PM
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If it became a habit it would be annoying, yeah, but is there reason to think it would?
10/05/2011 01:33:50 AM
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Human nature
10/05/2011 11:21:05 AM
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Human nature is to learn from mistakes, and that's not significantly less likely under either system
11/05/2011 08:58:06 AM
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If RAFO wants to attract new members....
09/05/2011 10:55:36 PM
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You can guarantee a large amount of people will leave if that vile phpBB type board is introduced
09/05/2011 11:01:43 PM
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I see it the opposite way
10/05/2011 12:04:42 AM
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It shouldn't be an either/or, a choice between retaining wotmaniacs or welcoming new members.
10/05/2011 02:00:04 AM
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While I agree with everyone who hates BB boards...
16/05/2011 06:26:04 AM
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I like the slider from nested to pages, yeah, thanks.
16/05/2011 06:54:02 AM
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Oh, my
16/05/2011 07:10:17 AM
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They're dumping the blue jerseys for home games.
16/05/2011 07:49:04 AM
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Re: They're dumping the blue jerseys for home games.
16/05/2011 07:58:55 AM
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Re: They're dumping the blue jerseys for home games.
16/05/2011 09:22:44 PM
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Re: They're dumping the blue jerseys for home games.
18/05/2011 09:21:13 AM
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I'd probably like it better if I weren't such an awful hitter.
18/05/2011 11:20:06 PM
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I adore our set up.
09/05/2011 11:05:34 PM
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Explanation, please.
10/05/2011 05:50:20 PM
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I love that there are many examples of why this board style is a good thing in this thread.
10/05/2011 10:59:03 PM
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There are also many counterexamples; depends on your perspective.
11/05/2011 09:08:19 AM
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it's a bug, not a feature
11/05/2011 06:45:29 PM
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I may be misinterpreting, and maybe this is the catch 22 (you don't read my posts.)
11/05/2011 08:18:32 PM
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I believe the way of counting active visitors has changed, though.
11/05/2011 08:25:27 PM
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He did say something like that, yes; wotmania counted people active for AGES after the logout.
11/05/2011 10:01:56 PM
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No, it's very much a feature, and that's coming from someone who shares your preference and reasons.
11/05/2011 09:44:51 PM
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It's so much a feature to me, that I'd leave if it went to BB. Also, tangents.
12/05/2011 05:40:45 PM
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I agree, I hate this old MBstyle. Its time to leave the dark ages. *NM*
13/05/2011 03:01:50 PM
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Your brain is just addled by hormones.
13/05/2011 03:14:27 PM
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Hva addled hjernen min?
13/05/2011 04:36:14 PM
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Acknowledgement of me as your ruler *NM*
09/05/2011 07:12:31 PM
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"JESUS is our only ruler!"
10/05/2011 03:00:01 AM
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IRV is terrible, and is the worst option other than FPTP
10/05/2011 06:07:27 PM
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But Borda isn't Condorcet complete either.
11/05/2011 08:45:05 AM
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Smiley Reduction/Alteration?
09/05/2011 07:30:25 PM
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Also with quotes and close brackets. <---- This is WEIRD.
09/05/2011 07:34:13 PM
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That is quite possibly my biggest annoyance with the whole site.
09/05/2011 07:40:48 PM
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Nothing really big, apart from what others have said, and less that's new.
09/05/2011 07:54:03 PM
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How about a music MB?
09/05/2011 08:00:33 PM
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I think it wouldn't be used much.
09/05/2011 08:08:52 PM
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Yeah a post on the Com MB every other week works just fine. *NM*
09/05/2011 08:16:49 PM
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Or turn the TV & Movie board into a pop culture board we'd just need to get rid of the rubbish admin
09/05/2011 09:13:41 PM
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Stop being a brat!
09/05/2011 09:57:35 PM
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But it is Jens!
09/05/2011 10:16:23 PM
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Re: I think it wouldn't be used much.
09/05/2011 08:36:05 PM
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collapsing of extended thread nests
09/05/2011 11:09:23 PM
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pfft. get a wider screen. problem solved. *NM*
10/05/2011 04:06:51 PM
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Nah, it would also be nice to not have to go past all of that to get to part of a post you actually
15/05/2011 04:37:48 PM
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Quick question, how many users are registered here? *NM*
10/05/2011 01:38:37 AM
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I think the search page User List gives a good estimate (~725 total, counts/MB inside).
10/05/2011 02:44:50 AM
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It doesn't
13/05/2011 10:29:32 AM
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That surprises me, but I'm glad to have a (much) more accurate number, thanks.
13/05/2011 04:16:14 PM
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Now that I'm thinking of Quick Polls: Maybe require voters to login during the feedback phase?
10/05/2011 03:05:51 AM
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Anyone else notice that everyone replying participates on the book, tv + movies and comm boards
10/05/2011 02:18:08 PM
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It doesn't help that we make them feel like a blemish on the RAFO scene.
10/05/2011 04:45:33 PM
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Yeah, I don't get why the WOTlers aren't interested in saying something anywhere else
11/05/2011 09:54:50 AM
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I think it's as simple as a lot of them just being WoT fans (which is not a crime. )
11/05/2011 06:20:08 PM
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I can agree to that. Provided of course, being a dan brown fan is still punishable by a severe...
11/05/2011 06:30:08 PM
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You put me in a difficult position, caught between two important principles.
11/05/2011 08:22:33 PM
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Hey, reply to the right post
11/05/2011 08:58:30 PM
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I did, I just merged another one; I usually do, but can't with nesting.
11/05/2011 11:01:16 PM
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You put me in a difficult position, caught between two important principles.
11/05/2011 08:52:04 PM
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I've seen most people who've replied post on the WoTMB at least occasionally.
11/05/2011 11:26:44 PM
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You are clearly wrong.
12/05/2011 04:58:34 PM
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Its prime ended before the split? Bah, you old geezers always hassle us kids for livin' our life!
12/05/2011 07:32:02 PM
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Report post, moderation powers to all boards, spoiler tags, NM bug, bug submitter's name displayed.
10/05/2011 05:59:58 PM
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Re: your suggestions
10/05/2011 11:03:00 PM
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Re: your suggestions
11/05/2011 08:24:38 AM
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It's just that...
11/05/2011 06:04:46 PM
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hahaha that's understandable. Well, leave me off the upgraded powers list, then.
11/05/2011 07:46:01 PM
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Whoa. You can change quote styles? News to me. *NM*
11/05/2011 10:02:10 PM
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It's all there, in the help section at the top of the board.
12/05/2011 04:50:44 PM
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Shush, you. *NM*
13/05/2011 08:56:05 AM
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Regarding the forum style
10/05/2011 11:17:50 PM
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I support any improvement that won't impair functionality for others.
11/05/2011 05:26:02 PM
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Just an observation/question about post-clicking
11/05/2011 05:42:30 PM
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Yes. Though it's not just laziness.
11/05/2011 06:20:50 PM
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It's a real pain in the ass when the site's running slow.
11/05/2011 07:14:20 PM
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Or your internet is; I've spent about 4 hours now reading and responding to less than a dozen posts.
11/05/2011 07:31:17 PM
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It's more than laziness, yes.
11/05/2011 07:53:52 PM
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Active Users: 51
11/05/2011 01:19:25 AM
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Also
11/05/2011 04:36:17 AM
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Who asked to be added to the Skype thing and was completely ignored?
12/05/2011 06:32:00 AM
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I wonder if there is a way to make the Search function work...
11/05/2011 09:56:54 AM
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There is an easy fix for that.
11/05/2011 06:09:10 PM
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Links in posts - can they not take us to a new page but to a new tab/window, please?
12/05/2011 05:49:23 PM
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It's not, but a simple right-click and select "Open in new tab" does the job in FF, at least.
12/05/2011 10:40:27 PM
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Clicking links with your scroll wheel opens them in a new tab. *NM*
12/05/2011 11:32:29 PM
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some kind of "reply all" feature?
13/05/2011 06:35:15 AM
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Not sure about implementation, but I like this; I wouldn't want pages as much with this.
13/05/2011 04:21:27 PM
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Two things: facebook and searching within a post
13/05/2011 03:07:37 PM
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I can add a comment for Facebook liking.
13/05/2011 06:48:16 PM
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Maybe it's another IE vs. Firefox thing.
13/05/2011 08:52:53 PM
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I use chrome
13/05/2011 09:47:06 PM
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Works now, looks like; thanks to Bekah (or apologies to Ben if I missed it earlier).
21/05/2011 10:29:26 PM
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Make me an Admin!
13/05/2011 04:17:59 PM
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Of what, exactly? You have no discernible skills beside account corruption. *NM*
13/05/2011 06:27:51 PM
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I demand silence from the peanut gallery! *NM*
15/05/2011 02:25:52 AM
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Since I don't think anyone else has mentioned it here - HTML
15/05/2011 09:00:39 PM
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The email alerts for NBs option is coming (I think).
15/05/2011 11:22:58 PM
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I hope so. I hate going onto the forum and replying "check noteboard" so they get an alert *NM*
25/06/2011 04:39:43 PM
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WYSIWYG! *NM*
27/05/2011 02:25:49 PM
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is inherently evil. *NM*
27/05/2011 02:40:51 PM
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...and yet inherently accessible to the non-geek masses
30/05/2011 02:34:58 AM
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As I said...
30/05/2011 08:55:32 AM
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We could always just put a banner on the home page that says, "no non-geeks need apply".
26/06/2011 12:00:31 AM
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A redesigned home page!
22/05/2011 04:26:27 AM
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Unhh... Privacy statement?
19/07/2011 06:14:49 PM
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"Rules" would be a better place, IMHO; we're told at least one of those links should soon work.
22/07/2011 04:08:54 PM
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Thanks for the response / comment, Josh
23/07/2011 08:59:02 AM
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I assume it just means people are too busy working on the site to answer immediately.
23/07/2011 02:06:48 PM
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Admins should be able to move Posts into an already existing thread
20/07/2011 02:52:05 PM
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since most of us are science fiction fans as well as fantasy fans...
22/07/2011 07:56:29 PM
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Feel free to use the Science category on this (the Community) MB *NM*
23/07/2011 04:35:06 AM
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