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Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (RedDragonX) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:59:42 +0000

MrX-Link wrote:

Yeah! Sounds great!
(...may I ask why they blocked SF?)

Because her parents are on a crusade against the internet of course. Not really they just don't feel that she deserves that right

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (MrXLink) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:09:04 +0000

Yeah! Sounds great!

(...may I ask why they blocked SF?)

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:53:26 +0000

Yep, looking forward to it.

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:32:09 +0000

OK, since everyone seems to like this idea, I'm thinking we could start it at the beginning of January. I'd love to start it now, but I'm going back home from college on Tuesday for Christmas, and my parents still have Spyroforum blocked, so I'll be gone for about three weeks. It seems like it would make more sense to just wait than to make RedDragonX do it all himself.

Sound good?

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:08:06 +0000

I think we can trust people to know not to spam. We don't want to limit everyone just because of the potential for a few people to abuse this.

If they do spam though, again, they know what the consequences could be.

Oh yeah, and:

[BTW: did you or some mod destroy the wut-topic? I can't find it anymore... I must know if it's destroyed or whatever.]

I didn't do anything to any topics in SPAM. Some topics randomly get deleted in that section sometimes.

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Brom the Wise) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:59:33 +0000

hmn, perhaps when a thread becomes featured, ther should be some sort of rule limiting the number of posts a person can place in it a day. To counteract spamming or those annoying one on one in thread talks. (no one like a good thread ruined by a few jerks)

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:43:21 +0000

Hmm, good idea. We'll consider that, but we'll probably just have one every couple of weeks or so to start off with until more threads start being created.

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Aceedwin) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:47:41 +0000

A great idea, I reckon. I wonder how many threads you'd do each week. Maybe three, with a first, second and third place?

It will certainly get people actually making threads, instead of just looking for threads to post in.

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dummy@example.com (ratchet) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:52:33 +0000

Yus, sounds like a great idea! im behind it

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dummy@example.com (SpyroGirl101) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:05:45 +0000

I definitely like it. It'll hopefully weed out most of the annoying pointless threads. If people get overly competitive or jealous then they can just get over it. If you're whining over something like that, then you're obviously not very mature.

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (MrXLink) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:18:05 +0000

Sounds pretty interesting, yeah.
I agree with what all the others said. Maybe (just an idea) you must leave spam in. You won't earn gems and you can talk about the most stupid and unusual, weirdest things, which I sometimes like. But if you don't like it, you should omit it indeed.

For the rest,
/signed

[BTW: did you or some mod destroy the wut-topic? I can't find it anymore... I must know if it's destroyed or whatever.]

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:46:16 +0000

Well, we can't exactly do anything about people feeling too competitive or jealous.

But if they choose to harass other members or whine about it to the point of annoying everyone, I think they know what will happen.

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:28:57 +0000

Great idea. It'll encourage people to make more interesting threads. Let's hope there's no competition or jealously. What if that happens?

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (Stormy) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:01:50 +0000

Announcements
SPAM
Moneybags' Shop
Contests
Fan Clubs
Spyro Art Requests
All three of the usergroups
Trash

...would all be out. Most of the for obvious reasons.

I've got more ideas for possible new sections (which if they were implemented I would expect most of the featured threads would come from) but it's still tentative and I'm not sure if they would ever happen.

Re: Featured threads?

dummy@example.com (36IStillLikeSpyro36) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:17:52 +0000

it sounds like a good idea. but i think both mods should decide it. and since RDX likes it, that doesn't seem like a problem.

good idea here, Stormy.

btw what sections were you considering omitting? [obviously Trash..] but you wouldn't omit SPAM! there's so many meaningful and deep threads there, after all lol.