So I guess all your bosses at work need to do to get you to capitulate is allow you a few minutes a day to talk about music.

Thank you for the vote of confidence :yeah:

Thank you for reading the original post and taking it seriously [not to imply that others didn't as well].

Now, if we could just get the mods [or former mods] to chime in on what powers they have to make changes that we would like made around here, and what would have to be done by ThePowersThatBe.

Lame. Did s/he give a reason?



As far as the original topic of the thread goes, I would love to be able to tag other members in posts so that they don't have to go through dozens of pages to see if anyone is trying to talk to them about a subject in a thread.

What exactly do you want to happen around here?

$1 million unmarked and a private jet to Singapore.

Well, since you asked:

- The ability to tag members in posts and have it notify them, thus alerting them to pertinent conversation.

- A "Spill Your Guts / Get The Hatred Out" type of thread where users can funnel their anger and say whatever they want without it spilling into other threads and without the threat of being banned. Keep it contained. If it starts spilling over, warnings and bans should ensue.

- Once a member's journal is approved, they should be able to moderate it them self, deleting posts that they don't want in it, etc. Also, once a journal is approved, subsequent posts to it shouldn't have to go through a mod before being posted.

- Some sort of image editor to be included in the site so that we can better change our own avatars ourselves, instead of running to the mods for help [or maybe I'm just retarded when it comes to that].

That's just off the top.

Nah, I'm from the U.S. I need to go to a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty.

Closest thing that we have to that atm is quote notifications and you never know who has those enabled.

I don't think that attracting hatred to any part of our forum is a good idea.

I would be okay with this as far as the OP posting without having to go through a mod once their journal is approved. Maybe an option for a "conditional journal" or something for newer members who want in on the journal action. Not sure on the likelihood of that happening though.

There's a good one in the Avatar Requests OP. You can also use MS Paint and host your image on www.imgur.com.

I personally use paint.net for resizing images. It's free and better than paint. Let's you maintain aspect ratio which is important if you don't want your avatar looking stretched.

I just use Gimp, which is a really good, free program that aims to be like a lighter version of Photoshop. It's great, but takes a bit of getting used to since it can do a lot of things.

You can maintain aspect ratio in paint.

Imgur has a nifty edit function that lets you resize your images.

- Quoting pretty much takes care of this. There's a feature in your settings to send you email notifications when you get quoted that has a link to the direct quote.

- Every thread has turned into a spill your guts thread nowadays.

- I agree that the journal restrictions are a bit dated. We can try adjusting them.

- This could go either way. I think approval is still important to screen for nudity and whatnot.

EDIT - Didn't see Frowns response. We pretty much lined up though.

I get notifications when people quote me.

Anyway, I think the only one I care even slightly about is the journal post approval thing. I'm actually waiting for that right now! And guess what? It's balls!

The workaround is easy though: Make a regular thread and post your stuff there instead.

Sure, but paint.net has more features and generally produces better quality than paint. I believe you can control the compression of your photo in p.net.

I also feel it's important to note that us Mods are really at the mercy of the system admins and Advameg engineers. Yac is NOT an above all be all decision maker. She talks to the web designers and asks if things can be done. Some things can't. These upvote and tag ideas are good but it may just be not feasible with this website.

It would be nice not to have to have entries approved. Make things much easier I'm sure.

It's honestly no biggie, but it's the only thing that would make a difference of some sort for me if it was changed.

Again why dont you (the mods) list what special privs you have to help members brainstorm ideas that can ACTUALLY be implemented. I dont get why youre being so dodgy about answering this question directly.

I have a girly beard.

EDIT: I can edit your posts.

I never felt like they were being cryptic

None.
We can ban people, see IPs, approve avatars and journal posts, read redacted posts.
That's about it.

Afaik we can ban spammers, manage threads, and change your avatars. Unless we have secret powers the other mods are keeping from me.

Edit yeah what grindy said

Don't forget our power of eternal life being granted to those MB souls we deem worthy. DWV, you're off the list now for being too f*cking nosey.

Thanks. I mean we all figured it wasnt much but its good to know for suggestions sake.

And thank you Exo living forever sounds awful.

We can also change post counts.

And signatures.

I'd be embarassed about my 6k post count but I have no dignity.
More than 1500 posts per year, but little substance. Like, what am I even doing?

You're a fine poster. Don't let the Frownlands get to you.

But I'm literally too lazy to put much thought into my posts. Frown and OH have hit the nail on the head from time to time about me. I don't feel any regrets about my lame tastes though :cool:

Sh*t, look at mine. I don't really even like talking to most of you.

Joined 2010.
5k posts.

You're better at making life choices than most of us. That's what those stats mean.

This is why I'm your boss.

It's true. Thankfully, we live 2 hours away and never went out for a beer. You sucks.

In complete sincerity, I'd be totally down to have a beer with you. I just stay up north a lot. My best friends live in Forked River so maybe one time soon.

Make it happen. You only live once.

Everyone deserves a beer in my presence.

That's like something the world's best friend would say.

You want a back rub?

You have no idea how much I want a back rub. It would help if you were a hot woman, but then again, I've never seen your face.

I can pull off a hot woman I think. If hot women can have beards.