sanahtlig Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 The point of this is to ask what the people want. Sure, some people may support the greater emphasis on the blog. I personally don't if it means the removal of the birthday widget. Hopefully we can reach a solution where everything works. Should we promote and highlight quality content creation or purposeless chatter? To me the answer is fairly obvious, especially considering the real estate consumed by the two features is about the same. The birthday feature serves no purpose other than fueling a massive spam farm. Congratulating someone on a birthday doesn't show sincere consideration if you have to be reminded to do it by an automated tracker that has been thrust in your face. Any result from that is simply the illusion of thoughtful consideration. Chronopolis and nohman 2 Quote
Stray Cat Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Should we promote and highlight quality content creation or purposeless chatter? To me the answer is fairly obvious, especially considering the real estate consumed by the two features is about the same. The birthday feature serves no purpose other than fueling a massive spam farm. Congratulating someone on a birthday doesn't show sincere consideration if you have to be reminded to do it by an automated tracker that has been thrust in your face. Any result from that is simply the illusion of thoughtful consideration. Once again, you're free to have that view but don't take it as everyone else's. Mr Poltroon 1 Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 If Rose is reading this, maybe consider including birthdays of active members on the recognition blog. That way you get more than an impersonal list for people active in the community, you get a couple of sentences on their experiences over the past year and their wishes for the new one - an end and a new beginning so to speak. It will also be a way for the Fuwanovel community to get to know each other a little better. Also if birthdays are truly special occasions, special enough to be recognised, then maybe making them fabulous for a day is appropriate. Giving them a small spotlight on the recognition blog might fit Fuwa's welcoming atmosphere . You can make it a weekly thing, making a post every Sunday or something. Have balloons, a picture of a cake (which nobody gets to eat) and other goodies. Here's an example of what you can write for each member: Tay - Tay spent much of his past year schmoozing with many localisers and developers, finally managing to establish iron-clad and nefarious ties with Big Eroge. With this nefarious mission now achieved and having spent so much time networking, he looks forward to a relaxing year ahead doing little more than cackling over a bubbling cauldron and gathering shady spell ingredients. Happy 61st birthday Tay, may you experience many more birthdays to come. And then maybe some streamers and confetti… This way you get more content for your blog, and celebrating birthdays becomes a little more meaningful on Fuwa. Tay and Eclipsed 2 Quote
Eclipsed Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Hoh... All of a sudden Rooke doesn't seem like such a big ol' grumpy grinchy party poopering meanie anymore Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 It was just an excuse to tease Tay a little Making suggestions to improve the site is supposed to be part of my job, after all I just haven't been doing it very often lately Quote
solidbatman Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 This is becoming a clusterfuck of an issue approaching the salt levels that was the MODERATOR COLOR CRISES. Obviously, I want this autistic debate to keep going on. Because its not a Fuwanovel debate if it isn't a complete waste of time and totally pointless. nohman, sanahtlig and Mr Poltroon 3 Quote
Lewycool Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Can't hide the birthday's now. Would rather have it on the side bar so I can hide it. Quote
Eclipsed Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Insert mandatory "*shrug* can't please them all" meme Quote
Lewycool Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Insert mandatory "*shrug* can't please them all" meme Better to make it fair for everyone ey? Fixes all the issues. Quote
Lewycool Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Nope. I guess too much pointless stuff bores you after awhile? Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Can't hide the birthday's now. Would rather have it on the side bar so I can hide it. You can easily hide the birthday box from view. It’s called “don’t scroll down that far Lewy!” If you take my advice I do believe you'll find your problem has disappeared . No need to thank me though, just airmail me some chocolate, or pizza, or burgers... Mr Poltroon 1 Quote
Lewycool Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 You can easily hide the birthday box from view. It’s called “don’t scroll down that far Lewy!” If you take my advice I do believe you'll find your problem has disappeared . No need to thank me though, just airmail me some chocolate, or pizza, or burgers... I guess the more important forums are higher up anyway Quote
Satsuki Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Well, we still have some spaces left, so if we can fit the birthday in, then it's good. Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 I guess the more important forums are higher up anyway That's the spirit Quote
Lewycool Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 That's the spirit Oh and the Clarity theme seems to fix the issue Well, we still have some spaces left, so if we can fit the birthday in, then it's good. Issues with themes #FuwaProblems Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Oh and the Clarity theme seems to fix the issue It's only a temp theme, enjoy it while it lasts Ahahaha Quote
Nayleen Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 I guess too much pointless stuff bores you after awhile? Pretty much, as I've said countless times before: I'd rather not touch the pile of crap that is IPB's code (and I had to, again, for this "feature"). Quote
Eclipsed Posted June 19, 2015 Posted June 19, 2015 Incidentally, my blog post got like 30-40 additional views yesterday after the change went into effect, and only received around 10 views the previous day. So I reckon this definitely had a positive impact on blog views. The view counts still aren't mindblowing or anything but every little bit helps Your Fall Out 4 blog thingy is up to like 9.5k views now. Bug suspicions aside, definitely a positive impact huh Quote
Satsuki Posted June 19, 2015 Posted June 19, 2015 Yeah, actually the blog is getting some really weird spikes lately. I wonder why? sanahtlig 1 Quote
Down Posted June 19, 2015 Posted June 19, 2015 We suspect some sort of bug. NAYLEEN, WE SUMMON THEE. Hopefully this won't settle as shrugging it off with a "lol IPB". sanahtlig and Eclipsed 2 Quote
sanahtlig Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 If more people were interested in the Tale of Whore than Clephas's entire blog a few days ago (not to mention mine), I'll be forced to commit seppuku. Quote
Nosebleed Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 The tale of whore is clearly a masterpiece of literature worth hundreds. My Hyouka entry has almost more views than all of Celphas' blog. Thanks based IPB Quote
sanahtlig Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 A Bit of News for Old Hands Posted by /user/276-clephas/" title="">Clephas, in /blog/blog-46/cat-16-vns" title="View all entries in 'VNs' category">VNs, /blog/blog-46/cat-56-chatter" title="View all entries in 'Chatter' category">Chatter 31 May 2015 · 15484 views There's no way that's his most popular post by a factor of 10. It's only a paragraph, with a title and topic content that isn't of general interest (unlike his review of Bunny Black). Yeah, this sudden influx of views to the blogs is definitely a bug. Quote
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