Forum upgrade at midnight tonight

Omie Jay · 18 Jan 2009, 10:06 PM

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REPUTATION!

can be positive or negative. You say something helpful, and ppl mite rep u for being nice. U troll, u can be negatively repped for trolling.

[now rep me plz

]

darkwolfzx · 18 Jan 2009, 10:09 PM

unless lazarus removes negative feedback

**Wooz** · 18 Jan 2009, 10:10 PM

w00t, multi-quoting!

Trebla · 18 Jan 2009, 10:11 PM

Why did you have to re-introduce rep system again? You got rid of it before because people were abusing them...(and a big fat LOL that I still have the reps from long ago in 2005!!!!

)

**townie** · 18 Jan 2009, 10:11 PM

rep should be fine, as long as we dont go around pretending (like in the old days) that a person with a high rep is a "good/model/helpful" member, it just means they're popular

Graney · 18 Jan 2009, 10:12 PM

What happened to "my posts"? That was my most clicked link. "my posts" is essential. seaching for my username is a pain in the arse.

x.Exhaust.x · 18 Jan 2009, 10:13 PM

Sup with all these 'friend added' emails being spammed in my inbox?

Dux&Src see those green boxes under your username? That's 'rep' not the rep brogan was talking about lmao

**townie** · 18 Jan 2009, 10:13 PM

hay, did custom subtitle's dissapear?

**Kujah** · 18 Jan 2009, 10:15 PM

Pretty good update.

sl123 · 18 Jan 2009, 10:16 PM

Nice work guys!

kevinx2 · 18 Jan 2009, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by townie

hay, did custom subtitle's dissapear?

it's still there

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graney

What happened to "my posts"? That was my most clicked link. "my posts" is essential. seaching for my username is a pain in the arse.

Yeah, want My Posts back

superelizabeth · 18 Jan 2009, 10:20 PM

starting to look like myspace/bebo/facebook lol

**Lazarus** · 18 Jan 2009, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Oliver

I've got to say you've completely outdone yourself Mr King. I am thoroughly impressed and retract any comments I may have made disparaging your abilities and/or good nature.

May the greasemonkey BoS manipulation begin.

Also: What are the adsense features in 3.8 like? I've heard good things.

Thanks Dan.

I expect your new script to be as elegant as the last.

I was expecting more from the adsense 'features', to be honest - it turns out that hosts who have already customised their forums for adsense aren't offered anything new - except the ability to share your CTR/CPM data with Jelsoft.

The change appears to be aimed at smaller forums who haven't tried adsense. It really doesn't seem to be much more than an experiment by Jelsoft in preparation for 4.0.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hypermelon

+ do i have to enter a mobile number when editing my details?

This is a bug - fixed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBK11

ahh so the new upgrade is to add more ads?

No new ad units have been added.

If you would prefer to browse the forums without ads, however, you can choose to support us at any time

or alternatively start greasing monkeys like Mr Oliver.

Quote:

Originally Posted by amber44

Is it just me, or is it also slower then before?

Upgrading our forum software was just one of the first steps we had to take in order to optimise the performance of the website and our servers as a whole.

If anything, it should be faster. Making it so is certainly one of my top goals for the next month.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omie Jay

yea this rep thing should be taken off, because of trolls and ppl who flame on for biased reasons.

We experimented with rep once long ago. I introduced it as a way of rewarding people who helped others. In fact it was used mainly as a popularity vote based on humour and other similar considerations. So we abolished it.

In hindsight I don't think it was wise to remove functionality which our members liked and wanted to use. The fact that they wanted to use it for something that we hadn't intended doesn't mean we should try to stop them. It does mean that it wasn't used as a reward for helpers, but it also wasn't hurting the forums in any way.

I am considering leaving rep in the game and introducing a parallel 'brownie points' system to serve as rewards for helpers. Presumably those users who are interested in rep as a measure of social popularity will not be interested in being seen as goody goody helpers. Details still to be worked out though.

Hypermelon · 18 Jan 2009, 10:24 PM

we can customize profiles
Upload photos
join groups

wow this is more like . . . a social networking site

**Lazarus** · 18 Jan 2009, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graney

What happened to "my posts"? That was my most clicked link. "my posts" is essential. seaching for my username is a pain in the arse.

Quote:

Originally Posted by townie

hay, did custom subtitle's dissapear?

Both of these will be coming back.

I have to add them in manually.

18 Jan 2009, 10:06 PM	#31 (permalink)
Omie Jay Who isn't? HSC: 2007 Gender: Male Location: 500 - Internal Server Error Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,512 Last Activity: Today, 6:08 PM Blog Entries: 13	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight You can hide this advertisement by registering. REPUTATION! can be positive or negative. You say something helpful, and ppl mite rep u for being nice. U troll, u can be negatively repped for trolling. [now rep me plz ]

18 Jan 2009, 10:09 PM	#32 (permalink)
darkwolfzx Supreme Member HSC: N/A Gender: Undisclosed Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,309 Last Activity: 25 Jul 2009, 5:13 PM	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight unless lazarus removes negative feedback

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Wooz ^wooz*y^ HSC: N/A Gender: Male Location: Canada Bay Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,368 Last Activity: 13 Nov 2009, 8:56 PM	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight w00t, multi-quoting!

18 Jan 2009, 10:11 PM	#34 (permalink)
Trebla Loquacious One HSC: 2006 Gender: Male Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,220 Last Activity: Today, 12:36 AM	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight Why did you have to re-introduce rep system again? You got rid of it before because people were abusing them...(and a big fat LOL that I still have the reps from long ago in 2005!!!! ) __________________ Tutor available for: - Mathematics (HSC and Preliminary) - Mathematics Extension 1 (HSC and Preliminary) - Mathematics Extension 2 For further details: http://community.boredofstudies.org/...85#post4611085

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townie Moderator Santa Mod HSC: 2004 Gender: Male Location: Employment, Real Estate and Travel Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,882 Last Activity: Today, 6:36 PM	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight rep should be fine, as long as we dont go around pretending (like in the old days) that a person with a high rep is a "good/model/helpful" member, it just means they're popular __________________

18 Jan 2009, 10:12 PM	#36 (permalink)
Graney Quit life 4eva HSC: 2005 Gender: Male Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,938 Last Activity: 21 Aug 2009, 9:09 PM Blog Entries: 2	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight What happened to "my posts"? That was my most clicked link. "my posts" is essential. seaching for my username is a pain in the arse.

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x.Exhaust.x Prophet 9 Bye bye HSC. HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Location: Sydney NW Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,823 Last Activity: Today, 6:02 PM	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight Sup with all these 'friend added' emails being spammed in my inbox? Dux&Src see those green boxes under your username? That's 'rep' not the rep brogan was talking about lmao __________________ HSC o9`: - Adv. English - Ext. 1 Maths - Ext. 2 Maths - Chemistry - Physics Tutoring for Year 7-12 students: http://community.boredofstudies.org/...ills-area.html

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18 Jan 2009, 10:15 PM	#39 (permalink)
Kujah Moderator. HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Location: Somewhere I Belong Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,460 Last Activity: Yesterday, 3:05 PM	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight Pretty good update. __________________ BA/Llb @ USyd. Need a tutor for English, Biology, Modern History, Extension History, Mathematics, Chemistry or Physics? Look here: http://community.boredofstudies.org/...ml#post4089627

18 Jan 2009, 10:16 PM	#40 (permalink)
sl123 New Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 21 Last Activity: 5 Oct 2009, 11:56 PM	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight Nice work guys!

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Hypermelon Member HSC: 2010 Gender: Female Location: Canberra Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 183 Last Activity: Today, 1:46 PM Blog Entries: 1	Re: Forum upgrade at midnight tonight we can customize profiles Upload photos join groups wow this is more like . . . a social networking site __________________

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