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Patrick
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AUG 04, 12:23 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Boondawg:
Into you.
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Now you two stop that! I don't like what I'm visualizing at all. 
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Blacktree
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AUG 04, 12:24 AM
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| quote | | Originally posted by Cliff Pennock: So what's the flaw? That there's no ignore button "like most other forums have" (although for some odd reason, none of the forums I visit offer that option), or that according to you I don't do any moderation? |
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The flaw, IMO, is the lack of anything between "just deal with it" and "campaign to have the offending person banned". Other forums DO have ignore features. This is something that is built into recent phpBB software. You can see an example of it at the Ars Technica forum. Over there, it's called the "friends and foes" feature. Anyone who you mark as a "foe" is automatically ignored, and their PMs blocked. Anyone set to "friend" can view your online status, and initiate chat sessions. It's a pretty cool feature, and IMO can be very useful.
Edit to add: here's a link to all the features available in the phpBB software
http://www.phpbb.com/about/...a6c077fe08#friendfoe
And BTW, it's freeware... open source.
| quote | Originally posted by Pyrthian:
while I am sure you didn't intend to agree with the "and the only moderator doesn't really moderate anything"... |
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This is correct. I had assumed it would go without saying. But I guess I was wrong. I will try to be more specific in the future.[This message has been edited by Blacktree (edited 08-04-2011).]
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tbone42
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AUG 04, 01:13 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by theBDub:
Ohhhhhhh now I gotcha. Yeah, I noticed the return as well. |
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You can tell by the smell.. you smell that? Troll dung.
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twofatguys
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AUG 04, 02:45 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Blacktree:
The flaw, IMO, is the lack of anything between "just deal with it" and "campaign to have the offending person banned". Other forums DO have ignore features. This is something that is built into recent phpBB software. You can see an example of it at the Ars Technica forum. Over there, it's called the "friends and foes" feature. Anyone who you mark as a "foe" is automatically ignored, and their PMs blocked. Anyone set to "friend" can view your online status, and initiate chat sessions. It's a pretty cool feature, and IMO can be very useful.
Edit to add: here's a link to all the features available in the phpBB software
http://www.phpbb.com/about/...a6c077fe08#friendfoe
And BTW, it's freeware... open source.
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Cool, perhaps you could go and build the "perfect" Fiero Forum.
Nothing personal man, but I see this type of stuff as an attack on Cliff. This is his Forum, he created it, and wrote the code for it. 20,000 members seem to think it's fine the way it is.
There is room for improvement in everything, but seriously  you guys are here nearly 24-7, yet #$@! about how crappy the features are. Why are you still here if it's so bad?
Like I said, it's not personal, there are 3 people or so in a group of 20,000 that want a change, and scream about it at every chance. Let it go already.
Brad
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Cliff Pennock
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AUG 04, 07:11 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Blacktree:
The flaw, IMO, is the lack of anything between "just deal with it" and "campaign to have the offending person banned". Other forums DO have ignore features. This is something that is built into recent phpBB software. You can see an example of it at the Ars Technica forum. Over there, it's called the "friends and foes" feature. Anyone who you mark as a "foe" is automatically ignored, and their PMs blocked. Anyone set to "friend" can view your online status, and initiate chat sessions. It's a pretty cool feature, and IMO can be very useful. |
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So just because you think it's a cool feature, and PFF doesn't offer that feature, it's a "flaw in the system"?
| quote | | And BTW, it's freeware... open source. |
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So? You want me to switch to phpBB just because it offers an "ignore" option? Yeah, let's. Forget the fact there are tons of options available in the PFF software that aren't available in phpBB. Let's give them all up so you can have your ignore button.
There's absolutely nothing the phpBB software can do that my software can't. If the option is not available, it's because I chose to not have it available. That's not a flaw, it's a choice. The other way around, there are many, many things my software can do that the phpBB software can't. Not without installing a ton of mods anyway which all add to the instability of the phpBB software. I run another forum which is running on phpBB software. Even though it gets about 0.1% of the traffic PFF gets, I spend more time keeping that up and running than PFF.
| quote | | This is correct. I had assumed it would go without saying. But I guess I was wrong. I will try to be more specific in the future. |
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Rrrrright. It goes without saying that you only agreed with part of his message. 
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Cliff Pennock
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AUG 04, 07:12 AM
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PS: I don't need a button to "Ignore" this thread from now on.
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blackrams
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AUG 04, 07:57 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
PS: I don't need a button to "Ignore" this thread from now on. |
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This made me laugh. Thanks, I needed that.  ------------------
Ron
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hugh
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AUG 04, 12:51 PM
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I didn't want to start any problems with this thread,but it looks like a few have surfaced.It is common knowledge that I don't like Toddster,and he is the one I don't want in my threads.There is a thread I started about my grandson signing with the Miami Dolphins.He posted in that,but only to raise his post count,nothing more! I would much rather have some of the members he has driven off the forum than him here,at least they were honest. How do people achieve the level of self-importance that Toddster has assumed and still be able to communicate ?He must be as smart and important as he says he is ! Even with what I've said about Toddster,please don't turn this into a Toddster bashing thread.
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Nurb432
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AUG 04, 01:01 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Boondawg:
Into you. |
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ewwwwww
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rogergarrison
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AUG 04, 01:57 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Nurb432:
If you don't like someone, just don't read their posts... problem solved. |
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and theres the answer.....
works in real life too. There really are girls out there I dont like .... and I just dont speak to them...ever, and everyones happy.[This message has been edited by rogergarrison (edited 08-04-2011).]
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