I'm tired of doing IotD - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 09-20-2007, 03:16 PM

I'm sorry, I don't speak Undertoadinese.

(This is why I couldn't do it because I have no idea what you're talking about.)

lumberjim · 09-20-2007, 03:17 PM

what?!

slang · 10-03-2007, 03:40 PM

Help me understand how this works.

The IOtD is normally found somewhere on the net, right? It's something posted somewhere that's current events like or interesting.

The job that you are talking about is basically finding new material already on the net, yes?

Flint · 09-20-2007, 03:18 PM

I was thinking more "manual" than that; still having moderators managing the selection (with open input from on the active board members, on an IotD "staging" thread) before going out to the actual "hits generator" thread. It would kill me if The Cellar lost it's magical "first page of Google" power.

theotherguy · 09-20-2007, 03:23 PM

Translation: Voting is broke.

Shawnee123 · 09-20-2007, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theotherguy

Translation: Voting is broke.

Ahh, thanks for putting it in terms that laidpeople can understand.

Elspode · 09-20-2007, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Ahh, thanks for putting it in terms that laidpeople can understand.

Got something to share with us there, girlie?

UT, it has to be a controlled thing. IOTD has inherent integrity. That said, there's a lot of people on here that are well qualified to take it on in terms of ability and discretion, but time...? That's the sticky part.

I haven't read this whole thread, but I know Bruce to be an avid procurer of images, and most of them are not porn. He would be a very logical choice, if he would deign to take on such a responsibility.

Flint · 09-20-2007, 03:29 PM

I like to work with the simplest tools that can get something done: How about a daily Image Submission thread, posting closed at midnight, when a poll is created, which closes at midnight the next day, and the image that gets the most votes in the poll goes in the next day's IotD? Complex procedure, simple tools. All managed by moderators, like lumberjim suggested.

Users could even submit ideas for the clever IotD description. Maybe we could vote on that too. Hell, I'm just thinkin' out loud.

All I know is that Undertoad just tased me right in the heart. He has an "F" string on his axe, and it's my heart-string. Broseph.

jinx · 09-20-2007, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

... Broseph.

I would do a day - don't care which one really.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-20-2007, 07:34 PM

The problem is not good pictures, it's the source, and the back story.... and copyrights/permissions.
It takes a lot of time to put all that together... daily.
If more people submitted the package, picture and source/back story, it would be much easier on UT.

Undertoad · 09-20-2007, 04:16 PM

That could fly. Another weird hitch is that images should live on the Cellar servers when they become IotDs, and that makes work for me. It would be better if ppl could upload their own images to here, and then only view and use them here. But the programming for that is a security hassle.

lumberjim · 09-20-2007, 04:20 PM

the whole voting thing might work once....but every day? no wai!

srsly. that would be more work than just continuing to do it.

lookout123 · 09-20-2007, 04:24 PM

true. i think the only workable solution is obvious then. LJ will have to pick up the task of IOTD. no more than 2 pics per week of your cockpuppets. unlimited pictures of Jinx are encouraged.

Shawnee123 · 09-20-2007, 04:25 PM

Do we want every IotD to be a cock?

lumberjim · 09-20-2007, 04:31 PM

one day a week i could do. then it would be like a homework assignment. I could take my time composing the text...and take it all very seriously. I call dibs on Wednesday!

09-20-2007, 03:16 PM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'm sorry, I don't speak Undertoadinese. (This is why I couldn't do it because I have no idea what you're talking about.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-20-2007, 03:17 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	what?! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-03-2007, 03:40 PM	#3
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Help me understand how this works. The IOtD is normally found somewhere on the net, right? It's something posted somewhere that's current events like or interesting. The job that you are talking about is basically finding new material already on the net, yes? __________________ FTFF

09-20-2007, 03:18 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I was thinking more "manual" than that; still having moderators managing the selection (with open input from on the active board members, on an IotD "staging" thread) before going out to the actual "hits generator" thread. It would kill me if The Cellar lost it's magical "first page of Google" power. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-20-2007, 03:23 PM	#5
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	Translation: Voting is broke. __________________ I should be working.

09-20-2007, 03:29 PM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I like to work with the simplest tools that can get something done: How about a daily Image Submission thread, posting closed at midnight, when a poll is created, which closes at midnight the next day, and the image that gets the most votes in the poll goes in the next day's IotD? Complex procedure, simple tools. All managed by moderators, like lumberjim suggested. Users could even submit ideas for the clever IotD description. Maybe we could vote on that too. Hell, I'm just thinkin' out loud. All I know is that Undertoad just tased me right in the heart. He has an "F" string on his axe, and it's my heart-string. Broseph. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-20-2007, 07:34 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The problem is not good pictures, it's the source, and the back story.... and copyrights/permissions. It takes a lot of time to put all that together... daily. If more people submitted the package, picture and source/back story, it would be much easier on UT. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-20-2007, 04:16 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That could fly. Another weird hitch is that images should live on the Cellar servers when they become IotDs, and that makes work for me. It would be better if ppl could upload their own images to here, and then only view and use them here. But the programming for that is a security hassle.

09-20-2007, 04:20 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	the whole voting thing might work once....but every day? no wai! srsly. that would be more work than just continuing to do it. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-20-2007, 04:24 PM	#13
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	true. i think the only workable solution is obvious then. LJ will have to pick up the task of IOTD. no more than 2 pics per week of your cockpuppets. unlimited pictures of Jinx are encouraged. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-20-2007, 04:25 PM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Do we want every IotD to be a cock? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-20-2007, 04:31 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	one day a week i could do. then it would be like a homework assignment. I could take my time composing the text...and take it all very seriously. I call dibs on Wednesday! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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