QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SITE - Page 12

Undertoad · 06-20-2006, 08:01 PM

Thread and post ratings are not as useful as they would seem at first. They change the nature of a forum and make it more cliqueish, more slanted towards who's voting. There are even user ratings, "reputation" they call it; as if the place is some sort of popularity game to be solved.

Here the cliques are determined by everyone's words and actions and not by numeric scores. It's much more devious that way.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-20-2006, 08:16 PM

Cliques? We have cliques?

wolf · 06-20-2006, 09:02 PM

We have since AG hit us.

I post on another board that does use the "karma" system ... I got my first red (i.e., bad) karma today for telling some moron who said she didn't want to ever have anything to do with the raising of her own children "Please don't breed."

I don't spend a lot of time there, but they have some special-interest topic areas that I follow.

Elspode · 06-21-2006, 02:40 PM

Huh? You should have gotten a cookie or something. That's good advice to people who don't want to raise children. Don't have 'em.

Makes perfect sense.

skysidhe · 06-22-2006, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

:| Something that used to work before the hacking

hacking? Why is that not a suprise.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Cliques? We have cliques?

I didn't notice any either.

that's a good thing !

* I love this place*

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Originally Posted by wolf

We have since AG hit us.

I still don't see it.

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Originally Posted by wolf

I post on another board that does use the "karma" system ... I got my first red (i.e., bad) karma today for telling some moron who said she didn't want to ever have anything to do with the raising of her own children "Please don't breed."

I don't spend a lot of time there, but they have some special-interest topic areas that I follow.

Two things to keep in mind when going to places like that.
#1 either dont go there at all ( meaning don't get any on ya) or #2 if you do, give' em hell

Elspode · 07-03-2006, 04:51 PM

Did something change here recently? Used to be that when I would click on a link someone posted, another window would open, no problem. Today, every link I've clicked on (on two different computers, mind you) acts like a popup, and my popup blocker does what it does...blocks them.

Undertoad · 07-03-2006, 05:00 PM

I haven't made any changes recently that should affect that sort of thing.

skysidhe · 07-15-2006, 01:49 AM

I the FAQ dosn't tell me how to make a poll. ?

Undertoad · 07-15-2006, 08:03 AM

It's an option below the text box when you are starting a new thread.

skysidhe · 07-24-2006, 11:20 AM

Thank you.

When I try to make a contraction using an apostrophe such a phrase finder comes up on the bottom of the screen instead.

I know it must be a glitch? Phrases are shown with quotaion marks not apostrophies anyway.

wolf · 07-27-2006, 01:37 AM

I get stuff like that happening every now and again too. I have no idea why ... or I go to hit some key that usually does nothing successfully, and now does nothing unsuccessfully (like flip back pages as though I was clicking on the browser 'back' button). It's not consistant, but closing the browser and restarting it usually stops it. For a while.

skysidhe · 07-27-2006, 01:44 AM

Yeah, it stopped next time I logged in. I thought maybe I was just being an idiot. ...which is quite possible...considering.

footfootfoot · 07-30-2006, 09:41 PM

Do we have new fonts?

Undertoad · 07-30-2006, 09:48 PM

Old friend of mine said he had this dialogue with his mother:

Thom: We have a lot of fonts at work.
Mom: Oh, Thomas, don't call them that, they're people too.

There have been no new fonts or styles put into use for quite some time.

wolf · 07-30-2006, 10:01 PM

And a damn good thing it is, too.

First they start on Helvetica, then Palatino Linotype, then next thing you know they're on to the display fonts, Gill Extra Bold, Babyteeth, Cooper Black ... absolute chaos!

Please, don't make me post links to the board I go to with the colors and the animated signatures and the avatars ...

06-20-2006, 09:02 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	We have since AG hit us. I post on another board that does use the "karma" system ... I got my first red (i.e., bad) karma today for telling some moron who said she didn't want to ever have anything to do with the raising of her own children "Please don't breed." I don't spend a lot of time there, but they have some special-interest topic areas that I follow. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-21-2006, 02:40 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Huh? You should have gotten a cookie or something. That's good advice to people who don't want to raise children. Don't have 'em. Makes perfect sense. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-03-2006, 04:51 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Clicking on Links Did something change here recently? Used to be that when I would click on a link someone posted, another window would open, no problem. Today, every link I've clicked on (on two different computers, mind you) acts like a popup, and my popup blocker does what it does...blocks them. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-27-2006, 01:37 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I get stuff like that happening every now and again too. I have no idea why ... or I go to hit some key that usually does nothing successfully, and now does nothing unsuccessfully (like flip back pages as though I was clicking on the browser 'back' button). It's not consistant, but closing the browser and restarting it usually stops it. For a while. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-30-2006, 09:41 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Do we have new fonts? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-20-2006, 08:01 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thread and post ratings are not as useful as they would seem at first. They change the nature of a forum and make it more cliqueish, more slanted towards who's voting. There are even user ratings, "reputation" they call it; as if the place is some sort of popularity game to be solved. Here the cliques are determined by everyone's words and actions and not by numeric scores. It's much more devious that way.

06-20-2006, 08:16 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cliques? We have cliques? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-03-2006, 05:00 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I haven't made any changes recently that should affect that sort of thing.

07-15-2006, 01:49 AM	#8
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I the FAQ dosn't tell me how to make a poll. ?

07-15-2006, 08:03 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's an option below the text box when you are starting a new thread.

07-24-2006, 11:20 AM	#10
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Thank you. When I try to make a contraction using an apostrophe such a phrase finder comes up on the bottom of the screen instead. I know it must be a glitch? Phrases are shown with quotaion marks not apostrophies anyway.

07-27-2006, 01:44 AM	#12
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Yeah, it stopped next time I logged in. I thought maybe I was just being an idiot. ...which is quite possible...considering.

07-30-2006, 09:48 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Old friend of mine said he had this dialogue with his mother: Thom: We have a lot of fonts at work. Mom: Oh, Thomas, don't call them that, they're people too. There have been no new fonts or styles put into use for quite some time.

07-30-2006, 10:01 PM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	And a damn good thing it is, too. First they start on Helvetica, then Palatino Linotype, then next thing you know they're on to the display fonts, Gill Extra Bold, Babyteeth, Cooper Black ... absolute chaos! Please, don't make me post links to the board I go to with the colors and the animated signatures and the avatars ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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