Captain's Log

[Second Summer]

A couple of news items:

• For a trial period, we now have a forum where non-members can ask questions. (This is in the support area, currently without an icon.) Questions are pre-moderated, and they can only post new threads, i.e. not reply to existing ones.
• We now also have a new feature which will display similar threads when you're creating a new thread.

 

[Dedalus]

A couple of news items:

• For a trial period, we now have a forum where non-members can ask questions. (This is in the support area, currently without an icon.) Questions are pre-moderated, and they can only post new threads, i.e. not reply to existing ones.
• We now also have a new feature which will display similar threads when you're creating a new thread.

I think this is opening the door up to anonymous trolling...but we'll see.

 

[ledboots]

: awaits duck hunter invasion :

 

[Calliegirl]

Is there a way to keep those threads from showing up under new posts? I don't really want to see a bunch of "I only eat humane meat, my cow/chicken/pig got to run free before I slaughtered it, so what's wrong with that?", etc.

 

[Dedalus]

Is there a way to keep those threads from showing up under new posts? I don't really want to see a bunch of "I only eat humane meat, my cow/chicken/pig got to run free before I slaughtered it, so what's wrong with that?", etc.

^What Callie said. Considering the first 'guest' thread was 'WHY ISN'T HONEY VEGAN?' I don't see this going well at all.

 

[Second Summer]

Is there a way to keep those threads from showing up under new posts? I don't really want to see a bunch of "I only eat humane meat, my cow/chicken/pig got to run free before I slaughtered it, so what's wrong with that?", etc.

Yes, you can use the ignore forum feature. (Ignore node?) I forget exactly what it's called ...

 

[Second Summer]

^What Callie said. Considering the first 'guest' thread was 'WHY ISN'T HONEY VEGAN?' I don't see this going well at all.

I created that one just to test the system

 

[Second Summer]

: awaits duck hunter invasion :

Well, they will have to be very sneaky, since all their posts have to be approved before they become visible! I think we'll be fine

 

[ledboots]

I created that one just to test the system

I laughed out loud at that one.

 

[shyvas]

I laughed out loud at that one.

I was certain that it was a test post.

 

[Dedalus]

I created that one just to test the system

You tricky *******! Well that's a relief. I didn't read past the title. My tolerance level for those type of questions is zero.

 

[Dedalus]

Well, they will have to be very sneaky, since all their posts have to be approved before they become visible! I think we'll be fine

In theory the 'approval' method is good for screening - but good / persistent trolls may play nice until they get through the gate....

 

[Second Summer]

On FB you may have noticed before when posting a link to VV (the main page or a sub-forum) that the image automatically displayed with the post was the Xenforo logo. This issue has now been sorted out.

 

[Second Summer]

I have renamed the post rating 'Friendly' to 'Appreciation'. Hope that's OK and a better, more useful term.

 

[Blobbenstein]

that's inflation for you.!!

 

[ledboots]

I have renamed the post rating 'Friendly' to 'Appreciation'. Hope that's OK and a better, more useful term.

I think of that one as 'Hug'.

I am usually on tapatalk, with just the regular thumbs up, but when I access through the browser, I always want to use the 'Winner' rating sarcastically.

 

[Blobbenstein]

I think of that one as 'Hug'.

yes, more of a hug than an 'appreciation'...


oh god; not another controversy..!

 

[Blobbenstein]

we should call IS Tinker-Bell..

 

[Second Summer]

I think of that one as 'Hug'.

yes, more of a hug than an 'appreciation'...

I can get on board with something like that. We kinda need a hug rating. Is hug the best term, though? The rating button has the shape of a heart ...

we should call IS Tinker-Bell..

I do my part to keep your lives interesting

Which is why I will shortly restart the server in order for a system upgrade to take effect. Should be offline just 2 minutes or so ...

 

[Second Summer]

Which is why I will shortly restart the server in order for a system upgrade to take effect. Should be offline just 2 minutes or so ...

All done.