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An open letter to Ryan regarding the forum.
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Vermont wrote
at 10:38 PM, Monday January 19, 2009 EST
Ryan,
one of the most consistent concerns the community has mentioned is the lack of a modern forum for discussion. This has led to many issues, of which I'll just list a few here: * New players cannot find answers to questions. * Similar posts occur over and over again because no one can find what they're looking for. * Posts dealing with strategy discussions, cheating accusations, the upcoming episode of Lost, new user questions, etc., are all grouped together. I can understand that you do not want to host your forum somewhere else and you want control. Please consider using one of the available open source forums out there. You can: * Still host it locally * Still modify and control the source code when needed * Have your site have the same forum features of your competitors * Save massive amounts of development time in this area * Use a tested, robust, product You certainly have more than one option. Consider, just as a couple examples: http://getvanilla.com/ http://www.yabbforum.com/ You may also want to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum#Common_features It's a minimal list of common features, of which kdice/gpokr/xsketch has none. Please take this as a suggestion from someone who really wants things to be better. Perhaps others would (nicely!) state if this is also something they would appreciate. Regards, Vermont |
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Mikeypoo wrote
at 10:50 PM, Monday January 19, 2009 EST Cut and Pasted from a thread earlier:
"Dear Ryan, Please give us a search feature in the forums so we each don't have to read through a 100 pages of forum threads in order to dialogue like a normal community. I just want to talk to ma1 about earlier efforts like his in order to help him in his endeavor. And it just seems silly that every other game site and content site, hell ANY OTHER WEB SITE on the internet has been able to integrate a search feature. Not trying to be a douche Ryan. Just trying to promote a strong community and build a base of support for your community. -ypoo" Ryan I have recieved pledges from ten players that they will get year long memberships if you can put in a search feature. I know that sounds cheesy and meaningless but I'm not sure what to do at this point Ryan. For every post I write I spend ten times the effort looking up old ones. Thanks for listening, Sorry I am a Crank tonight. --Ypoo |
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Pat Whalen wrote
at 11:03 PM, Monday January 19, 2009 EST Ya it would be cool, although probably a lot of work.
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Shevar wrote
at 4:31 AM, Tuesday January 20, 2009 EST i would love to see a forum that meets current standards. I dont know much about running a website, but wouldnt it save resources to run the forum externally?
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Vermont wrote
at 6:34 AM, Tuesday January 20, 2009 EST It would save resources, but then it couldn't (well, easily and securely) be integrated with our kdice profiles, which Ryan has said is something he really wants.
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MadHat_Sam wrote
at 10:56 AM, Tuesday January 20, 2009 EST Search feature and next page at the bottom of threads, why haven't we gotten these yet. I mean really.
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greenoaks wrote
at 6:12 AM, Thursday January 22, 2009 EST Ryan should host the forum offsite because my profile already doesn't work.
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