Mahz's Dev Journal

[LegendBegins]

@Dark Jack
...Huh. I wasn't aware of that. Thank you for that distinction.

[Shienvien]

Yep, I am indeed a she.

(Making people of the net aware of the fact and having them remember it for more than three pages of a thread is merely RPG's new official definition of "futile" ... which is why I've mostly given up on reminding people of the fact.)

[Etcetera]

Yep, I am indeed a she.

(Making people of the net aware of the fact and having them remember it for more than three pages of a thread is merely RPG's new official definition of "futile" ... which is why I've mostly given up on reminding people of the fact.)

@Shienvien

I'll remember. Though, that does violate Rule #16.

Edit: This is my alt. account.

[Vec]

Y'know what. A dislike button would be nice. Let's pray to Godhz for that.

[Shienvien]

Mahz said it would be basis for too much conflict a while back (the same was also the justification to why some other places removed their negative ratings not too long ago). Especially since RPG's ratings have names tacked onto them...

[NuttsnBolts]

Y'know what. A dislike button would be nice. Let's pray to Godhz for that.

@Vec

There was an article I read years ago about negativity. Can't remember the specifics but it basically said that for each negative action you need several positive actions to counteract that depressive feeling due to the way that it affects people's brains.

Point being, if you create a feature that uses negativity, it'll create a lot more problems than simply +1 and -1 for likes.

[SpiritedDream]

Then there's the fact that some people are really petty and will just dislike something because someone they've clashed with in the past said it.

I know we're all pretty good here, but there's always the chance that that will happen.

[Mahz]

If some little shit wants to dislike something you're saying, they'll have to bothered enough to write out a reply.

[LegendBegins]

If some little shit wants to dislike something you're saying, they'll have to bothered enough to write out a reply.

@Mahz

Hey! I dislike that!

Kidding. The like-only system is superior and keeps The Guild positive.

[Shienvien]

I don't even know why I've received half the likes I have accumulated. Now imagine accumulating dislikes you wouldn't know why you received. Would most people rather be liked and not know why, or disliked and not know why?

[Hank]

I don't even know why I've received half the likes I have accumulated. Now imagine accumulating dislikes you wouldn't know why you received. Would most people rather be liked and not know why, or disliked and not know why?

@Shienvien

Yes.

[Ellri]

@Mahz: We be requestin' a small tweak to the /me parser.
Right now it only triggers on uncapitalised form. do you think you could add in triggers for these versions too, to make it more robust?
/ME
/Me
/mE (for sake of having all options covered)

[Mahz]

I don't even know why I've received half the likes I have accumulated. Now imagine accumulating dislikes you wouldn't know why you received. Would most people rather be liked and not know why, or disliked and not know why?

@Shienvien

Yeah, being able to browse a list of those posts was in the plans. #someday

@Mahz: We be requestin' a small tweak to the /me parser.
Right now it only triggers on uncapitalised form. do you think you could add in triggers for these versions too, to make it more robust?
/ME
/Me
/mE (for sake of having all options covered)

@Ellri

Oh, right, the parser should be case insensitive. #willfix

[Ellri]

Is a viewable chat log on the plans for the weekend, @Mahz?

And excellent on the parser fix plan.

[Shienvien]

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Yeah, being able to browse a list of those posts was in the plans. #someday

@Mahz

Oh, I know what posts have been liked. It's just that often enough it's completely random posts and people who never said anything...

[Mahz]

Is a viewable chat log on the plans for the weekend, @Mahz?

And excellent on the parser fix plan.

@Ellri

Just deployed a basic chatlog browser: roleplayerguild.com/chatlogs

Created a quick way to permalink to a specific line:



For example, roleplayerguild.com/chatlogs/2015-07-1..

Also, /me should now support all cases after you refresh chat.

[Blizz]

Are images able to be pasted to this site?

[Shienvien]

@Blizz Pasted? As in right click -> copy (select Ctrl+C) right click -> paste (Ctrl+V)? No.
If the image is uploaded somewhere ( = anywhere on the 'net) you can just copy it's location (right click -> copy image location/address) and paste (Ctrl+V) the link between the [img][/img] tags.

Demonstrated with my avatar:
This bit:
[img]rpguild-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/avatars/.. [/img]
Yields:


...@Mahz. Your url autoparser is a bit too overzealous. It doesn't get overriden by noparse. It also ate the [/img] closing tag between the noparse-tags before I put another space before said closing tag.

[Blizz]

@Blizz Pasted? As in right click -> copy (select Ctrl+C) right click -> paste (Ctrl+V)? No.
If the image is uploaded somewhere you can just copy it's location (right click -> copy image location/address) and paste (Ctrl+V) the link between the [img][/img] tags.

Demonstrated with my avatar:
This bit:
[img]rpguild-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/avatars/.. [/img]
Yields:


...@Mahz. Your url autoparser is a bit too overzealous. It doesn't get overriden by noparse. It also ate the [/img] closing tag between the noparse-tags before I put another space before said closing tag.

@Shienvien

I'm on iPad so I just hold my finger down until the options come up,if it's an image I select copy,if it's text/link/URL,paste

[Shienvien]

I'm on iPad so I just hold my finger down until the options come up,if it's an image I select copy,if it's text/link/URL,paste

There should still be options for both "copy (image)" and "copy (image) location", yes? The latter is what you use to put between the [img][/img] tags to get the image.