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Festive,
Sp00ki,
Shadow Daedalus,
Mairon,
NatsumeHack14,
Yankee,
Half Pint,
Storytime Fairy,
Carlyle,
tired
Easiest solution to that? Delete the spam section.
Second easiest? Put a restriction on smiley count per post, say 20-30.
More challenging solution? Restrict post lengths in sections like spam.
Bad solution? Make it take extra DB space so you'll notice it better.
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Yeah, honestly I kind of wish we'd go for the text only ads. Less obtrusive and usually a bit more relevant to the website or personal browsing habits. Not that you can't get an infection by clicking on some of them, but they're less likely to carry infections in the ad itself (via Flash or javascript).
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For what this is though, there are quite a bit of posts. I'm glad to see more people coming around.
This has basically become a few of things.
- Debate with each other about things
- Mahz lurks and does what he was going to do anyways.
- We eventually like / become content with the thing.
- ProxyMahz is wise and sage-like, and says "we" a lot.
- The same users like each other's posts as if to reinforce the point.
- The points get reinforced over and over.
- The points get reinforced some more.
- More debate.
- Mahz still does what he was going to do.
*Disclaimer: I am not implying Mahz does not listen to us.
@Lillian Thorne If memory serves correctly, then no. It was just a suggestion that this thread's regulars are split more or less right down the middle on.
I'm a little late to the "discussion" but was this feature being endlessly discussed even something Mahz said he was considering? I looked back a few pages and didn't see anything of the sort.
@LegendBegins This is similar to a volunteer organization though. Without the GameMaster, there would be no community for that roleplay specifically, no little family of adventurers. But like the organization, participants are completely voluntary. Despite how the power is handed out among the creator and the participants, that roleplay is not truly a democracy, it will always be some form of dictatorship. Ultimately the GM will make decisions that he/she feels are appropriate for his/her roleplay. The confusion that often happens is players invest so much time that they forget, they are willing volunteers for a world that does not belong to them. Most GM's do discuss problems, try to compromise, etc. Some don't. That doesn't change the fact that any system you implement will somehow be abused by those few bad apples. Even this current system, a GM could shut down the entire roleplay for no real reason, or ask players to leave. In the event of an absence, I don't see continuity a problem.
The point is GM's already have the power we are discussing, it's just ethereal. Giving them a clear cut, defined action as to who can and cannot post in the IC does not upset the balance. It would make me feel more like a GM, which would be appropriate considering the amount of work I put into things, instead of a prophetic leader.
The problem I see here is some of you want to keep power away from the people, and in the hands of the Mods. Mods are really just Mahz's Co-GMs, and shouldn't be responsible for every little nitpicking problem we have. Even so, many people would prefer to handle the minor details of tasks themselves. Imagine a world where disputes over World Lore have to be handled by mods, because ultimately that is the GM's decision and absolutely, irrefutably, nobody else's. Nobody should ever tell me how my world should be. Just like nobody should ever tell me who can and cannot be accepted to participate in it. Why is removal of IC privileges any different?
Letting a GM actually feel like they have control over their own creation is not a bad thing. I feel that would also be an attractive feature and may help expand our user base.
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Duh. That's the challenge.
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As an experiment, you should try dropping the brackets on @mention, at least for simple usernames. It'll probably require the username-feeding system or brackets for more complex usernames (with fancy characters like space or '), but for for a mention like @Mahz.