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A suggestion about posts
#31
RE: A suggestion about posts
ok, it was a bad idea.
I was thinking about some kind of workaround to make it look as if they were separate posts or something.

The worst thing (at least this is how it appears to me) is when you write a very long post as a reply to somebody (which is one topic) and then you give a reply to somebody else (which is, a totally different topic) - and the posts get merged. You know, if one writes a post of 100 lines of text, and among them there is a quote to somebody else, it is quite possible to be missed by the readers. The other thing is that I guess that it is more readable to have two different posts of 50 lines of text (each post dealing with a distinct topic) rather than having two topics placed in the same post of 100 lines of text.

Tiberius Wrote:Currently posts made within 60 minutes of each other are merged into one. I don't really want to alter this value, since there really is no reason to post multiple times unless you are trying to 'bump' the thread up.
Isn't it possible to have a checkbox in the posting panel (e.g. at the "Post Options") to be called "Post as separate" and if you check it, to ignore the 60 minutes period of time?

If this is a bad idea too, then I give up.
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#32
RE: A suggestion about posts
(July 1, 2011 at 12:15 pm)Zenith Wrote: You know, if one writes a post of 100 lines of text, and among them there is a quote to somebody else, it is quite possible to be missed by the readers.

They should be better readers.
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#33
RE: A suggestion about posts
@Zenith,

The main point of the merging posts is to prevent people from building up their post count by double posting, which is generally annoying in any thread.

As such, your latest suggestion really doesn't work. I understand your frustration, but maybe there is an answer...

How about this? I create a page that displays a list of posts (in search result format) where your username is mentioned. Added as a link at the top, people can view their "mentions" when they log in. Since quotes contain usernames, this should be easy to do.
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#34
RE: A suggestion about posts
(July 1, 2011 at 6:10 pm)Tiberius Wrote: How about this? I create a page that displays a list of posts (in search result format) where your username is mentioned. Added as a link at the top, people can view their "mentions" when they log in. Since quotes contain usernames, this should be easy to do.
That sounds a good idea. Especially if people would be able to get notified when their names were used in posts (e.g. the same way as when you get notified that you have received a private message) - can this be done too?
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#35
RE: A suggestion about posts
(July 1, 2011 at 6:42 pm)Zenith Wrote: That sounds a good idea. Especially if people would be able to get notified when their names were used in posts (e.g. the same way as when you get notified that you have received a private message) - can this be done too?

That wouldn't be so good when everyone is trash talking statler. Oops I mentioned him! DOH!
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#36
RE: A suggestion about posts
(July 2, 2011 at 5:37 am)Napoleon Wrote:
(July 1, 2011 at 6:42 pm)Zenith Wrote: That sounds a good idea. Especially if people would be able to get notified when their names were used in posts (e.g. the same way as when you get notified that you have received a private message) - can this be done too?

That wouldn't be so good when everyone is trash talking statler. Oops I mentioned him! DOH!

And it would feed my ego even more. You don't want that, do you? Tongue
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