Website Additions

[EI 903]

Too many rooms could get bad, but dividing it into two would be fun. One room with everything as it is now, and a second room that anyone with an account can access. Wizards, Moleman, anyone...

 

[Null]

I think we're in a difficult position of the chat. There's enough of us that is can get crowded and difficult to follow, but few of us that separate rooms could end up quite barren.
I mean, if there's a serious debate going on, why not take it to a thread?

The chat system is poorly done to begin with. It was made by some weeb and he half-assed a lot of the shit in it. Fucker even included a random anime picture in the config area, like wtf.

The idea behind creating a separate chatroom came about when we started getting the dedicated Jace trolls in the board. There was a small schism and some of the people who had no interest in Jace fucked off the board entirely when chat started to become heavily saturated in #gamerhumor.

I've tossed around this shit a lot. It's the same sort of thing that inspired the update forum.
1) We had content threads being buried under garbage.
2) Content threads had no quality control.
3) Content threads had a lot of shit posting.
4) Taking Chris too seriously and requiring people to not to shitpost might kill the forum.
5) Requiring people not to shitpost only in update threads was confusing.
6) Making an entirely separate board for Chris updates during one of the slowest update periods in Chris' history seems daft.

When it was first introduced it ruffled a lot of features. People didn't like the idea they couldn't say whatever they wanted. Deleting people's posts offended them. Not having a free flowing conversation for the most interesting threads was disruptive to the health of the board. A lot of people were against it. Someone was so against it he made complaint after complaint for like weeks straight until he eventually figured out how to cope with the mental anxiety change inherently gave him.

The policy of deleting posts in the Chris board was replaced with post moderation. Knowing someone had to read and approve your post had a psychological impact that encouraged not posting at all. This was cured eventually when we started having mirror threads in the discussion board more geared to saying whatever, and the Update board became almost strictly matter-of-fact.


The process for changing the chat is going to be similar to this. People won't like it at first. I'm only going to get things 50% right on Day 0. Someone is going to be so angry that stuff has moved around they will leave forever and tell people on Skype I ruined the CWCki Forums forever and should surrender everything to Freecell. This shit happens every time I change the fucking font.

The issues with Chat atm are:
1) We often have 30+ people.
2) Conversation doesn't always make everyone happy. I've apparently made people literally cry by drilling into a topic.
3) I described a conflict of interest before as the -pets- people versus the #gamerhumor people. Sometimes there's nothing you can do to get someone to give a shit about the current topic.

The issues with multiple rooms are:
1) "Cliques" already exist and may be exasperated through artificial barriers.
2) We sometimes have 10 or fewer people.
3) Wrangling everyone into the same area during slow times may be challenging or impossible.

I've been thinking on this for a while and will synthesize something eventually because I do believe it's possible.

 

[Strewth]

The chat system is poorly done to begin with. It was made by some weeb and he half-assed a lot of the shit in it. Fucker even included a random anime picture in the config area, like wtf.

The idea behind creating a separate chatroom came about when we started getting the dedicated Jace trolls in the board. There was a small schism and some of the people who had no interest in Jace fucked off the board entirely when chat started to become heavily saturated in #gamerhumor.

I've tossed around this shit a lot. It's the same sort of thing that inspired the update forum.
1) We had content threads being buried under garbage.
2) Content threads had no quality control.
3) Content threads had a lot of shit posting.
4) Taking Chris too seriously and requiring people to not to shitpost might kill the forum.
5) Requiring people not to shitpost only in update threads was confusing.
6) Making an entirely separate board for Chris updates during one of the slowest update periods in Chris' history seems daft.

When it was first introduced it ruffled a lot of features. People didn't like the idea they couldn't say whatever they wanted. Deleting people's posts offended them. Not having a free flowing conversation for the most interesting threads was disruptive to the health of the board. A lot of people were against it. Someone was so against it he made complaint after complaint for like weeks straight until he eventually figured out how to cope with the mental anxiety change inherently gave him.

The policy of deleting posts in the Chris board was replaced with post moderation. Knowing someone had to read and approve your post had a psychological impact that encouraged not posting at all. This was cured eventually when we started having mirror threads in the discussion board more geared to saying whatever, and the Update board became almost strictly matter-of-fact.


The process for changing the chat is going to be similar to this. People won't like it at first. I'm only going to get things 50% right on Day 0. Someone is going to be so angry that stuff has moved around they will leave forever and tell people on Skype I ruined the CWCki Forums forever and should surrender everything to Freecell. This shit happens every time I change the fucking font.

The issues with Chat atm are:
1) We often have 30+ people.
2) Conversation doesn't always make everyone happy. I've apparently made people literally cry by drilling into a topic.
3) I described a conflict of interest before as the -pets- people versus the #gamerhumor people. Sometimes there's nothing you can do to get someone to give a shit about the current topic.

The issues with multiple rooms are:
1) "Cliques" already exist and may be exasperated through artificial barriers.
2) We sometimes have 10 or fewer people.
3) Wrangling everyone into the same area during slow times may be challenging or impossible.

I've been thinking on this for a while and will synthesize something eventually because I do believe it's possible.

Well, I look forward to any changes, whichever way it goes. People will adapt, as you say.
Sorry for such a half-assed response to such a well thought out post, but you pretty much covered all points! I certainly don't have anything to add or argue against.

 

[exball]

i just want to know why deagledad was banned

I really need to know why the Tape guy got banned honestly.

 

[Dork Of Ages]

I really need to know why the Tape guy got banned honestly.

what about peppy? i have been wondering about that for a while now

 

[Randall Fragg]

We need more A-Logging and more trollings plans. And less wizards and nerds and other gay shit.

Maybe like an "A-Log Zone", where we can a-log and troll to our hearts content as long as we keep it on that part of the site? That way the rest of the site remains civil and we can be as mean as we want.

 

[For The Internet]

I would love a video game server if I used steam, such a shame I'm stuck with consoles.

I like the idea of gold accounts, but I don't think trophies are necessary.

I'd also love a better chat system.

 

[A-Stump]

I suggest auxiliary rooms to be opened at a mods discretion, a 'main' chat where people can goof off and whatever, and a 'serious' chat where people can go and discuss things in a constructive atmosphere. So, two main channels with auxiliary channels for when, say, Jace is making content and people want to sperg. This would allow for chat relief when things get their most hectic and wouldn't divide people.

 

[Varis]

Please check which features you'd be interested in. If you aren't interested in any or would prefer things not be added, make your case as a reply in this thread.

These changes are not relevant to my interests, but I'm not opposed to them. I just derp around on the forums when I'm bored at work or coping with insomnia.

 

[Null]

What I'm considering now is a list of default rooms and the ability to create your own.

So, default:

• Public (All users, even those with no posts) [Lolcow Discussion]
• Closed (All settled members, e.g. those with off-topic access) [No Defined Topic]

Then user-defined.

• Rooms created can be listed or unlisted. Unlisted rooms can only be accessed with URL.
• Rooms listed by number of people speaking in the last hour but always behind default rooms.
• 0 active users don't list at all.
• May allow op privileges similar to IRC.

Like this:

 

[LM 697]

I want a Fatman chat section.

 

[RetardBus]

All of the above. Especially the game servers and the Wikimedia bridge.

 

[milkshark]

I have experienced a little bit of a culture clash on this board with the introduction of the Jace stuff. I checked the kid out, and while I understand he is the new hot LOLcow, I have lived through way too much overt male posturing in my adult life to watch some dipshit get started on his lifetime of mediocrity. So, long story short, I have little to no interest in this LOLcow. I appreciate that there is a LOLcow sub forum for when Chris gets boring, but it looks like Jace has outgrown it. Maybe Jace deserves his own separate forum now?

I don't like this site's chat right now, and if there was a room creation feature or alternate rooms, I might prefer that. Anytime I have personally entered a CWCki chat prior, it was pretty hostile for some reason. This goes back a few years actually, and I have been consistently surprised by how nice most folks are on this board. I tend to avoid chat, but perhaps avoiding uninteresting convos and #gamerhumor in a separate room could be fun. Who cares if nobody joins the rooms. Then we'll know it didn't work.

 

[Dr. Meme]

I want a server so I can get banned in 5 minutes by saying something slightly offputing to the admins

 

[DH 384]

I want a Fatman chat section.

Really though, I like the chat idea. One thing that I've found is that it's difficult to jump into a conversation, such as when Jace is around and posting, and everyone's firing off messages so quickly I can't keep up. I think having an open chat available to absolutely everybody might invite a lot more people to join. It might lead to a lot of shitposting, but it'd probably bring in enough people to justify separate boards even when it's normally slow. Plus it'd allow for separate discussions to be had which is nice. I also think the IRC-style modding would actually be a really good idea as well since it's worked out whenever I've been on an IRC channel.

The game server would be awesome assuming it could actually be done, and the site additions would be good if they didn't encourage shitposting or in-jokes. Most of the trophies as-is are based off of likes and post count (short of being a mod and things most people wouldn't be able to do normally). I've found that my more thought out posts, my analytical ones, or ones just in off-topic showing off a video or song I like tend to get a lot less likes than the ones with just a joke or a quip or something. Actually that really goes for everyone...But it doesn't really encourage good posting as you're going to get more recognition for cracking one-liners than something thought out. If there were other trophies or rewards or stuff I'd say it'd be a good idea if they were handled decently. Yeah, I'm totally being a hypocrite right now.

 

[A-Stump]

A lot of the current post count trophies are directly tied in with the ratios of likes you have so I wouldn't worry about shitposting being encouraged in any way.

 

[José Mourinho]

All of the above.

 

[Rammspieler]

Video game servers? Oh shit, I don't think any of you play Lost Planet 2. I guess a chat room would be nice.

 

[___]

The only feature I would like to see is mods not locking threads so fast. It gotten a lot better lately, but for awhile it was bad. There would be some good topic, but started by a tard and derailed before any quality users could reply. I'd go to reply and be all like

 

[Null]

Video game servers? Oh shit, I don't think any of you play Lost Planet 2. I guess a chat room would be nice.

There is a chatroom. Your special group prevents access to it.