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Danamy said:
This is something i've asked for before, it was really handy on the old forum.
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I have looked into this, but the only add-on I've found relies on avatars being enabled, which they're not at present. I'm fairly sure someone cleverer than me, like @Damocles, could do it relatively easily though.
 
Gaylord du Bois said:
Is there any chance of returning to the 100 post/thread starting thingy? It might just deter some of the more troublesome cunts from inviting themselves in on a piss take mission.
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Ric knows the numbers, but they are still in place, and I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong, but we did have an unseen issue when the software changed, that those who joined before the move, were no longer counted as 'new', so a few, and its not many, have sneaked through to be able to start threads without the required amount.
 
aguero93:20 said:
Uncomfortable visions of air traffic stopping by 95% and the Lear jet being repossessed eh? :)
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I'm not an unreasonable man, but expecting me to survive on just the one yacht rather than two strikes me as being grossly unfair. I want an Armada, godammit.

On a serious note, this has nothing to do with traffic to the site. That's remained pretty constant over the last two years. It's not about attracting new users either really. The bigger concern is existing users who have decided they can't be arsed any more. Obviously people always come and go on a forum like this, but I can't just turn a blind eye when a number of respected former posters say there is a problem.
 
Ric said:
I'm not an unreasonable man, but expecting me to survive on just the one yacht rather than two strikes me as being grossly unfair. I want an Armada, godammit.

On a serious note, this has nothing to do with traffic to the site. That's remained pretty constant over the last two years. It's not about attracting new users either really. The bigger concern is existing users who have decided they can't be arsed any more. Obviously people always come and go on a forum like this, but I can't just turn a blind eye when a number of respected former posters say there is a problem.
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Which problem? The needy histrionics, the aggression or the lack of a go to page button?
 
Blue Smarties said:
Anyone else picking up on a strong vibe that they have to stop posting shite?
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Speak for yourself; I never have posted shite.
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pudge said:
Is it possible, @Damocles?
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It's an extra load on the server but it is pretty easy to build into the software given a bit of time for testing and agreement from the Big Boss Man. But I'd like to explore the server load issues before coming down definitively.
 
Damocles said:
It's an extra load on the server but it is pretty easy to build into the software given a bit of time for testing and agreement from the Big Boss Man. But I'd like to explore the server load issues before coming down definitively.
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Do you mean like a constant strain slowing down the site or that it would require some downtime to implement.
 
pudge said:
Do you mean like a constant strain slowing down the site or that it would require some downtime to implement.
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Strain slowing it down.

Every user has a certain number representing their name. Every thread has a number representing it and every post has a number representing it.

Very basically, threads are a collection of posts that match the thread number and shown in order of date posted.

The functionality here is to note down the number of every thread you post in. Then when you load certain pages showing the threads, replace the icon with an icon with a dot for any thread numbers that match the thread numbers that you have posted in.

However, as we have tens of thousands of threads and tens of thousands of users a record would have to be kept for every single user and every single thread and whether they combine. It's not as expensive a query as it sounds but implemented wrongly then it could hurt us server wise in terms of slowing down the site. We'll need to look into it and how best implemented in this version of the software but it is by no means impossible.
 
Ric said:
The former.
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Damocles said:
Strain slowing it down.

Every user has a certain number representing their name. Every thread has a number representing it and every post has a number representing it.

Very basically, threads are a collection of posts that match the thread number and shown in order of date posted.

The functionality here is to note down the number of every thread you post in. Then when you load certain pages showing the threads, replace the icon with an icon with a dot for any thread numbers that match the thread numbers that you have posted in.

However, as we have tens of thousands of threads and tens of thousands of users a record would have to be kept for every single user and every single thread and whether they combine. It's not as expensive a query as it sounds but implemented wrongly then it could hurt us server wise in terms of slowing down the site. We'll need to look into it and how best implemented in this version of the software but it is by no means impossible.
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Ah, balls to it then. Certainly not a pressing matter.

If we lose tomorrow you might be best trying it I suppose.
 
Damocles said:
Strain slowing it down.

Every user has a certain number representing their name. Every thread has a number representing it and every post has a number representing it.

Very basically, threads are a collection of posts that match the thread number and shown in order of date posted.

The functionality here is to note down the number of every thread you post in. Then when you load certain pages showing the threads, replace the icon with an icon with a dot for any thread numbers that match the thread numbers that you have posted in.

However, as we have tens of thousands of threads and tens of thousands of users a record would have to be kept for every single user and every single thread and whether they combine. It's not as expensive a query as it sounds but implemented wrongly then it could hurt us server wise in terms of slowing down the site. We'll need to look into it and how best implemented in this version of the software but it is by no means impossible.
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Just out of interest (OK, nosiness) would that have a financial implication or are the server rentals on a fixed cost basis?
 
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