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Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:16:32 -0800
Andy from private IP
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Survey: what additional features would you like to see on here?
I have everything working pretty well, but I always like to improve things.
What would you like to have in the way of JDU features? I can think of a few
things that might be cool:
1. Facebook-style post reactions for guests so that lurkers can have some
interaction with users, even if it's just giving a thumbs-up or a heart. This
would be helpful because users could get a sense of whether people appreciate
their comments.
2. View counts and statistics that better reflect the actual readership of the
site, which is about 2,000 people. This would let people see which posts are
popular with lurkers.
We already have DM's, search, a private Thunderdome for registered users,
topics, tags, URL parsing, and others. I'm very happy with the backend
software, which I wrote from scratch. I have this running half-joke, which is
that I am the greatest lawyer-programmer in the world. It's true.
#Programming #Technology
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:54:22 -0800
zerosugar from private IP
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this is a hard call. maybe allow pics to be added just on thunderdome alone. its
possible it could be flooded with nudes or obscene stuff, but its private anyway
and can always be deleted. iirc pics are not allowed on autoadmit. i do not use
autoadmit, but saw some posts there and no pics. another option would be voice
tags, but that may be harder.
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:02:37 -0800
Andy from private IP
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All right, I started with a reaction button. That was some intense programming.
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:19:49 -0800
Andy from private IP
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I think I fixed this so that replying doesn't erase the reactions.
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:20:32 -0800
Andy from private IP
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That was hard. Lol.
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:30:27 -0800
marlon from private IP
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no more porno pics, it got so ugly
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:00:12 -0800
Andy from private IP
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@marlonTest I specifically recall one photo of two naked people
with what looked like chili smeared over their genital areas. Then I realized
it wasn't chili. Barf.
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:02:03 -0800
marlon from private IP
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those were bad days, JDU was dead anyhow, nothing like the golden days
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 07:08:15 -0800
Andy from private IP
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You know what else would be cool? If you could tag threads to follow and get a
page of only followed threads. That way, you can pick and choose what posts you
want to see the most of. Or maybe when you react to a post, you see those
threads at the top. I did do a test run of a mouseover preview that shows you
who is active in any particular thread. That was super cool and you can still
turn it on manually, but it puts a lot of load on the server because it has to
process a request every time your cursor moves on the screen. This platform is
an ongoing evolution of my custom bulletin board software, Mosaicโข, and it's
shaping up well. I was encouraged to spend more time on it by learning from the
logs that there are about 2,000 active readers instead of 50.
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:26:31 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
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You should offer a recall or delete feature for posts.
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:27:32 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
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No pics. It will degrade into porn. One bad apple will ruin the bunch.
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:07:37 -0800
Andy from private IP
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I'm working on the reactions feature this morning. It's going to be tough to
have reactions to individual replies, which are not stored in a fashion that
makes it easy for me. But I think I can manage that with an addition to the
reply feature that adds a unique ID for each reply. If I have a unique ID, I
can add it to the reactions in the .meta file and track reactions for each
reply.
@whiteguyinchinaTest I can probably do a recall feature, but that would
only be if there are no replies to a post. Meanwhile, folks would have to tag
or email me to remove individual posts.
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:28:25 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #14014998 to /posts/all/1730999792-137.txt
I'm working on the reactions feature. Added a unique ID to each reply, which
will enable per-reply reactions.
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:27:04 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #19282660 to /posts/all/1730999792-137.txt
This should work.
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:31:34 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #13792906
Test
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:33:11 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #12928283 Test
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 05:09:41 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #16181183 OK, now you can react to
individual replies. This is a lot better than reacting to whole posts, which I
will enable in the index.
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 05:13:53 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #19841499 P.S. The reactions are only
going to be available for replies posted after I enabled that feature. Sorry.
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:14:51 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #15332798 I'm still working on the reaction
feature. Something happened with the CSS code where the buttons are not always
aligned. Lol. I also need to match the reactions up with the reply ID numbers
so that you see the reactions in the correct place on the page instead of all at
the bottom.
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:54:23 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #11158703 Still working on the reaction
feature. Because I support IPv6 on all my websites, the reaction list is
unreasonably long when folks are not logged in. Will be improving the interface
in the near future, as I find the time.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:23:56 -0800
Exnite from private IP
Reply #14233640 1) Ability to edit and delete
posts
2) Better line sourcing which appears almost random (harder to read)
3) Ability to move posts around the site itself
4) Delete the avatars
5) Bring back Admin and T.I.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:24:02 -0800
Exnite from private IP
Reply #17350234 1) Ability to edit and delete
posts
2) Better line sourcing which appears almost random (harder to read)
3) Ability to move posts around the site itself
4) Delete the avatars
5) Bring back Admin and T.I.
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 07:18:54 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #16687397 @ExniteTest Some
of these are not possible, but #1 is for sure, I just haven't done it yet.
Editing will require a few additions that are somewhat complicated to implement,
and might require me to do a little additional practice with the Linux command
line tools that I use to construct the pages on here. I just haven't had a
block of time lately to do it.
#2 is adjustable with the word wrap slider at the upper right of the screen.
You can control how wide the display is to optimize for your device. Otherwise,
it's pretty tough to target line breaking for each possible device.
#3 would be easy, I will make sure people have the ability to transfer their
posts from/to Thunderdome without emailing me to do it manually.
#4 I'm torn, because I kind of like these A.I.-generated avatars. It lets folks
have a visual instead of just keeping track of names. I'll post a poll in the
main forum calling for votes on that.
#5 I have no idea even who the original Admin was, as he has made it difficult
to determine who ran the old domain that he still owns. T.I. and I are
connected on LinkedIn and he has told me he doesn't want to participate directly
because he is afraid of being harassed by one particular poster who I don't want
to name.
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 07:23:03 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #12184643 I just realized I can easily have
a setting for displaying or not displaying avatars. I'll add that ASAP so you
can decide for yourselves whether you want to see avatars.
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:22:48 -0800
Exnite from private IP
Reply #18055022 Add: posting pictures. Wilyโs
former habitat needs to be shared with all.
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:46:26 -0800
phosita from private IP
Reply #13566921 (0x00) dark mode;
(0x01) I'll cast a vote *against* editing of a Poast.
Zeroth item is simply for calmer reading.
First item explanation is as follows. Let's say you write a Poast titled "I
sure love mayonnaise!" and explain why it is your favorite condiment. Then
let's say another user replies "I wholeheartedly agree."
Now let's imagine you retain an ability to edit your Poast title and contents;
and that you use this ability to change your Poast title to say "I
wholeheartedly love Stalin" and set forth in your poast the reasons why.
Well. As soon as the ink's dry on your edit it now appears that the other user
- who concurred in the judgment about mayo - thinks Stalin is cool. Which, in
my opinion, is not something that you want, admin-sahib.
I would guardedly say it's okay to allow Poasts to be edited provided that
neither of two conditions are TRUE: first, some timeout (few minutes max) has
passed; and second, that some reply to the post has been committed.
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:26:20 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #19173184 Can we have a delete post
feature, such as where shithead deleted entire threads of answers?
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 06:59:03 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #11090165 Over the last year, I've thought
a lot about potential editing and deleting of posts. It would only be possible
when no one has replied to the post, because as @phositaTest
indicated, it's possible to completely change the meaning of someone's reply by
editing the title or the contents of a post. Deleting doesn't seem fair when
sometimes people put a lot of effort into their replies. So I'm going to have
to decline those requests, except where posts have zero replies. Let me figure
out the implementation :)
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 06:59:59 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #17797048 @phositaTest I
can do a dark mode with no problem. Let me work on the stylesheet and the
setting for that over the next week or two. I've got a lot going on, so it
might take a little longer than necessary.
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 07:48:18 -0800
phosita from private IP
Reply #11465023 w00t, dark mode. Thanks!
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:49:26 -0800
zerosugar from private IP
Reply #12588619 i wonder who TI was harassed by
or who he is afraid of. surely, its not me although its possible he would claim
that. i always suspected ti was admin.
the most fights were between the poster i won't name and bizzy. they sort of
were heavily influenced by the manosphere and dating gurus and wanted to compete
with one another over who could score the most women in latin america.
then, many people trolled that guy coco. he was some lawyer in california i
think.
of course,there were a few problematic posters who outed people who did not want
to be outed. my mistake was letting slm know my first name when he was supposed
to come to chicago. in since my first name is not spelled in the more generic
way that its commonly spelled by americans and especially hispanics in the usa,
i am pretty easy to find even by a first name.
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