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Post by dn on Mar 16, 2017 2:36:08 GMT -5
where the fuck are blogs and post hell?
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GRUG
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Post by GRUG on Mar 16, 2017 5:33:05 GMT -5
Blogs are now statuses. They don't have a designated subforum anymore and they can also be deleted, which would delete the entire status thread as well. Post Hell is gone.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2017 8:15:22 GMT -5
I wonder what happens now when a Doomworld thread goes to shit? I guess it will all just disappear entirely.
I'm going to miss Post Hell.
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BIG DICK NIGGA
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Post by BIG DICK NIGGA on Mar 16, 2017 8:58:46 GMT -5
I liked Post Hell more than Pepe Blog posts are still *there* somewhere, it's just hard to find them.
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40oz
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Post by 40oz on Mar 17, 2017 22:29:19 GMT -5
I kinda love it and kinda hate it so far. In a way I was kinda annoyed already with the amount of people who post just to announce whatever thought was on their mind at the time, not necessarily to respond to anyone or actually participate in the discussion. Just post some short quip of a joke or reference to something. Now status updates just make it so much more encouraged to just blab a sentence or two about how you're feeling or what your thinking about right now. I feel like long winded discussions, arguments and other fun stuff (fun for me) are gonna go out the window now that there's this pursuit for reputation, followers and likes instead of general credibility.
On the other hand, notifications are great, albeit addictive. Its still very nice to be notified when someone responds to your thread, or a member you like reading makes a post in a touchy topic.
I'm concerned however that it is still cool to me only as a fad that will quickly die off and after some months doomworld will be of no interest to me and people like me. It'll more likely be dominated by people posting puns and jokes and generally agreeable progressive activism/awareness stuff that's short and easy to read for the average social media zombie and it'll have no use to me outside a quick peek at the wads&mods section for new releases.
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Justince
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Post by Justince on Mar 18, 2017 10:43:58 GMT -5
I agree with you 40oz, wholeheartedly. In fact it's already evident the the people that base their whole existence on getting a pat on the back for every minutia of their stupid lives have the highest reputation. Acknowledge me! Validate me! I didn't get spit on in a public bathroom! Here's 90 likes!
If there was any doubt the forum was going down the toilet, now it's certain.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 11:34:18 GMT -5
I liked it better when the people on your buddy list were kept private. Now everyone can see who is following you, and who you are following. It makes things awkward. What happens when you want to unfollow a few people? They'll see that you unfollowed them, and will wonder why. "Do they no longer like me? Was it something I said?" How about "why is he following that person, but not me?" Etc.
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dn
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Post by dn on Mar 18, 2017 13:07:46 GMT -5
The death of Post Hell is tragic. I always appreciated the logic of justice not only being done, but being seen to be done. That shit is important.
Still, it's much more convenient to just shove everything in the memory hole. Stops annoying people asking questions about the quality of their moderators.
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technician
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Post by technician on Mar 20, 2017 12:22:12 GMT -5
I wonder what happens now when a Doomworld thread goes to shit? I guess it will all just disappear entirely. They kind of started doing that anyway.
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Post by Justince on Jun 17, 2017 10:45:46 GMT -5
So how's it going there? I popped in and saw that it was fairly dead. Has there been a mass user exodus? There's barely any new topics, even Wads and Mods remains mostly unchanged after 3 months.
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BIG DICK NIGGA
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Post by BIG DICK NIGGA on Jun 17, 2017 12:44:43 GMT -5
Are we talking about the same forum? DW is still crowded as China. Uh, you are visiting the new forum, right?
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BIG DICK NIGGA
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Post by BIG DICK NIGGA on Jun 18, 2017 6:08:39 GMT -5
^ Jealous?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2017 22:21:55 GMT -5
Yeah, he gave me a warning point for a penis joke I made in a thread. And the post got five likes or something. It clearly made some people laugh and was totally harmless, I don't see what the big deal was. Especially considering (not that long ago) he made a thread in blogs titled "determining average penis size" as a joke as well. Lame jokes sure, but they have a time and place I think. They can be funny in some contexts.
Anyway, I found that very hypocritical of him to be honest. He can make those jokes himself... but when I do, warning point! I'm at two warning points now for basically no reason at all. Not sure what happens at three...
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BIG DICK NIGGA
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Post by BIG DICK NIGGA on Jun 19, 2017 11:13:11 GMT -5
^ The one in the Revealing thread in EE? Did Ling edit it to say "picometers"? I'm pretty certain it wasn't picometers. Although the edit (if it happened) is kinda funny, the warning point is a bit too much IMO.
Anyway, Ling seems to have a very... specific sense of humour. This might be just one of its manifestations. Or he might just be a malicious assface, I'm not in this community long enough to know, TBH. If he were, though, I doubt he'd be one of the most important people of the community for, like, 2 damn decades. (Ditching Post Hell sure was malicious, though.)
tl;dr I think he's more of a troll (or just an assface) than a hypocrite.
BTW, about warning points: it's basically like loserings, I think. You can could get losered once and get banned already while in Losers, but you could also get a loser every few days and get out alive every time.
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technician
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Post by technician on Jun 19, 2017 12:36:38 GMT -5
Ling has just changed is all. He drank the Koolaid hard and came back to clean up the town. He's a typical goon.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2017 20:38:39 GMT -5
^ The one in the Revealing thread in EE? Did Ling edit it to say "picometers"? Yeah it was that one, lol. Ling edited it to say picometers, which I agree was funny. The warning point, not so much.
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Post by 40oz on Jun 20, 2017 12:07:36 GMT -5
I dont have a problem with Linguica. He seems ok to me, but he stays pretty distant when I try to get his actual opinion about stuff. I almost had him on an episode of WXR to talk about his plans for dw since the whole redesign. He kinda flaked out once we started discussing an actual date though. I'm still interested in talking to him, but the topic isn't really relevant anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 15:06:41 GMT -5
I see they got ride of the reputation system. When did this happen?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 15:13:11 GMT -5
I see they got ride of the reputation system. When did this happen? Yesterday, as far as I know. Likes themselves still exist though.
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