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| 21 Dec 2012 03:09 PM |
-WARNING: LONG READ-
The forums really need to be updated. They don’t reflect the rest of the website’s design. Go to the home page, the games page, the inbox, or even the catalog. Everything’s been updated several times from what it was like 4 years ago. But look here at the forum that’s been sitting un-updated for 6 years. The only updates I can think of that have been done for them since I’ve started foruming are the update when theme 3.0 was released to fix the white bar half-way down the page and the change in rules allowing Youtube and Twitter links to be posted.
Primarily, there are two things that need to be updated.
1) The looks of the forum: it looks like a webpage from the very early 2000’s. Nothing even reflects what the rest of the site looks like. The image identifying what sort of thread the thread is (Popular post, unread, read with no new replies, read with replies, etc.) should be updated to something that is more modern. Also, a key for identifying these tiles could be useful for the newbies who don’t know what the images are. The buttons for replying and making new threads look really old. Again, they just don’t reflect the modern website that ROBLOX has become.
2) Fix all the broken stuff. I notice that the “Previous Thread” button usually seems to work, but the “Next Thread” button always seems to lead to some really old thread. Also, the badge system (Top 100, 50, and 25 posters) should be updated and fixed. First for functionality, as it doesn’t work anymore. Second for getting it in working order, since people who haven’t posted since 2006 and have 100 posts are top 25’ers. Third for looks, as mentioned before. The badges (mod, admin, top forumers) underneath people look like something from the early 2000’s.
The second category of stuff to update is the rest of the forums, really. This forum that we have right now is an extremely basic forum. New post, reply, report abuse. Those are the only buttons that really do anything. Add an “Edit Post” feature, so that we can edit posts (such as suggestions or gamelogs) when they need to be updated, but without having to post a whole new thread. Also add a “Delete post” button, because honestly, sometimes we just make a mistake that we can’t dig ourselves out of otherwise.
Finally, add support for more customization on the forums. Add (or bring back with added functionality) forum profiles which keep track of how many posts a person has, where they post the most often, an avatar, when they joined, when they were last online, their signature (which would be really nice to have added, also), and recent posts. -- There may be more ideas on this later, if you guys reading this suggest something to add. -- Also, add signatures. We could really use those. HTML Code or BBCode (BBCode preferably, but I don’t mind) would really help in the forums also, so that we don’t have to copy-paste links for interesting articles, pictures, or videos. The customization potential alone with HTML or BBCode added would be nice.
I do understand that there would be some moderation issues with these secondary updates. There’s a lot more stuff to moderate, such as images, videos, signatures, edited posts and possibilities of hacking or something with the coding being available. Images and videos will probably have to go through mod approval. Hyperlinks will undergo the same treatment as before, meaning no offsite links aside from Twitter or Youtube and will still have the possibility of being banned for inappropriate links. Signatures and edited posts can go through the same filter that regular posts go through. I’m not a genius with coding, but I do understand that there is probably a way to keep the coding edits to the post only, and of course, there should be limitations on what you can edit.
Another possible solution for this moderation problem is to have the added features be accessible to “trusted users” only. A “trusted user” could gain this title by requesting his actions on the forums be watched by ROBLOX for a few days in seeing what he posts. If it seems allowable, he can become a “trusted user” and gain access to the added features (images, videos, hyperlinks, signatures, etc.) and get a little “trusted user” badge on his forum profile or underneath his avatar. If abused, players can report him for abusing "Trusted user" status. First-time abusers will be banned for a day and will lose access to the “trusted user” status for a week. After a week, they can re-apply. If this status is abused again, they will be banned for 3 days, and will lose access to the “trusted user” status for two weeks. This would continue on until said user is Perma-banned and/or has indefinite suspension of the “trusted user” status.
In conclusion, please update the forums. It looks old and ugly compared to the rest of the site and is extremely basic and semi-broken. Some of us forumers feel like you don’t really pay attention to us; this would prove you wrong. We really want an update like this.
TL;DR: Forums look old and ugly, they need to be updated in style. Fix the broken stuff. Add features that most other forums have. Moderation issues can be solved. |
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lexham
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| 21 Dec 2012 03:17 PM |
| this is a good idea. The forums don't really look right, compared to everywhere else... |
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LolMeLol1
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Puppiar
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| 21 Dec 2012 05:15 PM |
Read all of it. (: Great idea, 100% support! |
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Puppiar
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| 21 Dec 2012 05:44 PM |
tl;dr
When life gives you Lemons, you get hand squeezed Lemonade. |
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| 21 Dec 2012 05:44 PM |
| Allow on-site links to be hypertext, allow us italics and bold font, allow us the multiquote, allow us to attach pictures |
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| 21 Dec 2012 05:46 PM |
@Prit That's why there's a tl;dr at the bottom, in case you didn't want to read everything.
@Rubiks yayaya BBCode or HTML editing would have that stuff. |
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| 21 Dec 2012 05:57 PM |
| There's not really a place for me to say much, because I have not been cruising the forums that much until recently, but on first looks (of both your post and the forums) your points seem concrete and sensible. |
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| 21 Dec 2012 06:47 PM |
| Support, I mean seriously, this forum set up is so outdated that other forums from other sites look/work better. |
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| 21 Dec 2012 07:06 PM |
I support. But...:
"-WARNING: LONG READ-" There is really no need to post this. The only ones who care are the ones who will post "tl;dr".
~Happy Holidays from GoldNHeart! |
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Puppiar
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| 21 Dec 2012 07:08 PM |
| Shouted this thread in the group ROBLOX Talk for ya. c: |
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| 21 Dec 2012 07:13 PM |
@Gold I know. But last time I posted something, it was this long and meaningful, and almost no one posted qq.
@Puppiar Yay! Thanks. :D |
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| 21 Dec 2012 07:14 PM |
I only read the first sentence.
I feel special. SUPPORT |
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hlm5678
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| 21 Dec 2012 07:53 PM |
"Too many words." Too bad for you, then.
Oh wait, was that too many words, too?
I'm just kidding. :D
~Happy Holidays from GoldNHeart! |
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| 21 Dec 2012 07:55 PM |
| I 100% Support! I hope the Admins/Mods see this and think about it |
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