Maybe it's been mentioned before but I would like to see a How to/ tips and tricks section in the forums. I know you have the FAQ but there are still some questions I have not seen in there. I'm not looking for anything fancy just something to help the computer illiterate people like myself.
Examples:
How to quote someone. (took me about 2 months to figure that button out)
How to quote a sentence that someone says and not the whole text. (still don't know how)
How to post a link.
How to use the search function. (for those pesky people who ask the same questions over and over)
How to embed the youtube link without having to type the whole text.
How to exit the chat rooms without signing out of your account. (apparently the back button on the browser doesn't log you out of the chat room)
I can see that some of these are stupid questions but it would be nice to have an area where we can refer to if we are unsure of how to do something without having to send a message to someone to ask how. I'm sure there are more from others too. Just a suggestion.
Thanks
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I like KornPopper's suggestions. ditto to those.
the only other thing I can think of adding is 'scratch and sniff.'
I personally think that if someone has a blatantly advertising "name" on here like: deb40d, or lauren32d, or whatever... they should be REQUIRED to post pics of given measurements!
...actually, i think lauren did. GOOD GIRL! way to set the standard!
When I look at the profile of a friend, I see a link to "Notepad". This has turned out to be VERY useful, as I can leave notes about what the friend does and does not like, and info that they share with me. This is a great way to remind myself of who they are and what we last talked about. My suggestions: Have the Notepad link show in a different color if there is something saved. Give me a button that will show a table of all friends for whom I have saved something in their Notepad, and the contents, so I can immediately go to the profile of the person who told me X, or with whom I discussed Y.
And one other thing. When I find awesome animated gifs (or static pics) on the internet, I often save them to my hard drive. But if I want to embed one of them in a comment or email, I can't use the copy I have. I have to go out and find the internet address of the original. Very frustrating. I would like to embed my own locally saved pics/gifs in comments.
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I'm not sure about anyone else, but I believe that was part of the reason myspace tanked Garza.
You ended up going to someone's page and would be hit by autoplaying tracks, a blizzard of colour and animations, and get a headache.
It is also one of the reasons Facebook looks like it was designed by papa smurf, it's clean, easy on the eye, and functional. We are taking the latter approach too. I wasn't initially keen on even having the profile page backgrounds customisable, but I think they sexy up the place a lot.
what about an autofill feature of the most popular stories when searching i think that would be good
Something to show if you've written on someone's notepad - I've just blocked someone and when I went to write on his notepad found I'd already written on it and had completely forgotten.
I'd like an android app. I'd also like to be able to tag people in forums and them to get a notification about it.
I think that what a lot of people are getting at is that they want it to operate a little more like Facebook. There's another idea: Facebook integration, if it's not been done already, although I wouldn't use it, because this is a site just for me and not my Facebook friends.
Facebook integration might not be the best idea because like you said this is kind of seperate from my facebook account i have colleagues and potential bosses on facebook that i would never want to share my activities on here with. However, notifications are a great idea as is of course and app/ mobile version.
i would also like to see more relevant ads. this may not be possible but personaly i come here to avoid the disgusting world of free and even paid online porn i know google has a lot of relevancy ad programs they may work very well on this site and even get some more cash for the team !