Quote by sprite
i am sure that Saga, Liz, and Shylass might not agree with you.
Quote by nicola
I like increasing the frequency to weekly, instead of monthly, across all the top lists. It would give more people exposure.
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I hope that I am doing this right as I've never written to one of the forums before, so if I mess this up, please forgive me.
I have mixed feelings on whether the list of top stories/authors should be compiled on a monthly or a weekly basis. As it is now, it is hard to get a story included in this list, however, doesn't that mean that everyone will have to work harder, and thereby push their writing skills and stories to a higher standard to receive this honor? To have a story or your name published in this list now, is a real accomplishment and something to strive for and be proud of.
If done on a weekly basis, I agree it will give exposure to more authors, but aren't you risking lowering the standard? To carry this idea further, then why not do this on a daily basis? This would allow even more authors to be mentioned. If everyone is to be recognized this way, then what incentive is there for anyone to improve themselves? Wouldn't this be like giving every person running a race a gold ribbon, regardless of whether they finish first or last?
In my opinion, it wouldn't lower the standard because there is so much writing talent on Lush, that a lot of good writers don't get recognition at all. There are so many good stories and poems every month and very few spots on the lists.
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I LOVE the idea about some poetry comps. I don't enter the story ones because they are not my forte. Unfortunately, I am not one of the three poets mentioned. I thought there were more than three on Lush. No offence intended to the three poets who are, exceptional poets in my opinion. ;)
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
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m.lushstories.com
Quote by Magical_felix
I like that you can add a picture or a "cover" image to stories now and I usually throw together something with the title on it for my gallery but I have refrained from loading them into the stories because there is that semi-transparent black box with the white text that states the title and author of the story over your image. I have always thought that that transparent box is redundant (and ugly) because You can already see the title and author you don't need another box saying so over your image. A cover image should look like an actual cover and the ones I put together for my stories do actually look like a book cover so the transparent box over them would make it look stupid so I just don't add images. What I am proposing is that there be an option to display that black box or not. I understand it's good for people that don't know how to add their own type to a picture but to the other people that can, that box is just annoying.
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I know you know I love you Spritey
Quote by Magical_felix
I like that you can add a picture or a "cover" image to stories now and I usually throw together something with the title on it for my gallery but I have refrained from loading them into the stories because there is that semi-transparent black box with the white text that states the title and author of the story over your image. I have always thought that that transparent box is redundant (and ugly) because You can already see the title and author you don't need another box saying so over your image. A cover image should look like an actual cover and the ones I put together for my stories do actually look like a book cover so the transparent box over them would make it look stupid so I just don't add images. What I am proposing is that there be an option to display that black box or not. I understand it's good for people that don't know how to add their own type to a picture but to the other people that can, that box is just annoying.
Quote by gav
MF, this should be in now. Let me know if you have issues wit it.
Quote by Magical_felix
No, it seems to be working just fine and looks great! Thanks man.
Only issue I have now is that I am unable to edit stories that placed in a competition for a whole year, unfortunately. So I'll have to wait to add images to those ones.
Actually it has been more than a year for my competition winner and I still can't edit it.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
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i'd be happy to edit it for you.
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What I meant was that when I go to try and add a cover to my stories that placed in a comp the system actually doesn't let me. It says I need to wait a year but for two of them it has been more than a year already.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
Quote by sprite
hmm.... have you edited them recently? maybe, if you did, it resets? have to ask Gav - you know how good i am at the tech stuff.
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No I haven't edited them. I figure Gav will see this eventually and look into it.
Quote by nicola
I've asked Gav to look into that. You should be able to edit them.
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Any better?
Quote by Magical_felix
I can edit Mignonette now which was the one that wasn't quite at 12 months after posting but Kingdom Come and Let Her Eat Cake still go straight to the page with the red box telling me I have to wait 12 months to edit them. The latter two are the ones older than 12 months if that info helps.
Quote by Coco
Can we change the order of the listing that pops up when you click on a tag go from newest to oldest instead of the way it is now. I was looking for a recent story that had a certain tag and something from 2009 popped first. Please?
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The ability to mute individuals on Friends Activity - those addicted to posting on every word game forum mainly
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This is one of the side effects of a soft block of a friend. I had someone else ask me something similar, I think they were scared off the block as it sounded a little harsh. Maybe it needs a new name and better implementation?
Mute
Hide
Ghost
Essentially, they cannot see you online and their activity is blocked from your feed. I'm thinking to these muted friends would also lose their poking powers.
No offence intended to the three poets who are, exceptional poets in my opinion. ;)
