Alright so Magnolia said that we should lock down main and only allow mods and Reltair to be able to post topics on main while leaving the topics unlocked for discussion purposes. They think we have enough topics already and that right now all we're getting is troll topics, role playing topics, spam, and wrongly placed topics above all other forms of discussion.

I am not for it, not at all since we shouldn't be limited down to how many discussions we should be allowed to..discuss about, but it got me thinking, what if we had a sub-board under suggestions just for suggesting to Reltair and the mods, legit topics that they would like to see posted?

They would have to have board rules for general posting on that board, such as format, and how much clear information must be given for it to be be considered, but this way main would no longer be full, legit topics from then on would only be bumped, and we then can clear off any bad topics left over, and all they would have to do to suggest a topic is go to the sub-board. This way we can get rid of the captcha, and everything should start cleaning itself up fairly good.

>>1 For a second there I thought this was about bashing me.

whew...

>>2
Yeah, I never go that far.

I wouldn't have minded. It's been so long since I've had a hate thread dedicated in my honor. :'( All the other regulars have at least 5...


Anyway, back on topic. So yeah guys, I know that both Thiamor's and my suggestion would result in a big change on Main, but... Don't you think only a big change is worth it?

I know that Main has generally been the same for years, and the old expression goes "If ain't broken, don't fix it"... But we're just trying to say that some modifications might be in order.

>>4 *clear throat*

Not a single one, thank you.

>>5 Whaaaaat

Seriously? I feel way better now.

My opinion about this is still against. I spoke strongly about this back when it was first suggested a few months ago, and I still think that censoring the boards to that degree just isn't right. It would also put all the pressure on mods to remake existing thread when they cap out as well as to create any new threads suggested (we couldn't totally lock it out; there'd need to at least be a thread for people to suggest discussions.

But more importantly, before we consider anything drastic like this or the queue, we need to implement the simpler suggestions for fixing this issue. It would be significantly easier for Reltair to remove the Create New Thread button, have "baccano" direct to a welcome page, and warn users in the new thread box to to check the View All Threads first. There's no reason we should even be considering things like this until we see how well those work out.

>>5 That's a lie. I remember that you had one. Just one, but it was still a thing.

>>5 Ha ha! You got caught.

>> It would be significantly easier for Reltair to remove the Create New Thread button, have "baccano" direct to a welcome page, and warn users in the new thread box to to check the View All Threads first.
But...But... Babs if you had the solution all along, why didn't you say somethin sooner??
Lemme guess; you did and I just missed it.

>>8 That last line, tho.

>>7
Yeah, but where are all of these updates? We've sent a fair deal of them to him, and in a specific order, and he's skipped quite a bit of them in replace of others. Sure it has to do with time, but also it seems like we could do the above while "waiting" for the other updates to be implemented.

It'd also make the mod's job that much easier anyway by drastically lowering all the threads they have to permasage, up until we at least get some more versatile functions added to warrant removing it.

>>7 I had one person in the Test board use the name Inuhakka once without a tripcode and never posted on the site again. I hardly count that. None other that I have seen and I will only accept picture evidence.

>>8 I remember Barabi was opposed to the removing of the Create New Thread button back in the day. :-)

I like that idea.

>>10 The updates aren't here because Reltair hasn't gotten around to implementing them yet. It's not a big deal. And do you seriously think something as huge and time consuming as this is going to be implemented when he hasn't even had the time to slightly adjust one little div's css?

You people really need to learn some patience and be grateful there's a chance of him updating anything in the first place. He could have just left us to our own devices with this place.

>>11 Shhhhhhh. That never happened >_>

>>10 This.

>>13 Oi. I'm sorry, were we saying anything like Reltair and the mods are useless and lazy? Or that we could do better than them?? How are we ungrateful. -.- You meant to say thoughtful, right? Of course you did. All jokes aside though, I don't have a clue if doing mine or Thiamor's idea as a temp fix is hard to do or not...

>>14
Locking a board in general seems like it'd be fairly easy to do. All you'd have to do is remove all redirects to posting a topic.

It's actually much easier to do than a lot of the suggestions we all have suggested in the past, minus the div comment.

>>14 It was more to Thiamor than you.

>>15 If you just remove the new topic section, the mods most likely won't be able to make new threads either, and none of the important threads could be remade. There would have to be a system implemented that allowed just mods to post anonymously.

>>16 Not really. Even the password redirect would just take an extra text page w/ an input box and a second cookie set.

>>17
That is one of the things I am waiting for the most. Pretty sure it was agreed upon that we'd have 2 passwords, correct? Baccano redirecting to the FAQ each time, and inside the FAQ, the second password that redirects to main each time.

I agree with changing it to be more organized. I am new here and the first thing I come face to face with are the complaints that things are in the wrong places. If the complaints are so common then it should be our job to fix it.

>>4 Actually, I don't think I have any.

>>18 That would get annoying having to do that every time, though. However, could we just have Reltair revise our FAQ to his liking and then just sticky it to the top of Main? That way, it's always the first thing there, and we wouldn't have to worry about it falling off, and remaking it every time it hits 1337.

>>20
There are no stickies on here, and the majority of us already agreed that we wanted tow passwords. If you're too lazy to type in a second password after learning it to skip right onto the main board, you're the problem with the community.

Two*

>>20 How would it get annoying? You just type in a different password and you go to Main. You never have to visit it.

Stickies are not implemented, I don't know if it's technically feasible.

>>21>>23
Hold up. I think I may be misunderstanding here. As I understand it so far, what you're saying is that we type in our password, then it redirects us to an FAQ page. Then we have to type in a second one on that page to access the site. Or have I misunderstood?

>>21 That was also kind of uncalled for.

>>24
No what we mean is Baccano will always redirect to the FAQ, where newbies will have to do some reading to find the new password. This new password will act like how Baccano does now.

It will directly take us onto main.

>>25 Okay. I thought you would need to put in baccano, be redirected to another page for a password, the type in another password just to get to Main every single time. That's why I thought it seemed like it might be annoying.

Now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, I can also support that idea.

What we should do, however, is have it redirect to an outside website that can be used as the FAQ, but coded to where you have to read it to find answers to questions. Then at the end it asks you questions you have to answer. Then it will let you move onto the log-in screen so you can input the new password and go on with your day. A long way to go about it, but it'll teach newbies.

Yeah... I got lost in this conversation once ppl mentioned stickies, but 1) >>20 ...I swore I saw you had one from a newbie. I'm pretty sure of this...
And 2) I think the majority of discussion here is for for the password->FAQ idea, right?

I'm for it, and I think Babs & Crisis are for it.

>>28 Indeed, I'm for it. The biggest problem right now is new people not reading the FAQ, and this should help remedy that.

Also, I kind of wish threads directed at members had their own archive. I'd love to go back and read some of those for the lulz.

>>29 I will start another index.

>>30 Permasaged threads are gone, though.

>>32 That's why I'll start it now, to save them through time and space.

Main looks like shit.

Not to be that person.....
But yeah I'm gonna be that person


You wouldnt have to wade through all the shit and pollution if you sectioned off those pristine waters after cleaning it.

i'm just saying. it'd be better than going on strike.

>>35 Can we not speak in metaphors?

>>36 Never tell a Southerner not to speak in metaphors- just who the hell do you think you are.

>>37 My apologies, Ma'am.

>>38 lol

*sigh* cant...bother to read whole thread, but i will assume what i will suggest has not been suggested before or has, but will not bother to look, because phone, but just a fresh reminder.
And so! Lock the Main to keep all the important threads, such as the newcomers guide and what not, and provide another section under Main as the "Discussion" section, so that the Main will be not the important discussion thread, but the rule or whatever section.

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Huh so I'm a little late to this but oh well. Not sure if this had been suggested before but is there away to only allow users with trip codes to post on main? This would hopefully be an easy way to cut down on the ammount newcomers posting irrelevant things on there. Or at least it could be a step in the right direction without having to completely lock off main.

Read >>7 guys: But more importantly, before we consider anything drastic like this or the queue, we need to implement the simpler suggestions for fixing this issue. It would be significantly easier for Reltair to remove the Create New Thread button, have "baccano" direct to a welcome page, and warn users in the new thread box to to check the View All Threads first. There's no reason we should even be considering things like this until we see how well those work out.

for me anything goes, i will adapt ^^
also bump

i seriously think the main section should be locked up, and only mods and admins can post threads on there.

Then there should be the creation of another section for important philsopchical diccussion.

>>7 Please... Oh God, Please.

Either >>7 or >>46

How about Main is replaced with "announcements" that only the admin/mods can use, and main is still main but not the fucking home page? This way they can constantly update important to read topics directing to main, but they stay locked?

Then site related news can be created and we'll be able to read up on it, and at the very least we can comment, but not create topics, and make it where on announcements, they don't get bumped by member's posts, only posts from an admin/mod. So it's set to "sage" by default.

>>50 i like that idea ((but i wonder how hard it is to accomplished))

>>52
Not hard at all. If they can do a sage button, they can make all posts saged by default. Just imagine it being an unsage button rather than a sage button.

Could just do that but it has it's own password that only the admin and mods know of.

It would create a more defined hierarchy. I don't really think we would want that.

>>54
No, it wouldn't.

Can't we just add what not to post on main in the description? Or maybe about page? Don't ask about the numbers; we don't know. Go introduce yourself in introductions. No roleplaying on the site; goto the chatrooms for that. By the way, the chatrooms are not ours, so don't complain about them here.

Sigh...

>>55 I was referring to locking down main entirely.

Anyway, i don't have any real suggestions of my own. I would like to see more suggestions come by

>>56 sounds logical to me.

>>56
Because if it were so simple, the threads asking the same thing would already have gotten the job done by now.

>>58 No, Thiamor... I was saying that because we wouldn't need to constantly bump stuff and so that people stopped bitching about the amount of "site rules" thread on main.
I'm still for removing the create a new thread button completely so Main stays the same.

>>59 but >>56 was just something else I had though of.*

>>1 Liking the idea actually

bump cus yeah...

>>62 Is this still something being considered, since you bumped this?

>>63 im not sure, i bumped it to remind people of it, and hope it's still being considered.

plus it's better than the crap that was here before i bumped, maybe people will see the example set here and not post random crap here :P

I disagree with OP, and think that this sshould go into effect.

I think that there should be a way for proper topics to be discussed properly whilst keeping the effect of anyone posting what they really want. I guess it would have the proper intention and "function" of main though letting post what anyone wants on other "unlegit" topics.

I kind of like the concept of having a "Potential Topics" board. If that were to be implemented, I would think a feature for the mods to move a thread to another board would be necessary. Just a little "Move Thread" button that reposts the thread to Main when it's approved.

I also like the idea of pulling up an advisory page upon sign-in. Maybe not necessarily a welcome page, maybe it should just redirect to the current Description and FAQ thread.

Or mayhaps just permapin the D&Q thread to the top of the board so it never needs to be bumped, and the other 9 threads on the board can be whatever Mainworthy posts we want.

>>67 That's another good idea.

I don't think there has *EVER* been a non-admin post that was needed on Main. Unless the faqs weren't written by mods.
But otherwise, I think pinning the faqs to the bottom of the top of main, then having the rest of the few posts there for Admin news or other things of the like, while continuing to restrict main to non-admin posting.

>>67 a move thread button would be heaven, I am so tired of being nice to people who get on the INTERNET and are too lazy to read....

if only i was an admin that could move posts the the correct place <3



but here is my suggestion until/if this ever gets done. What if we make a suggestions thread. (not like the suggestions board) where people can ask if they can make a thread for a board before they make it.


Of course we have to keep it bumped like the index in countries but I would rather have 1 thread to bump than a crap-ton of them. And then we only have to deal with the occasional troll instead of a cluster-fuck of newbs too lazy/excited to read the FAQ and descriptions.

I mean 2 other Dollars and I made this
http://dollars-bbs.org/intro/res/1439512967.html
and this
https://www.tumblr.com/blog_auth/dollars-recruit (same password as the lockscreen)

and so far they have had a positive effect. maybe making a "Thread suggestions" thread would be a good idea too??

i could be wrong though...

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