Bruce Dazzling wrote:Maybe this is the time to take a step back and reexamine what exactly RI is, and what exactly the majority of us wish for it to be going forward.
I'd love to hear some specific ideas.
Majorly OT now, apologies.
This statement is intensely frustrating to me, because such meta-threads pop up from time to time, often precipitated by some friction, the last was by justdrew only weeks ago, then many folks (Jeff, even!) pop in with some great ideas, and then they die a quiet death. There's no shortage of specific ideas, but perhaps they're too much work.
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.” - William Faulkner
It should ideally just be a place where everyone respects eachother and discusses issues instead of posters, but as we all know human behavior is commonly far less than ideal.
That is probably all I will add to this discussion, I have seen too many good forums self destruct over petty BS and a general inability of members to move past fundamental differences of opinion for the greater good.
Whatever happens, RI has had a good run and i hope it can continue.
Bruce Dazzling wrote:Maybe this is the time to take a step back and reexamine what exactly RI is, and what exactly the majority of us wish for it to be going forward.
I'd love to hear some specific ideas.
Majorly OT now, apologies.
This statement is intensely frustrating to me, because such meta-threads pop up from time to time, often precipitated by some friction, the last was by justdrew only weeks ago, then many folks (Jeff, even!) pop in with some great ideas, and then they die a quiet death. There's no shortage of specific ideas, but perhaps they're too much work.
I completely missed that thread, but I'm looking at it now.
I'll get the mods together with drew and see if we can compile a list of potential changes that are actually implementable. At that point, maybe we can present a list of real possibilities for discussion.
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Perelandra » 13 Jun 2013 11:48 wrote:
This statement is intensely frustrating to me, because such meta-threads pop up from time to time, often precipitated by some friction, the last was by justdrew only weeks ago, then many folks (Jeff, even!) pop in with some great ideas, and then they die a quiet death. There's no shortage of specific ideas, but perhaps they're too much work.
We have been working on things. I made changes to the code just yesterday and today, improving small areas of functionality. The new Youtube embed code is good to go as far as I'm concerned, unless a significant portion of folks here want the option to embed larger or smaller sized videos.
Drew and I have to work together on changes, so that can slow things down a bit, especially when I'm busy, like lately, as you well know.
Bruce Dazzling wrote:Maybe this is the time to take a step back and reexamine what exactly RI is, and what exactly the majority of us wish for it to be going forward.
I'd love to hear some specific ideas.
Majorly OT now, apologies.
This statement is intensely frustrating to me, because such meta-threads pop up from time to time, often precipitated by some friction, the last was by justdrew only weeks ago, then many folks (Jeff, even!) pop in with some great ideas, and then they die a quiet death. There's no shortage of specific ideas, but perhaps they're too much work.
we collected some good ideas and a few things have been implemented, others will come. but that thread was just talking about technical foundations/UI, not the content.
(note that quotes have hotlinks now back to the quoted post for instance)
By 1964 there were 1.5 million mobile phone users in the US
^Of course, I recognize that your original topic was technical in nature, but content crept into that thread a bit, as with my link to some older meta brainstorming.
Thank you to everyone who does the hard work. Time is precious, sorry for my impatience, but wanted to inform.
(Don't care for hot linked quotes, I'd rather keep it simple.)
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Project Willow » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:27 pm wrote:...The new Youtube embed code is good to go as far as I'm concerned, unless a significant portion of folks here want the option to embed larger or smaller sized videos....
I'm all for improved functionality, although I don't know what that means. Yeah, losing the large/small video codes is okay, but have a significant portion of folks here used these buttons within the last, say, 12 months? Embed, FMA, FMAp, background=, googlemaps, googlevideo? If we lose those buttons, would that improve functionality? Just curious , Again.
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FWIW, I've lifted c2w's suspension. IMO a week's suspension without notice should be for only egregious violations.
But it's not Bruce's fault. It's mine for not developing a protocol for these situations. I'll consult with the mods and see that one is instituted, with transparency, asap.
Project Willow » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:27 pm wrote:...The new Youtube embed code is good to go as far as I'm concerned, unless a significant portion of folks here want the option to embed larger or smaller sized videos....
I'm all for improved functionality, although I don't know what that means. Yeah, losing the large/small video codes is okay, but have a significant portion of folks here used these buttons within the last, say, 12 months? Embed, FMA, FMAp, background=, googlemaps, googlevideo? If we lose those buttons, would that improve functionality? Just curious , Again.
Thanks to all who make it work from back stage.
they're not lost, they'll be updated too shortly, just need to change a few numbers around.
By 1964 there were 1.5 million mobile phone users in the US
Jeff » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:54 pm wrote:FWIW, I've lifted c2w's suspension. IMO a week's suspension without notice should be for only egregious violations.
But it's not Bruce's fault. It's mine for not developing a protocol for these situations. I'll consult with the mods and see that one is instituted, with transparency, asap.
indeed. Damn You, Jeff!
[for not thinking in advance of all the ways in which we might overtly and subvertly violate your intentions and thereby establishing set standards for dealing with each and every one of them that are both easy to understand and infinitely just and fair]
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fecemi la divina podestate,
la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore.[/i]
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Jeff » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:54 pm wrote:FWIW, I've lifted c2w's suspension. IMO a week's suspension without notice should be for only egregious violations.
Yay. I'm sure everyone will be thrilled that I can now come back from my self imposed suspension.
Hopefully the cult leader will shortly provide more instructions on how and what to think.
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." - Martin Luther King Jr.
maybe we'll get a few people back here and start posting again
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They could still get him out of office.
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