popularity
Can't we have a counter to show how many clicks a particular post has received?

I'd love to know how many B3tards liked my best QOTW answer (which made it into the newsletter I might add)
(Maudlin McCann spreading the Owstwecian word on, Sun 11 May 2008, 16:52, Reply)

Further to HumptyDumpty etc's post.
In which he suggests:
'BUT... when clicking on "see all their posts" it sucks to see each and every inane "reply"'

Wouldn't be better to be able to show the rest of the thread that the reply is part of?
(Maudlin McCann spreading the Owstwecian word on, Sun 11 May 2008, 16:51, Reply)

is it just me
or is there not a new question...
(Katzilla Um Pah Pah, Um Pah Pah, Thats How It Goes on, Thu 8 May 2008, 12:36, Reply)

You should give out cash prizes all the time to people.

( gronkpan SHITRAGS! - www.shitrags.blogspot.com, Thu 8 May 2008, 10:09, Reply)

How about a feature similar to the 'popular' button on the image challange, only on QOTW
When you press it, it arranges the post in order of popularity, rather than time posted.

Saves time trawling through dross before the 'Best Of' page is up, and it would allow you to keep track of how well your answer is doing.
(Pavlov's Frog got bored of being 'swiftyisNOTevil', Wed 30 Apr 2008, 1:43, 4 replies)

A location for calendar events
When creating an event, could there be a separate field for the location?
Then it could be displayed on the list of events, so you can see if any are near you, without having to click on each one.

That would be nice
( Norkers is a part-time hobbit, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 23:02, Reply)

Can we use anchor tags in our profiles?
I have a rather long profile, so I tried making a table of contents so people could jump to sections. It didnae work. It was possible I was doing it wrong, but

<a href="#section1">Jump to Section 1</a>
<a name="section1">Section 1 Header</a>

should work, shouldn't it?

Can anchors be made allowable? Or are they already and I'm thick at html?
( Todd the Groincrusher Where's my fucking cement, you retards?, Sun 27 Apr 2008, 12:34, Reply)

how about
an "I don't like this" button and a "least popular" board
b3ta.com/links/182516
( finnbar The king of the potato people won't let me, Sat 26 Apr 2008, 0:08, 1 reply)

ok, now a serious request
everyone likes to celebrate a bit when they reach 1,000 or 5,000 or 10,000 posts so could we have a warning that these posts are approaching? Just a countdown on the write.php page when we're getting towards the next thousand?

L@@K! I mocked it up in client script, there's half the job done for you. Assuming it's reqsonably easy to translate Javascript into the open-source communist-sympathising non-Microsoft PHP gubbins you hippies insist on using ... www.gilgamesh.zen.co.uk/postCountDown.htm
( Gilgamesh - tastier than an unguarded penguin nest, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 4:15, 1 reply)

/talk lunch thread RSS feed
let users flag a post as "lunch related" then publish it as RSS so that spotty herberts can write facebook applications that list what other people have been eating

I WOULD DEFFO USE THIS!
( Gilgamesh - tastier than an unguarded penguin nest, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 23:14, Reply)

who's been looking at my profile?
Is it possible to add a thingamjig that could tell you who looked at your profile?
(willenium ,Mingeslapper-Gashworthy-Axewound, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 18:38, 1 reply)

QoTW replies
Is there any chance that the replies on QoTW could be formatted as they are on the other boards, so that, as the conversations flow, we can keep track of what's replying to what?


Sorry. That was horribly inarticulate.
( Enzyme scares himself and those around him, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 12:17, 3 replies)

Can we have a rule for qotw
that when you post an anecdote you don't abbreviate people's names to a single letter? It's like reading a bloody algebra equation. If you don't want to post people's real names, make up a fake one or use a lolarious nickname. Stories like "then Tubby Bitch tried to kick Durnoid" are much easier to read than "then B tried to kick M". We don't use single letters to identify people in real life, so when you do so it's hard to keep track of.
( Todd the Groincrusher Where's my fucking cement, you retards?, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 21:35, 2 replies)

Pun watch
It'd be great to collect up the pun threads, there's a couple a day. Maybe like the sick joke book.

eg www.b3ta.com/board/8305430
( lordsaccharine Blonding in the sun, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 15:44, Reply)

Spoiler tags
If people want to discuss the plot twists in a film/game/book/programme that's just come out, and there are too many of them to keep it as a gaz conversation, spoiler tags would be very handy. If you typed <spoiler>text</spoiler>, anything between the tags would render as highlighted in black, so people wouldn't be able to read it unless they highlighted it. Should be a simple css thing; just change the text background from transparent to black.

I'm quite grumpy about having every fucking Doctor Who episode spoiled for me before I get a chance to watch it.
( Todd the Groincrusher Where's my fucking cement, you retards?, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 11:09, Reply)

Bug Request.
I'm in the mood for a lady-bird.

Could I have one please?
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is probably rooting through the "QOTW suggestions", Thu 17 Apr 2008, 8:32, Reply)

When looking people's profiles...
...Trying to gauge their personality and writing ability, It's nice to see their top stories...

BUT... when clicking on "see all their posts" it sucks to see each and every inane "reply" that has been posted. Is it possible to cut that out?
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is probably rooting through the "QOTW suggestions", Thu 17 Apr 2008, 8:31, 2 replies)

A temporary Tiara
icon for competition (QOTW and Image challenge) winners please.
( Bert Monkeysex wants to talk about perginas, Wed 16 Apr 2008, 11:12, Reply)

'own post marker' bug
The grey line (left side) that is supposed to indicate where your own post is located is going mental. See screenie here: www.totalleh.com/non/bug_ownpost.gif

and I've checked, they are not listed as 'friends' (nor are the ones without the grea bar)
( c_kick ™, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:58, 1 reply)

ignore button modification.
instead of having all the posts by the person just disappear, how about having their text replaced by lyrics from "row, row, row your boat"? still kill the images, of course, as they're often what prompt the ignoring (or replace the to-be-ignored image with a stock image from b3ta, or one of a set of images from a file).

i'm prompted to this suggestion by a post by skug, in his reply to a pic by zank frappa.
( postbear has repurposed the prune douche, Sun 13 Apr 2008, 10:08, 3 replies)

Bug: disappearing images
For some reason, the top image on the main board, friends' activity board and compo board doesn't appear: I just get an image-sized expanse of grey - not even a redex. The same happens if I click to see a thread on its own.

Things reappear when a new thread begins, or if I press f5 a gazillion times and I'm really lucky. Does anyone else get this, or is the problem at my end?
( Enzyme scares himself and those around him, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 12:10, Reply)

Maybe the option to have a thread watched.
So if you get a reply you get an e-mail.
I realise this could put even more of a strain on the server, mind.
( mike woz ere - taking the 'the' out of psychotherapist, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 0:19, 1 reply)

Yes.
We should have a 'Reply' feature for the image challenge entries aswell. I would like to express my gratitude to some users.
(Xstopher If she's electric, can I be electric too?, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 22:32, 1 reply)

How about
a voted for semi-permanent top 100 links of good sites (ie not individual instances of content like you tube).
( lordsaccharine Blonding in the sun, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 10:42, 1 reply)

Bandwagon comp?
Open competition, people have their fun, and makes the image comp less repetitive.




It's just a suggestion
(harlief Skankhammer II, Tue 8 Apr 2008, 23:20, Reply)

RSS feed for links/popular please
Go on - you know you want to.
( cupboardy, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 20:26, Reply)

Further to Afinkawan's suggestion,
www.b3ta.com/questions/bugs_and_feature_requests/post65180

I propose a general-purpose 'moron filter', similar to the swear filter, which would correct stupid spelling/grammatical errors, force extended passages in full caps into small case, and convert idiotic internet-speak into something more palatable, communicative and maybe even educational.

Examples:

"fail" might become "oops"
"definately" might become "Oh dear, I can't spell 'definitely'!"
"LOL" might become "an improvising saxophonist born in 1932"
"LMAO" might become "Chinese military and political leader (1893-1976)"
"[xyz] is shit" would become "I'm trying to fit in with the cool people, but I really think [xyz] is brilliant"
Racial imprecations would become "Look at me, I'm trying to court controversy! I'm so ironic! LOOK AT ME!!!"
and "lolz/lulz" really ought to become "HEY EVERYONE, I'M A MASSIVE WANKER!"
( Woodside Industries TITS ON FIRE!, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 15:41, 5 replies)

How about a subscription email thingy
for people who want to know when the new question of the week has been posted, without having to sit at your desk for hours pressing F5 F5 F5 F5 every few minutes, only to find that NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
(Bert Monkeysex's Evil Twin is dead, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 14:32, Reply)

2 or 3 questions below...
...I replied with this... but as I'm a narcissistic pedant, I thought I'd post it here too.

I rekon the old question should be taken down and a new blank shiny page put up... saying

"There'll be no question until we've had 500 votes on the "new question suggestions". Pick one of the many pages and read the suggestions. Click if you like. this may take WEEKS... but at least bastards like Humpty will stop whining"

EACH week.
EVERY week.
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is probably rooting through the "QOTW suggestions", Thu 3 Apr 2008, 11:35, 1 reply)

Joint Front Page awardship!
Is there any way that all contributors to an FP could get it to appear in their profile?

The Queen and Carla Bruni swinging Nicolas Sarkozy that I animated is as much the work of God Save The Queen as it is mine (his original idea/shop, my animating of it) So it'd be nice if in this instance the FP award (which we all strive so hard for and adore) could go in both profiles.

I'm sure this isn't the first or the last time a joint effort makes the front page, so it'd be nice if some code was available to make it happen, even if it was hidden away and had to be requested each time.
( HappyToast is dancing like Tim Booth on, Mon 31 Mar 2008, 8:37, Reply)