Inactive Account Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Apparently this is one of the things I missed during my absence. Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Eh, the only purpose I would see for a veterans group is just something like an enlarged PM box... I don't really see the need to give them any other benefits. Though the problem with giving them a simple title is that it sometimes brings an ego with it (as I have seen on several other boards [though we also remove said title if that ego was apparent.]) Anyway, the "In light of recent events" announcement showed exactly why the staff made this decision. I agree with the staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Spoon Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 WTF is this with people migrating? And what does FESS stand for? Is it really that much of a shithole that there's coming here? And why the creame cheese are we being mean to the poor people coming from this board of asshats? Somebody want to fill me in over PM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ϲharlie Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 WTF is this with people migrating? And what does FESS stand for? Is it really that much of a shithole that there's coming here? And why the creame cheese are we being mean to the poor people coming from this board of asshats? Somebody want to fill me in over PM? This was already explained here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolDeath Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 (edited) I think here is better before someone jumps down your throat. FESS was an FE site, it closed, they are coming here. Edit.. I am so tired of people posting while I do and I can't delete my posts. Honestly if you have a forum this active with a problem THIS common, you should really allow people to delete their unreplied to posts for when this happens. Edited November 17, 2008 by Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyosua Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 I think here is better before someone jumps down your throat. FESS was an FE site, it closed, they are coming here.Edit.. I am so tired of people posting while I do and I can't delete my posts. Honestly if you have a forum this active with a problem THIS common, you should really allow people to delete their unreplied to posts for when this happens. it actually doesn't happen that often. We don't allow people to delete their posts because some might abuse it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolDeath Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Not that often? I have been active here for 2 days and it has happened to me several times. But whatever, if it becomes a big enough issue you'll change it, if not I'll get used to it or scamper back off, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Not that often? I have been active here for 2 days and it has happened to me several times. But whatever, if it becomes a big enough issue you'll change it, if not I'll get used to it or scamper back off, haha. That's just you, don't click the Add Reply button several times. It shouldn't double post then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolDeath Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I never mentioned double posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Yes, we reply quickly enough to often give repeat information. The best way, I find, is to add something no one else would to make your post the more informative one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatrie: Guns Blazing Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 where has this thread gone? i thought the discussion was over. Newer members: Welcome. I love you. Older Members: remember the 6 pillars of character end of story. ahmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Spoon Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 it actually doesn't happen that often. We don't allow people to delete their posts because some might abuse it. Even gamefaqs lets users delete their own posts. They don't have pms, or some other nice stuff, but thats not the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyosua Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 And GameFAQs lets users run amok with chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Glenn Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Honestly, if you haven't gotten used to someone beating you to posting something (and subsequently having to edit your post saying "Oops, beaten." at the bottom or whatever), then you really haven't experienced much, IMHO. When you have even a moderate sized memberbase, you're inevitably, without a doubt, going to run into a situation where someone inevitably just barely clicks "Submit Post" before you do (or vice versa). Especially in a topic that is supposed to be read by the memberbase and has already drawn 62 replies. It will happen even more often in more important threads, too. Realistically, though, it shouldn't matter if your post was just a millisecond behind or not, because you might have slightly different information in your post, or it might be more clear for someone else to understand. And, Jyosua already mentioned the possibility for abuse in deleting posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 (edited) Deletion of posts might have been allowed if IPB actually kept a record of them as advertised, which they don't for some reason (they're only recorded for mods and up) : / Don't know if it's just our version of IPB though. Edited November 17, 2008 by VincentASM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolDeath Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 This version of IPB can allow deleted posts to go into one area as opposed to just being deleted. It's a pretty old feature. I didn't really mean to derail this thread with that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekkah Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Don't see much of a point of deleting your posts if someone beat you to it. Besides what was mentioned, someone beat you to the punch - so what? At least it shows you're both being helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 The only time the ability to delete a post is helpful is when an accidental double-post occurs. Which happens, especially to me, from time to time. Dual responses are not an excuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freohr Datia Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Apparently this is one of the things I missed during my absence. Sigh... You must feel so welcome =D Wow, I wasn't here for whenever this happened... but I'm kinda glad I wasn't there... =/ Well, anyways, welcome to all of the newcomers. I hope everyone will end up settling in here well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffer Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 And thus the path for our hostile coup is opened... On a more serious note, it's the internet. Relax. It's not like we're taking your homes and jobs. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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