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Coach Jeff ROC wrote:

I dislike the reply window opening over the page I'm on. In the past, I'd right-click "reply" in a new window, so I can scroll through a thread to multiple posts as I respond. At least on safari (using MacBook), I don't have that "right-click new window" option anymore.

FWIW I can still do this, on Vivaldi/Windows - right click 'Reply' and 'Open link in new tab' works fine. So it looks like it hasn't been disabled deliberately, at least.

Maybe it will make them go away. That's good news.

When I post it doesn’t appear as before but it is there. However to continue with the thread I have to go out then come back in. Am I doing something wrong?

Great work!

I have to say that the one-name-per-thread rule is already feeling claustrophobic, even just on this thread. I completely understand wanting to kick out the genuinely nasty trolls and bullies, and you've obviously spent time thinking about this and coding a solution that looks decent at first glance, but is there possibly another way of doing it that avoids losing part of what makes the LR forums what they are?

What about the idea I posted of showing a list of all the names that a user has posted under within any thread, via a mouse hover over the user's name? Maybe also highlighting usernames in some way that have posted in that thread using different names, to easily mark them out? Then: 1) it's obvious who is doing it, so it could kill the troll/bully problem, 2) anyone can judge whether the multiple names are a problem or not, on a case by case basis, and 3) it doesn't kill the magic that has seen some genuinely hilarious threads.

Having to stick to the same name puts me off posting in other forums. Not because I'm a bad actor (I'm not), but for a range of sometimes quite subtle reasons.

you nitwit wrote:

thank gawd wrote:

I would like to see an algorithm...

The people at letsrun dont even know what an algorithm is let alone creating a custom one that "trims" the excess.

If you'll go back and re-read my post, I'm not proposing auto-trimming. I'm saying that with a post where the quote block exceeds a defined number of characters, the poster is kicked back to the edit screen to fix it themselves. It'd be up to them where to trim the quote(s). A real-time "countdown" number showing how many characters are over the limit or not as the user edits the quote would also be useful here.

wejo wrote:

#2 and #3 already happens. For #2 keep reporting posts.

As for more moderators , we let one moderator delete anything . Doesn’t have to be a vote but we could bring on more for training threads etc.

Thank you for the reply and for considering the suggestions!

Did you fix the

testing wrote:

Did you fix the

No, apparently you didn't fix the less than sign thing.

I like the changes. Seems like a step in the right direction to me.

Yaz ya wrote:

Maybe offer the originator of a thread the option to allow only registered users to post. The default would be just like today where anything goes. But the opportunity to have threads without noise. Kind of like conversations at a bar after several drinks versus conversations at work where your boss is in the room.

This is an interesting suggestion.

Before we made the change, I didn't give it any thought. I thought, "Of course I don't want people using multiple names in the same thread." I only really notice if it's some thread and there are a ton of posts taking a view point that to me makes no sense. Sure enough, it's the same person under 10 different names. Drives me nuts from a moderating standpoint. So i was like, "Screw them."

Or if there is a debate about a particular coach. Some kid that the coach cut hates them and posts a million times.

But now I'm wondering how common it is on regular threads. I wonder if there is anyway for us to quickly figure out how many posts in a thread are from the same person under different names. I can see someone doing it to help a thread get some traction.

But the option to let people start threads that require registration is interesting.

Why do you hate us Rojo? Haven't we had a lot of laughs?

erik wrote:

Screen shot would help. It scales 1280px wide, which is actually 80px wider than a site like the nytimes.com. I'm wondering if people are used to the full-width Kramer-size car lane width we used to use, even though almost no sites go 100% wide anymore.

I feel confident that this is the case. It's not a fundamentally different experience from the rest of the web, but it's a massive shift for LRC. I've scrolled around for 10 minutes and am already getting used to it.

The overall look and feel is great. Even though I won't use it much, I love that your state can be ported across multiple devices. Also love that the same person can't stir the pot as a bunch of different users. Good stuff!

mytwocents wrote:

erik wrote:

Screen shot would help. It scales 1280px wide, which is actually 80px wider than a site like the nytimes.com. I'm wondering if people are used to the full-width Kramer-size car lane width we used to use, even though almost no sites go 100% wide anymore.

I feel confident that this is the case. It's not a fundamentally different experience from the rest of the web, but it's a massive shift for LRC. I've scrolled around for 10 minutes and am already getting used to it.

The overall look and feel is great. Even though I won't use it much, I love that your state can be ported across multiple devices. Also love that the same person can't stir the pot as a bunch of different users. Good stuff!

One thing I don't like--I responded to a post on page 3, and it immediately took me to my post, which is many pages later. I would rather stay where I was and continue reading, then have to go and find where I left off.

Can we use the < sign now?

Guess so.

Or better yet, give a few more options. You could have an option for threads to be registered users only, allow unregistered users but only one handle per user, or open. That way people can partially have a say if they want the thread to be pretty serious and rule out some of the potential for a single person to hijack a thread, but also allow posts originally meant for comedy to benefit from changing handles. Maybe even add a 'only show registration required threads' in the index for people who only want to see more serious discussions but on a large range of topics.

All the trolls say they’ve been posting for 17 years, but you can go back to those old threads & few were posting about anything & they weren’t trolls & they didn’t need 57 handles. There’s no tradition of this at all, just the opposite.

Also, one said the changes were “claustrophobic,” and they would be to someone whose only goal is to crowd out everyone else.

For those complaining about the white space, press CTRL and tap the "+" key. The text will get bigger and the white space will mostly disappear. To make it completely disappear, press CTRL and tap the "+" key again.

To reverse the process, press CTRL and tap the "-" key.

I like the ban on posting with multiple handles on the same thread.