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Reply Subj: And a question or two for everyone Re: Board Technology Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 at 12:34:40 pm EDT (Viewed 480 times) | |||||||
Quote: a) Would you all be willing to create accounts here (i.e. mandatory account to post) if it meant "ownership" of all your posts and built-in archival features? Those accounts would only require minimal information like they do now - login, password, and email in case you forget your password. Since I already have an account, I don't really mind. I'm not sure exactly what "ownership" means though. Quote: b) Would you like to see "keywords" implemented that can be used to divide up the board threads by subject? For instance you can use the keyword "Untold Tales" to only display Untold Tales stories, or "Round Robin" to only display round robins. Can't we already do that with the Search feature? Quote: I'm asking these questions because I'm considering changing the way the PVB software operates someday. Rather than being centered on threads and replies, it will center on its users, like Facebook does. The main board view will essentially be a timeline of recent posts. Quote: The user accounts would be required because of the way the data storage would need to operate - rather than one database per board, it would be one database per user. The main board (timeline) would aggregate those user databases. Quote: The advantages are: Quote: 1) Users will be able to control replies to their threads, and where those threads appear. Quote: 2) There will be absolutely no limit to editing those posts (because even though it doesn't appear on the main board, i.e. "timeline", you can still see them by selecting that user's posts). Quote: 3) Instant export/backup in multiple formats so story posts can be archived at another site (and possibly a software script so they'll be drop-in viewable at another site). Quote: Basically, I believe the new format *might* go better with the concept of telling stories. Most message boards right now, including this one, are based on the concept of breaking news, which is why posts expire - because news ages after a while. Stories don't, so they need a new and different concept. I don't know if I'm just not picturing this the same as you, but I rather prefer the board the way it was. I have at times actually considered not logging in because then I get the previous view of the board, not the current one with the avatars. I'd rather see new replies on their original posts, for organization sake. I loved the system you set up with the red circle for new posts and blue if they'd been previously read, I thought that was a simple and clean way to denote new posts you hadn't read yet. Quote: By the way, if I do this, it will finally cause the software here to diverge from Comicboards. Because CB is more news-based, it favors a more traditional message board format. That, and it seems the population of CB is militantly resistant to even the smallest change, so I'm actually afraid of making a change this big there. It's easier to just diverge the two code bases. Do we need to be different from Comicboards? I'm not trying to be negative to the changes you propose, I just think the software you've already developed is kick ass. The Comicboards/PV boards are by far my favourite to use on the internet. | |||||||
