New TUSCL feature ?

39 comments

• gSteph

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  5 years ago

  Not a BAD idea, though it's not hard to just scroll past a thread once you realise it's not for you.
• s275ironman

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  5 years ago

  It sounds like a good idea, but if implemented, I would be tempted to hide almost every thread by a certain user who has a habit of writing 1000 word essays filled with nonsense, and likes to bump his own threads to the top. At that point, I might as well just block that specific user, but I choose not to because too many users here like to feed this troll, and it can make discussions hard to follow as users respond to this person’s posts. As it is, having to scroll past the threads that I don’t want to read isn’t that much of an annoyance to me, and I currently have no one on my block list.
• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  How about a free ice cream come too, tell us what flavor you’d like, sprinkle and whipped cream as well ;)
• Muddy

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  5 years ago

  I think it’s a solid idea. I can’t look at anymore CJ Kent quotes.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  ^^^^^ Some of the regulars on this site really are narrow in what they will look at and think about. CJ Kent posts some of the most interesting stuff, and consistently. SJG
• Warrior15

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  5 years ago

  I was actually thinking this would be used for the SJG threads that he bumps to the top regularly even though he is the only person that replies to the threads. Great idea Papi !
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  There would be more narrowly defined topical threads, if they could stay open. Which is better, keeping threads going, or making zillions of new threads? SJG
• Cristobal

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  5 years ago

  I like Papi's idea @san_jose_guy it would be better if we had relevant mongering threads
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  ^^^^^ You are assuming that TUSCLer's are only interested in Right Wing News, Right Wing Politics, Financial Speculation, Gambling, Anti-Feminism, and Coming In Their Pants. While yes, some are only interested in these, they are not everyone. Letting threads stay open would really help, by allowing time to make better and more topically narrow posts. SJG
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  ^^^^^^ People had their Underground Circle Jerk VIP Room, where they could narrow the topical range. Sounds like it wasn't used that much. SJG
• TFP

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  5 years ago

  Damn shame that 90% of the users would use this for mainly one guy's threads. Nonetheless, to take care of that one guy clogging up the board, this is a genius idea. No more scrolling past topic after topic that only one guy is participating in. I also don't block said user because I use the block feature as a last resort. He says interesting stuff sometimes, but with his threads, he doesn't let the thread take it's natural course and die off eventually. Instead he keeps coming back to talk to himself just so the thread won't be closed, thereby pushing all the current topics to the bottom. This new feature would totally solve that I believe.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Not everyone on this board has such a narrow topical range of interests. And actually even the mongering threads, most of them, really don't amount to much. More PL threads than Womanizer threads. Letting threads stay open would be better. It would allow more topical posts, and it would be far better than just starting lots of new threads. Better if IGNORE was changed back to how it had been, only protecting people from the posts of someone they don't want to hear from. As it is now, it does too much. And TFP, you guys had your Underground Circle Jerk VIP Room, but seems like you made only poor use of it. SJG
• nicespice

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  5 years ago

  I currently have SJG, Icey, CJKent, and Nicole on ignore for pumping excess threads out. If this was a thing, they would all probably be taken off ignore. It never occurred to me to get annoyed with scrolling until after VIP got merged with the front room, idk why.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Letting old threads stay open, and putting IGNORE back to how it used to work, would be better. SJG
• Call.Me.Ishmael

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  5 years ago

  SJG... No. It really wouldn't. And the feature that Papi is suggesting would only apply to that person's specific user interface with TUSCL. Meaning, if I hide a thread, it is only hidden for me. I wouldn't be able to hide a thread and have it disappear from everyone's view. The only reason why you wiped your ignore list is because it made you mental that not everyone was forced to read your faux intellectualism. But getting back to the topic... it's a fine idea.
• daddyfatsack

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  5 years ago

  That's a yes vote from me dog
• Clubber

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  5 years ago

  Papi, How about founder incorporate everyone's individuals ideas, and make each selectable by each member? Everyone would have a perfect TUSCL site! founder, When will you have this ready to go online?
• Papi_Chulo

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  5 years ago

  ^ right around the corner once that quantum-computer is up and running
• pistola

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  5 years ago

  Moving my thumb up and down to scroll around doesn't bother me. Plus a thread could get interesting after a few posts.
• Clubber

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  5 years ago

  Papi, Good one! But notice, no response from founder. I believe he is deep into the process of doing the above, "quantum-computer" or not!
• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  ^ Dayumn I thought Papi had founder on speedial, or was it the other way around;)
• Clubber

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  5 years ago

  25, Maybe you are sort of on to something! If you take "Papi_Chulo", rearrange letters, add some, remove some, BINGO you get "founder". One and the same!
• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  ^ LOL
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Papi_Chulo, You have been one of the most important contributors since long before I was a member. And you remain one of our most level headed members. So it is out of respect for this that I must say, you are misconstruing the problem. The problem is not that we have some threads of a broader topical nature. The problem is that there are not more people contributing to this. Now sure, we get all kinds of PL threads, talking about a very narrow range of issues, and all in that middle school ejaculation range. But we get precious few Womanizing threads. Just like we get very few threads which deal with a broader range of issues. To have more forum participation we absolutely have to get a broader topical range of threads. You can't make much of a forum with people only talking about PL sorts of ejaculation issues, and Anti-Feminism. We have lost people who posted things of a broader range, like consider EchoPizza. The main problem now is the close off time on the threads. Lift that, then it becomes possible to have a much larger number of open threads, and then to add to them a smaller number, but much higher quality of topical posts, as the information becomes available. Many forums insist that people search the old threads and only start a new one if there is not another one for them to post on. But on TUSCL the custom has been for people to start new threads without any regard for what threads already exist. As it is now, it is hard to come up with enough material ever two weeks, just to keep threads open. It is a stretch. And your idea, of letting people ignore threads, that will only encourage more people to start more and more new threads, just to avoid those kinds of ignores, and to get that effect of having the title displayed. For myself I have always restricted myself to only 1 new thread for each 100 posts of my own. This still holds today. When you have zillions of new threads it becomes very difficult to find anything. And then Nicespice, putting CJKent on ignore? I have replied to every CJKent post which I have seen. He posts some of the most interesting stuff. Nicespice ignores him, just to avoid having to scroll past his thread listings? And then with Nichole, I read each of her posts. And I respond to any which I believe that I can come up with something constructive for. That recent one where she spoke to the rent vs buy housing decision did stimulate an interesting and productive exchange. But again, Nicespie puts her on ignore to avoid having to scroll past her threads. And then IceyLoco, he is one of our most interesting new members. Though still quite young, of the people who post regularly, I have to say that he is the one who displays the most developed womanizing skills. So sure, we have a whole band of PL's who jump all over him and try to force him down to their level. I look at everything he posts, and I respond anytime I can say something which will be constructive. But still Nicespice puts him on ignore. People listen to Nicespice, 'cause she has two X chromosomes. But that doesn't mean that she isn't trying to keep this forum as nothing more than a circle jerk. So Founder, I offer the following recommendations, respectfully differing from Papi's. 1. Let all threads stay open, so that people can continue to add to them. This will make for a higher quality topical posts. 2. Ignore was better before. It just protected you from seeing content from someone you objected to. But it did not stop you from posting on a thread or seeing someone's profile. It also stopped someone from PMing you. I say that that was the best way. 3. Threads could be displayed more compactly, as they are on most boards. All it takes is a row of column titles, then one line per thread. That one line should show, name of OP, date and time, title, number of replies, name of last poster, date and time. This way people can scroll past stuff more quickly. And then with last poster name and date and time, they can tell for sure if there is new material for them to look at. 4. Maybe there could be a few different sections, though all still displayed on one front page. Consider: "In The Club Antics", "Womanizing", "Adult Entertainment Business And Legal", "Politics And Anything Else". SJG Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar ( must be a song intended for violins, and notice no bass ) [view link] [view link] [view link]
• Call.Me.Ishmael

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  5 years ago

  Hey SJG... remember when founder gave you some pointed feedback about your TUSCL contributions: [view link] "SJG, you have zero reviews, and you don't pay. Those two things are the value of the site. Discussion board? Yeah, not so much." "SJG, you are a relentless socialist. Taking what you can from our free discussion site and giving nothing in return."
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  ^^^^^^ Ishmael, good posts are what make this forum go. SJG
• SirLapdancealot

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  5 years ago

  @san_jose_creep founder's willingness to keep this an unmoderated board is what is making it go for all of us, including you and your own personal threads for just yourself to read your own "good" posts to your own self.
• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  Reason I put SJG on ignore is because he thinks that every thing should be exactly the way he wants and fuck everyone else, that’s smarter if you guys think about it than engaging with him, he doesn’t care one drop about anything that conflicts with his own selfish wants, if y’all ignore him even if he doesn’t go away he’s still not there.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  25, Mamisan will be there any minute now, just hang in there: [view link] SJG
• whodey

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  5 years ago

  Not a bad idea but I don't know if it is necessary. Maybe if founder finds himself bored with some extra free time on his hands.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Letting threads stay open will do so much to improve the depth and quality of this forum. SJG
• SirLapdancealot

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  5 years ago

  ^ translation -> I wish I could continue to be the only one posting to my own threads in my own self absorbed echo chamber. Forever.
• TFP

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  5 years ago

  If they open up those old threads for comments again then we would absolutely need that feature that Papi is talking about. It's bad enough that SJG already bumps about 7 of his own threads now. If they opened up the old threads he'd take over the first three pages of threads with his own shit. With no thread ignore we'd have no choice but to put him on ignore at that point.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  ^^^^^^ Dick Head TFP, very hard to make enough focused topical posts to keep threads open. Let the threads stay open, and then of course there will be more open topical threads, but the posts can be much more focused, made as info becomes available, working on just one thread at a time. So less posts. If we want this board to be more than a PL Circle Jerk, it has to become conducive to a broader range of issues, not just PL stuff. Thread listings could be more compact, so that scrolling and detecting new posts is easier. Thread by thread ignore is completely unnecessary. And I say this with all due respect to Papi. It is others who are making it hard to have better subject matter on this forum. SJG
• SirLapdancealot

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  5 years ago

  ^ translation -> I wish I could continue to be the only one posting to my own threads in my own self absorbed echo chamber. Forever.
• JimGassagain

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  5 years ago

  I agree with TFP about the SJG topics he keeps bumping. Founder molded this site to keep assholes like him from spreading too much hate speech propaganda. If he allowed old threads to fester, shitty posts could hang on forever in infamy. SJG posts must be buried, sooner rather than later.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Letting threads stay open allows more topically narrow and focused threads. That makes the forum better. Its guys like you Gassagain who should be buried. Almost none of your posts have ever been anything more than negative meta-narratives. SJG
• Jascoi

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  5 years ago

  I only have one on ignore . and even when I’m logged out I don’t see hardly anything from him
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Ignore does a lot, for those who wish to use it. This forum could be a lot better, in terms of what people post. But it really needs for threads to be able to stay open, rather than to require regular bumping. We have lost people who want to post more interesting stuff. But we still have some and we can attract more. SJG