Official Let's hear your forum improvements!

[Unit One]

On ðe desktop site, at least on monitors wide enough, i don't see any reason to hide some text formatting options (spoilers, quotes, etc.) inside a drop down menu right next to a wide empty space. You already collapse more stuff in ðe mobile site, so not doing ðis feels like an inconsistency.

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I agree that it would be nice to have all the options available if there is room for it. However, the site gives layout options based on viewport size, and the largest one is when the editor is at least 900 px wide. If I moved all buttons to be visible, the preview that it displays to me shows that the editor bar would extend to two rows.

I wish there was an Extra Large viewport size, but there’s not. I’ll keep an eye out, and if there’s a solution in the future we can relook at it.

 

[Im_ConfuzzledCobalt🥐🌳🐿]

Put a disable emotes button in the "More Options..." tab. I'm tired of having to type out or copy paste the whole "NOEMOTE" bbcode every time I'm using both parentheses and colons in a sentence. I want it to say "Injuries Sustained (Chis):", not "Injuries Sustained (Chis"

 

[Old Master Rope God🌳]

Put a disable emotes button in the "More Options..." tab. I'm tired of having to type out or copy paste the whole "NOEMOTE" bbcode every time I'm using both parentheses and colons in a sentence. I want it to say "Injuries Sustained (Chis):", not "Injuries Sustained (Chis"

Accidental emojis are kinda annoying

 

[Im_ConfuzzledCobalt🥐🌳🐿]

Accidental emojis are kinda annoying

and having to type out [NOEMOTE][/NOEMOTE] is just as annoying

 

[Orchamut]

If possible, I think a simple fix could be that it doesn't change to an emoji if there is a character either immediately before or after it that isn't a space.

 

[Hickory]

It's not a major issue, but I feel it should be addressed that a lot of users seem to use certain reactions as a sort of 'dislike' or a way to mock other users who post messages they disagree with. Responding to an earnest message with a 'dead' reaction comes across as immature and against the cordial and respectful tone that is set as our standard for interacting on the forum, and responding to a message you disagree with with an axe if anything comes across as a threat. When used as intended, there's obviously nothing wrong with the reactions themselves, but it seems like a lot of users are posting them in different contexts as a way to circumvent the scrutiny and potential discipline they'd receive for being overtly rude in an actual message.

 

[Zogert Gaming]

Something I’ve noticed that I find quite annoying is that when you are the last to reply to a thread, you can’t add stuff from that thread to your multi quote. This makes it really hard to add more info to your message in some cases. If possible this should be changed

 

[77ForumBone]

It's not a major issue, but I feel it should be addressed that a lot of users seem to use certain reactions as a sort of 'dislike' or a way to mock other users who post messages they disagree with. Responding to an earnest message with a 'dead' reaction comes across as immature and against the cordial and respectful tone that is set as our standard for interacting on the forum, and responding to a message you disagree with with an axe if anything comes across as a threat. When used as intended, there's obviously nothing wrong with the reactions themselves, but it seems like a lot of users are posting them in different contexts as a way to circumvent the scrutiny and potential discipline they'd receive for being overtly rude in an actual message.

Are you saying that no reactions should be used as "dislike" features? Or are you saying that it's fine to use certain reactions as "dislike" features as long as handled maturely? Because I have different takes depending on what you mean.

Something I’ve noticed that I find quite annoying is that when you are the last to reply to a thread, you can’t add stuff from that thread to your multi quote. This makes it really hard to add more info to your message in some cases.

This should have more priority than 1.4.5. It's really annoying to have to do this.

 

[Hickory]

Are you saying that no reactions should be used as "dislike" features? Or are you saying that it's fine to use certain reactions as "dislike" features as long as handled maturely?

I'm not inherently opposed to there being a 'dislike' reaction, but none of the reactions that currently exist convey that without coming across as mocking or aggressive.

 

[Zogert Gaming]

I'm not inherently opposed to there being a 'dislike' reaction, but none of the reactions that currently exist convey that without coming across as mocking or aggressive.

I agree. I know the reason there’s no dislike is to avoid spreading negativity, but really the lack of one just sends people to use much harsher things like an axe in place of one
A disagree button would be a nice way to simply convey “I disagree” without any other possible interpretations or possibility of coming off as rude

 

[77ForumBone]

I'm not inherently opposed to there being a 'dislike' reaction, but none of the reactions that currently exist convey that without coming across as mocking or aggressive.

In that case, I agree completely. Just wanted to make sure

 

[Johnathan Morrow]

I would really appreciate a dislike button, even just a thumbs down would be nice, however, I do not think the other reactions currently used to convey dislike should be removed, or that users should be penalized for using them in a way that someone else thinks is “improper.
Disagreement prevents the stagnation of intellectual ideas, if we constantly agree with each other in everything, we would never progress or push the boundaries of other areas.
I think that if it gets to the point where a user has an issue, they should just block the offender and be done with it, we shouldn’t bear the crimes of the few.

 

[Hickory]

I would really appreciate a dislike button, even just a thumbs down would be nice, however, I do not think the other reactions currently used to convey dislike should be removed, or that users should be penalized for using them in a way that someone else thinks is “improper.
Disagreement prevents the stagnation of intellectual ideas, if we constantly agree with each other in everything, we would never progress or push the boundaries of other areas.
I think that if it gets to the point where a user has an issue, they should just block the offender and be done with it, we shouldn’t bear the crimes of the few.

It's not disagreement that's a problem; it's expressing it in a way that is immature, aggressive, or disrespectful that's an issue. Many reactions are used in ways that come across as such as it stands.

 

[Johnathan Morrow]

It's not disagreement that's a problem; it's expressing it in a way that is immature, aggressive, or disrespectful that's an issue. Many reactions are used in ways that come across as such as it stands.

I can see where you’re coming from, but I’m not sure I’ve ever encountered something like this happen on these forums maliciously, outside of already heated arguments where posts were being uncivil beforehand.
The way I see it, this would just fan the flames, so to speak, and cause the allegedly aggressive people to verbalize these potentially disrespectful thoughts, instead of just leaving a reaction and walking away. And again, if they continue to try and provoke anyone, they can simply be blocked or reported, leaving the moderators to handle it as they see fit.

 

[Hickory]

The way I see it, this would just fan the flames, so to speak, and cause the allegedly aggressive people to verbalize these potentially disrespectful thoughts, instead of just leaving a reaction and walking away.

The user is responsible for working through their anger outside of the forums and approaching each reply respectfully and responsibly. Letting them take jabs at people they disagree with without punishment through reactions is not solving the issue, but simply letting them get away with acting rude and immature if they do it in a vague enough way. In fact I'd say inflammatory messages are healthier for the community than sending reactions as a jab; inflammatory messages are much easier to moderate and can be dealt with quickly, where someone just using reactions can get away with it indefinitely as long as they don't actually join the conversation to say anything.

 

[Old Master Rope God🌳]

It's not a major issue, but I feel it should be addressed that a lot of users seem to use certain reactions as a sort of 'dislike' or a way to mock other users who post messages they disagree with. Responding to an earnest message with a 'dead' reaction comes across as immature and against the cordial and respectful tone that is set as our standard for interacting on the forum, and responding to a message you disagree with with an axe if anything comes across as a threat. When used as intended, there's obviously nothing wrong with the reactions themselves, but it seems like a lot of users are posting them in different contexts as a way to circumvent the scrutiny and potential discipline they'd receive for being overtly rude in an actual message.

if there is any attitude on the forums it is NOT that serious. you're acting like this is a fancy wedding or dinner and its not.

 

[Johnathan Morrow]

if there is any attitude on the forums it is NOT that serious. you're acting like this is a fancy wedding or dinner and its not.

Exactly, we are blessed with a very active moderation team, who go out of their way to make the forums an ideal internet presence, I’m sure if you have any grievances with a certain person you could let Unit One or Tunnel King know, either directly or via a report, and they would be more then willing to help work it out. It’s also smart to address the individual directly first, they might not be aware what they are doing is hurting you, or they might just be joking, communicating is key, not simply censoring others willy-nilly.

 

[Orchamut]

There's always a chance that when you pour your heart out about something you'll get tombstoned, and if so, well, that's a shame, but honestly I don't think being disliked would feel much better to most people (I'd still appreciate a flat dislike reaction though). In the big picture it's really a very small risk and in general the meaning of the reactions shouldn't be read into too much because everyone uses them differently, and even individual people use them in different ways across various situations as well. This is sort of an issue with the mostly vague and arbitrary nature of the newer reactions, but honestly, I think most people who actually have something to say will generally say it instead of just leaving a reaction.

If you feel really strongly about it, I'm pretty sure if you 'ignore' someone then you won't see reactions from them, so there's that.

 

[77ForumBone]

where someone just using reactions can get away with it indefinitely as long as they don't actually join the conversation to say anything.

Uh, what? You could always contact a moderator and show them the person who's "spreading hate." An actual message can be much more hurtful than a tiny little gif.

 

[Unit One]

Hi everyone, as we’ve mentioned in the past there won’t be a dislike/thumbs down reaction added. The new reactions were added by Red’s request so they’ll be staying.