THeBlueCashew

There are several issues that need to be addressed in order to attract members and increase forum traffic. 

The frustration with getting my old account up and running is detailed in another thread, along with the hoops that a guest must go through in order to make a single post. They won't be covered here other than to repeat that those issues are primarily in regard to 2 ambiguous challenge questions and the invisible text problem (detailed below). Suffice it to say this may discourage old members from returning and discourage guest posting. +1 to DKG for quickly attending to my issue by sending a temporary password although I wonder how it was confirmed that I was the real account holder before providing full access.

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Minimizing the Shout Box doesn't stick, it reappears the next time the home page is loaded. The font in the Shout Box is much larger than the font elsewhere on the forum and is very distracting.

The forum often lags, sometimes taking several seconds to load. Other websites and forums load normally during these time periods, confirming that this is a forum specific internal problem, possibly related to the Shout Box. Consider disabling the Shout Box temporarily as a test, or permanently. It doesn't appear to be used much and Shout Boxes compete with the forum for posts, thus decreasing desirable traffic. The lag problem also occurs on certain links, such as when clicking on a link in the Notifications box, the lag is so bad that one may think that the link is broken.

When you tag a user, rather than their name showing up it's a mini avatar which creates an unwanted double space and interrupts the flow of the words, which makes it more difficult to read the post and depending on the avatar it may be difficult to identify which user is tagged.

Theme specific issues in the default "Evolution" include invisible text in some dialog boxes. When I click on the "Alert" icon" sometimes (not always) the text in the notification is visible but upon a mouse hover it turns into a white box with dashed lines in it. When creating this post, the Subject line appears blank but there is text there, seen only with a mouse click, hold, and drag across the box. This phenomena occurs in other dialog boxes as well. It made posting as a guest and registering nearly impossible. It is not present in most of the other available themes which were also the subject of this inspection (see below).

When you click on the box to choose "more" smileys the box with additional smileys doesn't go away until you reply to the post, nor can it be moved from the center of the screen where it blocks most of it. There doesn't seem to be a way to close it.

<t></t> appears at the bottom of seemingly random posts and does not provide any useful function. It gives one the impression that the forum software has not been properly coded, eroding user confidence.

Many members make use of the "Recent Posts" to view a few pages worth of active threads and consider replying to them. On the home screen there are only 10 recent posts which at the time of inspection went back 8-12 hours. It isn't obvious to the casual user that clicking on "Recent Posts" brings up a link to access a more extensive history of active posts. It should read Recent Posts (more..) with the underline so it's clear that it's a clickable link.

Themes:

Lunarfall Dark theme: When clicking "view most recent posts on this forum" to bring up pages, replies are light text on a light background and difficult to read.

SMF Default Curve 2: occasional invisible text in while boxes such as profile settings. Quick edit boxes are blank unless the text is highlighted by sweeping the mouse over it making editing extremely difficult.

Dark Caramel- seems ok except, well, it's BROWN.

Repulse: The white background is too stark and combined with the large amount of blank space between items requiring excessive scrolling plus the overlapping text on top of icons it's difficult to read. It should really be named "Repulsive".

Boru_RC4: Broken. Only 1 board visible, no recent posts, lots of information not displayed.

Fusion: dark black theme with stark horizontal lines dividing each of the most recent replies. Lots of orange boxes makes it about right if every day is Halloween. When reading a thread, random replies have a light yellow background making the light text difficult to read.

SociWT: Style 1 (dark): dark text in dark boxes difficult to read without highlighting. Style 2 (light). Same issue with text appearing to be invisible and must be highlighted to see it. In both style 1 and 2 icons such as subforum headers and avatars of users who last replied are doubled giving a chaotic disorganized look.

Styele-V4. Dark theme. User avatars are doubled in the "last replied" list. Notably the text does not seem to be invisible which is seen with other dark themes however due to the small number of sub forums the list of recent posts on the right side extends way past the forum subcategories list leaving a huge black area in the center of the screen when the recent posts list is scrolled.

Quote from: wizer on November 03, 2025, 03:12:28 AMThere are several issues that need to be addressed in order to attract members and increase forum traffic. 

The frustration with getting my old account up and running is detailed in another thread, along with the hoops that a guest must go through in order to make a single post. They won't be covered here other than to repeat that those issues are primarily in regard to 2 ambiguous challenge questions and the invisible text problem (detailed below). Suffice it to say this may discourage old members from returning and discourage guest posting. +1 to DKG for quickly attending to my issue by sending a temporary password although I wonder how it was confirmed that I was the real account holder before providing full access.

< wizer takes out his clipboard and points to item number 1 >

Minimizing the Shout Box doesn't stick, it reappears the next time the home page is loaded. The font in the Shout Box is much larger than the font elsewhere on the forum and is very distracting.

The forum often lags, sometimes taking several seconds to load. Other websites and forums load normally during these time periods, confirming that this is a forum specific internal problem, possibly related to the Shout Box. Consider disabling the Shout Box temporarily as a test, or permanently. It doesn't appear to be used much and Shout Boxes compete with the forum for posts, thus decreasing desirable traffic. The lag problem also occurs on certain links, such as when clicking on a link in the Notifications box, the lag is so bad that one may think that the link is broken.

When you tag a user, rather than their name showing up it's a mini avatar which creates an unwanted double space and interrupts the flow of the words, which makes it more difficult to read the post and depending on the avatar it may be difficult to identify which user is tagged.

Theme specific issues in the default "Evolution" include invisible text in some dialog boxes. When I click on the "Alert" icon" sometimes (not always) the text in the notification is visible but upon a mouse hover it turns into a white box with dashed lines in it. When creating this post, the Subject line appears blank but there is text there, seen only with a mouse click, hold, and drag across the box. This phenomena occurs in other dialog boxes as well. It made posting as a guest and registering nearly impossible. It is not present in most of the other available themes which were also the subject of this inspection (see below).

When you click on the box to choose "more" smileys the box with additional smileys doesn't go away until you reply to the post, nor can it be moved from the center of the screen where it blocks most of it. There doesn't seem to be a way to close it.

<t></t> appears at the bottom of seemingly random posts and does not provide any useful function. It gives one the impression that the forum software has not been properly coded, eroding user confidence.

Many members make use of the "Recent Posts" to view a few pages worth of active threads and consider replying to them. On the home screen there are only 10 recent posts which at the time of inspection went back 8-12 hours. It isn't obvious to the casual user that clicking on "Recent Posts" brings up a link to access a more extensive history of active posts. It should read Recent Posts (more..) with the underline so it's clear that it's a clickable link.

Themes:

Lunarfall Dark theme: When clicking "view most recent posts on this forum" to bring up pages, replies are light text on a light background and difficult to read.

SMF Default Curve 2: occasional invisible text in while boxes such as profile settings. Quick edit boxes are blank unless the text is highlighted by sweeping the mouse over it making editing extremely difficult.

Dark Caramel- seems ok except, well, it's BROWN.

Repulse: The white background is too stark and combined with the large amount of blank space between items requiring excessive scrolling plus the overlapping text on top of icons it's difficult to read. It should really be named "Repulsive".

Boru_RC4: Broken. Only 1 board visible, no recent posts, lots of information not displayed.

Fusion: dark black theme with stark horizontal lines dividing each of the most recent replies. Lots of orange boxes makes it about right if every day is Halloween. When reading a thread, random replies have a light yellow background making the light text difficult to read.

SociWT: Style 1 (dark): dark text in dark boxes difficult to read without highlighting. Style 2 (light). Same issue with text appearing to be invisible and must be highlighted to see it. In both style 1 and 2 icons such as subforum headers and avatars of users who last replied are doubled giving a chaotic disorganized look.

Styele-V4. Dark theme. User avatars are doubled in the "last replied" list. Notably the text does not seem to be invisible which is seen with other dark themes however due to the small number of sub forums the list of recent posts on the right side extends way past the forum subcategories list leaving a huge black area in the center of the screen when the recent posts list is scrolled.

Too many items to respond to at this time.

I will address a couple of them though.

Our speed has actually improved slightly from where it was a month ago.

And we are the last forum that still has guest posting at all. There are no plans at this time to make it easier so one particular cognitively challenged septugenarian in Costa Rica can spam it with everybody is fat and broke. Basically we only keep it around for one person who does not want to use his handle.

Quote from: DKG on November 03, 2025, 07:17:41 AMOur speed has actually improved slightly from where it was a month ago.

And we are the last forum that still has guest posting at all. There are no plans at this time to make it easier so one particular cognitively challenged septugenarian in Costa Rica can spam it with everybody is fat and broke. Basically we only keep it around for one person who does not want to use his handle.

The speed increase from a month ago is a curiosity but not a solution. It makes me wonder how slow it was before and how much that would have discouraged members from posting.

Without viewing forum data stats my guess at the culprit being the ShoutBox seems reinforced as I spend time on the forum and notice it's the last thing to load each time the forum is refreshed.

I can't even begin to wrap my head around that last statement in your quote.

You keep the guest posting around... for ONE member? Who could easily just register an anonymous account and log on?

Quote from: wizer on November 03, 2025, 07:21:07 AMThe speed increase from a month ago is a curiosity but not a solution. It makes me wonder how slow it was before and how much that would have discouraged members from posting.

Without viewing forum data stats my guess at the culprit being the ShoutBox seems reinforced as I spend time on the forum and notice it's the last thing to load each time the forum is refreshed.

I can't even begin to wrap my head around that last statement in your quote.

You keep the guest posting around... for ONE member? Who could easily just register an anonymous account and log on?

Yes, we keep guest posting around for one person who has a mod handle here. I know it seems a bit odd.Most guest posters are East European spammers or a couple of people posting gross images.

I suggested before I owned this forum going to an all guest posting format with no handles, but it was not a popular opinion.

Quote from: DKG on November 03, 2025, 07:24:46 AMYes, we keep guest posting around for one person who has a mod handle here. I know it seems a bit odd.Most guest posters are East European spammers or a couple of people posting gross images.

I suggested before I owned this forum going to an all guest posting format with no handles, but it was not a popular opinion.

Yes you clearly stated that you keep the guest posting around for one person who wishes to remain anonymous and not have their posts connected to their other user ID.

I replied that I can't wrap my head around why you'd keep such a (useless and spam promoting) system in place for ONE member when the easiest (and obvious) solution would be to have that member simply register an alternate user ID from which to post with.

It's like saying "this one person doesn't like to drive in traffic so every day we close the highway for an hour so they can have it all to themselves".

Quote from: wizer on November 03, 2025, 07:28:27 AMYes you clearly stated that you keep the guest posting around for one person who wishes to remain anonymous and not have their posts connected to their other user ID.

I replied that I can't wrap my head around why you'd keep such a (useless and spam promoting) system in place for ONE member when the easiest (and obvious) solution would be to have that member simply register an alternate user ID from which to post with.

It's like saying "this one person doesn't like to drive in traffic so every day we close the highway for an hour so they can have it all to themselves".

It's strange. I agree.

Quote from: wizer on November 03, 2025, 03:12:28 AMThere are several issues that need to be addressed in order to attract members and increase forum traffic. 

Oh great, now Joe has gone from impersonating Wizer to impersonating Martini  :crampe:

Quote from: Oliver the Second on November 03, 2025, 11:00:22 AMOh great, now Joe has gone from impersonating Wizer to impersonating Martini  :crampe:

Have you seen my latest podcast? If not go check it out it's the best podcast. But it may load slowly because I have 50 million followers even though my voice is weird and squeaky. Now that I'm here this forum is going to rock with all the people that follow me wherever I go.

The speed thing I had noticed as pages are taking longer than they should to load

this is an issue DKG has to take up with Jaguar as I can see no OS or app issues causing these issues. It's more than likely a disk subsystem issue

The email problem has been traced back to a lack of DNS entries which I must get into the domain registrar to resolve. I currently do not have access there.

Quote from: wizer on November 03, 2025, 07:28:27 AMYes you clearly stated that you keep the guest posting around for one person who wishes to remain anonymous and not have their posts connected to their other user ID.

I replied that I can't wrap my head around why you'd keep such a (useless and spam promoting) system in place for ONE member when the easiest (and obvious) solution would be to have that member simply register an alternate user ID from which to post with.

It's like saying "this one person doesn't like to drive in traffic so every day we close the highway for an hour so they can have it all to themselves".

Guest posting is currently approval only so we rid ourselves of the junk posting submitted by idiots like Eddie and a few of the dolts slithering through from BowelFunctions Factory

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 03, 2025, 11:31:42 AMThe speed thing I had noticed as pages are taking longer than they should to load

I suspect the Shout Box more and more. I notice it's not only the last thing to load but even right up to the last moment that circular thing is spinning in the upper left corner.

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 03, 2025, 11:33:15 AMGuest posting is currently approval only so we rid ourselves of the junk posting submitted by idiots like Eddie and a few of the dolts slithering through from BowelFunctions Factory

I was told by a moderator that the guest posting is only active to satisfy the needs of one member, a moderator who doesn't want to post under their regular ID.

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 03, 2025, 11:31:42 AMThe speed thing I had noticed as pages are taking longer than they should to load

this is an issue DKG has to take up with Jaguar as I can see no OS or app issues causing these issues. It's more than likely a disk subsystem issue

The email problem has been traced back to a lack of DNS entries which I must get into the domain registrar to resolve. I currently do not have access there.

I find it is not as slow as it was a month ago. But, if it does get slower, contact Jaguar to find out what is causing it?

I thought you had access to the domain registrar?

The RULES subforum has only 2 threads each with only 1 post. One is the forum terms of service, and the other is about an amended rule in the forum terms of service. Rather than a separate post to amend a rule, just change the rule in the other thread and delete the 2nd thread. 

So in effect, there's an entire sub forum on the home page for 2 threads and 2 posts, that should be 1 thread and 1 post that could easily just be a link at the bottom of the page, it's not like anyone actually reads it anyway. If a link is problematic then just move it to one of the other sub forums and make it a sticky.

Is the quality of the porn going to be improved?

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 05, 2025, 10:57:10 AMIs the quality of the porn going to be improved?

Yep. Lots of curvy Coloured gals.

The original inspection report notes that there are only 10 "recent posts" showing at the bottom of the screen. Upon further review, in the default theme used by the majority of users, only 6 recent posts are shown.

Again, the valuable real estate on the home screen could be better utilized to allow for more recent posts and remove unused components.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 05, 2025, 10:57:10 AMIs the quality of the porn going to be improved?

Given the response to my suggestions the odds are rather slim that your request will be addressed to your satisfaction.

Quote from: Herman on November 05, 2025, 09:21:44 PMYep. Lots of curvy Coloured gals.

Oh, just go french kiss a light socket.   :s_laugh:

Quote from: wizer on November 06, 2025, 01:56:45 AMThe original inspection report notes that there are only 10 "recent posts" showing at the bottom of the screen. Upon further review, in the default theme used by the majority of users, only 6 recent posts are shown.

Again, the valuable real estate on the home screen could be better utilized to allow for more recent posts and remove unused components.

Given the response to my suggestions the odds are rather slim that your request will be addressed to your satisfaction.

I'm going to get an attorney an sue this site back to the Stone Age.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 06, 2025, 06:35:11 PMOh, just go french kiss a light socket.   :s_laugh:

You keep up the attitude and you will not be getting more pictures of fine Coloured gals like this one.
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Quote from: Herman on November 06, 2025, 09:12:43 PMYou keep up the attitude and you will not be getting more pictures of fine Coloured gals like this one.
(https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/576481133_690626954101341_6847662570085227212_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=BFv0ZsE0H1AQ7kNvwG3xgBf&_nc_oc=Adnlb8r97YX0r-5EmEQBk2JsjtLac9dvCu1BHqxrWpCQTQKAwEPyG5pqM0iK1A64dcc&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.xx&_nc_gid=tnnj5r74CKG2rHX6ksdpxQ&oh=00_Afgz75EcSIw2YLa6tAMgJIb0Jj-ubdUGfeGZ1gZ9hTCfDw&oe=69131855)

Addendum to Inspection Report: Hijackassed threads are permitted to go off topic thus devolving many or most topics into photos of fat black chicks.

tl;dr

Quote from: wizer on November 06, 2025, 11:54:20 PMAddendum to Inspection Report: Hijackassed threads are permitted to go off topic thus devolving many or most topics into photos of fat black chicks.

Welcome to The Blue Cashew.
Enjoy your stay and please don't feed the animals; this is for your own protection since they prefer to hunt and offering them food could offend them and land you on the 'tasty prey' list.

Breakfast is at 0730, luncheon at 1215. You're on your own for dinners but if you're not a culinary sort the area has a wide selection of fine restaurants to choose from... some are even moderately clean.

See the front desk for a copy of the activities itinerary and your complimentary genuine classic replica third reich swizzle stick.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 07, 2025, 07:07:33 AMWelcome to The Blue Cashew.
Enjoy your stay

I'd enjoy it more if there wasn't so much lag, if the Shoutbox was smaller or removed entirely, if pointless subcategories with only one thread with one post were removed to provide more room for a longer list of recent posts towards the bottom, clicking the Alerts link didn't bring up a blank white box with black lines rather then the actual text notification, and tagged users in a post showed up with their user name rather than a distracting relatively meaningless icon, and moderators would at least attempt to keep interesting threads on track by moving off topic posts.

Quote from: wizer on November 07, 2025, 07:17:42 AM(...) and moderators would at least attempt to keep interesting threads on track by moving off topic posts.

It might help if you think of thread titles as conversational bouillon; it's a good place to start but to develop their full potential you need to add a bunch of other stuff.

Just relax and let the flow be your guide; you may not end up where you expected to go but the journey's the important thing, eh?

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 07, 2025, 08:25:06 AMIt might help if you think of thread titles as conversational bouillon; it's a good place to start but to develop their full potential you need to add a bunch of other stuff.

Just relax and let the flow be your guide; you may not end up where you expected to go but the journey's the important thing, eh?

If true, why even have moderators?

Quote from: wizer on November 07, 2025, 08:30:44 AMIf true, why even have moderators?

For everything else.
Or just in case.
Possibly a bit of both.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 07, 2025, 08:59:49 AMFor everything else.
Or just in case.
Possibly a bit of both.

Yeah got it. Somebody might post child porn and you'll be all over it.

Quote from: wizer on November 07, 2025, 09:05:46 AMYeah got it. Somebody might post child porn and you'll be all over it.

An odd way to phrase it.
Almost as if you're fishing for a reaction, or dare I say an *over*reaction?
Yes, this is your cue to reply with "all I meant was..."

At least try to have a little fun now and then.
Who knows... you might even like it.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 07, 2025, 09:20:09 AMA odd way to phrase it.
Almost as if you're fishing for a reaction, or dare I say an *over*reaction?
Yes, this is your cue to reply with "all I meant was..."

At least try to have a little fun now and then.
Who knows... you might even like it.

I'm somewhat OCD and the numerous issues with the forum software are annoying.

I wish they would put all the "Jew" posts into one big mega Jew thread. Having the gossip thread derailed by all the "jew" talk is not kosher.

Quote from: It's Poppy on November 07, 2025, 11:17:06 AMI wish they would put all the "Jew" posts into one big mega Jew thread. Having the gossip thread derailed by all the "jew" talk is not kosher.

I agree.  All the "I am not BF's bitch, you are the bitch" posts could be put there too.

Quote from: wizer on November 07, 2025, 07:17:42 AMI'd enjoy it more if there wasn't so much lag, if the Shoutbox was smaller or removed entirely, if pointless subcategories with only one thread with one post were removed to provide more room for a longer list of recent posts towards the bottom, clicking the Alerts link didn't bring up a blank white box with black lines rather then the actual text notification, and tagged users in a post showed up with their user name rather than a distracting relatively meaningless icon, and moderators would at least attempt to keep interesting threads on track by moving off topic posts.

The lag is not long enough to be bothersome.

Sometimes DKG moves off topic posts or combines threads. He is not here enough to police everything.

Right now the shoutbox is loading fast. I don't know what the hell is going on.

Quote from: wizer on November 07, 2025, 09:57:12 AMI'm somewhat OCD and the numerous issues with the forum software are annoying.

I do not have enough time to learn how to work the panel. I will give Biggie any access he needs to fix it if he has the time and willingness to do it.

But, we can remove the forum rules sub. And we could move the Forum Gossip thread to the Flea Trap.

As for moving off topic posts. If it gets out of hand we have done that and will do that. But, it is like Garraty said,  on a forum a thread can take you to different places. Enjoy the journey.

Quote from: Herman on November 07, 2025, 09:46:42 PMRight now the shoutbox is loading fast. I don't know what the hell is going on.

There doesn't seem to be as much of a lag today. Not that it isn't subject to change, especially if nothing WAS changed.

But even with that, this forum still loads slower than other forums and pages, including FaceBook.

Quote from: DKG on November 08, 2025, 05:54:28 AMI will give Biggie any access he needs to fix it

I would think Biggie Smiles as admin has access to every part of this forum.

Quote from: wizer on November 08, 2025, 05:59:03 AMI would think Biggie Smiles as admin has access to every part of this forum.

He mentioned he doesn't to Jaguar. I will change that.

Thank you to Garraty for moving the Rules threads to the Flea Trap. That sub is gone now.

Nice work Garraty_47

How about removing the subcategories with only one thread with one post in them, moving or archiving the threads in the Private sub forum, and with the screen space saved, add more recent posts towards the bottom?

And change the coding for the text in the "Alerts" box so you can actually see the text after you click the bell icon rather than a blank white square with black lines in it.

Quote from: wizer on November 10, 2025, 07:18:25 AMHow about removing the subcategories with only one thread with one post in them

Can you post a screenshot?

Quote from: DKG on November 10, 2025, 07:36:53 AMCan you post a screenshot?

Already did.

https://thebluecashew.net/index.php/topic,20982.0.html

Quote from: wizer on November 10, 2025, 07:40:46 AMAlready did.

https://thebluecashew.net/index.php/topic,20982.0.html

I see six subs. One of which we deleted yesterday.

Quote from: DKG on November 10, 2025, 07:45:56 AMI see six subs. One of which we deleted yesterday.

That's a good start. How about the 2 categories that only have 1 subcategory in them.

Why is this thread a stickie at the top of "Flea Trap". Who needs to see this every time they view this category, it's from over 2 years ago and no longer relevant.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT SITE MOVE!

Quote from: wizer on November 11, 2025, 12:10:32 AMWhy is this thread a stickie at the top of "Flea Trap". Who needs to see this every time they view this category, it's from over 2 years ago and no longer relevant.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT SITE MOVE!

Well, because it's important! Why else would it be there?

Quote from: wizer on November 11, 2025, 12:10:32 AMWhy is this thread a stickie at the top of "Flea Trap". Who needs to see this every time they view this category, it's from over 2 years ago and no longer relevant.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT SITE MOVE!

It is no longer sticky. I can do that.

Quote from: wizer on November 10, 2025, 07:58:27 AMThat's a good start. How about the 2 categories that only have 1 subcategory in them.

Every sub has multiple threads. What are you talking about?

Quote from: DKG on November 11, 2025, 10:28:30 AMEvery sub has multiple threads. What are you talking about?

The Flame Pit has one subcategory, the Guest Net.

The Flame Pit should be removed altogether and the Guest Net replaces it as the Category heading.

Quote from: Oliver the Second on November 11, 2025, 12:54:35 AMWell, because it's important! Why else would it be there?

It's not important, it's there because it WAS important and no one thought to deal with it several years later when it was no longer relevant.

Diverse Debates is another Category that only has one subcategory which is Politics. There's no reason to have to click on a Category to go to the sub category when there's only one. Its extra clicks, more navigating and a waste of home page space.

Politics and Guest Net should be moved into the General Discussion Category with the other active threads, and Diverse Debates and Flame Pit removed entirely.

I still haven't seen any improvement in the porn.  Somebody's head will roll for this.

Quote from: wizer on November 11, 2025, 12:25:29 PMDiverse Debates is another Category that only has one subcategory which is Politics. There's no reason to have to click on a Category to go to the sub category when there's only one. Its extra clicks, more navigating and a waste of home page space.

Politics and Guest Net should be moved into the General Discussion Category with the other active threads, and Diverse Debates and Flame Pit removed entirely.

I just use the "unread posts" button.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 11, 2025, 10:57:33 PMI just use the "unread posts" button.

Sure there are different ways to accomplish the same thing but that doesn't negate the fact that the home page layout is screwy with 2 top categories having only 1 subcategory.

Do you get that same white box with black lines when you click on "Alert"? That's really freaking annoying.

Quote from: wizer on November 11, 2025, 12:25:29 PMDiverse Debates is another Category that only has one subcategory which is Politics. There's no reason to have to click on a Category to go to the sub category when there's only one. Its extra clicks, more navigating and a waste of home page space.

Politics and Guest Net should be moved into the General Discussion Category with the other active threads, and Diverse Debates and Flame Pit removed entirely.

I get what you are laying down now.

Garraty or Biggie, can we move Politics and Guest Nest into General Discussion and still keep the Guest Nest open for guest posts?

Quote from: wizer on November 11, 2025, 11:40:42 PMSure there are different ways to accomplish the same thing but that doesn't negate the fact that the home page layout is screwy with 2 top categories having only 1 subcategory.

Do you get that same white box with black lines when you click on "Alert"? That's really freaking annoying.

I click on alerts and I get the responses to my posts.

Quote from: Brent on November 12, 2025, 12:40:22 PMI click on alerts and I get the responses to my posts.

But does the box with the alerts in it look weird, like a white box with lines under the letters that are so light they are barely visible?

Quote from: DKG on November 12, 2025, 10:46:39 AMGarraty or Biggie, can we move Politics and Guest Nest into General Discussion and still keep the Guest Nest open for guest posts?

Moving a whole Board into a new/existing Subforum is admin level stuff.

As for the Guest poasting I want to say that as long as the Board's permissions aren't altered they should retain their current configuration after the move. That's presuming those permissions were set at the Board level, not the Subforum level. I could be wrong but I seem to recall that's how it works.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 12, 2025, 04:45:25 PMMoving a whole Board into a new/existing Subforum is admin level stuff.

As for the Guest poasting I want to say that as long as the Board's permissions aren't altered they should retain their current configuration after the move. That's presuming those permissions were set at the Board level, not the Subforum level. I could be wrong but I seem to recall that's how it works.

You do realize that Weezie is doing his patented anal retentive troall, don't you?

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 12, 2025, 05:30:22 PMYou do realize that Weezie is doing his patented anal retentive troall, don't you?

I don't get to make that call.
My job is to help the administrators do what they've decided to do and currently that includes treating seriously Wizer's suggestions for re-configuring the forum.

I mean, he's not wrong about some of the stylesheet issues in the default Theme so even though no one is stopping him from using a different Theme he's not exactly out of bounds to bring them up.

As for the consolidations and such just to satisfy his personal aesthetic tastes that isn't necessarily trolling... he might only be a narcissist, a control freak, or possibly some other relatively harmless kind of weird.

There's even a chance he really does want this forum to thrive and is advocating all these changes as a way to show us he cares. Stranger things have happened. Granted- not often... but they've happened.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 12, 2025, 06:46:01 PM... that isn't necessarily trolling... he might only be a narcissist, a control freak, or possibly some other relatively harmless kind of weird.

Yes.

What this forum needs is more Coloured gals.
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Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 12, 2025, 06:46:01 PMI mean, he's not wrong about some of the stylesheet issues in the default Theme so even though no one is stopping him from using a different Theme

I tried all the other themes. As per the first post they've all got problems except for the ugly brown one. One is completely broken and unusable. Clearly they were never tested for functionality.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 01:33:13 AMI tried all the other themes. As per the first post they've all got problems except for the ugly brown one. One is completely broken and unusable. Clearly they were never tested for functionality.

I believe the issues were the result of converting and restoring an older database in a newer version of the SMF forum platform. Inevitably some of the older code didn't quite match up with the new and squashing the bugs is an ongoing process.

We'd like nothing more than offering each member their very own personalized forum experience however the logistics of doing that are... complicated to put it mildly.

The administration here is demonstrably willing to accommodate member suggestions and requests as much as possible and in return I think we owe them at the least a bit of patience and recognition that tinkering under the hood of the forum code structure isn't something to be undertaken lightly or hurriedly.

That's my take, anyway.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 04:19:42 AMI believe the issues were the result of converting and restoring an older database in a newer version of the SMF forum platform. Inevitably some of the older code didn't quite match up with the new and squashing the bugs is an ongoing process.

Fixing all the issues I've pointed out would take under an hour. And that includes taking a half hour break in the middle of fixing everything.

Speaking of bugs, am I the only one seeing this when I click on the "Alert" box (when there are unread messages).

(https://i.postimg.cc/nLk6Rsqk/blue-cashew-alert-box.jpg)

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 12, 2025, 05:30:22 PMYou do realize that Weezie is doing his patented anal retentive troall, don't you?

I suspected as much, but I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

Quote from: DKG on November 13, 2025, 07:11:35 AMI suspected as much, but I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

This isn't about me.

Clearly I'm not just fabricating the numerous issues with the forum that I've pointed out, several times now. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize these things adversely affect the user experience.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 07:35:18 AMThis isn't about me.

Clearly I'm not just fabricating the numerous issues with the forum that I've pointed out, several times now. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize these things adversely affect the user experience.

Unfortunately you *have* made it about you.

There's currently only one user experience that has been so adversely affected that even after identifying some issues and despite the administrators' prompt efforts to address the ones that could be accomplished immediately you've continued to voice the same complaints repeatedly.

Your complaints have obviously been heard and are being handled more than fairly if not with a rapidity to your personal satisfaction.

Badgering the staff relentlessly isn't going to result in quicker fixes; it can only engender frustration and perhaps eventually even enmity.

But you probably already know that. Innit.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 08:33:12 AMBut you probably already know that. Innit.

In over 2 decades of posting on countless message boards, this is the most broken and poorly laid out forum I've ever seen.

I was simply using my knowledge and experience on the subject to assist in making changes that would improve the workability of the forum, possibly attract more members, and increase traffic.

You make it sound like I'm a whiner and complaining that I'm expecting too much too soon, even though making all the suggested changes would probably take less than an hour.

 

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 08:52:39 AMIn over 2 decades of posting on countless message boards, this is the most broken and poorly laid out forum I've ever seen.

So you've said.
A number of times in the relatively short duration of your recent visits, at that.

You've been heard and even had some of your suggested changes implemented almost immediately which should prove more than any words that your input is being taken seriously.

What exactly do you hope to gain by continuing to air the same complaints repeatedly?

I didn't really give that any thought but now that you mention it, and I gave it thought, I really don't know.

I thought about it some more and I guess I really thought that my suggestions would be taken directly on board and integrated immediately as they are clearly great ideas that would obviously be a big improvement and would take hardly any time to implement.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 09:38:25 AMI guess I really thought that my suggestions would be taken directly on board and integrated immediately.

Some were.

Others, in fact, aren't as simple as editing a bit of code and updating that file where it resides on the server. I'm pretty sure I've already mentioned the core forum code, including the stylesheets, is compiled and then installed/uploaded which means any changes have to be accomplished locally and recompiled before the file(s) can be updated.

These are all tasks that have to be undertaken strictly as time allows since this forum isn't anyone's actual job. The tasks need to be handled first and foremost subordinate to real-life demands and responsibilities or when other activities aren't taking precedence.

That's not going to, indeed can't, change.

Are you in Customer Service? I'm working a theory.

Still inspecting the forum?  By now, either its working or it ain't.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 10:53:06 AMAre you in Customer Service? I'm working a theory.

LoL nah.

I'm far too honest to work in retail, especially a position that's customer-facing. Even as a teen when I delivered pizzas for awhile they made me stop topping pizzas between deliveries because I refused to *only* put on as much cheese etc. as per recommended specs. I couldn't cheat people like that.

How is that cheating? If the pizza place says "put this much cheese on the pizzas" then that's what you're expected to do as an employee. If anything you're cheating your company by costing them more in supplies by making the pizza what you think it should be. Sort of like I'm doing with this forum but not with cheese or other toppings.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 11:34:07 AMHow is that cheating?

If I can look at it and think "Dude, that is NOT enough cheese for anybody" they're cheating people.

If the company required we flick a booger on every pie before putting it in the oven I guess you'd have no problem with it because corporate is *never* wrong, eh?

Reckon I'm just built different.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 11:40:31 AMIf I can look at it and think "Dude, that is NOT enough cheese for anybody" they're cheating people.

If the company required we flick a booger on every pie before putting it in the oven I guess you'd have no problem with it because corporate is *never* wrong, eh?

Reckon I'm just built different.

Yes we're different. Your perception of insufficient cheese verses my perception of flicking a booger onto a pizza aren't quite the same thing.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 11:41:59 AMYes we're different. Your perception of insufficient cheese verses my perception of flicking a booger onto a pizza aren't quite the same thing.

In this context they're comparable.

Corporate sez cheat 'em on the cheese or flick a booger on it.
Both are wrong. I would (and in one case did) refuse to comply.

Viva la difference.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 11:45:01 AMIn this context they're comparable.

Corporate sez cheat 'em on the cheese or flick a booger on it.
Both are wrong. I would (and in one case did) refuse to comply.

Viva la difference.

Did you ever consider quitting and working for a different company rather than defying direct orders from a superior you didn't agree with?

Quote from: wizer on November 12, 2025, 12:41:29 PMBut does the box with the alerts in it look weird, like a white box with lines under the letters that are so light they are barely visible?

I clicked on it a few seconds ago and no.

Quote from: Brent on November 13, 2025, 11:49:47 AMI clicked on it a few seconds ago and no.

But did you have an active Alert prior to clicking on it?

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 11:51:56 AMBut did you have an active Alert prior to clicking on it?

Yes, two alerts. Both from you.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 11:46:41 AMDid you ever consider quitting and working for a different company rather than defying direct orders from a superior you didn't agree with?

Dude.
I delivered pizzas while waiting for the date to start USAF basic training.
It's not like I was on a career path in the pizza restaurant industry.

And, don't forget, they forbade me to top pizzas between deliveries thus solving the toppings controversy. Obviously they valued my delivery skillz enough to work around my realistic view of pizza toppings portions.

I regret nothing.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 12:08:52 PMDude.
I delivered pizzas while waiting for the date to start USAF basic training.
It's not like I was on a career path in the pizza restaurant industry.

And, don't forget, they forbade me to top pizzas between deliveries thus solving the toppings controversy. Obviously they valued my delivery skillz enough to work around my realistic view of pizza toppings portions.

I regret nothing.

So you steal toppings from the rich and give toppings to the poor, you're sort of like Pizzahood.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 12:10:54 PMSo you steal toppings from the rich and give toppings to the poor, you're sort of like Pizzahood.

YOU get a pepperoni!
YOU get a pepperoni!
AND YOOOU get a pepperoni!

LoL

No wait... that could be misconstrued; maybe I should edit it?

Nah. <clicks Poast>

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 12:15:13 PMYOU get a pepperoni!
YOU get a pepperoni!
AND YOOOU get a pepperoni!

LoL

No wait... that could be misconstrued; maybe I should edit it?

You did it for the power trip.

Admit it.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 12:16:18 PMYou did it for the power trip.

Admit it.

You say "power trip", I say "warm fuzzies".

Another difference revealed.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 12:17:51 PMYou say "power trip", I say "warm fuzzies".

Another difference revealed.

It's just not going to work out between us, is it.

Quote from: wizer on November 13, 2025, 12:19:10 PMIt's just not going to work out between us, is it.

I'm afraid it won't.
Not even the most amazing sex known to humanity could make up for such disparity of spirits.

It's okay though... we'll always have the thread consolidations.
They can't take those away from us.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 12:23:37 PMIt's okay though... we'll always have the thread consolidations.
They can't take those away from us.

I'm going to hold those thread consolidations close to my heart.

I was going to post a sad smiley with a heart if I could find one but we all know what happens when that smiley box pops up. It doesn't end well.

I don't get a lot of alerts. But I do get a lot of kinky messages from Jo Jo.

Quote from: Thiel on November 13, 2025, 01:11:36 PMI don't get a lot of alerts. But I do get a lot of kinky messages from Jo Jo.

Those count as double.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 08:33:12 AMUnfortunately you *have* made it about you.

There's currently only one user experience that has been so adversely affected that even after identifying some issues and despite the administrators' prompt efforts to address the ones that could be accomplished immediately you've continued to voice the same complaints repeatedly.

Your complaints have obviously been heard and are being handled more than fairly if not with a rapidity to your personal satisfaction.

Badgering the staff relentlessly isn't going to result in quicker fixes; it can only engender frustration and perhaps eventually even enmity.

But you probably already know that. Innit.

I think the brother is angry that we don't post enough curvy Coloured gals on this forum.
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Quote from: Herman on November 13, 2025, 09:22:03 PMI think the brother is angry that we don't post enough curvy Coloured gals on this forum.

There's curvy and then there's deformed and I'm not sure you know they aren't the same.

Different strokes for different folks though, I reckon.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 10:11:50 PMThere's curvy and then there's deformed and I'm not sure you know they aren't the same.

Different strokes for different folks though, I reckon.

I just wish Brother Herm would keep his coloured gals to his "Dayum" Thread.  I check the Muy Exotica thread for Blazor's hot bitches and all I see are fat Herman hogs.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 13, 2025, 10:23:59 PMI just wish Brother Herm would keep his coloured gals to his "Dayum" Thread.  I check the Muy Exotica thread for Blazor's hot bitches and all I see are fat Herman hogs.

I very much agree.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 10:11:50 PMThere's curvy and then there's deformed and I'm not sure you know they aren't the same.

Different strokes for different folks though, I reckon.

The key takeaway I am getting from your post is that you want to see more Coloured gals like this one.
(https://yt3.ggpht.com/R2YuBFpEmgvK1qi-9wf-vQjOcC2M_FUbPzzTB_oNM4QBToGPmpOcDnKzfAVxIuiBVFIj-w6Cf9l3YQ=s1024-rw-nd-v1)

Forum Inspection interim report:

Glitch #212.c1a discovered @ 2108 Athens time.

All users- repeat All users- are subject to the SAME DESIGNATION- Which is "Newbie" regardless of post count or tenure on this forum.

THIS MUST BE RECTIFIED

 

We are Newbie.
We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.

Resistance is futile.

ASSIMILATE

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 13, 2025, 10:11:50 PMThere's curvy and then there's deformed and I'm not sure you know they aren't the same.

Different strokes for different folks though, I reckon.

They prolly dont look too bad until he runs em through his A.I. wringer!

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 15, 2025, 02:50:33 PMWe are Newbie.
We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.

Resistance is futile.

ASSIMILATE

Funny thing is I'm halfway through season 6 of Voyager.

This forum is ineffective!

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 15, 2025, 02:50:33 PMWe are Newbie.
We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.

Resistance is futile.

ASSIMILATE

I don't find the lack of newbies here disturbing.   :s_laugh:

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 16, 2025, 08:36:26 PMI don't find the lack of newbies here disturbing. 

Everyone here is a newbie, that's the whole point.

Quote from: wizer on November 16, 2025, 12:38:30 AMFunny thing is I'm halfway through season 6 of Voyager.

This forum is ineffective!

I watched the first 3 seasons back a few months ago, some greats eps.

Quote from: sicknote on November 17, 2025, 02:24:04 PMI watched the first 3 seasons back a few months ago, some greats eps.

It's getting better in the 2nd half although I don't think I've seen one episode that doesn't have at least one massive plot hole, continuity error or characters doing something incredibly stupid simply to advance the plot.

Quote from: wizer on November 18, 2025, 02:47:58 AMIt's getting better in the 2nd half although I don't think I've seen one episode that doesn't have at least one massive plot hole, continuity error or characters doing something incredibly stupid simply to advance the plot.

Yeah the writers were not the best I never thought Brannon Braga was any good and after getting DS9 where the writing was a lot better it always made Voyager look a little inferior to me at least comparatively.

Ira Steven Behr was tha GOAT.

Quote from: sicknote on November 18, 2025, 05:00:21 AMYeah the writers were not the best I never thought Brannon Braga was any good and after getting DS9 where the writing was a lot better it always made Voyager look a little inferior to me at least 

Voyager is entertaining if you turn most of your brain off for 46 minutes and ignore the stupidity that tends to remove the "suspension of disbelief".

I found a good review site and it's been said many times on there that DS9 is written far better than Voyager.

https://www.jammersreviews.com/

Quote from: wizer on November 18, 2025, 05:07:26 AMVoyager is entertaining if you turn most of your brain off for 46 minutes and ignore the stupidity that tends to remove the "suspension of disbelief".

I found a good review site and it's been said many times on there that DS9 is written far better than Voyager.

https://www.jammersreviews.com/

Just to be clear I do still have a lot of love for Voyager and have watched it beginning to end 5 or so times since watching it weekly upon release and I consider it the final remotely watchable Star Trek show.

The worst of the first four series's but leagues ahead of the dog shite since..

Just my 2c ofc.

Quote from: sicknote on November 18, 2025, 05:23:39 AMJust to be clear I do still have a lot of love for Voyager and have watched it beginning to end 5 or so times since watching it weekly upon release and I consider it the final remotely watchable Star Trek show.

The worst of the first four series's but leagues ahead of the dog shite since..

Just my 2c ofc.

I'm enjoying the last 3rd of the Voyager run, with all of the characters well known, and the steady progress towards Earth.

My biggest issue is that the Janeway character makes some truly bizarre decisions that degrades the character.

Just from the last few episodes alone:

The episode where she restores the alien memorial using limited available Voyager resources, so other innocent passing ships can be "mind raped" by the memory altering properties of the memorial that almost resulted in Neelix causing a mass massacre in the mess hall?

Taking no crew other than 3 self admittedly wacko inexperienced apathetic incompetent crew with her on an away mission? Ordering one of those crewman NOT to shoot an alien creature that just emerged from another crewmans NECK and is now shorting out the shuttle's environmental controls because "it could be friendly"?

Not shutting down the holodeck program when 2 of her crew are in real imminent danger of being burned at the stake by holographic characters because "we have feelings for the holographic characters" and in yet another loss of consistency suddenly shutting down the holodeck will cause complete data loss of the program including all the characters. Oh and holographic rifles fired at the holodeck controls will cause the safetys to shut off, thus rendering them to susceptible to real damage.. except real damage happened when the holographic rifle took out the holodeck controls while the safetys were functioning?!. ARRRGHH!

And despite Voyager getting 40,000 light years closer to home during the first 5.5 seasons they keep running into civilizations that they ran into tens of thousands of light years earlier with no explanation how they covered that same distance.

But don't get me started. Oh, too late.

I just hope I can resist slapping Janeway in the face during the next episode and damaging my laptop screen.

Quote from: wizer on November 18, 2025, 05:48:26 AMI'm enjoying the last 3rd of the Voyager run, with all of the characters well known, and the steady progress towards Earth.

My biggest issue is that the Janeway character makes some truly bizarre decisions that degrades the character.

Just from the last few episodes alone:

The episode where she restores the alien memorial using limited available Voyager resources, so other innocent passing ships can be "mind raped" by the memory altering properties of the memorial that almost resulted in Neelix causing a mass massacre in the mess hall?

Taking no crew other than 3 self admittedly wacko inexperienced apathetic incompetent crew with her on an away mission? Ordering one of those crewman NOT to shoot an alient creature that just emerged from another crewmans NECK and is now shorting out the shuttle's environmental controls because "it could be friendly"?

Not shutting down the holodeck program when 2 of her crew are in real imminent danger of being burned at the stake by holographic characters because "we have feelings for the holographic characters" and in yet another loss of consistency suddenly shutting down the holodeck will cause complete data loss of the program including all the characters. Oh and holographic rifles fired at the holodeck controls will cause the safetys to shut off, thus rendering them to susceptible to real damage.. except real damage happened when the holographic rifle took out the holodeck controls while the safetys were functioning?!. ARRRGHH!

And despite Voyager getting 40,000 light years closer to home during the first 5.5 seasons they keep running into civilizations that they ran into tens of thousands of light years earlier with no explanation how they covered that same distance.

But don't get me started. Oh, too late.

I just hope I can resist slapping Janeway in the face during the next episode and damaging my laptop screen.

Genuinely had me :s_laugh:

It's got inconsistencies throughout there's no doubt when you consider it as a whole piece of work, but it's strengths are that it has some excellent singular and 2 part episodes that usually hold little or no bearing over the overall narrative of the season or series.

One question is it your first watch/run through of the show?

Quote from: sicknote on November 18, 2025, 06:03:37 AMbut it's strengths are that it has some excellent singular and 2 part episodes that usually hold little or no bearing over the overall narrative of the season or series.

One question is it your first watch/run through of the show?

Interesting you say that. One complaint often brought up by the reviewers on that page I linked is that there's no continuity between episodes (with a few exceptions). A new idea or technology that saves Voyager from certain total destruction right after the last commercial break and could get them home in 5 minutes is never mentioned again. New characters that join the crew are never heard from again.. every episode ends in a "reset". No matter how crippled Voyager is, no matter how close it was to complete destruction with most or all systems incapacitated as the credits roll, by the next episode it's as shiny and new as the day it rolled off the conveyer belt at the starbase it was built. Not to mention the seemingly never ending supply of replacement shuttles and photon torpedos.

This is my first time through. And if Harry "I can't get a lock" Kim fumbles with the transporter one more time at a critical moment I just might not make it.

The one problem with the review page is sometimes a thoughtless reviewer will make a reference to a future happening and it's a huge spoiler which I read before I realize what I'm reading and I'm like "Oh shit, I need to FORGET" (where's Spock when you need him)

This is a typical review from a viewer who probably speaks for how all of us feel at one time or another while watching the show, and not only the Voyager series. This review follows an episode where dueling tractor beams played a pivotal role in advancing the plot for the duration of 2 additional commercial breaks.

"Am I the only one who gets endlessly frustrated with how ship combat always unfolds in Star Trek? Every time they try to do anything, the ship gets hit, and the exact thing they were trying to do goes offline. Sometimes several times in a row. Trying to use the tractor beam? Blam, tractor beam offline. Trying to transport someone? Blam, transporters offline. Replace with weapons, communications, warp drive, ad nauseum, and that's Star Trek in a nutshell."

Quote from: wizer on November 18, 2025, 07:50:28 AMThis is a typical review from a viewer who probably speaks for how all of us feel at one time or another while watching the show, and not only the Voyager series. This review follows an episode where dueling tractor beams played a pivotal role in advancing the plot for the duration of 2 additional commercial breaks.

"Am I the only one who gets endlessly frustrated with how ship combat always unfolds in Star Trek? Every time they try to do anything, the ship gets hit, and the exact thing they were trying to do goes offline. Sometimes several times in a row. Trying to use the tractor beam? Blam, tractor beam offline. Trying to transport someone? Blam, transporters offline. Replace with weapons, communications, warp drive, ad nauseum, and that's Star Trek in a nutshell."

Now that you mention it  :s_laugh:

Just wait until you poor fuckers stumble across Star Trek Discovery! Its nothing but faggits, trannies, non binary dipshits, and virtually the entire command crew being all women. They take a ridiculous amount of time to share feelz, hugs, and emotional support in the middle of a cluster fuck and the vast majority of PDA's are two filthy ass punchers.

I checked out on that shit in the middle of it but my wife is finishing it. Last night, she told me they had Stacy Ape Brahms from Georgia play the President of Earth!  :crampe:  Stupid gap toothed nigger got a stroke from hollyweird!!!

What a fukin obamanation!!!!!

Quote from: Lokmar on November 18, 2025, 09:29:03 AMJust wait until you poor fuckers stumble across Star Trek Discovery! Its nothing but faggits, trannies, non binary dipshits, and virtually the entire command crew being all women. They take a ridiculous amount of time to share feelz, hugs, and emotional support in the middle of a cluster fuck and the vast majority of PDA's are two filthy ass punchers.

I checked out on that shit in the middle of it but my wife is finishing it. Last night, she told me they had Stacy Ape Brahms from Georgia play the President of Earth!  :crampe:  Stupid gap toothed nigger got a stroke from hollyweird!!!

What a fukin obamanation!!!!!

Every single bit of Star Trek media I have watched post Voyager(Series) and post First Contact(Movie) has been pure dog shite, I haven't even tried to watch anything new they have produced in north of a decade.

I will not budge I can no longer further tarnish one of my most beloved childhood franchises.

Quote from: Lokmar on November 18, 2025, 09:29:03 AMJust wait until you poor fuckers stumble across Star Trek Discovery! Its nothing but faggits, trannies, non binary dipshits, and virtually the entire command crew being all women. They take a ridiculous amount of time to share feelz, hugs, and emotional support in the middle of a cluster fuck and the vast majority of PDA's are two filthy ass punchers.

I checked out on that shit in the middle of it but my wife is finishing it. Last night, she told me they had Stacy Ape Brahms from Georgia play the President of Earth!  :crampe:  Stupid gap toothed nigger got a stroke from hollyweird!!!

What a fukin obamanation!!!!!

The Wokness is strong in that Discovery one.  I tried watching it when it came out, but it got too weird with the social virtue signaling taking away from the storyline.  I only watched two or three episodes.  The current one, Strange New Worlds is better so far. 

Quote from: sicknote on November 18, 2025, 11:47:12 AMEvery single bit of Star Trek media I have watched post Voyager(Series) and post First Contact(Movie) has been pure dog shite, I haven't even tried to watch anything new they have produced in north of a decade.

I will not budge I can no longer further tarnish one of my most beloved childhood franchises.

I have actually been watching the complete 1960's era series on amazon prime.

Of course the special effects are abysmal by today's standards but most of the story lines and absence of all the woke bullshit make them a very refreshing and entertaining activity

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 18, 2025, 04:16:54 PMI have actually been watching the complete 1960's era series on amazon prime.

Of course the special effects are abysmal by today's standards but most of the story lines and absence of all the woke bullshit make them a very refreshing and entertaining activity

I love ST:OS some of it is so silly but every(almost every) episode Is a laugh a min, plus James T Anti-woke shoulda been his name btw, bloke was a fucking menace  :crampe:

Quote from: sicknote on November 18, 2025, 04:24:18 PMI love ST:OS some of it is so silly but every(almost every) episode Is a laugh a min, plus James T Anti-woke shoulda been his name btw, bloke was a fucking menace  :crampe:

and the chics were kinda hot too with them little federation issued miniskirts

I'd have fucked a few of them after beaming down to one of them planets - for sure

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 18, 2025, 04:28:02 PMand the chics were kinda hot too with them little federation issued miniskirts

I'd have fucked a few of them after beaming down to one of them planets - for sure

Yes closer to a big belt than a short skirt, some of them were deffo worth putting to the sword.

Quote from: sicknote on November 18, 2025, 04:30:50 PMYes closer to a big belt than a short skirt, some of them were deffo worth putting to the sword.

even the ones that were aliens I wouldn't mind fucking

maybe they have, like, super human strength and can throw me around the room like them klingon bitches did as part of their mating rituals

maybe even stab me in the neck once or twice in a fit of passion

that would be nice

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 18, 2025, 04:38:21 PMeven the ones that were aliens I wouldn't mind fucking

maybe they have, like, super human strength and can throw me around the room like them klingon bitches did as part of their mating rituals

maybe even stab me in the neck once or twice in a fit of passion

that would be nice

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Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 18, 2025, 04:38:21 PMeven the ones that were aliens I wouldn't mind fucking

maybe they have, like, super human strength and can throw me around the room like them klingon bitches did as part of their mating rituals

maybe even stab me in the neck once or twice in a fit of passion

that would be nice

I have banged a few dozen illegal aliens.

Quote from: Herman on November 18, 2025, 06:11:10 PMI have banged a few dozen illegal aliens.

me too.

they're great  -- fuck for pesos  :crampe:

Page load times are lagging worse than usual.

I just got a 14 second delay, staring at that spinning Shout Box icon. I was giving serious thought to taking a dump just to see if it was finished loading by the time I got back.

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No lag for me.  The pages are loading in a few seconds and I'm not on WiFi.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 24, 2025, 03:32:02 PMNo lag for me.  The pages are loading in a few seconds and I'm not on WiFi.

You never find this forum loads slower than other web pages?

Quote from: wizer on November 24, 2025, 03:37:17 PMYou never find this forum loads slower than other web pages?

Other than last week, nothing out of the ordinary.

Quote from: wizer on November 24, 2025, 03:37:17 PMYou never find this forum loads slower than other web pages?

The rest of the site not really, but the last thing to load is the shoutbox I'll grant you that. Dunno about you but since I'm not much of a shoutboxer I tend not to even wait for it to finish loading before I scroll down and click on something I am interested in.

Have you tried not staring at the 'loading' spinny icon?
I think it may be having a hypnotic effect on you or something.
Free your mind and your cursor will follow!

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 24, 2025, 03:55:30 PMHave you tried not staring at the 'loading' spinny icon?
I think it may be having a hypnotic effect on you or something.

I seriously think that is exactly what I've been doing.

I'm going to try your strategy and ignore it.

I'll report back after giving it a try for a bit.

Quote from: wizer on November 24, 2025, 03:12:21 PMPage load times are lagging worse than usual.

I just got a 14 second delay, staring at that spinning Shout Box icon. I was giving serious thought to taking a dump just to see if it was finished loading by the time I got back.

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13 seconds is abysmal.

I suspect a disk issue on the back end and this will require DKG to open a ticket with JaguarPC

My internet speed isn't what anyone would call "blazing fast" and this is a couple minutes ago:

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For fucks sake!  Weezie is on Starlink in Greece. Maybe a cloud got in the way.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 24, 2025, 05:20:39 PMFor fucks sake!  Weezie is on Starlink in Greece. Maybe a cloud got in the way.

Perhaps a seagull shat on his dish?
In that case his connection speed should straighten out next time it rains.

Mine

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Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 24, 2025, 04:27:32 PMMy internet speed isn't what anyone would call "blazing fast" and this is a couple minutes ago:

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Weird. ISP should not have any bearing on a page that is generated via the result of local resources. Now if the page said generated in .0888 seconds but your perception was 13 or more seconds then yes for the page to become available in your browswer, it would be reasonable to conclude it is related to your local isp.

I too have seen the page loads take 13 seconds in the past and ran a gamut of resource diagnostics which are available in Linux and came up empty. I think that just to be sure DKG should open a ticket with the provider and have them look into it.

It's kind of difficult since he's not a technical guy and would have to run their responses by me and vise versa but if there was a way to authorize me to speak to them directly I could have them look at things which should be looked at during a competent troubleshooting process

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 24, 2025, 04:08:27 PM13 seconds is abysmal.

I suspect a disk issue on the back end and this will require DKG to open a ticket with JaguarPC

I will contact them tomorrow.

Quote from: DKG on November 24, 2025, 09:59:06 PMI will contact them tomorrow.

ask them if you can add another user to your service portal. if you can it will enable me to speak with them directly and we can get into all the tech talk that I'm sure you'll want to avoid

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 24, 2025, 11:07:35 PMask them if you can add another user to your service portal. if you can it will enable me to speak with them directly and we can get into all the tech talk that I'm sure you'll want to avoid

I will definitely do that.

No problems here either.

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Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 24, 2025, 05:20:39 PMFor fucks sake!  Weezie is on Starlink in Greece. Maybe a cloud got in the way.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 24, 2025, 05:31:32 PMPerhaps a seagull shat on his dish?

All other web pages load fast here.

Quote from: wizer on November 25, 2025, 10:15:29 AMAll other web pages load fast here.

There's only one explanation then...

...those pesky internet goblins are intentionally slowing down this site in particular whenever it tries to reach you. When the pages finally arrive do they whiff of glue, or have any ligature marks? Do they ever complain of unexpected obstacles or detours?

Goblins are mischievous but not really very bright; you could try bribing them with snacks. Most goblins are partial to peanut butter fudge, so I'm told.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 25, 2025, 10:25:18 AMThere's only one explanation then...

I've long suspected the Shout Box. But your suggestion to not allow myself to be hypnotized by the rotating ball seems to be a good one.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 24, 2025, 03:38:25 PMOther than last week, nothing out of the ordinary.

It seems okay today Prof Emeritus, but some days it is slow.

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 24, 2025, 11:07:35 PMask them if you can add another user to your service portal. if you can it will enable me to speak with them directly and we can get into all the tech talk that I'm sure you'll want to avoid

I chatted with Jaguar yesterday. They cannot add a second person, but I can give you the password if I can remember it. I have it saved.

They told me they cannot do anything about it while the speed is good. And it was good when they tested it.