Notifications on forums

[Surfer]

Notifications sounds good...sometimes threads can get so huge subscribing to the thread doesnt help.

Perhaps for the Dons/moderators only but a system where they can mark user's (sorta like a cattle prod ) that only they would see but would help them remember troublemakers e.g. it could say underneath the name of the poster or somewhere more appropriate X user has 3 infractions currently and has been suspended 2 times, banned 1 time. And user's names or posts appearing in different colours in terms of the level of mischief they are known for (green, amber, red)

 

[MooMoo444]

Notifications sounds good...sometimes threads can get so huge subscribing to the thread doesnt help.

Perhaps for the Dons/moderators only but a system where they can mark user's (sorta like a cattle prod ) that only they would see but would help them remember troublemakers e.g. it could say underneath the name of the poster or somewhere more appropriate X user has 3 infractions currently and has been suspended 2 times, banned 1 time. And user's names or posts appearing in different colours in terms of the level of mischief they are known for (green, amber, red)

They already have that. They can also write notes in your profile page that you can't see. Gossip!

 

[ThundyCat]

The new look to the AV forums is nice, but the thanks/notification system of XDA are better.

Don't like the new look at all.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Notifications sounds good...sometimes threads can get so huge subscribing to the thread doesnt help.

Perhaps for the Dons/moderators only but a system where they can mark user's (sorta like a cattle prod ) that only they would see but would help them remember troublemakers e.g. it could say underneath the name of the poster or somewhere more appropriate X user has 3 infractions currently and has been suspended 2 times, banned 1 time. And user's names or posts appearing in different colours in terms of the level of mischief they are known for (green, amber, red)

This sounds ... unappealing.

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They already have that. They can also write notes in your profile page that you can't see. Gossip!

 

[Cosimo]

No. What makes this forum great is that we don't have all the carp that you find on other forums so leave it as it is.

 

[T345]

I think that a +rep system would be good. Other than that, I wouldn't really like that.

 

[MooMoo444]

No. What makes this forum great is that we don't have all the carp that you find on other forums so leave it as it is.

Your post smells of fish.

 

[Devrij]

I wouldn't mind a notification system (eg "xyz quoted you in a post"), but I have no love for likes/dislikes

 

[yhack]

A 'Thanks' or 'Accepted Answer' would be okay, I don't really like rep systems where people will give negative rep if they don't like a person and such things. Notification for quotes and thread replies would be good.

 

[eatcustard]

"likes" this thread



NOT

 

[_ST]

Please no to the OP. Fed up with change on all other sites I go on. If it isn't broken please don't fix it.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

They already have that. They can also write notes in your profile page that you can't see. Gossip!

Indeed. Some user notes make for an interesting reading

The new AVForums look doesn't work properly on my work machine, and actually looks like a printed, text-only webpage from the early 90s.

Screw that. I like OcUK because it's simple.

A YouTube shortcut icon (like the spoiler one) would be welcomed though

 

[Redz]

The only notification id like is to tell you when youve been quoted on the forum

sometimes i ask questions in a thread that i forget to check

Just type your username in the search box, same effect.

Edit: Unless you was referring to email notification than ignore what I just typed.

 

[linktoinsanity]

Where's that facepalm picture when you need it.
Terrible idea.

A forum isn't meant to be a popularity contest and such a system would bring no good and all bad.

This.

 

[Quinnaay]

The only thing I'd like and I've mentioned it here before is notifications if your mentioned or quoted.

 

[kindai]

Hi guys.

Just seen that a very big forum which is based on audio Visual items has had a big refresh.

Many new features, I especially love the thanks/like/dislike/agree icons and the notification bar (like facebook) wonder if they can be applied to OcUK Forums.

Not the only large forum that moved to XenForo this weekend, a particular student doctor based one did also.

I personally did the SDN conversion, and consulted on the AV one before handing it over to one of my colleagues to handle

No. What makes this forum great is that we don't have all the carp that you find on other forums so leave it as it is.

vB3 is EOL. Upgrading to a new system is sensible. Also, people are relucant to change, yet, like facebook, after they moan for a while they accept it and learn to love it.

Compared to XenForo, I find vb3 *extremely* lacking, on "basic" features.

Indeed.

Some notes make for an interesting read

The new AVForums look doesn't work properly on my work machine, and actually looks like a printed, text-only webpage from the early 90s.

Screw that. I like OcUK because it's simple.

A YouTube shortcut icon (like the spoiler one) would be welcomed though

There have been a few issues, however none of them are related to the XenForo core, they are server and custom application related. They should be worked out in the next couple of days.

 

[HAz]

This forum has hardly changed since the year 2k lols.

 

[Nikumba]

No need for all that extra rubbish that has ruined a previously good AV forum

 

[Kempster]

Rather see a mobile app instead of all the dislike/like rubbish

 

[Narj]

More to the point, what sort of fool buys monster HDMI cables?