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Posted by timethief • 7/23/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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I've spotted an new discussion feature. Can you name what it is?

Special note: Thanks Daniel.

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7/23/08

lettershome

Please don't keep us in suspense, TT. :-)

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7/23/08

thegoodknife

I was wondering if anyone would bring it up, hopefully some use comes of it.

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7/23/08

gerryPlanetEarth

A quicker report button ?

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7/23/08

lettershome

Do you mean the one in the sidebar which says "more discussions from timethief?" I'm am truly clueless, so pls don't laugh.

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7/23/08

markstoneman

I don't remember having the "Related Discussions" on the right, though maybe I've been blind. I do remember "Favorite Discussions", which was less useful. So is that it? Or have I delivered further evidence of my dottiness?

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1. 7/23/08
  
  DrowseyMonkey
  
  I never noticed that before either. Is that it?
2. 7/23/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  related discussions have been there since day 1. Though they only appear on threads with tags.
7/23/08

PetLvr

add to favorites? Although - I don't have any favorites .. they're all good

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7/23/08

thegoodknife

keep trying guys, you're unlikely to find it just by looking around, it requires some interaction to appear.

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7/23/08

PetLvr

Well - this discussion shows "rate the blog above you" which, isn't the rating system - and is a discussion, so I say you have finally implemented a random discussion feature for the archives!

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7/23/08

markstoneman

Sort by "recently updated" or "newest". Might be useful.

Edited to add: So this means we can look for new threads when we've been away without having to sort through ones we know about that have crowded the new ones off the first page.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  markstoneman
  
  It doesn't seem to want to remember my sort preference though.
7/23/08

DrowseyMonkey

Oh, there are some options in the top right I never noticed before, like more discussions by TT.

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7/23/08

PetLvr

or - did you always have the "Recently Updated" and "Newest" sorting? Hmmm..

(I could pretend to be more interested in this than I am, but 3 strikes... I'm out)

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1. 7/23/08
  
  markstoneman
  
  No, that's gotta be it.
2. 7/23/08
  
  PetLvr
  
  I saw you beat me by 1 minute your guess was excellent hehe
7/23/08

voodooKobra

www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/create

I think it's something on this page. I could be wrong.

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7/23/08

crkian

discussion widget thing hasnt been there long

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7/23/08

TonyB

Has subscribe via email been there long?

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7/23/08

thegoodknife

no one has even come close. When the time is right the feature will reveal itself to you. don't rush it.

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7/23/08

PetLvr

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1. 7/23/08
  
  PetLvr
  
  Well .. it's confirmed that the CODE HTML *still* doesn't work...
7/23/08

markstoneman

Can we edit our thread titles when we screw up their spelling?

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1. 7/23/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  No, but that's somewhere on my todo list.
7/23/08

PetLvr

Mark as read? Did we have that unread discussion view before?

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7/23/08

ender

when you hover over someone's avatar in the little recent readers dealio - you get a tool tip with their username - and a time or a date. i'm assuming that's the time they were last active? last posted a comment?

dunno if that's the new feature or not, but i've sure never noticed it before.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Nope that has been there for a while, no prize for you!
2. 7/23/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  I don't get the time/date thing - just their name.
  
  Edit: but note that this reply is "new"
7/23/08

crkian

You would of thought I would know this.

I still think Daniel should have Tonys email address in his profile for help with blogcatalog

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1. 7/23/08
  
  PetLvr
  
  we obviously missed the memo :[
7/23/08

TonyB

@ender, that could be it! Would take a monkey to figure out a tiger. Obviously...none of us spend enough time on here.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  oooo, what do i win? a new car?
  
  i'd actually settle for a couple of flyswatters. stupid flies.
2. 7/23/08
  
  TonyB
  
  @ender, if you're correct maybe tiger will let you borrow his tail.
7/23/08

PetLvr

* Reported this thread to admin

Reason: stoopid ;p

/// Jes keedingz

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1. 7/23/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  I can haz a tooltip.
7/23/08

NINE

Ah I found it! Pretty slick hermano, I like it... very useful. It took me a while to figure out why no one in this thread had found it yet... figured they were looking in the wrong place and I was right!

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7/23/08

kdawg68

Wait - did we always have the "Friend's discussions" search feature? I don't remember seeing that before.

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7/23/08

crpitt

Just tell me!

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7/23/08

tpvswp

hm...if you hover over the discussion topic, you get the first few lines of the topic? No, that was there b4...I think, or not?

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7/23/08

NINE

nope... look at all the suggestions so far how could something so obvious be missed by regular users? maybe because they are looking in the wrong place.

I guarantee if you keep using the discussions as usual you will notice it eventually.

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7/23/08

alexmcone

"back to discussions" at the end of the thread page ?

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1. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Nope, that appears after the discussion has achieved a certain amount of replies.
2. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  filter by username ?
  
  *EDIT* - In the discussion search panel
7/23/08

kdawg68

is it the "new" replies to a thread being identified in red?

Edit : testing to see if it works when I "update" as well. Pretty nifty if this is new - helps when a reply to something towards the top of a thread is new.

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7/23/08

Anniepooh

Is it on our Activity Feed?

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7/23/08

kdawg68

i'm sticking with the red "new" identification for new comments added to an existing thread.

Seems to fit what they are saying since you have to interact a bit and come back into a thread more than once to see it.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  Anniepooh
  
  I thought that was new, too - but it seemed a bit obvious. My brain is too fried to notice much lately.
2. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  No that's not new, I hate this game
7/23/08

Anthe

Do you mean the widget on the right on the profile page that says 'favorite discussions'? I did not see that before.

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7/23/08

NINE

Haha I can't believe you guys haven't caught it yet... I still don't think anyone is looking in the right place.

One good thing that has come out of this is it makes you look around at all the insane features packed into the discussions. I never really realized how many cool little things we have packed in here to make it easier to navigate/find stuff.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I am beginning to have feelings hatred towards the admin
7/23/08

alexmcone

Is it the popular discussions pane on the front page ???

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7/23/08

kdawg68

Wait, wait, wait - were we always able to report entire "topics" before or only individual replies? Just noticed the "report topic" button in red at the top.

If that's not it - can we get another clue for chris'sakes?!?!?!

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7/23/08

globalgirl

The ability to "see" the first sentence or two of a discussion, merely by scrolling over the discussion title? With the latest upgrade I know this feature did not work and now it does!

Thanks!

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1. 7/23/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  I'm pretty sure we've had that. I seem to recall using that for a while now. Maybe it depended on your browser?
2. 7/23/08
  
  globalgirl
  
  Oh, perhaps. I use Firefox 3.
7/23/08

Anok

Argh! Sorry, I reported NINE's comment thinking we had the ability to give explanations with a report

So THAT'S not the feature

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1. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  LMFAO - i almost tried that last nite to see if that was it.
2. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  We should report them all
3. 7/23/08
  
  NINE
  
  That is actually something we considered doing but thought that it might lower the number of reports if people thought they had to fill out a comment so we have kept it simple. Good thinking though.
7/23/08

ender

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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7/23/08

kdawg68

Is it the 'remove ninja' button I see on my browser?

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1. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  It's "strip ninja" for me ... hmmm
2. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  hey hey hey.
  
  Wait 'till Vegas, boys
3. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Really ? With the pole and everything ?
  
  Can someone send me a video of that ?
4. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  I dunno about poles and all that.
  
  But the balaclava may come off.
5. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Why cant you say mask like normal people ? I had to Google that!
6. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  Because balaclava is so much more fun to say!
7. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  and it is a balaclava not a mask
8. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  I thought it was some kind of ...
  
  Naa ... you'll just point and laugh.
9. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  To be truthful, it is a neck warmer and hat put together to look like a balaclava
10. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I am shocked!
7/23/08

crpitt

This better be a great awesometriffic feature or else!

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1. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  I know! I haven't seen anything I haven't seen before. Hurumph!
2. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Hurumph indeed!
7/23/08

kdawg68

This is getting to be like that scene in "Field of Dreams" where the wife's family can't see the "baseball men" playing on the field.

Enough already. Tell us who the baseball men are!

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1. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  shoeless joe was one of them. i don't remember the other cheaters.
2. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  Who's on first?
3. 7/23/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  no no no, who's on second - what's on first.
4. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  ARgh! LOL!
5. 7/23/08
  
  Ravyn
  
  But who was on first, what on second, I don't know on third. And Who Cares played shortstop. Don't start switching them around; we know who will get angry. He likes first base.
7/23/08

alexmcone

I'm still on with search by username ... pretty sure that wasnt there before.

Unless someone makes a fool out of me.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  That's been there for a squillion years.
2. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Bah! Humbug!
7/23/08

ChicaX

Blogging Help category? Never noticed it before..

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1. 7/23/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  No, we've had that before too.
  
  I'm at a loss.
2. 7/23/08
  
  ChicaX
  
  Must be because I've never used that category hehe.
7/23/08

kdawg68

We should just report this thread until they come clean.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  yeah!
7/23/08

Anok

OH! Is it a longer edit time?

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1. 7/23/08
  
  ChicaX
  
  I think your on to something!
2. 7/23/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  hasn't that wavered back and forth though?
3. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  I dunno, I barely use that feature. But seeing as TT liked the new feature so much, and always edits, it does make sense
7/23/08

Jeunelle

Is it the "Remove from favorites"...pray tell?
Or is it the "SORT by recently updated"?
This guessing game is driving me insane.

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7/23/08

ChicaX

I think it's the subscribe to this discussion, in the sidebar and right next to report this topic up there..

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1. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  No, I've seen that before.
  
  I think.
2. 7/23/08
  
  ChicaX
  
  I know this guessing stuff is making me re-think what I have and haven't seen before, I can't tell the difference on the small stuff!! LOL
7/23/08

gmoney

I think it is reply to discussion. I think I am going to the BC office and break some kneecaps until they tell us!!!

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7/23/08

ender

*insert singsong voice*

you're looking in the wrong place, you're looking in the wrong place.

MWAhahahahahaha

i know what it is.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Oh not you too ....
2. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Give us a clue!
  
  Don't leave us fishing without a rod!
3. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  fish away, my dear.
  
  i have been sworn to secrecy no matter your diabolical plans.
4. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  Is it bigger than a breadbox?
5. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  hmmm.
  
  @anok: one portion of one of your words is kinda sorta correct.
6. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  So there is a box?
  
  Hmmm.
7. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Each and every one of our comments comes in a box ? Wasnt that already there ?
7/23/08

NINE

I tried to convince daniel to give you guys a hint but he likes to watch you all squirm.

Just use the discussions as usual... the new feature will reveal itself to you eventually.

That is all I can say

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1. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  Tell that Tiger I am giving him a mohawk when I see him!!!!!
  
  And I'll kick him in his shins
  
  Grrrrr.
2. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  *snickers*
3. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  /thinks evil thoughts
4. 7/23/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  well if ender really has figured it out, I'll leave it up to him to inform us of what it is.
5. 7/23/08
  
  ChicaX
  
  *ahem* last I knew Ender isn't a him. I could be wrong..
6. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  are you SURE about that, chica???
7. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Ender is an enigma, which is code for pain in the arse
8. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  @daniel - i've been sworn to secrecy
  
  @claire - duh
9. 7/23/08
  
  ChicaX
  
  I haven't a clue, but I was pretty sure you were female.. gah! don't confuse me anymore.
10. 7/23/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  sorry ender, i always forget your monkey has lady parts.
11. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  pfft, no sorry needed. doesn't faze me in the slightest.
12. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I am reporting daniel for using the words 'lady parts'
7/23/08

alexmcone

I think it's time I brought out the cutlery.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
2. 7/23/08
  
  timethief
  
  *rotflmao*
3. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Doesn't daniel/admin hate the smileys? Lets start an emoticon protest.
4. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Wha ... ? Mocking the teddy is not good.
7/23/08

ChicaX

If I lean my head far to the right I notice a slight coloration in every other post here, but looking straight on, I can't see it, could be my monitor. LOL

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7/23/08

ender

lalalalala

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1. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Darned taunting singing red monkey.
2. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  Damn monkeys.
  
  Always trouble they are.
3. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Someone have a cage and a couple of bananas ?
  
  When he's trapped ... leave him to me.
  
  heh heh heh.
7/23/08

ender

you know what i love? everyone reading this is learning loads of new things about BC discussions that they never noticed before.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  But I haven't seen anything that I didn't already see before
  
  I don't use all of the features, but I knew they were there.
  
  This is driving me crazy!!!
7/23/08

kdawg68

So we've figured it out - the "improvement" is that they've turned Ender into a male monkey!

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1. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  LMFAO!
2. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Wait ... what ?
3. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  LMAO!
4. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  He's a she ? Really ?
5. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  oh noes! this has turned into yet another discussion of "Is ender male or female"!
  
  ender is ender and ender's gender doesn't matter.
6. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Good. You're a he to me until proved otherwise.
  
  Besides, you taunt like a he.
7/23/08

ender

you know who should have figured this out?

ThriftShopRomantic.

(that's a hint, not a taunt)

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1. 7/23/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  I so don't get that hint.
2. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  kdawg ... she started a thread at about the same time this brain twister started.
3. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  TT started this thread 10 hours ago and she had noticed it then ...
4. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  Oh.
7/23/08

kdawg68

Well if it's the recent readers thing Ender first thought of - that doesn't work for me. All I get is the user name - which from memory I've always got. No tooltip about there last visit, etc.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  nope, it's not that.
7/23/08

Anok

Ender I'll give you loads of bananas and skate CDs if you tell me

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1. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  bananas make the roof of my mouth itch.
  
  skate CDs? screw that. get me a genuine old school dogtown skateboard with clay wheels and i'll definitely reveal it.
2. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Gosh my sister just bough two Volkswagen lego things and doesn't want them......
3. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  A monkey that can't eat bananas. Ha!
  
  Hmm, I DO have a nice long dogtown style board - but no clay wheels
  
  I also have a really wide surf board type no wheels at all though
  
  What other bribes do you take?
4. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  sure, post the video showing you mailing them to me and i'll tell you.
5. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  My sister has just posted them to you, but she has no video.
6. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  legos, anok. i always take lego bribes.
  
  the VW bug that claire mentioned, the death star, the big-arse millenium falcon ...
7. 7/23/08
  
  Anok
  
  Damn, I have no Legos!
  
  I will have to wait until you tell Claire, and bribe her, instead.
8. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I do have the death star and millennium falcon right here is this very household.
9. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  i have the smaller millenium falcon. i need the big-arse one.
  
  video tape of you mailing the death star to me gets you the answer you seek.
10. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I have a better idea, I am going to forego any other travel plans I had, find you and kill you in September! meh.
11. 7/23/08
  
  ender
  
  will that be with a fishing pole?
12. 7/23/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Is that a request?
7/23/08

ChicaX

I just noticed a permalink to comments, but that's been there I think.

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1. 7/23/08
  
  alexmcone
  
  What's that ?
2. 7/23/08

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