Ideas for ILX

^same

shd've specified this is only on links to other ilx pages

this happens to me when I've been away from the computer for a while

SNA looks odd at the moment. i see:

undated section with a dozen posts
Footcelsior - last updated 2 minutes ago
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Last on Friday, 11 September 2015 15:02 (one thread)
And so it starts..... - last updated Yesterday

Last on Saturday, 12 September 2015 14:31 (a bunch of stuff)
are autechre and squarepusher taking the piss? - last updated 2 hours ago
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Last on Friday, 11 September 2015 23:59
The Best Free Online (in-browser or downloadable) Games - last updated Yesterday

(everything after this looks normal)

A poll where you have to choose a digit and results are shown as the average score

scale of this poll type should always be same so comparisons can be made between poll results

Android app

Using random thread function, pick the liveliest looking candidate from the first page of returns and bump with "did we ever sort this out?" regardless of conclusion of thread heretofore

How have I never clicked that link?

"Chameleon" feature introduced but only waterface can use it. He would have the ability to post under any username.

Not chameleon I guess so much as shape shifter. Other users can habe other superpowers too, all designed to cause maximum havoc

racing stripe

an iphone stylesheet that actually looks good? unless I'm missing something

Still think it's a good idea to have a poll type where you have to choose a value on a scale of 1-10 (or 1-77) and results are shown as the average score

it would be really useful to be able to order thread title search results by *most recently updated*

^^

prevent users from ever being able to change their usernames. I hate having to keep track of who's who.

Be able to change the number of posts a thread will show before going to "Skipping #### messages at this point, click here to read them all" mode.

"Fishbowl" discussions. Some threads will have just 10 or so users posting, maybe people who know a lot about the given topic, but everyone can read the thread. Then there will be another thread where everyone else discusses the "main" thread, scrutinizing posters the way commentators do after a presidential debate.

i think it would be cool to print out ilx and house it in a reference library somewhere remote like marfa, texas. the collection is accessible to the public but you can't check out any of the files. the librarian's salary is paid for through the yearly drive

dibs on librarian job

Some classic threads could be made into podcasts. Each poster would be voiced by a different actor. No celebrities though, we should support struggling artists

Maybe one or two could be performed live. The dialogue would just be the thread but other aspects of the performance -- the setting, costumes, the actors' gestures and intonations -- would put all of it in a different context. Like, the discussion might be about mia but thats not whats really going on with the characters

Maybe instead of performing threads as plays, we could film them as porn parodies. (Again, we'd hire outside talent for this).

was with you until that last post

wtf is a porn parody

"Fishbowl" discussions. Some threads will have just 10 or so users posting, maybe people who know a lot about the given topic, but everyone can read the thread. Then there will be another thread where everyone else discusses the "main" thread, scrutinizing posters the way commentators do after a presidential debate.

― Treeship, Monday, November 30, 2015 9:00 PM (1 hour ago)

better/worse yet, rig it so that (for instance) anyone who visits ilxor.com between 6:00 and 8:00 PM GMT on December 5 is automatically redirected to The Great ILX Gun Control Showdown, followed by a compulsory discussion thread between 8:00 and 9:00 PM. it's not like we have anything better to do with our time.

Some threads will have just 10 or so users posting

Some threads don't have ten posters on a good day.

These will be high interest threads though that only ten users will have access to. Think "panel discussion." The threads will be advertised on the new york city subway (log on at 10pm to watch the discussion in real time!)

From Jan 1 to Jan 7, if you get more than 25 sbs, you are banned from the site for the rest of the year
think of it as our version of The Purge

Condensing it all into one short window of opportunity would really give me something to shoot for.

Cash incentives for flag posts like you get a dollar if you flag a post. The people that are left after a month of this win something, like dinner with Ned Raggett or something.

Cash incentives for not being part of the sensitivity crew >.<

subboard dedicated to RIP threads

subboard dedicated to RIP threads

― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, January 16, 2016 9:32 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ild?

you could just call it "Board for RIP Threads"

this belongs in :your terrible ideas:, really

Make ILX display only the first 100 posts following a bookmarked post

Option to whatyoucallit entire threads

option to display 100 random posts on a single page

a rewind feature that allows you to play back old threads so that you can relive the tension and excitement of watching classic clusterfucks develop in real time. if you're so inclined, you can play back all of ilx from the beginning, and you can adjust the speed to 2x/4x/8x/16x/etc. to catch up on ilx history more quickly.

principal poster analysis

better yet (xpost), newcomers will be required to play back the last 15 years of ilx at a maximum speed of 4x and get an 80% or higher on the forum history exam before they can begin posting. the rest of us will have our posting privileges suspended until we review the period of forum history preceding the date of our first posts.

solipsistic ilx: you think you're interacting with real posters, but they're actually just chatbots programmed to respond in the voices of real posters. there'll be a chatbot darraghmac and a chatbot morbius and a chatbot ned, and they'll all respond in character because they've been fed the complete posting histories of those individuals. this will be a tactful feature for banned/disliked posters: they can abuse the chatbots all they want without hurting anyone's irl feelings, and they won't have to face the indignity of knowing that they've been banned. over the years their ilx timelines will diverge from reality in very interesting ways.

Break break hes in the machine burn everything

Love the rewind idea tho, but not as much as I love the fact u xposted yourself with a "better yet"

I have def wondered if ILX is a collection of bots designed to make people purchase unreasonably priced NBA tickets

lol

option to display 100 random posts on a single page
--gr8080

really good idea

also it's been a couple years since we talked about it but time for avatars imo