Capitalism is nuff fab.
― calzino, Monday, 30 October 2017 10:12 (six years ago) link
donald trump is just a guy doing his best
― imago, Monday, 30 October 2017 10:19 (six years ago) link
pizza is best left to the British
― Pope Urban the Legend (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 October 2017 11:05 (six years ago) link
ok, this started as a flaggable posts riff, but seriously, wouldn't the true ilx equivalent of likes/+1s be a tick.jpg link and an invisible tally of clicks until a post hits 51 and is then auto added to an aggregated excelsior page.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 30 October 2017 11:26 (six years ago) link
You can like an unfunny post tbf
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 30 October 2017 11:31 (six years ago) link
I only FP for dumb revives. Revive with caution my Gs.
― nashwan, Monday, 30 October 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
I'll take the risk
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 30 October 2017 11:40 (six years ago) link
The football forum I post to has an interesting system that isn't without its flaws. There's a Like button AND a LOL button, as well as a FP button. Three buttons for every post! The biggest difficulty comes with LOLs, which are handed out both for genuinely humorous content and embarrassing nonsense. I've thought maybe a fourth button - LOL @ - to differentiate from 'LOL with' - and perhaps a fifth, a sort of 'super like', which you can dole out thrice per week to distinguish full hero-worship from the posts you vaguely concur with. A sixth button would be a 'dislike' - not as strong as a flag but nonetheless admonitory in nature. Other buttons for gratitude, shock or incomprehension suggest themselves. It really is limitless when you think about it
― imago, Monday, 30 October 2017 11:52 (six years ago) link
a good system would be one where -- right below where someone posts -- there's a space where you can put a follow-up comment, perhaps of approval or derision, perhaps a further joke, perhaps suggesting the thread steer more towards your own interests
― mark s, Monday, 30 October 2017 11:55 (six years ago) link
that is sedition and you belong in a facility
― imago, Monday, 30 October 2017 11:57 (six years ago) link
instead of having options for how ppl express themselves, you want to force them to communicate in a box
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 30 October 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
what about if all threads were polls and answers could only be expressed as sub-polls?
― Pope Urban the Legend (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 October 2017 12:07 (six years ago) link
I would like to cast my vote for a textless, all-button ILX.
― Winky Carrothers (Old Lunch), Monday, 30 October 2017 12:08 (six years ago) link
I believe it’s called a field, technically Xp
― El Tomboto, Monday, 30 October 2017 12:09 (six years ago) link
appreciate the explanation
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 30 October 2017 12:14 (six years ago) link
appreciate the rewording of my joke
― mark s, Monday, 30 October 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
Something like FP has to scale, I think. After all, with a million posters 51 would be achieved too often to be useful, and with 50 posters it wouldn't be reached. If we have fewer posters now maybe it should be scaled down; I don't really care either way. I've only ever clicked the FP button by mistake on my phone, as far as I recall.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Monday, 30 October 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
who says humanity ever scaled
― j., Monday, 30 October 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
greyscale punishment for 51 seems just
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 30 October 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
Fewer posters since when? When was FP introduced?
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Monday, 30 October 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
i thought pissing off each other was our raison d'etre
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 October 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
oh off? whew
― nashwan, Monday, 30 October 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
I seriously doubt we have fewer posters due to FP/SB or anything like that. It is more likely its because we aged out, and also a lot of women left ILX for reasons I'm sure no one needs to go over for the enth time.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Going over things for the enth time ... on ILX ... where there are currently 200+ new posts arguing about the merits of Tusk vs. The White Album?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link
yeah but this time someone is totally wrong about the white album
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 04:54 (six years ago) link
i never thought a late night bump about the white album being scary would cause so much tsuris
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 05:03 (six years ago) link
scary is not a word I associate with anything about the Beatles, except for maybe the thought of contracting diseases from their rotting corpses
― sarahell, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 05:05 (six years ago) link
LBI
in lieu of lowering the cap, how about this: tell us who you want to banned, and i will FP them. sure many others would be happy to oblige
― flopson, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 05:08 (six years ago) link
flappy w/ the surprise yiddish drop
― Mordy, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
killfile/ block poster on zing takes the edge off ilx’s worst (tusk white album thread is Swiss cheese chez moi) but maybe The System could auto fp the fools we’ve blocked since as it is I have to actually look at the trash to fp it o/w I’m not doing my part to purify ilx
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
The System could auto fp the fools we’ve blocked
Seems like there would be plenty of reasons to block someone you didn't particularly care for that don't rise to bannable offenses. The point of blocking/killfiling is precisely that it is personal to oneself and tailors ILX to your own predilections. Banning is universal and affects all ILX.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
Yeah to FP and ban people is pretty serious & really only extends to personal attacks, thread stalking, and obviously if they're being openly racist/homophobic/misogynistic/etc etc etc.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
I was going to say that people who post without actually engaging with others is the worst, but maybe the worst people just have every other poster killfiled
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
do you mean ignoring people or not engaging with people in good faith conversation?
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:37 (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
100% wrong
Modban for that
Read the histories son
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
xp both seem fair?
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
imo some posts can only be engaged with in bad faith
ban turrican
― marcos, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
there it is
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
Everyone wants the perfect society but nobody wants to be a citizen
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
i am going to go back on an fping spree so watch out
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link
fingp's surely
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
― marcos, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 2:47 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't know why I didn't block Turrican after he called me "the Roger Waters of 9/11"
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
oh i just read the white album v tusk thread hahahaha. an fp was handed out i can tell you that much
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
"the Roger Waters of 9/11"
Not really sure what this means?
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
surely roger waters is the roger waters of 9/11
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
I now remember why I mostly avoid ILMcan we get quotes around the word "love" in the board name plz
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
Quotes around "music" also a fair request imo
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
at least I got a new screen name out of this
― the David Gilmour of 9/11 (DJP), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
this is the story: I accidentally posted something in the "unusual details in wikipedia articles" thread that was meant for the twin peaks thread. it was a detail about the building in the opening scene of the first episode not existing, and that someone had figured out the made up building was in the same spot as a church that was destroyed on 9/11, along with a very old Sycamore tree. just something to think about within the twin peaks thread. then Turrican said "Flappy bird is to 9/11 as Roger Waters is to WWII," because i guess he's read enough of my posts to figure out that I lived next to the Twin Towers when 9/11 happened and felt it was necessary to insult me apropos of nothing. Fuck him.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link