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"Avatars and other newness"

Hey guys,

Just to let you know, we are planning a quick refresh of the forums this week. The page layouts and navigation are remaining the same but there'll be some minor cosmetic tweaks.

We'll also add the ability to add a small avatar under your nickname. But don't worry, for those of you that hate such fripperies, you'll be able to disable the display of avatars in your MyFreeola account.

With a bit of luck we'll be making these changes tomorrow.

Its just because we've been let down so many times before :(

Machie wrote:
> I know why they're doing this. This isnt about making these
> forums better for us. It's about using us as guinea pigs for
> their new project. So that Freeola customers can have clones of
> this forum for their own website.
>
> Previously they were against avatars. Now they're installing
> them because they know their customers would want them.
>
> So my amazing list of features is going to be ignored once again
> =(
>
> This will in no way increase traffic or posting on this forum.
> However it might backfire and one of us might create a forum to
> replace this one. Or perhaps not. =)
>
> *sigh* how disappointing, I was hoping they were going to
> finally do things to improve this place, so we can boost the
> traffic.

Gosh, you guys have no faith! :o Yes, we've not done too much on these forums apart from the odd bits & bobs, but give it some more time! We've had a lot of projects taking place, but as these are now hopefully coming to a close, we can spend some more time keeping you happy people, even happier :D

I personally am not overly keen on the avatars myself, and so I'm glad they are giving us the choice to not have them showing if you do not like them.

Yes, yet another edit Machie :p

Chaos wrote:
> Machie's list is awesome,

Machie's list is awesome, I like the sound of avatars, and the betting system sounds good too.

Maybe introduce some Texas Hold'em so I can trounce you all =D

I would leave my stats if it meant we can do the forums we wanted and not have to need 3 mods. ^^ I could finally do my social bookmarking forum. =D

Machie wrote:
> This will in no way increase traffic or posting on this forum.
> However it might backfire and one of us might create a forum to
> replace this one. Or perhaps not. =)

Anyone who does that will be excommunicated.
On the other hand though someone could create the forum in it's former glory...

I know why they're doing this. This isnt about making these forums better for us. It's about using us as guinea pigs for their new project. So that Freeola customers can have clones of this forum for their own website.

Previously they were against avatars. Now they're installing them because they know their customers would want them.

So my amazing list of features is going to be ignored once again =(

This will in no way increase traffic or posting on this forum. However it might backfire and one of us might create a forum to replace this one. Or perhaps not. =)

*sigh* how disappointing, I was hoping they were going to finally do things to improve this place, so we can boost the traffic.

Hmm, great. Avatars. The one thing this forum has in it's favour over other boards is not having to put up with bloody avatars.

The only thing I want is...

For any of these suggestions to have more than a 0.000001% chance of being implemented. :-)

Two things I want...

A search for Archive and normal forums.

A small amount of space for each user to upload photos or files to use in the chat (within reason and monitored).