Thread: Site changes in the near future

Originally Posted by Logistics

I believe you read it incorrectly. Bruno was indicating that the sig line with the vendors site will be removed due to the fact the sig line (regardless of person) would be a distraction to the thread however, by using the blog the vendor can have just as much exposure by constantly writing.

Indeed. Been a long morning!

I pose a request.

In the words of Ron Burgundy, I'm gonna put it out there. If you like it you can take it, if you don't, send it right back.

In the interests of avoiding the appearance of conflicts of interest, would it be possible for the moderation of these blogs to be done by a moderator (or team of moderators) that is unaffiliated with any sales?

p.s. I am stating nothing more than the appearance of conflicts of interest is something to be avoided, if possible.

Originally Posted by Logistics

... The idea to remove the sig line is reduce clutter on the forums so when one is reading a thread they are not distracted from the content by sigs regardless of person or what it reads.

Personally I think that the Thanks boxes are more distracting than the sig lines. At least the sig lines are in the same box as the post, where the Thanks boxes have their own section after each post, but not part of it. Is there a way to make them less, umm, for lack of a better word, obvious?

By removing the sigs it frees up the moderators so we don't have to police everything.

This sounds like a good idea.

With vendors in mind, they too will not have sig lines but will instead have the option to write in the blogs that will garnish exposure here on SRP.

This sounds like a good idea. Then if you want to see the vendor's blog, all you have to do is click on their username and select "View Blog Entries" from the drop-down list. Cool.

Oh, and thanks for all the hard work moderating this site. It can be a grueling and thankless job,

Originally Posted by dow

Personally I think that the Thanks boxes are more distracting than the sig lines. At least the sig lines are in the same box as the post, where the Thanks boxes have their own section after each post, but not part of it. Is there a way to make them less, umm, for lack of a better word, obvious?

Yes, there is. It's also a bit harder than turning off the signatures, so that's probably why it may not happen too soon, if it ever does. You can try to bribe a developer - that probably has the best chance of making it happen...

i like having signature lines around but if the mods want to change that then im not gonna make a fuss over it, im not on here much now anyway, when i get back to in a month or so i will be on here more lol.

Originally Posted by Jimbo7

I pose a request.

In the words of Ron Burgundy, I'm gonna put it out there. If you like it you can take it, if you don't, send it right back.

In the interests of avoiding the appearance of conflicts of interest, would it be possible for the moderation of these blogs to be done by a moderator (or team of moderators) that is unaffiliated with any sales?

p.s. I am stating nothing more than the appearance of conflicts of interest is something to be avoided, if possible.

That's sort of the idea.
You don't want one vendor holding power over other vendors, just because of their moderator status.
Regardless of whether there is an actual problem or not, the perception alone could be enough to cause problems.

Originally Posted by JimR

Like, apparently, mine?

That's weird...

I will pull the sig lines globally, once the vendors are all informed.

Originally Posted by dow

Personally I think that the Thanks boxes are more distracting than the sig lines. At least the sig lines are in the same box as the post, where the Thanks boxes have their own section after each post, but not part of it. Is there a way to make them less, umm, for lack of a better word, obvious?


This sounds like a good idea.


This sounds like a good idea. Then if you want to see the vendor's blog, all you have to do is click on their username and select "View Blog Entries" from the drop-down list. Cool.

Oh, and thanks for all the hard work moderating this site. It can be a grueling and thankless job,

You're welcome. And thanks for the thanks
I understand what you are trying to say. However, sig lines are not in the same box. They take up a lot of space underneath the post.
Additionally, removing sig lines is rather easy, whereas changing other things can be much harder and much more work.

Originally Posted by Bruno

You're welcome. And thanks for the thanks

You're most welcome. Thanks for the thanks of my thanks.

I understand what you are trying to say. However, sig lines are not in the same box. They take up a lot of space underneath the post.

What I meant by "in the same box" was that they are included within the overall border of the post, wheras the Thanks listing isn't, which gives you a post and then a Thanks block (or not if nobody thanked the poster) and then the next post, and then maybe another Thanks block, etc. One thing that I noticed is the "Like" section IS included within the overall border of the post (see your post above for my "like" vs. my "thanks"). Surely if the "like" option works this way, it should be a relatively easy edit to have the "thanks" option work the same way, wouldn't it?

Additionally, removing sig lines is rather easy, whereas changing other things can be much harder and much more work.

Ahh. Maybe I'm wrong. It HAS happened before. Just ask my wife,

Regardless, do what you think best. Anyone who can run an online discussion forum without either going insane or declaring digital martial law has my utmost respect and sympathy.

Though I promote my wares through my sigs, this sounds like a neat idea, consistent with what SRP should be known for: Informative, first.