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TvTropes unituitive forum

CommandoDudeCommandoDude
edited 2011-04-23 20:55:42 in General
CRIMINAL SCUM!
OH LAWDY I DO DECLARE that forum is damn annoying. Most of the functions can only be used by manually typing in the according brackets and what else, there's no inserts like most forums have. Hell, there isn't even a guide to them so you have to ask.

Lack of a quote button is by far the biggest offender. The excuse the mods just want to avoid quote pyramids is complete horseshit, since that can easily be done by restraining quotes to the content of a response and leave out any previous quotes.


Comments

  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    edited 2011-04-23 20:18:09
    Ugh I know the lack of automatic markup tools is so annoying if your going to have markup at all actually put in buttons.

  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    The lack of a quote button has nothing to do with quote pyramids and everything to do with the fact that Fast Eddie dislikes frequent use of quoteblocks and thinks trolls use them.
  • snowbullsnowbull
    edited 2011-04-23 19:33:55
    Cue-bey
    ^^^No, the explanation is that trolls would use a quotebutton to troll people.

    How is left up to your imagination.

    ^Hahaha oh wow I wasn't even sure that that was true

    oh hee hee
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    Maybe he was thinking of "implying"?
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    I think Eddie is getting alittleparanoid.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2011-04-23 20:31:09
    Kichigai birthday!!
    You get used to it after a while. I know I did.

    Though yeah, I hate how it breaks the formatting when trying to post song lyrics
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Eh, you get used to it. By now I can type quoteblock /quoteblock fast enough for it to basically be a single button. 

    Fast Eddie dislikes frequent use of quoteblocks and thinks trolls use them.

    How
  • snowbullsnowbull
    Cue-bey
    They might...quote you and....edit the text?
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    Fast Eddie is crazy like that
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    edited 2011-04-23 19:40:26
    Because you never know what you might see.
    ^^ Something like that, IDK.  It's not up for debate, he's made that clear.

    Beats me.
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Also: why can't we embed more than one YouTube video? I know it would lead to endless shitposting if we were allowed an unlimited number, but why not, say, three? 
  • snowbullsnowbull
    edited 2011-04-23 19:44:59
    Cue-bey
    Because then there would be 3 times the shitposting in videoposting threads. That one I can actually understand.
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    Also, lag, I'd imagine.
  • PonicalicaPonicalica
    edited 2011-04-23 20:37:31
    (void)
    Yeah, lag is probably the big part.  Loading 25 videos is hard enough for a lot of connections, 75 would probably kill anyone's but my university pipe.
  • Marioguy128Marioguy128
    If that don't work, use more gun.
    Embedding one in a single post is reasonable.  Having more than one embedded is asking for connection suicide.
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    "No, the explanation is that trolls would use a quotebutton to troll people."

    The mods already brandish the banhammer for even the most minor offenses. This is hardly an acceptable reason at all.

    Basically. The whole forum is hugely non-standard and there's not even a "Hey. Here's how to use the forum" thread. No FAQ. Nothing. No wonder the community is so damn small.

    Lack of FAQ alone is bad enough.

    It took me forever just to figure out how to make an account because there is no registration.
  • DYREDYRE
    there is no registration.

    Yes there is. Though, admittedly, it's done in a nonstandard manner.

    Basically. The whole forum is hugely non-standard and there's not even a "Hey. Here's how to use the forum" thread. No FAQ. Nothing. No wonder the community is so damn small.

    There is the formatting guide for the wiki, and the little guide it gives you on the add post page. I'm pretty sure that has most of the formatting stuff there...

    And a small community is good.
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    How many times have we had to link to this page already...?
  • DYREDYRE
    Way too many, considering there's a link to it on the add post page.
  • PonicalicaPonicalica
    (void)
    «No wonder the community is so damn small.»
    That's a good thing though.  Past a certain level(related to Dunbar's Number, I'm guessing), the bigger a community gets, the worse it gets, uniformly.
  • TheMightyAnonymTheMightyAnonym
    edited 2011-04-24 02:31:32
    ~♥YES♥~! I *AM* a ~♥cupcake♥~! ^_^
    "The lack of a quote button has nothing to do with quote pyramids and
    everything to do with the fact that Fast Eddie dislikes frequent use of
    quoteblocks and thinks trolls use them."

    I totally made a a script that adds a quote button. I have a lot of updates to make for it, but here ya go.

    Enjoy, law breaker! FE can't catch me here! The bitching acts as a natural barrier.

    *cackles*
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