Touch choice. Fairness or consistency...

How about add a "Fave books" or some such just to make it a complete mess?

I know. I think I'll leave it like that because the inconsistency is a bit annoying, like a grain of sand in an oyster.

How about add a "Fave books" or some such just to make it a complete mess? — Michael

>:O Favorite philosophy book would be an interesting one. Not sure what I'd put there...

Done — jamalrob

Noooooooooo!

Englishize — Michael

Englishise.

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/03/ize-or-ise/

I'm with Gowers rather than Oxford on that one, although I'm all in favour of the Oxford comma.

I changed it back to "Favourite". I was too eager to please Hanover.

We really need a dump sub-forum, like in the old place. When I come to the forum and see 7 (seven) threads started by TheMadFool just on the front page, that really is depressing. The whole place looks like a dump. If I were a first-time visitor, I would have left immediately without giving the site much consideration.

LOL, I was just writing the below yesterday but hadn't posted:

"Can we have an "UnModerated" category like old PF? It would be sort of like the Feedback section is at the moment. It only appears to logged in users, and the posts wouldn't appear in the main feed. "

Noted, but we can solve that problem most effectively by being more diligent about checking OP quality.

I don't like the idea of deleting ("disappearing") posts. Moreover, I think that, faced with the choice of deleting a shitty post and leaving it alone, a reasonable moderator will err on the side of leniency. Which brings us to the present situation, where the board is, frankly, drowning in idiocy. A special not-quite-up-to-standards area would be a less authoritarian solution, IMHO.

Another solution for serial shit-posters would be to merge all their threads into one (I know one board that practices that).

Could we have the ability to privately annotate posters' profiles with a line or two of comment, so their perceived predispositions and characters can take shape more easily within the mind? Or is it just me that finds it hard to remember much about some virtual identities, despite their sometimes lengthy posts?

Are we still unable to block or ignore a user so that their posts don't automatically show up as being visible?

There's no way to do that with the forum software. Though somewhere in this discussion Sophisticat provided a Chrome plugin that works as far as I know.

Yeah, SophistiCat created Firefox and Chrome plugins:

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/28211

Great, thanks guys (Y)

Did somebody say something?

I cannot seem to delete a post if I wish to. — Mayor of Simpleton

Though it would be good to be able to delete a post, you now could just edit it, changing its text to "Deleted by poster".

Michael Ossipoff

You are correct in that it would be good to be able to delete a post. Like you I just make a dot or ask for deletion but either way the moderators are usually on it fairly quick.

We need a chatroom. I have things I need to say in real time, not in the form of posts to sit there waiting to be heard, but things that need to be heard here and now.

We need a chatroom. I have things I need to say in real time, not in the form of posts to sit there waiting to be heard, but things that need to be heard here and now. — Hanover

I agree. Seven days later but I agree.

I miss debates. What about a facility for debates?

You want a debate, Banno? (I'm asking in general)

We have that. You can propose one here. @creativesoul proposed one a month ago, but there weren't any takers.

I miss debates. What about a facility for debates? — Banno

Why? You miss losing so much? :rofl:

An ignore function compatible with smartphones. Please.

(Apparently a slight change in design and a few more smilies is higher up on their list of priorities).

I still would like (+) votes for posts.

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/2686/please-allow-upvoting-and-downvoting/p1

I hate the new design. I keep flagging posts when I mean to press the "Share" button. Bring back the bloody words and screw the icons!

I keep flagging posts when I mean to press the "Share" button — Michael

You're old school bro. Just left-click the timestamp, copy the URL link and there's your shared post. Or right click timestamp, copy link address.