A world without AW

Fenika · Jan 18, 2009

As the tragedy this weekend dragged on, I got to thinking about how terrible it would be if the Powers that Be got fed up and closed down AW. And then I got to thinking how fun it would be to buy up AW and run the joint, but that's a story for another day...

There is however, that little icon near the top of each page, with those lines under it.

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Just saying.

Now, time to play.

If I owned AW:

I'd start a SYW that was by application only. Not saying it would run any better than the current one, but it would attract a different crowd, and that would be nice.

Donkey · Jan 18, 2009

Huh. Ooooooookay.

Fenika · Jan 18, 2009

Don, you cut your hair. And shaved. I like the old look better.

Donkey · Jan 18, 2009

Yeah, I'm trying out some new looks.

Pagey's_Girl · Jan 18, 2009

Well, I wrote some stuff (imagine that.) Now I have to decide if it will ever see the light of day...

Fenika · Jan 18, 2009

No harm in trying

Deleted member 42 · Jan 18, 2009

You know, in all seriousness, MacCannister very much wants to know what you want.

Go ahead and ask.

That said, as soon as I can calm down enough to sleep, I'll be upgrading (not) Written in Stone, the sister forum Mac and I built as a test lab, a place to talk about books, and so if there were a real disaster, we could quickly move AW and have the licenses and software in place.

The new version of vBulletin is sorta nifty, so I'll announce when I've upgraded it, and y'all can go look to see what you like and what you hate.

N.B. I'm opposed to the Rep point chicklets, but they're on at (not) Written in Stone.

Mac will listen to what y'all think.

http://www.macallisterstone.com/forums/

Fenika · Jan 18, 2009

That sounds awesomesauce. Except for the part about not liking Reps. I'm on another forum without reps, and it doesn't run near as nice as this one. Same vBulletin format...

Cheers Lisa

Deleted member 42 · Jan 18, 2009

Bahamutchild said:
That sounds awesomesauce. Except for the part about not liking Reps. I'm on another forum without reps, and it doesn't run near as nice as this one. Same vBulletin format...

Cheers Lisa

No, no, the Rep comments are not the chicklets, little green squares based on the total number of Reps.

I hate 'em. It's a popularity contest/ranking thing. They are not on here. Well, they're there, just hidden.

Fenika · Jan 19, 2009

Oh, the run out of appropriate comments business?

I think it's cute, but it does help that it's hidden. Makes it more silly.

But yeah, the popularity contest aspect isn't kewl.

scarletpeaches · Jan 19, 2009

Medievalist said:
No, no, the Rep comments are not the chicklets, little green squares based on the total number of Reps.

I hate 'em. It's a popularity contest/ranking thing. They are not on here. Well, they're there, just hidden.

I thought they were based on the total number of posts?

Shows how much I know about how forum software works.

Yeshanu · Jan 19, 2009

MsK said:
That would turn AW into this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lWbARYRk2o

Not really. There are so many folks here at the highest rep level that all the chicklets would do is signal out those folks who don't post much or are new to the forums. And we can figure that out by post count and join date...

Komnena · Jan 19, 2009

Medievalist said:
You know, in all seriousness, MacCannister very much wants to know what you want.

Go ahead and ask. "

I want never to have to say no to another homeless animal.

Fenika · Jan 19, 2009

Considering horses cost about 500 a month to keep (give or take wildly depending on many factors), you could easily keep a ton of smaller animals. Just build a little place for all these critters and run your own rescue till you were overrun with em

benbradley · Jan 19, 2009

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/ said:
Welcome Back!

We Missed You, Too!

Awwww....... <sniff>

Yeshanu said:
Not really. There are so many folks here at the highest rep level that all the chicklets would do is signal out those folks who don't post much or are new to the forums. And we can figure that out by post count and join date...

I was once new.

I wanted to check my "invisible Chicklets" to see every time the little comment thing changed from a "distinguished road" to "out of appropriate comments," but I never did. My childhood on AW went by so fast...

Bahamutchild said:
Considering horses cost about 500 a month to keep (give or take wildly depending on many factors), you could easily keep a ton of smaller animals. Just build a little place for all these critters and run your own rescue till you were overrun with em

All I had to do was google cat lady, and I got this video...

Ken · Jan 19, 2009

...just between us, I'm not terrifically pleased with vbulletin and wouldn't mind seeing AW switch to another server.

MsK · Jan 19, 2009

MsK said:
That would turn AW into this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lWbARYRk2o

Yeshanu said:
Not really. There are so many folks here at the highest rep level that all the chicklets would do is signal out those folks who don't post much or are new to the forums. And we can figure that out by post count and join date...

Hopefully, you know I was being playful. I think you do. The "Most Popular Girl" episode of the Brady Bunch is a classic.
Honestly, as far as how the reps and chicklets are handled, it makes me no difference at all.
I'm just glad to be here.

Fenika · Jan 19, 2009

Oh, I know what I'd like to see changed. Conquering Challenges shouldn't be a sub forum. It's so neglected and I usually forget it's there... I know it's not always writing related, and that's why it's filed under OP, but still. Or maybe in the new forum version it can be seen on the main splash page but still be a sub-OP forum?????

benbradley · Jan 20, 2009

Ken said:
...just between us, I'm not terrifically pleased with vbulletin and wouldn't mind seeing AW switch to another server.

A news server would be great, then I could just download the text, without all that HTML formatting, icons and LOLcats that make up 90+ percent of the bandwidth.

Seriously, the young whippersnappers don't see the appeal of newsgroups (and I'm talking REAL, direct newsgroup access with a standalone reader, not through a web interface such as Google Groups).

A world without AW

Fenika

Donkey

Fenika

Donkey

Pagey's_Girl

Still plays with dolls

Fenika

Deleted member 42

Fenika

Deleted member 42

Fenika

scarletpeaches

Yeshanu

Elf Queen

Komnena

In Honor of Peter Tomich,USS Utah

Fenika

benbradley

It's a doggy dog world

Ken

MsK

Fenika

benbradley

It's a doggy dog world