The
Loveline
Companion

Do you have an idea that would improve this site? Post here!

—Silent Virgin

Hey great job SV!

What do you think of adding a spell checker and maybe breaking the threads into sub-categories so it is not one long string of random threads?

Either way this is a major improvement.

Thanks again.

—Cracked

Great work SV!

How about a search feature? Or would that be too much work to implement?

Either way, the new forum is still better than the old one. Thanks for the time you put into making this great site!

GT,
Nick

—nickvelk

It would be nice to have spell check. I'm a horrible speller, so I'm always copying & pasting messages back and forth between the forum and my text editor, where I can run spell check. I'll have to think about how to implement it, though.

I've thought about categories. One of the things I hate about the various glitzy PHP boards out there is how they are partitioned into sub-boards... it's like you have to visit multiple boards just to figure out what's going on. So if I do implement categories or topics, I still want all the threads to be integrated into a single page so you don't have to run around. However, I can see where people may not want to read about certain topics (like technical FTP discussion, for example) and would prefer to just filter those things out. At the same time, I want to avoid forcing posters or moderators to explicitly categorize posts. So, anyway, I'll be thinking about this one, too.

I definitely want a search page. This shouldn't be too difficult; I just have to read the documentation and figure out how to write it.

P.S. I didn't spell check this message. ;-)

—Silent Virgin

I'd like a feature where I get a candy corn each time I post something:

• Incredibly entertaining
• Incredibly stupid
• Mean-spirited and/or hurtful
• Non-sensical

Please, can you do it? Huh huh huh?

—Magnificent Bastard

SV,

Something to think about while brainstorming alternatives to the sub-category idea: The main drawback to this layout as it relates to a long string vs. categorized format is that with the long string there isn't any kind of organization. This tends to encourage me (at least) to ignore things down the list as they have a connotation of seeming old and outdated. Only the top posts seem to be alive.

If there is another paradigm that works to organize things a little more hopefully someone will suggest it or maybe we can invent something.

I completely understand and agree to an extent with your feelings about the categorized format forcing you to go multiple places just to see what's currently happening. However with more code (I empathize with all of the hard work that has gone into this so far) we could select an option to show fresh posts, I think it is commonly referred to as "subscribing" to threads and options to show only fresh posts. There could also be an option to show this long string format or a categorized alternative format.

I think a lot of other forums use a generic layout then customize that. You appear to have built this from the ground up. Not that there is anything wrong with that :-)

You've done a good job with this -you're the best!

BTW- If I am not mistaken, I thnk this new layout does in fact move all threads with new posts to the top each time you log back in. If this is so maybe I just need to get used to this. Eventually the threads that have not recently had a new post will drop away. This aspect means different dialogues on topics will often be overlooked and destined to be repeated. Just more to think about.

—Cracked

This doesnt have to do with forums, but maybe some more drops ( If there are any) and some more sound files, in any catagory. Thanks.

—Darkfloyd

I had a suggestion, SV. How about in the "people" section when you click on someone's name you get a list of their posts. YOu already have that -- what I would suggest is a slight change. My suggestion is when you click on a message, you go STRAIGHT to the message in the forum and the part that the person (me) wrote would just be highlighted. It seems the way you have it now, it includes an unnecessary step.

That way, when I am unsure of dialogue I am having with people and in which thread it is -- I can just go to my name under "people" and click on my messages and go STRAIGHT to the message where my post would be highlighted or something -- that way I could just post my reply directly.

eh?

—Josh

I agree with Josh.

—Thomas/Frope

Darkfloyd -- indeed, this will be the place for public discussion on how to improve the site in general (not just the forum).

I don't really have any more drops, although I'm always collecting new ones. Right now, the only drops "waiting in the queue" are "Alphabet" ("A B C D" in the little girl voice -- does anyone know the date of the original show?), "Bang!" (shotgun blast), "Mahalo" (that Hawaiian guy), and the recent "You're gonna go to jail, buddy" (Dr. Bruce). I wait for the new drops to pile up, then I add a whole bunch at once, just to save time & effort on my end.

I also have a new bumper waiting -- bumper #23.

When I initially created this site, there were entire categories of clips which I eliminated in order to make everything fit into the 200MB of web space I had at the time. I wish I had saved the original MP3 playlist, because now there is much more space available. Here are some examples of the categories which are in my personal MP3 collection, but absent from the web site:

• Personal: Adam and Drew (and other Loveline people) reveal details about their personal lives. This is one of my favorite categories, which I would like to add to the site eventually. (These often become "Journal" entries.)
• Rants: I'm kinda ambivalent about this category. I started it in response to an e-mail from somebody who suggested that I add Adam's rants to the site. Problem is, Adam's rants are long, and in general, he repeats them enough times so that after a while, I, for one, don't really need to hear them again. On the other hand, there are some old rants which I wouldn't mind hearing again just for the nostalgia value -- e.g., the WNBA/Sisters rant ("YOU PAY 'EM!") -- and nope, I don't have that one :-(
• Show: Talk about the show itself. This is already a category of course, but the web site version is kinda thin. On my CD-ROMs and hard drive, this is a much bigger category.
• Stories: Adam rambles about his past. I love these clips even more than the "Personal" clips. But like "Rants", they tend to be very long! I don't know what percentage of people have high-speed connections, but I try to keep individual clips under five minutes in length (since that would be the length of your average MP3 song).

By the way: in theory, any clip which doesn't win a permanent place on the site will eventually become a "Clip of the Week".

Anyway, all this to say: look forward to new clips in the future!

—Silent Virgin

Josh, I have been finding the people/messages section to be disorienting myself. I've been reassigning messages to different authors -- i.e., trying to make sure that all the old messages listed under a person's name were actually written by that person, and all the messages written by that person are listed under their name! Going back and forth between a person's message page and the main thread page is annoying... I've been juggling multiple browser windows.

Thanks for the suggestion... I may recruit you to play with new, experimental page layouts once I have the chance to create some ;-)

—Silent Virgin

is there/can there be a way so we can click a "next" button that will go to the next post? thanks, the new forum rocks

—Johnny

OK this isn't so much a bug as an inconvenience :-p I just edited a post to make my AIM screen name a link to IM me. I was using Jeremy's link, because I am lazy this way, and I forgot to replace his screen name with mine, so now if people click on my name, it IMs him. I tried to edit it again, but it said "Cannot edit, this message is more than an hour old." Perhaps you could make the limit like 2 hours?

Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope! .... And by Obi-Wan Kenobi, I do mean Silent Virgin.

—Thomas/Frope

I know im a bitch, but it would be so helpful to have a "next" button that would let us go ot the next thread. thanks you rock.

—Johnny

Speaking of "funniest calls," here's an idea.... Why don't we name a Funniest/Best Call of the Week? Over the weekend, everyone can throw out their nominees from the previous week, and we can have an informal poll.

Oh, SV - Is there a poll tool that you can use to vote and put on the main forum page?? That'd be good times!

—Agent 007

I'm sure Pan Pan would be more than willing to let everyone use his poll tool. *rim shot* "Thank you everyone -- I'll be here all week!"

I like the idea of voting on a best call of the week. That sounds fun.

—steve

Yes, it is a good idea. You'd just have to allow time for us East Coasters to listen to the Thursday show. :o)

—JooJooBee

Yes we need more Trig were has he gone too? He must be very busy these days, don't see him on here that much anymore. Enjoy the site keep it up.

—joemama

Dear SV,

Can you add an image uploader feature in the Advanced Options? It is possible to link to images and use IMG SRC however if the linked address updates and/or changes the image is disabled.

Thanks

—Adam's Crows

HOw about a picture archive of hot female guests and the porn stars Adam likes? And an archive specifically created by Magnificent Bastard? That dude ROCKS!

—horndog

if webspace is a problem sv, let me know because i have more than enough of it and i am willing to share the wealth at no charge. i feel it is the least i can do for the use of such a great forum.

—verm09

ok disregard my last message, i accidetally read a message wrong. i think we might actually have the same host.

—verm09

I've been wanting to suggest this for a long time, but never got around to it. No one may care now, but, what the hell. :)

Any of you who called boards in your life time probably remember Renegade (and the like, Telegard, Illusion, etc -- COTT LANG PHEARS TIM STRIKE!!). One of the nice features their forum software had was called a "New Scan."

A new scan would go through all of the new posts in any of the discussions groups (which in our case would be threads) and would show you each new post in a sequenial fashion. This was good because it automated going through each discussion group that had new messages and reading them. The new scan would do all the work for you, getting and ordering all of the new posts, showing you where they were posted, and letting you reply. In this way, you didn't need to visit each discussion group (threads, in our world) individually to read the new posts in it. You could also configure your new scan to ignore posts in particular discussion groups (threads).

The one thing I find particuarlly laborious about reading posts on this site is jumping from thread to thread. For instance, if I log in and see all of the new posts and click on one thread read all of the new posts and comment, then I have to click "Forum" and click another thread, and restart the whole process. If all the threads are short, this isn't so bad. But, loading the entire thread (from the first post to the last) is usually completely unnecessary since I just want to read the new posts.

This was particuarlly noticable with the 600+ post picture thread, and all of the other threads that get ~100 posts. If there was something like a "new scan" feature, the entire thread for each thread containing a new post wouldn't need to be loaded, just the new posts from each thread (say with a link to view the entire thread they were posted in, and a link to post in that thread). So, with something like the picture thread, people would have done a new scan, and seen the most recent 10 or 20 new posts since they last logged in, and not had to load the pictures/posts they seen already and weren't going to read -- no overhead. All of the new posts from each thread could probably be displayed on one screen (maybe splitting it up there were more than 50 new posts). This way, I could read all of the new posts at once and not have to go from thead to thread.

So, thats my suggestion. :)

I have mad perl and sql skilz. So, if there was some way to collaborate on adding this, I would be willing to help.

—ZT

having to be able to create a poll

—Faygo

web or java based chat area. too often people get into conversations during the show. a chat area would use less space then the 50 posts cor the same conversation.

—jeremycobert

ZT has point... old school BBS was the shiznit.... WAS.

Why not embrace the current trend in web based forums and adopt one of the common formats/languages out there? Not that I'm saying copycat others... just a more richer GUI user friendly interface that does not allow the likes of Mirror_Phoenix (with his middle school haxOr education) to copy all of our profiles to his? Seems a pretty serious exploit to consider...

Other than that, SV, you have done a wonderful job and keep up the good work... But could you get rid of the Mexicans? (and dusty, too)?

Fankies!

—masonjar_condition

CALLING ALL N-- Oh, forget it!!

(and dusty, too)?

What the hell is THIS shit all about?!?!?!

—Dusty TheHick

It's only out of love that I want to extenguish you, Dusty.... Kinda like how Hitler loved the Jews... You remember that history lesson, right? :)

—masonjar_condition

oh, yeah... and theo too.

—masonjar_condition

WE NEED A "SEARCH" FEATURE ON THIS FORUM

—maxPOWER

I need to decide who lives and who dies.

—ZT

"mmm... just lying around in my black lace garter, thinking about the holocaust..."

—OneManArmy

What the hell is THIS shit all about?!?!?!

—Dusty TheHick

I think it's that huge influx of 'tards finally rearing their ugly heads at YOU, my friend.

—Dark Laith

Oh yes, and

"mmm... just lying around in my black lace garter, thinking about the holocaust..."

—OneManArmy

Hip-hip-HOORAY!

—Dark Laith

I'm not going to read those posts up there, but I searched for php on the page and only got one other post-

I like phpbb and, although less cluttered crap is good, so are more features. Would the free phpbb work out to impliment on here?

—jeff94

I just had another idea to add to the list of possible Loveline merchandise: black lace garters that say "I'm thinking about the Holocaust" on them.

—Dusty TheHick

Speaking of merchandising... how about an official "I had sex with ZT's mom" bumper sticker? I'd buy two.

—masonjar_condition

Does that mean you had sex with her twice?

—Dusty TheHick

Speaking of merchandising... how about an official "I had sex with ZT's mom" bumper sticker? I'd buy two. —masonjar_condition

Well, they could only be "official" if my mom verified them after every "encounter." But, she can't do that, because she died of ovarian cancer in 1992.

—ZT

Yes, it is a good idea. You'd just have to allow time for us East Coasters to listen to the Thursday show. :o) —JooJooBee

or you could listen live or download it... Get a hand in! Staying up til 3am isn't late!

Speaking of merchandising... how about an official "I had sex with ZT's mom" bumper sticker? I'd buy two. --Jar_con

LMAO! I'd buy one.

—PureChaos414

Hey ZT, yeah, umm, sorry to break this to you, but I tapped that ass in 1994.

(most tactless thing I've ever said)

—Lou Cypher

I think ZT is lying to evoke sympathy. Shame, shame, shame.

—mandeemoo22

Geez ZT, way to lighten the mood.

—mandeemoo22

Hey, I didn't bring it up.

Yes, you did.

—mandeemoo22

He brought up your mom, but you brought up the cancer part that brought everyone down.

—mandeemoo22

LOL. this is awesome. Keep it going!

—PureChaos414

I really hope ZT doesn't take an indefinte hiatus.

—Hashmeer Shashmeer

SV, you said earlier "Stories: Adam rambles about his past. I love these clips even more than the "Personal" clips. But like "Rants", they tend to be very long! I don't know what percentage of people have high-speed connections, but I try to keep individual clips under five minutes in length (since that would be the length of your average MP3 song)."

How about cutting them into bite-sized pieces? Maybe in 5mb sequences. As for my own suggestion, I'd like a way to get entire shows. Perhaps put up an ftp section where people post their ftp information that are willing to share. I don't know about the relationship between webpages and ftp protocals, but maybe there's a way to signify which ftps are up and running on the ftp section of the webpage...?

And thanks for the site. I just found it not too long ago and I have to say, I really like it.

—ian

Sorry about your mom, ZT.

I just realized today what LizWest has done wrong re: her hiatus. She could take a lesson from ZT. She should have just disappeared without a word (no drama), and, unable to resist the temptation not to STAY away, continued to post under the name "Tortilla Factory in exile," until her (predetermined) time of hiatus had elapsed. THAT'S how ya take a hiatus from the forum!

—Dusty TheHick

ZT, I think we should shake hands. Sorry about your mom. Sorry that you are sensitive. Sorry you have to shake my smelly hand.

—mandeemoo22

I keep getting broken links when I try to get the MP3 clips. I share them with fellow listeners at school and would like to update my collection.
If you can, get in touch with Michael Narren, or ask Adam to finish of Grand Theft Submarine. I'm kinda interested to see if anything progresses from that. Or maybe Adam just forgets about these things. Just kidding, your my idol!
BTW^I bet you have sweatty hands ;).

—TheVicker

Ian, there are already many people sharing full-show recordings, give the FAQ section a read through to figure out the details.

—Kevin U.

Thanks kevin, I'll check it out.

—ian

Zt, I'll see you, your 1 mom died of ovarian cancer and raise you 1 mom died in a fiery auto crash.

—masonjar_condition

DAMN IT!!! I fold.

—AdamnDocdrew

My great-grandmother died in a house explosion. Of course, that was in 1944, but still...

—Dusty TheHick

There was this kid in my class in 7th grade who was really into magic tricks. He tried to do a Houdini trick with a rope and wound up strangling himself to death.

—mandeemoo22

Silent Virgin needs to share Silent Virgin's loveline audio library. I'm speculating that its one of the greatest untapped resources for loveline fans.

—Meatwad

please have a "search" box for forum (or whole website) so people can locate specific info easily. thanks

—shaly

please post pictures of each nights guests, actual pictures of them in studio

—shaly

delete all posts in this forum that arent suggestions

—shaly

The entire forum? Don't you think that would be overdoing it just a tad?

—chix0r

I know you guys are sick of Dusty-posted images, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE?!?!?!?

—Dusty TheHick

I'm not sick of them *ducks as she gets pelted with rocks*

—cemetrygatecrasher

More images from Dusty, dammit!

—steve

If you insist...

Hey, Shaly...

—Dusty TheHick

First off..."Thanks, thanks, thanks thanks for hosting, running, and maintaining the " to all that are involved.

Would it be possible to add the link to Bryan's Blog on the top of the forum main page list of links? I know all it takes is a book mark or a quick trip to the main page...but I have enough book marks to wrangle, and it would probably save more than a couple needless main page views.

Thanks again.

—Laxdude

lazy ass.... :)

—Jar_Con

Hello,

In lieu of a more comprehensive search page, how about a thread search not unlike the "People" search we have now. The threads could be arranged alphabetically with a view all option and people could use good old ctr F to find what they're looking for on that HTML page. I'd be happy to code it (or a bigger search page) if needed.

Thanks for all the work on the site.

—bguirk

Thanks muchly Silent Virgin for the forum. Great job. Someone should mention you on the show.

—AbsolutCarib

Yeah, cuz that's NEVER happened before!

—Dark Laith

See SV, even Dark Laith agrees.

—AbsolutCarib

DON'T TWIST MY SARCASM INTO A LITERAL INTERPRETATION, YOU INSOLENT FOOL!

—Dark Laith

Boy this idea i had, really has people excited SV.

—AbsolutCarib

Yes, it's true, they're dancing about madly. *sets everyone on fire*

—Dark Laith

Take a chill vitamin.

—AbsolutCarib

Suggestion: Don't allow AbsolutCarib to revive archived threads.

—Hashmeer Shashmeer

Shouldnt have responded. I didnt ask a question or anything. I wanted to add my thanks to SV. done.

—AbsolutCarib

Suggestion: Disallow images to be posted from Ebuam's World and other such sites.

—Hashmeer Shashmeer

—Manual

Suggestion: Please diable embedded sound and hotlinking of quicktime that autoplays.

—hash

/\ Emphatically seconded.

—anobody

YES, PLEASE DISABLE EMBEDDED SOUND AND AUTOPLAYING VIDEOS!!

—ZT-In-Heat

And break threads up into pages.

—AsianOrJew

Do you have an idea that would improve this site? Post here!

—Silent Virgin

please ban members who use explicit language, post inappropriate photos, or put down other members. Thank you.

—ProfessorCarbuncle

Suggestion: Please diable embedded sound and hotlinking of quicktime that autoplays.

actually, this is a really good suggestion. the last thing I need at work is a screaming orgasm clip playing all of a sudden. And I'd like to see more threads dedicated to the best ways to prepare semen cocktails (me- with a splash of vermouth, on the rocks, with a twist)

—ProfessorCarbuncle

Would you shut the hell up and stop bringing back this thread? Silent Virgin last logged in DECEMBER OF '05. He isn't checking this.

—andrewwagner777

I have a suggestion that will liven up the board: Bring back Carolla!

—pookie

Would you shut the hell up and stop bringing back this thread? Silent Virgin last logged in DECEMBER OF '05. He isn't checking this.

start suckin, andy

—ProfessorCarbuncle

You don't seem to understand common Forum Courtesy. Leave the old threads to rot.

—andrewwagner777

You don't seem to understand common Forum Courtesy. Leave the old threads to rot.

but if people have more suggestions for the suggestion box, I say bring them forth. Silent Virgin may be silent but he still may read new material.

—ProfessorCarbuncle

He hasn't logged in since December. He obviously isn't reading anything.

—andrewwagner777

please ban members who use explicit language, post inappropriate photos, or put down other members. Thank you. — ProfessorCarbuncle

There'd be no one left.

—Beat It!

What if you post your member, use explicit photos and put down languages?

—Had To Get It On

please ban members who use explicit language, post inappropriate photos, or put down other members. Thank you. —ProfessorCarbuncle

Shut-up, you fucking hippie faggot.

—ZT-In-Heat

What if you post your member, use explicit photos and put down languages?

I smell a loophole!

As for suggetions goes, who changes the clip of the week then? Couldn't that person try to read suggestions? Or all we just a bunch of losers on a site that only is maintained in our minds?!?! It's quickly turning into the Matrix.

—A Guy in a Chair

An Ode to TLC:

Don't go changing, to try and please me, You never let me down before.
Don't imagine, you're too familiar, and I won't post here anymore.

I would not leave you, in times of trouble, we never could have come this far.
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times.
And I'll take you just the way you are.

Don't go trying, some new fashion. Don't change the colour of your site.
You always have my, unspoken passion, although I might not seem to care.

I don't want clever, conversation or I clearly wouldn't be looking here,
I just want somewhere, that I can post to, I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be the same old website that I knew,
I said I love you, and that's forever, and this I promise from my cold, dead heart.
I couldn't love you, any better, I love you just the way you are.

—Beat It!

i just shed a tear...
...and dusty just farted.

—plurry

I need to know that you will always be the same old website that I knew,
I said I love you, and that's forever, and this I promise from my cold, dead heart.
I couldn't love you, any better, I love you just the way you are.

....insert Phil Woods sax solo here.

—bguirk

Tito, bring me a tissue...

—Spanglemaker

I took the good times, I'll take the bad times.

We've been taking bad times since Adam left. As has the show, I'm guessing. Strange how after all those years of hearing how he was literally a millionaire, he left the show because of money. But I don't blame him. All good things come to an end. Eventually even Drew will leave, maybe also because of money, but more hopefully because of extreme old age. Hopefully the show will not end with him. How terrible a tragedy it would be if the new youth couldn't learn what we've all gotten from the show... whether it was uncontrollable laughter, or deep and thought-provoking ideas.

Either way, there's one thing we must hope for... that no matter what happens, the ideal of Loveline will continue, even if in the hands of completely different people. As long as the spirit and ideal of helping those in need is fulfilled; whether a question about a caller's penis size, or a sincere desperate cry for a reason to not commit suicide. It's truly amazing what Dr.Drew has helped to create, not just a simple help-line, but an entire medium in which people can relate their problems without the fear of rejection or scorn, embarassment or ridicule.

Through it all, I can't remember a single instance of Drew or Adam (unless you count his jokes... after all he was literally a millionaire) being snotty or big-headed. Each praise given to both Drew and Adam "You're a god", "You're awesome", "You're my hero", "You helped me change my life", and no matter how many times that was said (many times indeed) each praise was always recieved with a modest thank-you, no matter what.

It's really hard for me to express my profound respect/fondness for Dr.Drew and Adam. Both were such an amazing influnence on my life, and I still continue to present myself with the challenge of becoming more like the two most amazing people I've ever heard.

Knowing this, I feel terribly sorry for Westwood One. Trying to replace Adam is like trying to find a key to match a lock. Really only one key fits, so what can they possibly do? Drew (being the lock) must change, mold to fit a new key, one that obiously will never be the same, and possibly can never be as good. Only time will tell. They (hopefully) have a long, long road ahead, and maybe with that new road a someone new will step up to the plate, and quench our thirst for the new permanent co-host.

(ok, it's fucking 4:30 am, I'm done being serious, gnite)

—A Guy in a Chair

You are a true fan, well said.
We were a lucky bunch to have been listeners during the AC years.

—Spanglemaker

^thanks.

and amen to that.

—A Guy in a Chair

GIAC, if you start crying right now, I will never let you live it down.

—greymatters

please ban members who use explicit language, post inappropriate photos, or put down other members. Thank you.
—ProfessorCarbuncle

Shut-up, you fucking hippie faggot.
——ZT-In-Heat

methinks you cannot detect sarcasm. If you behave yourself I'll let you taste my dartos tunic.

—ProfessorCarbuncle

Oh, that's real useful.

—mikeyfish

methinks you cannot detect sarcasm. If you behave yourself I'll let you taste my dartos tunic. —ProfessorCarbuncle

I'm sorry, I meant to say, SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU FUCKING HIPPIE FAGGOT!

—ZT-In-Heat

"He hasn't logged in since December. He obviously isn't reading anything."
-andrewwagner777

Not sure why I'm bothering to post this, mostly because I've been rooting around the site since no one's on but...

Howdy! It looks like I have some big shoes to fill, but SV has promised to help (at least initially). Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at 12:36 AM

^This was The Mastermind's first post... so yeah, SV probably won't come back... though it'd be nice to hear from the forum god every once in a while *nudge nudge wink wink*

—A Guy in a Chair

Great magnet at work or just my brain noticing spurious patterns - just last night I, heard Adam thank Silent Virgin and Mastermind.

—anobody

...and Kevin U and Nick Velk?

—Dusty TheHick

...and all the regulars that post (ie - you, Dusty :-) .

—anobody

(moments later)

Just thinking about that again :'-(

—anobody

THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON TLC, BUT NOT A LOT OF THE KIND OF DISCUSSION THAT FOCUSES ON SOLVING PROBLEMS AND COMING UP WITH IDEAS. WHICH IS A DAMN SHAME, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE HERE.

I PROPOSE WE COPY THE ASK METAFILTER MODEL AND CREATE AN "ASK TLC" SECTION OF THE MESSAGE BOARD.

IN THIS WAY, PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGE TO PROVIDE USEFUL ANSWERS.

—ZT-In-Heat

are we allowed to abuse them? or do we really have to help them?
both maybe?

—plurry

By abusing them, we are helping them. Helping them to be less stupid.

—mikeyfish

help 'em back up after ya knock 'em down.
it works.

—plurry

Yeah, but then you knock them down again. Otherwise, how else will they learn how the world is?

—mikeyfish

Unfortunately, it has become common practice to "Colbert" threads on the forum -- people will repeatedly post high-resolution images of something, commonly of Stephen Colbert, in threads that the user Colbering the thread doesn't like in order to discourage other people from reading them.

I don't care so much that they do this. However, generally what I'll do when I log in to the forum I'll open all of the newly modified threads in tabs. When one (or more) heavily Colberted thread is opening in a tab, it usually makes my browser hang (or in some cases crashes it) while I'm reading other threads.

If I knew which threads were Colberted, I wouldn't open them (or do it when I didn't have to worry about my browser crashing). Would it be possible to post the size (in kilobytes) of threads along with the rest of the data about them on the forum page? If changing the code to do that would be too much work (you'd have the get the size of the images and then add the size of the text), you could accomplish something similar by posting a count of the number of images posted in the thread -- you'd just have to count the number of 'IMG' tags (though you might also want to count embedded flash and the like). That wouldn't be as good as the size, but would be good enough for me.

—ZT-In-Zen

we need a genva convention on colberting threads.

—plurry

Make the site faster.

—coffeecakes

Hey! It's FREE, asswipe!

—Dusty TheHick

An 'iggy' button would be nice...

—HazeTrooper

True...but then when others respond to one whom you've iggied, you'll wonder what the fuck they're talking about, and think them insane.

—Dusty TheHick

That happens to me most of the time anyway Dusty...

—HazeTrooper

Perhaps the forum index, in addition to indicating the author of each threads FIRST post, could indicate the author of its MOST RECENT post. This could be helpful, in that, if a popular thread is ruined by some idiot, we could have a warning before opening it to see the new posts, and could opt not to bother.

—Dusty TheHick

but... then you remove the gloryhole element...

—MajandraFan

Perhaps the forum index, in addition to indicating the author of each threads FIRST post, could indicate the author of its MOST RECENT post. This could be helpful, in that, if a popular thread is ruined by some idiot, we could have a warning before opening it to see the new posts, and could opt not to bother. —Dusty TheHick

The tlcnotifier (RSS, LiveJournal, FeedBurner) does that.

—ZT-In-Zen

As much as I really do personally care about the intimate details of everyone's life on the forum down to their indecision about drinking at work, I do think there might be a better way to keep up with everyone rather than having them "LiveJournal post" on the forum.

Most of the people who do LiveJournal post on the forum do have other blogs where they could put the information, they just don't feel like other people are going to read it. To be fair, people do read it when it's posted here.

What I'm envisioning to solve this is something like what facebook has done with their updates. Each user could submit their blog feeds when creating a new account (or updating an existing one) on TLC. Then TLC could publish (not in the forum) the updates to their blogs as they occur (in an AJAXy shoutbox style column) or do just like facebook does and show a list of all the updates after people log in.

The feature would be enabled by default, but could be turned off.

There'd have to be some measure of relevance. For instance, the forum software would only poll feeds for users than have logged in within the last month.

—ZT-In-Recovery

SUGGEST!@

—ZT-In-Thought

I would like to suggest that ZT start cutting himself more.

—greymatters

—plurry

what's that hole ep with the slit wrists? they were cool then...

—MajandraFan

i have that EP! it's called "ask for it".

—plurry

I'm asking for your body.

—MajandraFan

served hot or cold?

—plurry

could your body stay cold at the prospect of full contact with mine?

—MajandraFan

if it were dead, yes.

—plurry

could your body stay cold at the prospect of full contact with mine?

—MajandraFan

I want to say this before I have really creepy sex.

—smaller hands

Bert: I'll do it myself.
Mary Poppins: Do what?
Bert: A bit of magic. It's easy. You think. You wink. You do a double blink. You close your eyes... And jump.
[nothing happens]
Jane: Is something supposed to happen?
Mary Poppins: Bert, what utter nonsense. Why do you always complicate things that are really quite simple. Give me your hand please Michael. Don't slouch. One, two...

—MajandraFan

LULZ

—mandee

i suggest 20 responses per page in a long thread like this

—000

BURL IVES IS ALL YOU NEED.

—ZT Spice

I put a 5 1/2 inch "suggestion" inside my wife's box last night.

—striekar

nice work average joe.

—bguirk

Silent Virgin,

I have studied the source code to this forum that you posted on the main page several weeks ago, and I am ready to ask an anonymous friend of mine to do some routine maintenance to the forum (e.g. banning excessively and chronically disruptive users) using information contained within the code.

If you do not want my friend to do this, please post a response in this thread stating as such.

—ZT-In-Bosco

Dear Zt-In Bosco,

I suggest you make love to your woman tonight, pop some champagne, and ring in the New Year.

Sincerely,

The forum

—eric-boy-2009

zt, on behalf of everyone, please do it.

—mandee

Speak for yourself.

—eric-boy-2009

i'm speaking on behalf of the tlc community, which you are not a part of.

—mandee

yes plz

—doingdoingdoing

I hate the idea of banning and moderation, but the real or fake drakes and shitlicks are ruining the place.

—anobody

Ano there's only been one of me. Blame plurry and drake for all the other stupid accounts. Mostly drake for hiding behind emmas skirt on another board and then hiding behind "eric" over here.

—ZIP IT YA NAG!

quit talking out of your ass, you pathetic blow hole.

i don't think it's drake, and it sure as fuck isn't me. my guess is that monkeyfart is the one making the accounts and fucking with people, but since it's mostly directed at shitstain, and BCB, i don't care.

zt, by all means, rewrite the forum so that someone can disable tards at will.

—plurry

Clean the corn off your lip from all the ATM.

If you don't think it's bloated cancer bitch then you're our current president.

I know it isn't you. {voice of Homer} Unless...

—ZIP IT YA NAG!

what shows do you watch, strieker?

—jizzgrenade

I watch very little TV anymore. Some NFL, some Letterman, some Leno, some Kimmel, and that's about it.

—ZIP IT YA NAG!

good times

—jizzgrenade

honestly, does it matter which one (between legion and bloated cancer) sucks more than the other? they are both horrible, horrible trolls who make this place incrementally worse with each passing day. i skip their posts, but (especially given that they are both posting under multiple screen names) it's impossible not to notice that they are making 5 out of 7 posts in every thread.

since drake's cancer was defective, and neither of them will do humankind a favor and put a gun in their mouths, we should at least ban them from THIS place.

for the love of god - silent virgin, mastermind - take some fucking pride in your forum.

—airking32

honestly, does it matter which one (between legion and bloated cancer) sucks more than the other?

it's like arguing which poo is tastier--mine or my dog's (it's totally mine)

they are both horrible, horrible trolls who make this place incrementally worse with each passing day.

true. drake sort of devolved into a troll while legion has consistently trolled. since drake is on some fucked up downward spiral we'll get to see what's worse than trolling.

for the love of god - silent virgin, mastermind - take some fucking pride in your forum.

yes--give someone like plurry or kevinu (but really plurry) a mod role.

—bguirk

Seriously.

—anobody

I'm an opinionated son of a bitch but I'm not a troll.

Everyone here makes goof off threads from time to time, but I actually do that less than zt or mayo. Most of the time I have something genuine to say. You may not agree with it, but I really believe that certain things are the truth. Hell I make more loveline related posts than most people here (which doesn't mean much since loveline is rarely a topic anymore) but still.

Drake really has done a downward spiral. I have pity for him since his life is going nowhere and he really has nothing that isn't directly connected to mom and dad. Not even a non inflatable girlfriend.

Airking, come on now, pay attention. I'm posting under ONE account. The misery of having that liar drake around is made worse by pretending that others are doing what he does.

—ZIP IT YA NAG!

It's your fault. Start acting more civil and HUMAN.

—hardcore_laugh

I hate to say this, but he actually is (at least by shitlick's standards).

—anobody

I wasn't talking about him.

—hardcore_laugh

Oh I see - you just posted that after his post to confuse people.

Clever ploy.

—anobody

it's like arguing which poo is tastier--mine or my dog's (it's totally mine)

-bguirk

Sorry, but I disagree.

I hate to say this, but he actually is (at least by shitlick's standards).

—anobody

I hate to say it even more, but you're right.

—Dusty TheHick

Suggestion: An "Ignore user" button would be cool.

—Villalovos

bump again - with a link to this thread.

—plurry

ZT pointed this out yesterday on the other forum:

—plurry

• http://www.google.com/coop/cse/?hl=en

—ZT-In-The-90s

^ YESSSSS!!!

—whoisnumbaone

Niiice.

—Nyarlaithotep

WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE CUSTOM SEARCH?!?

—ZTgeist

use google

—000

Try searching for "reading comprehension."

—ZTgeist

what kind of custom search are you looking for that you can't get with Google ?

—anobody

One that has all of the pages indexed and weighs threads higher than other pages.

—ZTgeist

i suggest you stop complaining.

i think leif is doing a great job.

edit: although he should post moar.

—airking32

post memoirs pls.

—plurryho

It would be cool if we could get this working.

• http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/06/as-seen-on-youtube-pages-celebrating.html

—ZT-In-You

This is not a bad idea. Would get us listed and ranked on big boards.

• http://www.big-boards.com/linktous/

—ZT-In-You

But if we got listed and ranked on big boards, new people would come, and that's creepy.

—jezebel

Garth feared change, and look what happened to him.

—ZT-In-You

Love it.

—acm

hah!

WW is still so funny

—Masteel

forum includes RSS feed, rumfo does not include an RSS feed?

e.g.
http://www.dolland.net/loveline/rumfo/threads/10997.html - no RSS feed at the bottom
http://www.dolland.net/loveline/forum/threads/10997.html - RSS feed () at the bottom.

And it doesn't have a link rel="alternate" in the head for either of them. e.g.
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://www.dolland.net/loveline/forum/threads/10997.xml">

ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE ILLUMINATI?!?!?!?

—ZT-In

weird...

—stellagold

You actually can do useful things with Yahoo Pipes! That RSS feed is all of the recent posts on TLC (as of however often it refreshes). I made some adjustments so it will post hashtags on twitter based on the most relevant extracted term from posts.

• http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheLovelineCompanionAllPosts

—ZT-In

This is a first attempt at a feed of all the images and videos on TLC. It sucks at the moment for several reasons.

• http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheLovelineCompanionVideosAndImages

—ZT-In

This feed is for posts that are likely to make good twitter updates (based on whether or not Yahoo! identifies a significant term in the first 144 characters).

• http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheLovelineCompanionAllPostsFitForTweeting

—ZT-In

The videos and images kind of look better here:

• http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=ca1fda734c521a1504dce05fb29f5bf3

—ZT-In

The Videos and Images feed was taking too long to run. I separated it in to one feed for images and one feed for videos (they will only get the first image or video if there's multiple ones in a post), and they both run much faster.

Images - Videos

—ZT-In

I fixed the twitter one so that it doesn't take ~30 seconds to load anymore.

• http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheLovelineCompanionAllPostsFitForTweeting

—ZT-In