Dear Rob...- Page 12

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:36pm

Rob, thanks for the insight regarding the IGNORE feature. I like that we'll have the option on what kind of blocking (posts only or both threads & posts) can be done.

Also, could you expand on potential to unblock a poster? On Facebook, for example, you can block and unblock as often as you'd like but there is always a 48-hour waiting period. How will it work here?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:36pm

cuse you, diamond, and your army of quick fingered coders! you have not heard the last of me!

muah-hahahaha *cough* hahaha *cough* ha

[Kad]

Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:38pm

Instead of an Ignore function, how about a function that automatically sets up a duel with flintlock pistols?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:46pm

HA! Now you're talking.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:50pm

instead of an ignore function, how about a function that automatically sets up a duel with flintlock pistols?

this is the single greatest idea in the history of broadwayworld. rob, you need to send kad a placemat or a tote or something.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:51pm

And doesn't every challenge to a duel end with "you cad!"?

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:51pm

Are there BWW Koozies?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 11:33am

Dear Rob....

Another thought: the "reply to THIS message" button really has nothing to to with the current message at all....so you need to either:
Change the wording: Add to the disucssion (for example); OR
Have some sort of tag as to what post one is referring.
(Again....take a look at amazon.com's discussion board they used this 2nd option.)

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 11:47am

And something else came to me last night.

I would love to know the ages, or the age range, of posters. Is there a way to do that, without giving up vital information?

I think it would be helpful to know.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 11:49am

Well it wouldn't be accurate, Diva. How many people (trolls, especially) give the correct information when signing up for an account?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 11:52am

True... I was hoping there was a way to do it upon sign up and have it verified BEFORE newbies start posting.

Also, if there's minors present, I would hope it would keep the conversation clean(er),

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 12:00pm

Except I don't know if there are too many people that sign up without checking out the boards.

There really isn't a way to verify one's age online....it's pretty much honor system.

[ARTc3]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 12:14pm

When is "Ignore" going live? Has a date been given?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 12:32pm

Yes, Scott. I wonder too.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 12:50pm

We were not given a time, but Rob mentioned it was near-ready.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:06pm

I can hardly wait! BWW will become a Sue Free One!

[ARTc3]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:06pm

TheatreDiva90016, Yes, my name is Scott. But, what I find curious is that you would choose to reveal it - not a personal biggie. From the argument you're having with Ghostlight2 over in the other thread, it seems that maintaining one's anonymity is important to you. Hypocrite much?

I tried to remain impartial listening to both your arguments and wondering how both of your perspectives could be true. You just lost my empathy.

Updated On: 8/24/13 at 01:06 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:09pm

People have been testing it, so I assume very shortly.

And ArtC, you previously posted on this forum under the name of Scott Briefer.

Updated On: 8/24/13 at 01:09 PM

[ARTc3]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:13pm

"...ArtC, you previously posted on this forum under the name of Scott Briefer."

Actually, I didn't. That is the weird bug that is mentioned in my signature. I never registered under Scott Briefer, but it would come up sometimes that way until it just stopped letting me in at all. That is the very reason why I had to re-register and became ARTc3.

BTW... Clearly now, people who read this know my name isn't Art. ARTc - say it aloud - comes from my passion for all things creative. Well, to be completely honest, I once owned a company named ARTiculate Communications, but when I realized that ARTc could mean artsy...

Updated On: 8/24/13 at 01:13 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:16pm

"Ah, but I have been here... under a different username. I have been here for many years. I had asked to have my account deleted over a year ago and after a long absence, I decided I would give BroadwayWorld another chance. For a while I was just a lurker, but I finally re-registered."
"Not sure why my old username is important, but for full disclosure: Scott Briefer."


Brought up in another topic.

[ARTc3]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:21pm

This is very true. Which is why I wrote that personally, I am comfortable not being anonymous. I would be the hypocrite if I did take issue considering the "Ignore" thread I started.

I'm cool with my name being revealed. Perhaps, I'm being overly sensitive, but I took TheatreDiva90016 choice to use my real name as a sort of "dig". Considering the issues that s/he and Ghostlight2 are struggling with, I thought that very hypocritical. I've re-read the post though and I could be reading far more into it than was intended.

Either way, it is my place to reveal my name and not TheatreDiva90016's. Considering what s/he has struggled with in previous mentioned argument, one would think s/he would know that.

Updated On: 8/24/13 at 01:21 PM

[ARTc3]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:27pm

Kad, your link is very cool. Look below the post you are referring to. It is a screen capture and you can see that ARTc and Scott Briefer are both listed. ARTc as the originator of the thread and Scott Briefer as a poster. That is the very issue that was occurring that caused me to have to re-register.

Updated On: 8/24/13 at 01:27 PM

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:35pm

That doesn't change the fact that you once posted as 'Scott Breifer.' Right?

[Kad]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:39pm

Diva wasn't violating anonymity by addressing you by a name you yourself have said was your username here. The fact that it happens to actually be your name is beside the point- how was anyone to know that was actually your name?

[ARTc3]

Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:45pm

I never posted as Scott Briefer. I always registered as ARTc. Here's the history...

In 2004 I first found BroadwayWorld and registered as ARTc a username that I had been using for some time already. My other username was The Maharajah of Madness, but that's another story and I never used that name here.

I wasn't that interested in forums at that time and so I rarely - if ever - showed up here. A few years later, not remembering that I even was registered here, I returned. Funny, but at that time, my status as to how long I had been here, was also an issue. (Why is this so important here?)

Anyway... I hung around for a few years as a fairly active member. Posting when I felt I had something to say. I created some pretty cool threads that had "legs". I started the set design thread, to name one that was quite popular.

I don't remember the exact circumstances, but I got into an argument here. I think it was over liking Memphis and my experiences with Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark. The reaction to my posts were so hurtful to me that I decided it wasn't worth being here and left. I actually emailed the "board" and asked them to remove my membership.

Again, some time would go by. This time, I think less than a year, but I'm usually terrible with dates and it could have been a little more than a year.

I missed BroadwayWorld and so I started "lurking". There were many posts that I wanted to add my 2 cents to, but now I couldn't as I was no longer an active member. Eventually, the want to "share" outweighed my anger and hurt at the rudeness I perceived from several members of this board and I tried to re-register. I had a lot of trouble, but was eventually able to through facebook. The posts quoted above were done at that time, just a short while ago.

It let me in as ARTc, and when I started a thread, it credited ARTc, but sometimes - actually often - my username would show up as Scott Briefer. This was completely outside of my control. I never registered with the username, Scott Briefer. It was always only put in the "name" fields.

I tried to correct it by registering as ARTc2, but it didn't work and actually had the opposite effect, it threw me out altogether. I then tried again and that is how I am her now. For some reason, my membership seems to now be working fine.

Updated On: 8/24/13 at 01:45 PM