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Dear Rob...
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
dear rob...#275
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?
dear rob...#276
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
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dear rob...#277
Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:38pmInstead of an Ignore function, how about a function that automatically sets up a duel with flintlock pistols?
dear rob...#279
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.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
dear rob...#280
Posted: 8/23/13 at 12:51pmAnd doesn't every challenge to a duel end with "you cad!"?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
dear rob...#282
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.)
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
dear rob...#283
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.
dear rob...#284
Posted: 8/24/13 at 11:49amWell it wouldn't be accurate, Diva. How many people (trolls, especially) give the correct information when signing up for an account?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
dear rob...#285
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),
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
dear rob...#286
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.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
dear rob...#287
Posted: 8/24/13 at 12:14pmWhen is "Ignore" going live? Has a date been given?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
dear rob...#288
Posted: 8/24/13 at 12:32pmYes, Scott. I wonder too.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
dear rob...#289
Posted: 8/24/13 at 12:50pm
We were not given a time, but Rob mentioned it was near-ready.
dear rob...#290
Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:06pmI can hardly wait! BWW will become a Sue Free One!
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
dear rob...#291
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.
dear rob...#292
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.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
dear rob...#293
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...
dear rob...#294
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.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
dear rob...#295
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.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
dear rob...#296
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
dear rob...#297
Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:35pmThat doesn't change the fact that you once posted as 'Scott Breifer.' Right?
dear rob...#298
Posted: 8/24/13 at 1:39pmDiva 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?
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
dear rob...#299
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.
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