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alex
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 Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| richie wrote: | Idiot question time: I notice that our user-names are now links to our profiles....
will you be eliminating the profile buttons? |
didn't really think about it yet. what do you think? |
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richie
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking maybe you can replace the old profile button or the name/link with a link to a personal autobiography
and portrait page, if of course operational issues such as bandwidth and storage allow for it.
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JerryHatake
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:54 am Post subject: |
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I found the new stuff added to the profiles interesting.
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iamnotaparakeet
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Sora
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| alex wrote: | | Sora wrote: | Uhhh--- but since the profile page is redone, it's impossible to change avatars and custom ranks for some (all?)
This happens after hitting the submit button:
alex, if you have the time, can you give a short statement of whether you know it/will take care of it please? |
should be fixed now. |
Brilliant, thank you much alex! |
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Dracula
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:57 am Post subject: |
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What's with the new profile stats? Isn't that kind of private information?
As if it's anyone else's business how long another user has been on, how many page hits, and the length of their last visit.
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MissConstrue
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: |
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The updated profile stats feel very intrusive to me.
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MeshGearFox
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| MissConstrue wrote: | | The updated profile stats feel very intrusive to me. |
I agree. It's a little spooky. I become very conscience of how long I'm logged on. Are you trying to limit the time spent on the site? I also don't like having concrete evidence people are ignoring me on WP as well as real life. |
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KBABZ
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:59 am Post subject: |
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I don't have a problem with it, I find it kinda cool. I haven't logged off since... well, ever. 'd be interesting to see how long I've been on.
EDIT: Holy crap! I look at the time I've been on and it says 02:02:02!
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MissConstrue
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:10 am Post subject: |
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I'm embarassed about how many posts I've made along with time. I'm afraid once people get a little curious and check my stats, they'll freak out and never look at me the same way again. I'm so ashamed of myself 
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Dracula
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: |
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People who are saying this is "interesting" or "cool" have no grasp on implication. Lol
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KBABZ
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| MissConstrue wrote: | | I'm embarassed about how many posts I've made along with time. I'm afraid once people get a little curious and check my stats, they'll freak out and never look at me the same way again. I'm so ashamed of myself |
Actually I like people with really large statistics.
And implications on posting count? Uhm... yeah, we get trolls who like to bait people who appear to be spammers... yeah... good plan there...
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ouinon
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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I think it's interesting the same way looking into people's front rooms before they pull the curtains in the evening is. Strangely intimate. Fascinating.
I agree that it is profoundly revealing info, which many might not feel comfortable with others being able to track. Almost my first reaction was to "hide" my "last on date" , though I have realised not much point if am on most days. It's the hits and duration which are most revealing.
Perhaps the biggest problem is that it is very ambiguous info, for instance, high "page hits" per hour logged on, as in my case, and others a, b, and c,  could suggest that are totally flitty, desperate, or hyper, or a very fast reader interested in lots of things, whereas low page hits, like x, y, and z, might mean either that you only bother with a few things or are a very slow reader, or that you are deeply focussed. 
Also realised that time spent reading material at/through links in posts shows up as activity on wp, whereas actually it is somewhere else entirely.
"Time on per day" could be alarming for some, recalling efforts to restrict oneself in any addiction or bad habit.
I think that although it is fascinating sociological material it might be better kept to the owners of the site. Or displayed entirely at one's own discretion. It might indeed change people's use of wp otherwise, as someone said..
Having said that I'd love to know how much time people actually spend "posting" as opposed to logged on! 
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MissConstrue
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:40 am Post subject: |
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 Great now we're sociological experiments.
Where's my spinning wheel and feeding tube? 
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ouinon
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| MissConstrue wrote: | | Great now we're experiments. Where's my spinning wheel and feeding tube? |
That's my point. That it is like being observed, by everybody else if they wish. Perhaps not reassuring or comfortable. 
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