PolishForums LIVE  /  Archives [3]    
 
Posts by Admin  

Joined: 31 Oct 2005 / Male ♂
Last Post: 2 Nov 2024
Threads: Total: 25 / In This Archive: 17
Posts: Total: 400 / In This Archive: 308
From: Virtual Poland
Speaks Polish?: Jes :)
Interests: PF Forum administrating

Displayed posts: 325 / page 1 of 11
sort: Latest first   Oldest first   |
Admin Administrator  
7 Dec 2009
Feedback / LIKE / DISLIKE button - A suggestion to Admin and Moderators [29]

Such feature is a waste of resources : Youtube and other media find it useful because they can create hype and hide stories that are against their agendas (by reseting the number of "LIKE", for example). We won't use this feature here :)

Admin
Admin Administrator  
17 Aug 2009
Feedback / Off line again - unacceptable [23]

But you were aware yes? Thats why youre here so quickly.

Yes, I noticed the problem faster than the hosting guys.. Sometimes website could be done for a whole day day (when hard drive crashes and there are some other unexpected situations like backup drive crashes too) and one have to live with that..

I hope youre paying the web servers appropriately and not putting the cash into Admin's Aston Martin fund..

This site could run on other servers that are 8 times cheaper than the current one so, if anyone, server owners may get rich.
Admin Administrator  
17 Aug 2009
Feedback / Off line again - unacceptable [23]

Me neither, but it happens (server issues) every day to hundreds of thousands websites every day. It should be fixed now.
Admin Administrator  
17 Aug 2009
Feedback / Off line again - unacceptable [23]

Not fcuking happy Admin, just paid a second $55. and the sites off line again, whats the crack?

If the site is off-line, are we now posting on Twitter? :}
Admin Administrator  
11 Aug 2009
Feedback / Thread Leader [9]

But I think that everyone should be able to delete their own messages.

It would start even more confusion :
Admin Administrator  
11 Aug 2009
Feedback / Thread Leader [9]

That's an interesting idea.. but it's likely it wouldn't usually work as expected (we don't live in an ideal world ;). On a busy topic where the thread starter participates I can imagine numerous messages like "TopicStarter, remove that post!" etc. Also, while post could be removed, the topic starter would (ideally) also have to remove other posts that quote the removed post and then it would not be possible..
Admin Administrator  
25 Jul 2009
Feedback / Admin... we need bigger mail boxes... [30]

so what about the lowely minnows like myself?? how many do we get??? I know we are not part of the polit bureau but the masses do matter as well :):):)

Up to 30 (+ any extra sent by moderators; if you are over quota moderators can still send you a message)
Admin Administrator  
5 Jun 2009
Feedback / I Really Think You Should Change Polish Forum Checker......... [21]

When you posted your messages to someone and you will get messages from someone by Rootweb alert you that you have messages and click on Rootweb.

So it's like conversation between two posters that is publicity available? What if more than two posters (including you) posted in that thread, does it always mean they 'posted to you' or maybe to another poster in this thread?

It will direct you to threads which you posted.

Hm, you wrote earlier we should get rid of the My Threads feature which does the same thing..

It appears to me rootweb is more like a personal conversation between up to a few people and it cannot be compared to PF where hundreds of people may post in the same thread.
Admin Administrator  
5 Jun 2009
Feedback / I Really Think You Should Change Polish Forum Checker......... [21]

Yes, I do checked on My Threads but it don't tell me if I have messages from someone. I am sure someone wouldn't know if he have messages too.

How would you determine if message is directed to you or not? Like in the message the poster should mention your name and if they don't mention your name it means the post is not directed to you?

I think you are very confused about private messages versus forum messages...

As for My Threads I always have to read and some of threads are over 100 messages, who have time to read all of this messages which isn't for me. It was last time I posted and forgotten to read it back in Jan. 09. Someone is wondering how come I am not replying back to person.

Again, how would you define a 'message for you'?

Either way, using the Checker would solve your problem. If not, you can always add any thread to your Favorite threads and then periodically check only these threads.

The same with "latest discussions" window - ignoring subforums could be a nice way to filter out only those messages which are of interest to you..

I'm talking about "My Threads" not the checker, on every board I was registered there were more or less expanded "thread ignore" and "subforum ignore" options.

In the checker you can specify which forums you want to check messages from and which to ignore.
Admin Administrator  
1 Mar 2009
Feedback / Guest Posters [9]

I was wondering about that, so when I see 3 guest posts in a row, they would have to be different people or they could be changing thier I.P. addy?

They could be different people from different locations.

I do have problem forgetting to sign in.

At least it appears you don't have problem to sign out ;}
Admin Administrator  
28 Feb 2009
Feedback / Guest Posters [9]

How come guest posters are allowed to make consective posts and members cant?

Because guest posters can be from around the world on different ISPs.

My question is how did guest put their name and add Guest>>>

They cannot add '[Guest]' word themselves, it's being done automatically when unregistered user posts a message.

Admin
Admin Administrator  
25 Feb 2009
Feedback / Editing time [10]

didnt it used to be an hour a long time ago?

Yes, it used to be an hour, but "thanks" to a few abusers the time had to be decreased..
Admin Administrator  
13 Feb 2009
Feedback / Where is PF heading (Site Interface/Design wise) in the future? [21]

Content is king as they say.

Agree. KISS ("Keep it simple stupid") - also agree.

The question is what features to remove, not what to add ;). The most important thing of a forum should be the content of forum posts, not other things.

more features = more distraction

(not to mention more features decrease website performance and security)

Admin
Admin Administrator  
29 Jan 2009
Feedback / Why are some informative threads deleted and other stupid ones left? [8]

I was however at one point on 51 threads (not that I see it as a competition) but now I am down to 33 and I'm pretty sure I did not post over 10 'junk threads'.

Yes, some threads from the classifieds and 'english-polish translation' were pruned because they were outdated anyway..

Admin
Admin Administrator  
29 Jan 2009
Feedback / Why are some informative threads deleted and other stupid ones left? [8]

cjjc

Please define 'informative' and 'stupid' and try explain to the members who posted in the 'stupid' threads that they are...(?)

How do I contact the chiefs of this forum to delete my threads btw?

You may send a PM to moderators or to me, but your threads will not be removed unless they contain personally-identifiable information. Even if we remove you as a user, your posts will stay.

Admin
Admin Administrator  
6 Dec 2008
Feedback / PolishForums.com mission needs to be plastered on the front of this forum [49]

You should maybe get some therapy for that then cos it can't be good for your psyche to be living like that then :)

You probably didn't notice it was an irony on my part.

So explain please what the difference is between the two then ? :)

Difference between humans and robots? It should be obvious.

Precisely, so why did you feel the need to make it into a separate thread then without asking me if I was happy about it ? Surely it would have been the more respectful thing to do i.e. ask me first !

Why not ? If someone else creates a thread under my nickname then it should be duly noted that this has happened. It shows in my profile that I created a thread when in fact I hadn't. I deal in fact, not fiction :)

I see it this way - you had a chance to read your original statements again and after that you concluded they made little or no sense and now you appear to be upset it has become a new thread. But it was not your first such post and I might have missed them all, so that's why I decided to make it a new thread to answer your questions. It also appears you now try to turn everything around by putting smileys after your replies as you know they actually make little sense. But that's fine with me, cannot blame you for that.

I did , that is true. But I didn't get it off PF. I was doing some research and came across another site which had a lot of detailed information about PF and analysis of traffic etc and it had the Mission Statement on there. Admin, why would I ask for a link to where it is on the site if I knew where it was already. That is such an illogical thought that I can't comment much further. I'm not playing a game here. Either this is a fair debate or it isn't. If you want a fair debate , great ! If not, then why start of a separate thread.

So that's my fault you failed to notice a link that appears on 20,000 pages? And you prefer to take your time to "research" this website on another website and then you finally noticed the link. If you truly did not see this link it should be better to first look around and then comment based on the facts, not about illusions.

I admire your Mission Statement and think it is well thought out and
pretty good in terms of its objectives but I do think that most posters know nothing about it. So , I ask the question again, what is the point of the Mission Statement for PF ?

Please read again what you wrote and when you realize the link to the mission statement is on 20,000 pages and you still claim that "most posters know nothing about it" then what is your suggestion? Should we buy ads on Google with another 100,000 links to the mission statement? Or put the link on top of the page in bold, red font?

So it starts to make some more sense now. Your statement is not in the truest sense a proper Mission statement. Therefore, it's just something that was written on a page and really doesn't mean too much too any poster or member of PF.

Mission statement is not a religious or spiritual statement. It is not something I expect any of the forum users to take too deeply to their hearts because that would be unrealistic and silly. Whenever you do a search on Google, do you first think about Google's mission statement, which is: "To organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" and make sure to use your search keywords based on this statement? I seriously doubt it..

Admin
Admin Administrator  
5 Dec 2008
Feedback / PolishForums.com mission needs to be plastered on the front of this forum [49]

How do you feel about the content of some of the threads on this forum. :)

I live in denial and pretend they were not written by humans, but by web robots :}.

But I would like it to be known that I did not create this thread.

You kept repeating it all over again. What are you afraid of? If your post stayed in the old thread, it would have received exact the same responses from other members. I don't see a reason why you would like to be "known you did not create this thread."

Please could Admin post a link as to where members are told about the Mission Statement. Because how can any PF member aspire to something they may not be aware of ? I acknowledge it may well be here somewhere but I have never seen it on PF < but I could easily have just missed it >

You copy-pasted the whole mission statement from the "About us" page (link to this page appears on almost 20,000 pages) and now you claim you cannot find it?

What do you think is the purpose of a 'Mission Statement ' ?

A Mission Statement means how the authors and creators of this forum would act and how they would behave if they were the only participants in this forum. It is also a guideline on how we hope all posters to behave. But since the authors of this website make only 0.0007% of all forum participants, it's hard to blame them for the views of 99.9993% of the other posters. A Mission Statement is not a directive on how or what people should think.
Admin Administrator  
23 Nov 2008
Feedback / How come we can not delete our own posts ? And other questions... [26]

remember when i mentioned user friendlier? here is one of the examples i was thinking of. i'll point to others as i see them mentioned. they are all my personal opinion. others may not find same features friendlier.

If posters were able to delete their own posts, do you think it would be user friendlier? I do not think so -- it would create CHAOS instead.

What if you deleted the post after I answered it, what if thousands of users deleted some posts, would you enjoy reading or participating in such incomplete and random discussions? I'm actually very surprised by your argumentation since someone who thinks logically could easily anticipate what it would be like if it was possible to delete posts.

Which is why I have an entire usless thread to my name. I didn't know the file was too big until I posted it, so no one knows what the fek the thread is about

It would be a miracle if everyone who will try to post a file in the future knows how to check the file size before trying to upload it (even though it's very simple), so I'm sure it will be useful for these members.

Admin
Admin Administrator  
22 Nov 2008
Feedback / How come we can not delete our own posts ? And other questions... [26]

What is the size of the pictures you can upload?

* JPEG/JPG - maximum of 60 Kb
* GIF - maximum of 60 Kb
* PNG - maximum of 60 Kb
* BMP - maximum of 60 Kb

And why does it have to have at least 5 characters in the text?

To prevent posting useless messages.

if you write the text it posts and the pictures dont comes up with errors :/

If the size of the picture is more than allowed, it will show an error message.

Also how come we can not delete our own posts ?

Because you cannot return to the past.

Admin