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carlo.comments: carlo.log → On G-Blog.net v2 and good looks and people doing stuff

  • petrol · 5 years ago
    First up, I love GB. It's rooted deep in my brain that when I write email I have to backspace where I've typed [ i] or [ b]. (:

    #4 is depressing the hell outta me, but true when communities get bloated. What's the alternative - elitism/exclusivity? G-blog works really well for me. A very small number of my friends have joined up so they can post comments A, or start up their own blog B.

    It would be nice in GB2 if anonymous users could post without having to sign up. IP Logging would help ensure that nastiness from fuckwads and trolls (random drive-by posting) are kept to a minimum or even zero.

    Privacy in GB2: Is there a way to keep G-blog Member X from reading my posts? This (non)issue has come up elsewhere and the site/community mods didn't have a solid answer.

    Being able to upload your own CSS design would be awesome. Not that I know the first thing about CSS anyway.

    Posting histories: A link or page that shows where G-blogger X has been commenting or which categories he/she has been posting to.

    Bryan Bell's Candid Blue looks sweet (:

    Is it just me or is there a growing number of LJ-GB crossovers?

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    Death to the demon Livejournal!
  • entipy · 5 years ago
    Love the themes and the CSS idea! Hell, I just love the idea of v.2 in general.

    Sadly, I think your outline of the life of an online community is spot-on. Having a good site gives you a double-edged sword that way. It's so good lots of people end up coming, but by that happening, you often lose the great thing you had about it in the first place.

    I'm greatly looking forward to v.2. :)
  • Carlo Zottmann · 5 years ago
    Alternatives: you'll see. ;) I don't know whether the idea will work out, but I fear that once I post the idea, someone will steal it, code it faster than I could, and I'd look like a cheap ass plagiarist. :P

    [Quote] Privacy in GB2: Is there a way to keep G-blog Member X from reading my posts? [Quote]

    No. Open community, at least when it comes to reading.

    Regarding anonymous commenting: I just had a wicked idea to keep bots from posting spam crap. Worth a shot, anyways. You'll see.

    Posting histories: interesting idea. I mean that. :)
  • BlackSheep · 5 years ago
    [Quote] there are a couple of black sheep (read: trolls and fuckwads) who get an utterly moronic kick out of annoying people for one reason or the other. [Quote]


    Waaaaah!


    :)
  • Zhaneel · 5 years ago
    There are some LJ/GB crossovers.

    I'm one of them. I started here at GB and I intend to keep this my main blog site. OTOH, I have too many friends on LJ who have locked posts that I want to read. Hence, I needed/wanted an account there. I use that account for stupid quizzes, trying to con more people into coming over to GB, and for stuff that I wanted locked. And horoscopes. But everything else ends up on GB. I prefer GB for a great many reasons, though I do think LJ has some good ideas too.

    Zhaneel
  • petrol · 5 years ago
    Wait up. This is prolly a stupid question, but.... Will all older entries be ported over to GB2?
  • Carlo Zottmann · 5 years ago
    #6. Yes. Leave no entry behind! :)

    At the same time I think this might be a good chance to clean out the old stuff. I'll probably delete all unused accounts that had no activity within the last 6 months or so.
  • entipy · 5 years ago
    comforts BlackSheep
  • Carlo Zottmann · 5 years ago
    Yes, I am sorry. Nothing personal. You're a good Black Sheep, while I was talking about the bad black sheep. You know.

    Ahem.