ATMB is filled with suggestions from Dopers about improving the performance of the board, asking for an edit function, suggesting new rules, and so on. Most of the time, whenever there’s been a staff response, it’s along the lines of “no” or “maybe in the future.”
What user suggestions have actually recieved a positive response from SDMB staff? Which ones have actually been implemeted?
:dubious: :smack: :wally ;j
Also the forums IMHO & Cafe Society.
It is also my understanding that the present policy of “suspending” problem posters for a month, rather than just banning them was a user suggestion.
Whether it has been effective is more difficult to judge.
Yes. Yes, they have. Yeah, I was surprised, too.
The Quick Reply customization was lost in the latest upgrade, but a clamor arose from the posting masses, and lo, it was restored.
The message that appears when you click ‘Report Bad Post’ used to say something along the lines of “NEVER EVER EVER REPORT A BAD POST OR YOU WILL DIE A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE DEATH”, and it seems to revert to that whenever the message board software is upgraded. It’s often a user who has to remind the staff to change it back to a more friendly message. I’m not sure who originally suggested replacing it with a friendlier message, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that was a user suggestion.
Supposedly the newer upgrades of vB have a feature that lets you save these settings/changes, they don’t necessarily get wiped away with an upgrade.
I’m looking forward to that if/when we do upgrade.
TubaDiva
The suggestion about upgrading from the 486 that they use as a server hasn’t been implemented…
Suggestion, hell. It’s been a loud chorus from Dopers world-wide, sounding much like a large pack of angry wolves howling at a full moon.
Well, once the smilies got upgraded, and everybody hated the new ones and they went back to the old smilies.
They took my suggestion that we pay to be a member.
just kidding.
A member – I don’t recall who – suggested some rewording of the forum descriptions to make it clearer what went where (that cooking, comics, and crafts goes to Cafe Society, e.g.) – this was implemented a few months ago.
IIRC spoiler, subscript and superscript were requested by users (and gratefully received).
Stand by, the lynch mob will be there shortly. Right now they are taking care of the guy that suggested they lay off half the hamsters.
Great Debates, as well.
<whine> You guys upgraded without telling me? You promised me the 8086! </whine>
Here, have some cheese with that whine.