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oh. dang!

... and birds are dinosaurs, so we could almost have said all ranks are a type of dinosaur, except that there was "butterfly" - I don't know how that fits in.

And then you gain(ed) free will.

I personally could never decide what to be. I miss being indecisive with my custom rank.

I'm sure this has already been suggested, but could we please have an 'edit' button?

and as a result, us getting requests from other users simply to edit posts. doubt that happened before with the longer editing time.

So far, these are my main suggestions:

- longer post editing time
- fix the signature system
- make it easier to access the user control panel
- custom ranks
- pics in signatures (strictly moderated, of course)

Another thing I'd like to see, is some sort of a "club" system, where users could join groups based on their interests, with some examples being like "Metalheads of WP", "Bronies of WP", "BMW enthusiasts of WP", etc. Club members wouldn't have any sort of exclusive privileges or anything, but it would simply be a way of finding other members who are interested in the same things that you are, as well as possibly finding out about things you've never looked into before. I also think that there could be a section of the forum with topics devoted to some of the different clubs, though of course they would be open to non-members as well.

All the other chat boards I've been on have, next to each thread title on the pages that list threads within a forum, a link allowing the user to go directly to the first unread message. I don't see that on Wrong Planet.

Is there a way to do that here? If not, my suggestion is to implement it. It really would make participation easier if I didn't have to search for the first post I have not read yet.

Thanks.

We have an age-related forum for adolescents and for older adults, but not one for young adults. I think the site would benefit from a forum for people who are between the ages of 18 and 35. This is a particularly rough period in life when one is trying to learn to live as an adult. There are a lot challenges like finding a career, finding a partner, possibly becoming a parent for the first time. It's very stressful. Perhaps older adults can give advice to younger adults.

What if a "moderators online" box or bar was posted on the side of each page and updated regularly- so that members having issues wouldn't always be so apt to message individual mods.. I mean, it's great that such mods are recognized and members trust them to be able to fix things, but what if that particular mod isn't on at that time? The mod that is on, would be able to fix it immediately. If a moderators online box was implemented, members could just contact that particular mod, and their issue would be resolved more quickly.

that's a good idea, i've had many requests and messages sent to me at night or during class when i can't respond to them. by the time i get around to them they have either left (i have weeks-old unread responses in my outbox) or the situation has changed much. so it's good to know when one can be able to help a user immediately. for now users can just tell when a mod is online by noting them posting recently, and until the site move, if they were seen "browsing this forum". whatever happened to that feature, anyway?

how would the software detect how a mod is 'online'? simply being logged in is inaccurate, as users sometimes leave their accounts logged in continuously, when they use a personal computer to post (like me) and it will show them available when they are actually sleeping, or out, etc. and then there is the bug of being logged out randomly...detecting whether they have a WP tab or window open would probably be the best bet.

Make a sextalk forum not restricted to adults.

Sorry for doublepost but also i think that threads that are dead from like 5 months or more should be autolocked to avoid necrobumping.