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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Anyway, any member who feels that the activity page is being tempered with is hereby politely asked by the mod team to issue a complaint via PM. We will then look into things. For the time being, I hope we are given the benefit of the doubt in this matter until we can come up with a solid, most likely technical explanation for what may have gone wrong. :)
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
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    Well @DarthDimi since me and a couple other members have been explicity told around a year ago that we should reduce posting in the activity thread, and that our comments will be deleted, we simply asumed that you are still doing it, though in random fashion, deleting some, leaving others, which caused some head scratching on our side. So i'm glad thats resolved.

    But i'm still left with the question wether we are allowed to post in the activity page at all or how much.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Thank you for answering, @DarthDimi. Looking forward to your explanation.

    You must also understand I entertained the thought that there was a certain disapproval from the mod team about these bantery conversations, because the last time this subject was brought up in this very thread (when the issue of there being too much "footfall" on the Activity page was mentioned), we were encouraged to move the conversations from the Activity page to their own thread, which actually happened (I think the thread was called The Alternate "Everything Goes" James Bond Conversation Thread), but some time later it suddenly vanished without a trace, which, without any explanation being given for its disappearance, and considering the vanishing posts on the Activity page, could certainly make one consider the possibility these sorts of things were being discouraged by the mod team.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    We always have the Free Chat thread.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    This likely stems from a request to a couple of members last year - went back and saw the PM's, I definitely worded it as "you shouldn't be posting on the Activity Page," which was a bad way to word it and definitely not my intention, as we don't mind you lot using it at all.

    Post to your heart's content on the Activity Page, but if the comments are going to turn into a big Bond quote-fest, then please use the existing thread instead:

    https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/16585/the-james-bond-quote-conversation/p404
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    If I may intervene, a Bond quote fest or not, posting on a certain user’s activity page and having a fun conversation there is something aimed for the certain user whereas the chat free discussion is an open board that doesn’t have that private borderline to it the way the activity page does.

    Conversing on a forum thread and on a certain user’s page are far from being the same thing.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Everything posted on a user s activity page, pops up on the common page. To keep things private, use Personal Message. You can iclude any number of people at the same time.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited February 2019 Posts: 7,021
    Everything posted on a user s activity page, pops up on the common page.
    This is true.

    To keep things private, use Personal Message. You can iclude any number of people at the same time.
    I'd have to say it's not quite an issue of privacy for me. The point is that it's comfortable for each user to have their own page, where conversations can take place regarding that user's own posted content (text, images, videos, whatever). The experience just wouldn't be the same in a forum thread like the free chat one, in which you can't follow an individual user's history like you can in an activity page. You'd just get a big messy salad of posts. Private messaging isn't the same either as it doesn't provide the features and format of a user activity page.
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    edited February 2019 Posts: 3,000
    Good to know that the Activity Page is open for business again, as I was still under the impression that we weren’t allowed to post there. As @ClarkDevlin said, there’s something more personal about having a conversation on someone’s own Activity Page. It’s more personal because it’s on their profile, but still public so anyone can join in. I also enjoy being able to personalize my Activity Page by posting content I like and want people to see when they visit my profile. It’s sort of like the MI6community equivalent of a Facebook page.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Was the activity point at any point not open for business then?
    Shows how little interest most of us, mods, actually have in that page. ;-)
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Was the activity point at any point not open for business then?
    Shows how little interest most of us, mods, actually have in that page. ;-)

    Yes I had posts and entire conversations deleted and was told it was because the mod team was trying to keep the page cleaned up. Glad it’s open again!
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
    edited February 2019 Posts: 7,582
    There was a point where the activity page was so overrun by chatter between half a dozen members that we couldn’t monitor it.

    As you can imagine the page shows us (for example) when new members join (and we can check’em out), and when members change their profile pictures ( we check that these are ok to use).

    So, when we asked for a little less of the Facebook style usage it was only so we could monitor things a bit better. Or at least that’s the idea.

    There’s no hard fast rule here, so we don’t implement it too strictly . That’s why there is no consistency.

    So please do use it, but bear with us if we clean it up at times.

    As for @mattjoes original point, I’m not sure what did happen there.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    *Removed off topic discussion. Sorry fellas, wrong thread.*
  • CASINOROYALECASINOROYALE Somewhere hot
    Posts: 1,003
    Serious question...

    I am on an iPhone and it’s really annoying attempting to constantly write out spoiler tags and swift through tags in the Bond 25 production thread.


    Two options.

    First, BOND 25 PRODUCTION THREAD (no spoiler tags)

    BOND 25 Discussion (spoiler tags only)...


    Or make the following.

    Bond 25 production thread

    Bond 25 Spoiler thread (No spoiler tags)


    It would make it so much easier for everyone to discuss photos/videos and leaked info without constantly doing that.

    Why do people even visit the production thread but get mad when they see set photos?
  • 007Blofeld007Blofeld In the freedom of the West.
    Posts: 3,126
    Serious question...

    I am on an iPhone and it’s really annoying attempting to constantly write out spoiler tags and swift through tags in the Bond 25 production thread.


    Two options.

    First, BOND 25 PRODUCTION THREAD (no spoiler tags)

    BOND 25 Discussion (spoiler tags only)...


    Or make the following.

    Bond 25 production thread

    Bond 25 Spoiler thread (No spoiler tags)


    It would make it so much easier for everyone to discuss photos/videos and leaked info without constantly doing that.

    Why do people even visit the production thread but get mad when they see set photos?

    Because they are bored and dying for news
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited March 2019 Posts: 24,184
    @CASINOROYALE

    As requested by you:
    https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/19099/bond-25-spoilers-allowed-production-thread?new=1

    Please feel free to drop the first comments in that thread. :)
  • 007Blofeld007Blofeld In the freedom of the West.
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  • CASINOROYALECASINOROYALE Somewhere hot
    Posts: 1,003
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @CASINOROYALE

    As requested by you:
    https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/19099/bond-25-spoilers-allowed-production-thread?new=1

    Please feel free to drop the first comments in that thread. :)

    Thanks!!

  • edited March 2019 Posts: 4
    I keep getting banned even though ive done nothing wrong. I think I learnt how to not duplicate quotes now so please stop banning me. I have never been offensive or done anything bad to keep banning me for your amusement. t's so childish of the moderators and quite frankly, disheartening. I was banned the first time for simply replying too many times or something. Ive not posted anything spoilery or anything, so not sure whats wrong ?
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
    Posts: 7,582
    Hi all.

    Just to put this Gareth business to bed, we have always attempted to help him and offer support so that he would and could use these forums correctly. When he posted fan posters in the Production thread we steered him to the right place. When he posted ideas for Bond 25 titles we steered him to the right place.

    How did he react?

    He argued the points and went back to posting everything in the Production thread.

    When he multi posted we tried to help him understand how the edit worked, but he continued to multi post, and argue with the mods as he went along.

    The final straw was when he announced he was leaving the forums for good and I helped him along with the ban button. Had he waited he would have received an email explaining it was an initial 7 day suspension, which could have easily been revoked.

    Then the multiple accounts began to drop in. Which proved to us that we were right about him all along. We now have to refer this to the admin team to take further action.

    Apologies for everyone sucked into this. Hopefully we don't come across as too draconian.

    And before anyone says it, Gareth was not an April fools gag. ;)
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    NicNac wrote: »
    Hi all.

    Just to put this Gareth business to bed, we have always attempted to help him and offer support so that he would and could use these forums correctly. When he posted fan posters in the Production thread we steered him to the right place. When he posted ideas for Bond 25 titles we steered him to the right place.

    How did he react?

    He argued the points and went back to posting everything in the Production thread.

    When he multi posted we tried to help him understand how the edit worked, but he continued to multi post, and argue with the mods as he went along.

    The final straw was when he announced he was leaving the forums for good and I helped him along with the ban button. Had he waited he would have received an email explaining it was an initial 7 day suspension, which could have easily been revoked.

    Then the multiple accounts began to drop in. Which proved to us that we were right about him all along. We now have to refer this to the admin team to take further action.

    Apologies for everyone sucked into this. Hopefully we don't come across as too draconian.

    And before anyone says it, Gareth was not an April fools gag. ;)

    But in a way, he was ;-)
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    Ah, yes. I guess you are right about that.
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    Now that the person who started the Brexit thread torpedoed his own thread, can the mods please start a new thread dedicated to Brexit?
  • edited April 2019 Posts: 19,339
    Now that the person who started the Brexit thread torpedoed his own thread, can the mods please start a new thread dedicated to Brexit?


    You have something to say to me? You’re not even British and I have defended you on here before MOD EDIT: angry comments discussed and apologised for.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,976
    As previously stated, we took that opportunity to go in a politics-free direction for the foreseeable future. It's been proven time and time again that politics don't really work here, much like other threads.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Supported!
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    As previously stated, we took that opportunity to go in a politics-free direction for the foreseeable future. It's been proven time and time again that politics don't really work here, much like other threads.

    Good. No more politics on MI6.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    "Democracy."
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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Very good! :D
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