Off theme posts in games

art65   I can't properly answer for admin but this looks like one of the seemingly simple asks that's a pain to code. 

There's some code somewhere for staff accounts to be able to bury posts - and that's pretty easy, if the account has this flag, turn on that code, allow delete. Then you need to make that appear for accounts which don't have the flag, either if they own a group, or it's in a group where thread starter can moderate posts to their thread; and you probably need to be able to take that away from people who abuse it. And every time you pull up a thread you need some more complex logic to see if the viewer gets temporary admin rights.

There is a stock answer I've used "This feature would be beneficial, but not sufficient to justify the effort" 

Sensual Art said

Obvious cases like "...from the previous poster" would also fall into this category.  Ditto "something yellow", or "SFW".

Other cases become far too blurred, though.  I'd agree, but with caution.

Just so :)

ClickMore 📷 said

I love it when the alternate Landscape Potrait format game has people posting square images.

Haha that is clever :)

Bergman Greenstreet said

I feel your pain. I see a few more images have appeared, since you started this thread, which are not profiles.

The reason for my latest question :)

CalmNudes said

art65   I can't properly answer for admin but this looks like one of the seemingly simple asks that's a pain to code. 

There's some code somewhere for staff accounts to be able to bury posts - and that's pretty easy, if the account has this flag, turn on that code, allow delete. Then you need to make that appear for accounts which don't have the flag, either if they own a group, or it's in a group where thread starter can moderate posts to their thread; and you probably need to be able to take that away from people who abuse it. And every time you pull up a thread you need some more complex logic to see if the viewer gets temporary admin rights.

There is a stock answer I've used "This feature would be beneficial, but not sufficient to justify the effort" 

I wondered if that might be the case? :)

Bergman Greenstreet said

I feel your pain. I see a few more images have appeared, since you started this thread, which are not profiles.

To play devil's advocate, perhaps "In Profile" would have been a better description?

Gothic Image said

Bergman Greenstreet said

I feel your pain. I see a few more images have appeared, since you started this thread, which are not profiles.

To play devil's advocate, perhaps "In Profile" would have been a better description?

In all honesty I don't think it would have made a scrap of difference :p

art65 said

Gothic Image said

Bergman Greenstreet said

I feel your pain. I see a few more images have appeared, since you started this thread, which are not profiles.

To play devil's advocate, perhaps "In Profile" would have been a better description?

In all honesty I don't think it would have made a scrap of difference :p

It's got to be worth a try.

A support ticket to Admin can get it renamed.

One might argue that your "game" is itself off theme. Its a simple image posting thread. How is it a "game"?

Threads like Post something similar, Gems among the randoms, and a few others, have a certain game element to them. They are good.

But most threads in games seem devoid of any game element to me.

At least your thread has a theme I suppose. Even harder to see as games are things like post your latest image, last loved etc.

I suppose "game" is a difficult word to define. But if I was moderator of the group there would be a huge cull. Or perhaps a bulk transfer to the love shack.

I think the PP 'Game' department is perhaps using the word in its fullest sense, as something to participate in, to amuse, to entertain,and to give pleasure.

philsphotos said

One might argue that your "game" is itself off theme. Its a simple image posting thread. How is it a "game"?

Threads like Post something similar, Gems among the randoms, and a few others, have a certain game element to them. They are good.

But most threads in games seem devoid of any game element to me.

At least your thread has a theme I suppose. Even harder to see as games are things like post your latest image, last loved etc.

I suppose "game" is a difficult word to define. But if I was moderator of the group there would be a huge cull. Or perhaps a bulk transfer to the love shack.

The original game (that I'm aware of) was initiated by Jodine on net-model, who created it as a little oasis of positivity when the forums on there were going through one of their toxic phases.

"Let's play a little game - mods and togs" I think was her name, and it was simply to "post your favourite image from the person before you".  The game here is of course that it encourages people to look at each other's portfolios and pick a "best" or "favourite".

That of course has been extended here to "post your favourite portrait", "post your favourite mono" etc, all from the previous poster, and then became "post your favourite" on some theme, but from your own portfolio.  In my mind, that cheapened the whole game idea, and although I dip into them occasionally just to look and even more occasionally to post, I get very few loves that way, as it's entirely self-selected by the image owner, so serves no better function that Recent Images or the shout box.

A bulk transfer of threads to some other group (blow your own trumpet, perhaps) would be awesome, but it'd still have the same issue that the OP is talking about here, which is that people will just post anything, regardless of the stated theme.