The New WATMM: What Do You Want?

  On 8/26/2016 at 6:10 PM, Joyrex said:

The new forum software does exactly that - you can quote an entire post, or simply highlight the bits you want, and it will give you the option to quote the part you highlighted.

Yeah the quoting system in the new IPB is definitely a step up from the current one - Actually the whole WYSIWYG posting system is pretty ace, looking forward to seeing it on here!

somewhere to talk about EPs and singles

standard 1st post templates for releases

better search functionality for finding archived releases related to:artist, release, date, label, genre etc.

the ability to go back and link discog pages to posts about releases, or update the original data in 1st post.

Edited August 26, 2016 by chassis

5 star rating system for what Watmm thinks of a specific release?

 

Custom emoticon submission for every 1 year/1000 posts/other criteria?

  On 8/27/2016 at 12:05 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

5 star rating system for what Watmm thinks of a specific release?

 

 

we already have that, dont we

  On 8/27/2016 at 12:51 AM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 12:05 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

5 star rating system for what Watmm thinks of a specific release?

 

we already have that, dont we

 

 

do we? lol

afaik there's 5 star rating on New Releases subforum threads, I'm on mobile now and cant check it

Edited August 27, 2016 by ThatSpanishGuy

  On 8/26/2016 at 12:27 AM, mcbpete said:

Yeah in the New Topic button, you'd maybe like highlight which sub-forums you'd want the post to go in. The danger of course being some crazy person spamming their latest release by highlighting every bloody subforum !

Just tag the thread with Aphex twin and it could pop up in both places?

Chat takes very long to load on my ipad, and I'd like watmm radio soon.

Watmm radio is a cool idea as long as someone (or a few) can commit to running it. Otherwise it could just die out after the initial excitement

  On 8/26/2016 at 11:49 PM, chassis said:

 

standard 1st post templates for releases

 

This is a neat idea !

This may be a feature already and I just don't know about it, but the choice to ignore a thread for good (won't see it in thread listings). Some button where you can just forever rid yourself of scrolling past a thread you'll never visit.

fix chatmm loading time

 

nice tits thread

what about ugly tits thread

Heck yes

  On 8/27/2016 at 1:56 PM, fletcher said:

Watmm radio is a cool idea as long as someone (or a few) can commit to running it. Otherwise it could just die out after the initial excitement

 

Could round-up some of the other more notable internet radio broadcasts and archives of those broadcasts and play them as well. Would need to get permission obviously but I don't think that would be too difficult. 

WATMMPoints: Our own virtual currency so we can exchange them for digital goodies from our favorite artists such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, etc.

  On 8/26/2016 at 4:40 PM, Joyrex said:

 

 

 

try again bt with sum1 else's coins?

Edited August 28, 2016 by Redruth

Well, joyrex, if enough time goes by, like two years, then you should tell us what the plans were!

 

  Quote

 

 

The new forum software does exactly that - you can quote an entire post, or simply highlight the bits you want, and it will give you the option to quote the part you highlighted.

Do you mean just copy+pasting it into the quote thing (like I just did) or something else?

Edited August 28, 2016 by Brisbot

  On 8/27/2016 at 8:01 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 1:56 PM, fletcher said:

Watmm radio is a cool idea as long as someone (or a few) can commit to running it. Otherwise it could just die out after the initial excitement

Could round-up some of the other more notable internet radio broadcasts and archives of those broadcasts and play them as well. Would need to get permission obviously but I don't think that would be too difficult.

If you tag your creations with #watmm_radio it could be added to a rolling playlist.

 

Also chatmm compilations on there

  On 8/26/2016 at 11:49 PM, chassis said:

somewhere to talk about EPs and singles

standard 1st post templates for releases

better search functionality for finding archived releases related to:artist, release, date, label, genre etc.

the ability to go back and link discog pages to posts about releases, or update the original data in 1st post.

EPs and Singles - I don't see why they wouldn't go in New Releases - perhaps with a tag or topic prefix?

Agreed on the 1st post template - I think there was an addon to do this... I'll look into it.

Sadly, the search even on the new forum isn't much better than what we have (although we do have a Google Search as an option right now), but there is a lot more you can do with the new forum/site software that might make a custom search possible.

I like the idea of a Discogs link being standard for releases - the only issue might be is when something is NOT on Discogs (does that ever happen)?

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 1:11 AM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

afaik there's 5 star rating on New Releases subforum threads, I'm on mobile now and cant check it

The mobile skin will go away - the new forum/site is responsive, meaning the forum will reformat depending on your device/screen size. Things like that should be consistent across platforms.

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 12:49 PM, chim said:

Chat takes very long to load on my ipad, and I'd like watmm radio soon.

As mentioned, this is an issue with the currently hosted chat, and should go away with the new forum software, and we may implement a 3rd party chat instead if the integration is there.

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 1:56 PM, fletcher said:

Watmm radio is a cool idea as long as someone (or a few) can commit to running it. Otherwise it could just die out after the initial excitement

Totally agree - we will need people to keep the programming fresh, with a mixture of live stuff and pre-recorded material.

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 6:49 PM, spratters said:

This may be a feature already and I just don't know about it, but the choice to ignore a thread for good (won't see it in thread listings). Some button where you can just forever rid yourself of scrolling past a thread you'll never visit.

There is an Ignore Topics addon for the new forum software...

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 8:01 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 1:56 PM, fletcher said:

Watmm radio is a cool idea as long as someone (or a few) can commit to running it. Otherwise it could just die out after the initial excitement

 

Could round-up some of the other more notable internet radio broadcasts and archives of those broadcasts and play them as well. Would need to get permission obviously but I don't think that would be too difficult. 

 

Hmmm... not a bad idea, but I'd rather curate our own content first and foremost if at all possible.

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 8:04 PM, logakght said:

WATMMPoints: Our own virtual currency so we can exchange them for digital goodies from our favorite artists such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, etc.

Only issue with this I see is how to pay for the digital goodies...

 

  On 8/28/2016 at 5:32 PM, Brisbot said:

Well, joyrex, if enough time goes by, like two years, then you should tell us what the plans were!

 

 

  Quote

 

 

The new forum software does exactly that - you can quote an entire post, or simply highlight the bits you want, and it will give you the option to quote the part you highlighted.

Do you mean just copy+pasting it into the quote thing (like I just did) or something else?

LOL, it's already been a year (I think) since I started hinting at a collaboration...

 

RE; Quoting - you highlight text in a post, and a small tooltip pops up giving you a "quote this" link that auto-populates the Quick Reply box...

 

  On 8/28/2016 at 10:12 PM, fletcher said:

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 8:01 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 8/27/2016 at 1:56 PM, fletcher said:

Watmm radio is a cool idea as long as someone (or a few) can commit to running it. Otherwise it could just die out after the initial excitement

Could round-up some of the other more notable internet radio broadcasts and archives of those broadcasts and play them as well. Would need to get permission obviously but I don't think that would be too difficult.

If you tag your creations with #watmm_radio it could be added to a rolling playlist.

 

Also chatmm compilations on there

 

I like the idea of tagging integration, although there should be some gatekeeper or queue to approve submissions (just to avoid people spamming their stuff). Since WATMM Radio will be a home-grown app, this should be possible.

 

100% agree on the CHATMM Compilations being in there. I can't wait to start having "create a bumper" contests!

to not have to pay to use.

 

 

maybe one nominal fee, none of that recurring payment bs

Edited August 30, 2016 by impotentwhitecapitalist

Pay it, beaner. You've leeched for way too long.

  On 8/26/2016 at 1:17 AM, IOS said:

 

  On 8/25/2016 at 9:41 PM, Joyrex said:

The forums alone will bring lots of changes (far too many to detail right now in this post), but what would you, the WATMM community, like to see? Think of this as a "can we fix" or "could we have" bug/feature request, so hopefully the most good and reasonable ideas can be researched and tested.

 

Would you consider switching to a tree-like thread layout (like reddit), as opposed to the current linear layout? I'm thinking that message indentation helps a lot with readability, you don't have to quote much text, et cetera.

 

 

pls no

Don't do it, please don't do it.

  On 8/30/2016 at 1:13 AM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

to not have to pay to use.

 

 

maybe one nominal fee, none of that recurring payment bs

That's not going to change, ever - I paid out of my pocket to run the site for 10 years, there is no reason I should foot the bill for others to use a service provided to them. As discussed upthread, I am open to a one-time "Lifetime" subscription, but would have to weigh the costs, as well as what having such an option would do to long-term revenue so the site could still maintain itself financially.

 

Being a white capitalist that happens to be impotent, you of all people should appreciate that