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The Blue Dot
DekuStick
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The Blue Dot before a thread title is a very helpful little thing that helps me keep track of what I've posted in. I love it and have no idea how we lived without it before. However in threads that come and go such as Smash Bros threads you'll generally have the first couple pages filled with filler posts with a little (blue dotting) message.
Now when you open a thread and go to thread tools and select subscribe to thread it does it's thing but sadly does not give a dot. Often there are threads I just want to follow and not exactly contribute to and the blue dot would work wonders. It would be great if using Thread Tools > Subscribe added a blue dot. This would save wading through the user panel.
Now when you open a thread and go to thread tools and select subscribe to thread it does it's thing but sadly does not give a dot. Often there are threads I just want to follow and not exactly contribute to and the blue dot would work wonders. It would be great if using Thread Tools > Subscribe added a blue dot. This would save wading through the user panel.
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I mean, it's equally, if not more annoying that posts proclaiming, "bump'.
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its true! as a lurker i wholeheartedly support this. I generally don't have much to contribute anyway. see: this post
Having a blue dot marked as a priority thing would be a little handy, however, why not just unsubscribe to to threads you aren't really following anymore?
Well the idea is that it will cut down on that. Making it a little easier for people to follow threads without having to roll through the User Panel.
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Is the idea to cut down on time spent unsubscribing to threads? Isn't that only a problem if people resurrect dead threads though?
I'm just saying it makes things easier when you're browsing forums to see a Blue Dot you placed that shows you put interest into a thread. Thread titles can change and what not. It's cutting down on time spent in your user panel sifting through threads you've subscribed to. If you're browsing G&T you can look and see Blue Dots in threads you've posted in thats great. But you can't see everything you've subscribed to. What I'm really asking for is some identification to threads you've shown interest in without going into the user panel.
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I would also be interested in a way to remove the blue dot. There are some threads that I was interested in when they started, but now they've gotten to a point where the topic isn't anything I want anything to do with (for whatever reason), and removing the blue dot would be nice.
I say it would be nice, because it's not necessary. I've been managing just by ignoring it when it's with a thread I don't want to follow anymore and that works just fine. I did try unsubscribing from a thread, but it didn't change the blue dot back to the full yellow. Maybe I just did it wrong or am remembering wrong--that's possible.
It's a pretty common thing amongst all forums.
The trick is that PA's color scheme is very high-contrast and such, making it easy to identify. However, most software only turns on that flag if you post in a thread.
the EASIEST way to implement what people are saying is to have the flag for subscribing to a thread match the posting in a thread icon, or maybe have some subtle differences (like shading). This will get confusing, though, once you have a post where you have both subscribed and posted in.
Also, keep in mind that double-clicking on the dot marks a thread as read/unread. So you can't use that to subscribe.
Can we get "Blue dot" posts flagged under the same rule as the "In before the lock" shit (which hasn't been used in lord knows how long, but that just goes to show that the clamp on it worked)?
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Just please don't stop the threads completely; as much as I have no interest in Street Fighter or 9/11 conspiracy theories, I do want to discuss Smash Brothers....
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I assume it's not entirely limited to the Brawl thread, and if it is it isn't exactly kill-the-thread-and-everyone-in-it-I-told-you-guys-I-would-do-this -worthy.
Basically some people in the first few pages are dropping relatively short posts expressing opinions on the last update or the game in general, with the words "blue dot" spoilered.
I need to deal with the performance issues before I even consider purple-dot or whatever it ends up being.
To the public: Sorry I didn't check-in with tube first before expressing my opposing view. While I feel differently than him on this issue, his is the opinion that counts on this matter. Consider it an official rule, that posting in a thread just to add a blue dot is unacceptable and punishable behavior.
That and don't just put the words 'blue dot' or 'blue dot poast' anywhere in it.
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I certainly wouldn't go around looking for it like some forum back seat moderator but if the post only contains Blue Dot or doesn't contribute to the thread at all then I guess we could report it. Seems like a waste of time for our mods to go around slapping infractions for it. The idea of my thread wasn't to crack down on Blue Dotters but to consider the idea of having an indicator without actually posting in the thread.
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For me it locks the thread. :P
It tends to happen in threads that are... stupid. This is why we've had to threaten to take the stupid thread away recently.
Last I checked, double-clicking threads didn't do anything. Double-clicking Forums marked them read. If I recall, it's due to the fact that Mods double-click threads to lock them that us normal forum people cannot use a double-click to mark threads as read.
You are correct on both points.