A little birdie tells me there could be some changes coming...
I'd like to ask everyone to leave their suggestions or what they'd like to see incorporated here to make it more user friendly, would encourage you to participate more, or just make it a better place to hang out.
I'll collect them all and then forward them on to the Powers That Be and hopefully some of them will be worked in!
Coffee, comfy chairs, wi-fi and mood music. Works for Starbucks :-)
Seriously, the only reason anyone comes to this web site is because they love the band. So, occasional interactive chat sessions with band members maybe?
More people on here, this is probably the quietest band forum I go on..... but then you don't want it too big 'cos it gets all "clicky" and spammed all the time..... I'm never happy! lol
I'd maybe look at swapping things round a bit with the layout. I'm energy efficient (lazy!) so I tend to just look at the latest posts, at the top, rather than looking through the sections at the bottom. Otherwise I think it's pretty well laid out, very easy and simple to use and not cluttered like some other forums.... keep up the good work forum peeps :-)
I agree with Shez, I would like to see more activity. Although, I don't really have too much authority on that seeing as I just made my account five minutes ago. BUT I've been a fan for ages, so that helps...?
i'd like to see some boobies
no, but seriously though, i agree with Shez like 90%. i like that this forum isn't full of spam, trolls, or trendies. this forum does what it needs to do - keep the fans informed. if anything i'd like to see more news/activity on the main news page
Thanks for the comments, guys.
I'm thinking of features on the site like ability to post pics (we can post pics of shows or us with the band), ability to see or delete sent PMs, maybe a directory where we can see who the other members and/or admins/mods are, maybe "who's online," post counts, etc.
Hopefully as we hear about the new album, it will attract more people to the forum. But please feel free to link to the board wherever you can...Facebook, other message boards (most music boards have an area for "other" bands) tumblr and other blogs, etc.
Keep the comments coming!
I love all of those suggestions, especially the idea of posting pictures. Perhaps you could even consider creating a section just for our concert pictures and videos?
I think there needs to be an easier way to make profile pictures. Like not having to go to another website to do it.
I like my icon. But I can understand why some people don't so I agree with this guy here.
I like the idea of more interaction with the band, if they would be willing. I think it would definitely help drive traffic. I believe Steven handles/handled the myspace stuff. Perhaps he would be willing to dabble a bit on here?...
Icon change made easier and a pictures section would be really good, I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to gig pictures and, although I'm only in the "point & shoot" corner I still love taking pics & posting them.
more pics of the band please, and i agree interacting with them would also be amazing.
Yeah more band interaction. Sure the guys, and gal, are very busy but it'd be nice to have them pop in once in a while to say hi and whatnot. Maybe some contests like best replication of Darren's mustache scores some tickets to a gig, something creative. Maybe just more band updates. Whatever works for me. :)
how about friendly banter....woops sorry i forgot that was banished along with the prohibition.
@ jamesmonzon1 -- Maybe some contests like best replication of Darren's mustache-- that is a riot! Too bad he shaved it! Still a great idea!
Another forum that I'm a moderator for has the ability of being able to set up notifications when someone has replied to a topic you started or contributed to, would that be possible with the set up here?
you can subscribe to topics via RSS feeds.. handy :)
in terms of changes to the forum, I'd like the ability to delete or edit my own posts.
Also, a "who's online" feature would be cool.
it'd also be great if we could have some kind of signature/bottom banner to make our posts even more unique/tell people more about ourselves! :)
I'd like it if, for every new post, someone hits Bono in the face with an oar.
It's not that I hate Bono, I'm just heavily invested in arrogant sunglasses.
Why an oar? Why not something more relevant? Like his guitar. Two birds with one stone kind of thing. However, I don't actually listen to U2, so I'm not very qualified to judge on this matter.
Though, I do know how very popular they are, perhaps they are quite good and don't deserve to be bludgeoned with an oar nor a guitar?
The visual imagery of an oar amuses me. Plus, very likely to break the sunglasses. Also, you could time it at just the right point of "with or without you" for a little absurdity and wordplay. I can't use a bat because he'll just take it as a sign to do a Batman related Broadway musical.
Oh ho ho, I see that these times are achangin'. We even have fancy online/offline indicators now. But I've been meaning to ask, how do we view profiles? It helps me keep track of who is who.
White dress, you're very observant! ;) Exciting, isn't it?
I saw that viewing profiles had been accidentally disabled a couple of weeks ago and I have already alerted the webmaster. Hopefully we'll have that function back soon, just hang in there!
I noticed the online/offline thing too, but then I had this moment of "How long has that been there? Is it new or am I just really unobservant?" glad to know I'm not crazy! But, I like it :)
Hey guys, some updates to give you! :)
You can now delete your sent PMs! Once you send a PM, you can't recall it, so the recipient will still get the PM but you can delete it from your sent PMs. Also, I hated that the line breaks weren't automatic, so you can now return and double space and it will actually do it without html codes! And, some of you have noticed that if you don't title a PM the recipient cannot open it (they always had to click on the subject line). But now that's fixed, too! You can click on the little envelope icon to open the PM if the PM doesn't have a subject line.
Last thing, you can now view member profiles by clicking on their member link just below where it shows your offline/online status, as well as clicking on their name from the who's online area on the right side of the page.
How sad is it that I'm so excited about these improvements?? :D
hey admin
actually this has none to do with the update but as you can see I made up a german forum to have a better conversation with other germans in this forum. Although I got no replies since I hope there will be some in the future. Maybe this is a good idea for fans from all over the world wich cannot speak perfect English to have good talks here. And it's also a bit atvertisment for the german forum ;)
The fans who can't speak English very well? You mean the Americans?
Hey, I can speak American real good like.
Ok thank you for the jokes.
I saw onetime a girl from Brasilia who excuse herself for her bad english.
But ok if the american guys want to have their own forum xD
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