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    The status feed will be reenabled shortly. I would like to apologize to those who were using the status feed as intended to post short updates.

     

    Shitposting continues to be a serious issue that we will be addressing in the near future. For now, the most serious violators are warned to back down from posting in the status feed, lest they are infracted for violations of rule 5 before we are able to make a final decision on the situation. Thank you for your cooperation.

  6. Posted

    Note that status updates are not completely removed in their current state. As it currently stands, you can still access status updates for the community globally via a special page, and you can choose to friend users and thus receive notifications when they post a new status update. Given these options, and how status updates were serving as a dumping ground for posts not even measuring up to the low standards of TIAM, I am strongly in favor of making the change permanent.

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    The main pro in upgrading early is in letting you guys test it to get acclimated to it and possibly find some bugs that need to be fixed. The final release will probably be smoother, but not by much. The benefit to upgrading is that certain bugs currently being encountered will probably be fixed.

     

    Since I don't expect there to be many themes or plugins available on launch, we will be losing our current themes and certain extra functionality like Steam logins and our donation manager, so it doesn't really make a difference as to when we upgrade as far as that goes.

  12. Posted

    It's an RC, so updates shouldn't fuck anything over, and I will make a backup and check that everything is working before finalizing anything destructive, so hopefully that shouldn't be an issue.

     

    I'm more concerned about users with Steam logins since those will have to be all changed over and verified or else people might be locked out of their accounts.

  13. Posted

    IPS just released the first release candidate, so a release is near.

     

    We basically have two options on this:

    • upgrade to the release candidates and each one after that
    • upgrade to the final release

    As part of deciding which path to take, I'd like your input. Also, if you log into your account via Steam, please post here - the upgrade may involve migrating you to a regular forum account so that you can still log in after the upgrade.

  22. Posted

    I feel like such a tragic event deserves more than a simple acknowledgement, so here goes.

     

    For as long as I've been on the Internet, it's been natural to see people come and go, some quietly and some very loudly, but that's just how everything in life goes. Even I myself didn't expect to be a part of this community as long as I have, knowing my own history, but I've been around long enough to see plenty of members come and go.

     

    For all that I've been a part of, I've never had to confront the possibility that someone would so suddenly depart, permanently and with no chance to return. Of course, nobody ever does because of the nature of the Internet, where nothing ever truly dies, but is simply forgotten to most. It feels even more surreal because of how separated the Internet is from real life, leading most of us to believe in them as two completely separate realms.

     

    That brings us to now, where one of our own has had to depart life suddenly and at a relatively young age. I can't claim to have known XYTWO too well beyond the server I once ran and the forums I still run, but from the times I did have with him he was always a great friend to have, committed, active, and fun. He made more than enough of an impact here to make the members of this forum acutely aware when he disappeared during this tragic course of events.

     

    It's no understatement to say that he's made his mark, and his presence will be sorely missed. His passing reminds us that at the end of the day, all we can hope to do is have made enough of a good impact when it is time for us to finally move on.

     

    Thus, we bid farewell to you, James "XYTWO" Lebowitz. Your impact on the people here will never be forgotten and will continue with us to the end of time, and when it is time for us to join you beyond the mortal coil, all that we can hope for is to have measured up to you.

     

    Rest in peace, dear friend.

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  25. Posted

    A few clarifications...

     

    First, as to how it would be implemented - IP.Blog is a separate component of the IPS suite, so in order to add it we'd need to pay the license fee and ongoing maintenance fees. That's not really an issue though as me and Binary have agreed to cover the costs of buying it if there is enough interest, and the maintenance fee is not too bad (and we can always deactivate it later if it's not being used).

     

    As to usage... it's obvious that it does conflict with certain ways the forums are being used right now. It certainly would impact TIAM and could be construed as a longer version of status updates, sure. However, based on what I remember from the preview of IPS4, it's pretty clear to me that blogs will offer more flexibility in presenting content with features like privacy settings included.

     

    At the end of the day, I think that it can offer some interesting possibilities in the future, but it's up to you all to decide - I'm just offering the option.

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