basicwiz opened this issue on Mar 25, 2015 · 69 posts
basicwiz posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 1:32 AM
Wondering how that works...
If I deactivate my account here, will I still be able to get at the store and the things I have purchased? Or does that lock me out of the whole site?
LaurieA posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 4:17 AM
Aw Doug, not you too...
Laurie
WandW posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 6:17 AM
:(
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primorge posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 6:37 AM
Good question bwizzy (grins), one I've wondered myself. In all seriousness though, seems like most of the people I like on this forum (regardless if they like me back, lol) are contemplating jumping ship. Darned depressing. Maybe just stepping back and putting any personal emotions aside would help? I mean, I've contemplated it too, several times... but objectively I'd like to have more options than less. Quitting would be less. Not to mention that the complexity involved with deleting my account always makes me say "ahhh, screw it."
Don't go, basic... pretty please?
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 6:53 AM
Well at least he won't be able to hiss at me anymore, so to be honest, I'm not that bothered if this one leaves.
hornet3d posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 6:55 AM
Good question bwizzy (grins), one I've wondered myself. In all seriousness though, seems like most of the people I like on this forum (regardless if they like me back, lol) are contemplating jumping ship. Darned depressing. Maybe just stepping back and putting any personal emotions aside would help? I mean, I've contemplated it too, several times... but objectively I'd like to have more options than less. Quitting would be less. Not to mention that the complexity involved with deleting my account always makes me say "ahhh, screw it."
Don't go, basic... pretty please?
I would say I am very much in the same boat and I doubt I would de-activate my account but just leave it in limbo in case I needed it. Coming here is depressing though it is like watching something dying a slow death and part of you wants to either kill it off or walk away.
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primorge posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 6:56 AM
Pumeco, give it a break.
primorge posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:03 AM
@ Hornet3d, In my case I don't frequent other forums (although I'm a member at most) and all of my artist friends on Facebook are all die-hard traditional artists that don't understand cg (or worse, are opposed) so I can't really discuss there. So... here I is.
primorge posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:13 AM
Just want to clarify, pumeco. My above assessment doesn't indicate that I don't enjoy our discussions... ok, enough ot.
EClark1894 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:19 AM
Why does anyone think he's leaving? To be honest, I was wondering the same thing yesterday when Snarly posted, and I'm not going anywhere.
bevans84 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:24 AM
I would guess that your paid content wouldn't be available to you.
As far as the snarky comments-- imagine my surprise. :)
primorge posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:29 AM
Starting to wonder if some form of temper tantrum virus has broken out here on the forum, to be honest. This isn't aimed at anyone particular but it just feels like a streak of irrationality has occured (which I've come to recognize and accept in myself, maybe due to an old severe head injury) from members who once seemed like the level-headed ones. Peculiar. Shrug.
primorge posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:33 AM
...more arguments over dolls... christ.
Male_M3dia posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:37 AM
...more arguments over dolls... christ.
Yes, that shouldn't even have happened years ago. But it did.
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:40 AM
@Clarkie
Sorry, crossposted, and yup, that's exactly what I'm talking about, cheers :-)
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:49 AM
True, Clarkie, so true ... :-D
primorge posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:51 AM
Yikes, outta these chum-filled waters...(grabs rubber ducky). Lol.
AmbientShade posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:53 AM
Stop derailing threads. All of you.
Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that.
WandW posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:55 AM
Yikes, outta these chum-filled waters...(grabs rubber ducky). Lol.
The suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts....
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pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:55 AM
Put my posts back, NOW.
Male_M3dia posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 7:58 AM
Stop derailing threads. All of you.
Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that.
OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?
LaurieA posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:02 AM
An example of what needs to be fixed is right here in this forum. To the admin: stop bootstrapping the mods and let them BAN who they feel they need to. After all, it's what you HIRED them for.
To basicwiz: I would imagine that you would not have access to your past purchases. How else would you log in to get them?
Laurie
WandW posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:07 AM
I was just about to post the same thing, Laurie!
I had considered applying for Moderator last time around, but I'm glad I didn't; a truly thankless job here... :(
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"Oh - the manual says that? I have never read the manual - this must be why."
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:11 AM
Decisions have to be made jointly, and that's the sensible way to do it because it aids in preventing corruption, it's not 100% reliable because the moderators could still scheme together if they're friends enough with one another, but it's better than nothing.
You can't have any moderator, good or bad, taking things into their own hands by making solo decisions.
So no, moderators should not be able to just ban whoever they like.
LaurieA posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:17 AM
They also don't need to be undermined at every turn by an admin who don't see the day to day bullshit that goes on in this forum. Shane and the coords are figureheads only unless the admin gives them some power. If they don't, they have no clout and whiney bawl babies like some will jump up and down and demand that their posts are more valid than everyone elses simply because they made them. It's the kinds of crap that makes other members not want to come here - for newbies to be afraid to post else they get a smartass answer. If Renderosity cares more about the troublemakers more than the friendly, helpful members, then they can expect more of the same - an EXODUS. I hope then that they understand that a few BAD members can cost them way more money by allowing these ppl to stay than to get rid of the shit stirrers.
There, I said my peace and I'm not gonna comment again. Just so the admin knows EXACTLY what I think.
Laurie
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:22 AM
The problem is that "babies" need to learn that just because they don't like something, others are still allowed to say things they don't like or agree with.
Adults shouldn't need a dummy or pacifier as they're called, in order to keep things cool.
Adults usually develop the ability to admit when they're wrong, no matter what side of the conversation they're on.
It's when that simple evolutionary step has failed, that arguments tend to start.
structure posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:29 AM Forum Coordinator
Stop derailing threads. All of you.
Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that.
OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?
So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff with emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.
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WandW posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:33 AM
Adults usually develop the ability to admit when they're wrong, no matter what side of the conversation they're on.
It's when that simple evolutionary step has failed, that arguments tend to start.
Between forums and Usenet I've been posting online for 25 years now, and I've seen few take that step; some just need to be knocked upside of the head... :(
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Male_M3dia posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:35 AM
Stop derailing threads. All of you.
Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that.
OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?
So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff wih emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.
It's only a valuable question if everyone is deciding to leave. I don't think that's the case here. And as he was former staff, he should already have the contacts to ask this question directly to them. And the naming calling in this post is precisely why I posted what I did. This is not ok communication so don't use it.
structure posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 8:45 AM Forum Coordinator
Stop derailing threads. All of you.
Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that.
OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?
So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff wih emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.
It's only a valuable question if everyone is deciding to leave. I don't think that's the case here. And as he was former staff, he should already have the contacts to ask this question directly to them.And the naming calling in this post is precisely why I posted what I did. This is not ok communication so don't use it.
a lot of people are leaving / have left, so that makes your statement invalid does it not? your choice of communication, IE email is not a good idea, if you assume everyone wants to leave, (except the 4 consistent posters), would they not all wonder the same thing? So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?
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Male_M3dia posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:07 AM
Stop derailing threads. All of you.
Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that.
OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?
So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff wih emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.
It's only a valuable question if everyone is deciding to leave. I don't think that's the case here. And as he was former staff, he should already have the contacts to ask this question directly to them.And the naming calling in this post is precisely why I posted what I did. This is not ok communication so don't use it.
a lot of people are leaving / have left, so that makes your statement invalid does it not? your choice of communication, IE email is not a good idea, if you assume everyone wants to leave, (except the 4 consistent posters), would they not all wonder the same thing? So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?
Denial of Service attacks because of a few members emailing or PM-ing the staff a question? That's kind of a stretch, but ok if you say so. :)
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:15 AM
"So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?"
LOL, this is a ridiculous comment to make. A, the structure is there to handle emails from site users and B, how many emails a day do you think is actually about asking how to de-activate an account? Maybe 1 or 2 a month? Yes, the site will crash and is actually being run off a usb stick......:) It cannot handle that load....
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:25 AM
On the up side, traffic and posts in the forums are up:) All it takes is an interesting topic such as this and we are back in business:)
structure posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:28 AM Forum Coordinator
Stop derailing threads. All of you.
Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that.
OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?
So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff wih emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.
It's only a valuable question if everyone is deciding to leave. I don't think that's the case here. And as he was former staff, he should already have the contacts to ask this question directly to them.And the naming calling in this post is precisely why I posted what I did. This is not ok communication so don't use it.
a lot of people are leaving / have left, so that makes your statement invalid does it not? your choice of communication, IE email is not a good idea, if you assume everyone wants to leave, (except the 4 consistent posters), would they not all wonder the same thing? So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?
Denial of Service attacks because of a few members emailing or PM-ing the staff a question? That's kind of a stretch, but ok if you say so. :)
I never said a DOS attack, but that's ok, and the point was, if everyone had to email the staff, the staff would either get tied up and nothing on the site would get done or, they would ignore all the emails (probably), or they would assign one or two people to reply to them all. Why is this a difficult concept?
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structure posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:31 AM Forum Coordinator
"So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?"
LOL, this is a ridiculous comment to make. A, the structure is there to handle emails from site users and B, how many emails a day do you think is actually about asking how to de-activate an account? Maybe 1 or 2 a month? Yes, the site will crash and is actually being run off a usb stick......:) It cannot handle that load....
I should have guessed you would be here to back mm up, never fails.
Can you provide FACTUAL figures for your assumption that so few emails are sent on this topic?
I await them with anticipation.
Oh and the point is still valid (sans exaggeration) - Why should it be asked privately? It was a fair question and he has as much right to ask it in the forum as you have to attempt to deride people - more so in fact.
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Glitterati3D posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:35 AM
And, the Gang's all here, celebrating that they have managed to run off Poser people.
One day, when they grow up, their reputation as Poser Killers will be remembered.
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:36 AM
Lol you think this is a type of epidemic since 3 or four users are leaving or asking about de-activating their account here? Really now. I don't need to prove or back up anything because it is common sense that THIS particular topic or question is not really a frequent one. Hell I bet before these Poser vets even mentioned they were leaving, the question did not even cross your mind. And I do not back up people, I back up common sense. Thanks:)
structure posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:39 AM Forum Coordinator
Lol you think this is a type of epidemic since 3 or four users are leaving or asking about de-activating their account here? Really now. I don't need to prove or back up anything because it is common sense that THIS particular topic or question is not really a frequent one. Hell I bet before these Poser vets even mentioned they were leaving, the question did not even cross your mind. And I do not back up people, I back up common sense. Thanks:)
I prefer facts to YOUR "common sense", can you provide figures for the number of people leaving? Do you work for Renderosity? Do you have access to those figures? No?
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pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:41 AM
Yeah, listen peeps, why don't you humans just give each other a big hug and play with Poser instead, and make it a Roxie this time!!!
The words in this one might make you think twice about leaving!!!
Later,
Roxie - Girl With Blade
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:43 AM
Nice one, Roxie, let's hope we see some "Yellow Ribbons".
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:47 AM
I prefer facts to YOUR "common sense", can you provide figures for the number of people leaving?
Do you work for Renderosity? Do you have access to those figures? No?
Why do I need to entertain you? If you don't believe me then why don't you ask the site admins how many emails of this nature they receive? Most people just leave or stop being active on sites without deactivation and just go MIA.
structure posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:50 AM Forum Coordinator
I prefer facts to YOUR "common sense", can you provide figures for the number of people leaving?
Do you work for Renderosity? Do you have access to those figures? No?
Why do I need to entertain you? If you don't believe me then why don't you ask the site admins how many emails of this nature they receive? Most people just leave or stop being active on sites without deactivation and just go MIA.
Because you quoted the figures, not the staff. So all you proved is that you can make up facts on the spot and expect people to believe you.
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Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:52 AM
And, the Gang's all here, celebrating that they have managed to run off Poser people.
One day, when they grow up, their reputation as Poser Killers will be remembered.
Why thank you:) Just doing my bit livening up the activity around here:)
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 9:58 AM
So all you proved is that you can make up facts on the spot and expect people to believe you.
Yes indeed:) I make up things and have no knowledge about anything:) If it makes you happy believing so then please, by all means, have fun:) But this is why people do not post here anymore, because of people like you who use any opportunity to attack people you do not like. No wonder these threads are dying, because you "fanatics" make it very hostile for others.
structure posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:08 AM Forum Coordinator
So all you proved is that you can make up facts on the spot and expect people to believe you.
Yes indeed:) I make up things and have no knowledge about anything:) If it makes you happy believing so then please, by all means, have fun:) But this is why people do not post here anymore, because of people like you who use any opportunity to attack people you do not like. No wonder these threads are dying, because you "fanatics" make it very hostile for others.
you made up these facts... and I am not the one attacking people I don't like, you come in here, as you do in DNA, and attack a comment you take an objection to or one your friends take objection to. You can't blame me here since I rarely even comment on the forums at all, because you, and people like you make it difficult to do so without ending up in a fight. You can play your silly games and make up your facts, and people will just ignore you, and renderosity will just ignore you. Things will continue, people will come and go from the site, and STILL people will want to know if they can have access to their purchases if they deactivate their account, Which is what this topic is actually about, and will not be answered by your made up figures, nor will it be answered by you attempting to start a fight.
So unless you can answer that, I am sorry, your opinion means nothing. Have a nice existence.
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basicwiz posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:17 AM
Shane, how about deleting this thread?
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:18 AM
@Structure
So..For example, I say it is hot outside and is around 35c-40c and cannot give specifics on the exact temperature, does that mean it is not hot outside? Or must the exact temperature be presented in order for you to believe it is hot outside, even though you are sweating from head to toe?
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:21 AM
Shane, how about deleting this thread?
I agree. Lock it:) The members here are childish and cannot have a decent discussion. No wonder threads get locked and people go somewhere else where they can actually have a grown up discussion without people throwing their toys all over the place.
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:21 AM
@Doug
How about not starting it in the first place?
You could have asked admin this question.
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:23 AM
@Doug
How about not staring it in the first place?
You could have asked admin.I agree with this. You know with certain topics that some people will get emotional, and with that knowledge could have just done it privately.
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:28 AM
He did the same in the other thread, had a jab and then asked for the thread to be locked. it's like he thinks it's ok to go around doing stuff and then hoping the moderators will lacky around after him, coming to his rescue, locking and deleting stuff so that people can't respond - so that only he gets a word in.
TT posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:28 AM
hmmm....and what happens here, enlight me, remembering this is the forum you can ask questions, give tips, help each other, all related to Poser program?
"I like my species the way it is."
basicwiz posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:33 AM
Well, look on the bright side guys. I'm gone and you won't have to worry about me any more! :)
Have a nice life.
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:34 AM
True, TT, but there's just some things that are better suited to a PM.
He started a thread that is bound to cause disruption and then wants it deleting after everyone has wasted time on it.
Not trying to be argumentative, but seriously, if he doesn't like disruptive threads such as these, he shouldn't start them.
Being an ex-moderator and all, he should know better.
WandW posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:39 AM
hmmm....and what happens here, enlight me, remembering this is the forum you can ask questions, give tips, help each other, all related to Poser program?
Some just can't resist feeding the trolls. :(
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Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:39 AM
Well, look on the bright side guys. I'm gone and you won't have to worry about me any more! :)
Have a nice life.
Cheers mate. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. No hard feelings:)
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 10:44 AM
Doug Wrote:
"I'm gone and you won't have to worry about me any more! :)"
You flatter yourself, Doug, can't speak for others but I never used to worry about you even when you were here!
dnstuefloten posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 11:01 AM
I have a hard time understanding why people are so annoyed by this forum, to the point of leaving. It's true there are occasional lapses of civility, but this is true everywhere, in life I mean, and I am sure the technical aspects of this forum--the search function, etc--could be improved, and should be improved--but hey, this is still a great place to learn things, get answers to questions, and I personally am delighted by the personalities that creep out between our words, even if I have to wince sometimes at the flailing egos and the virtual tantrums..... Keep it going, I say, and enjoy....
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pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 11:06 AM
Wise words.
FreeBass posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 11:13 AM
Nice.
Someone asks a question, & trolls nuke the place leading to a beloved member of the community jumpin' off, (if not more than one). Give yerselves a good firm pat on the back. With a knife.
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Glitterati3D posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 11:16 AM
I have a hard time understanding why people are so annoyed by this forum, to the point of leaving. It's true there are occasional lapses of civility, but this is true everywhere, in life I mean, and I am sure the technical aspects of this forum--the search function, etc--could be improved, and should be improved--but hey, this is still a great place to learn things, get answers to questions, and I personally am delighted by the personalities that creep out between our words, even if I have to wince sometimes at the flailing egos and the virtual tantrums..... Keep it going, I say, and enjoy....
The problem is right here "this is still a great place to learn things..."
For some of our "teachers" like Snarly and BB, the forum software now prevents them from teaching anything.
And, on top of that, what they have taught us in the past is lost. Search doesn't work on the forum, Google search doesn't work on the forum, and things like BB's shader examples have been turned into useless attachments and renamed so that you can't even search for them.
Their concerns and comments have gone unaddressed and ignored. They were basically shown the door because the things THEY do can no longer be done in this forum software.
There's no reason to stay around.
Morkonan posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 11:18 AM
I have no idea what's going on... I don't even know if I care, since I don't know what all the drama is about.
This is a store. It has a "coffee bar" where customers chat about stuff related to what the store sells. I grant that, on occasion, someone walks into the store that might cause a scene or disruption. But, so what? It's just a "store." Who cares?
Sure, people might make friends with others, here, and that's great. But, if someone makes an enemy, the solution is very simple: Either make up and play nice with that person or avoid interacting with them. It's that simple. It's what healthy and level-headed adults do.
Anyway, enjoy the drama, all, if that's your thing. But, why not, instead, just brush it off, go to a real coffee shop or something, and sit down and relax? It's just "teh interwebz."
Glitterati3D posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 11:38 AM
I have no idea what's going on... I don't even know if I care, since I don't know what all the drama is about.
This is a store. It has a "coffee bar" where customers chat about stuff related to what the store sells. I grant that, on occasion, someone walks into the store that might cause a scene or disruption. But, so what? It's just a "store." Who cares?
Sure, people might make friends with others, here, and that's great. But, if someone makes an enemy, the solution is very simple: Either make up and play nice with that person or avoid interacting with them. It's that simple. It's what healthy and level-headed adults do.
Anyway, enjoy the drama, all, if that's your thing. But, why not, instead, just brush it off, go to a real coffee shop or something, and sit down and relax? It's just "teh interwebz."
Well, I'm quite certain that's exactly what Renderosity see it as. The problem comes in when you purchase something from this "store" and it doesn't work, or you want to use it for something unintended.
People come in this "coffee shop" to learn how to do things purchased from this "store" and the new forum software makes teaching them how to do so impossible.
So, the "teachers" have no reason to stick around.
Zev0 posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 12:12 PM
Did they specifically say their reason for leaving is forum software related?
bagginsbill posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 1:00 PM
Just so we're clear, I didn't say I'm leaving, and I'm still trying to help people.
But I'm doing so far less because it's so annoying.
I don't get ebots, so I spend an extraordinary amount of time manually reviewing posts trying to find where I left off. I'm so tired of doing it that I'm loath to come in at all.
Half the time I attempt to post an image (screen shot, render, etc.) it disappears or appears twice due to me adding it again. Often this is simply because I forgot to wait for the upload (there is no visual cue that something is happening).
Editing a post (which I frequently do because I see I left something out) is a recipe for losing it altogether or at least for the image to move into the middle of a paragraph or other fun stuff.
Quoting a post is a recipe for major annoyance. I can't tell you how many times I accidentally merged my response with the quote, resulting in my response looking like the quote. Correcting that is impossible and I have to start over. If I've typed a lot this is a serious difficulty.
It takes six seconds just to open the forum. There is no justification for that.
The new formatting on my tablet is nice, but on my 27" Windows monitor it's beyond irritating. I got around this by learning how to "corrupt" the CSS the site delivers to suit me. But this only works when I'm at my desktop at home. I find it insulting that, in the previous forum, the ability to explicitly set custom CSS existed per user, and now it was removed. But whatever, can you just recognize that my 7" tablet should not use the same CSS as my 27" monitor? For fuck's sake.
I waste a lot of time reading posts and realizing I'm reading somebody's signature. I have asked for a demarcation of some kind - none is provided. Numerous other formatting issues waste my time. I know it's a small thing, but death by a thousand cuts and reading this forum is just annoying as hell.
I can no longer attach Poser files (materials) so I despair of having to explain something and so I just - don't say anything even though I know the answer.
The search has sucked, although I very recently noticed it's getting better. Today, searching for my posts with the phrase "dynamic range" actually worked! Kudos.
I used to answer questions from my iPad - the text editor on iPad has problems. I don't even bother now.
etc.
I'm not leaving - I just want these fixed and until they are, I will tend to post less or sometimes not at all, when previously I might have posted quite a lot of info.
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)
bagginsbill posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 1:14 PM
Here's my new forum highlight reel:
bagginsbill () () posted at 3:32PM Wed, 29 October 2014 · edited on 3:32PM Wed, 29 October 2014Online Now!
I won't be participating again until they undo some of the mess they've done with formatting this forum.
bagginsbill () () posted at 3:00PM Fri, 31 October 2014 Online Now!
It used to be nearly instant. Now it takes six or more seconds to list the threads.
bagginsbill () () posted at 9:51PM Sun, 02 November 2014 Online Now!
Sorry - this forum has swallowed some of my posts and won't give any of my previous ones out from search.
I don't think I can afford to type here.
agginsbill () () posted at 9:54PM Sun, 02 November 2014 · edited on 9:56PM Sun, 02 November 2014Online Now!
I somewhat abandoned Runtimedna after they gratuitously messed up their forum a while back.
Perhaps we should go back to it.
http://forum.runtimedna.com/forumdisplay.php?92-The-Node-Cult
If you go over there, notice the sticky from 2010 where it is noted that the attachments are back. I was pissed off that they lost all my attachments when they "improved" the forum there.
The note has remained to remind everybody that f'ing up a forum is bad for business.
bagginsbill () () posted at 7:24AM Wed, 19 November 2014 Online Now!
Stupid cheap incompetent forum software!!!!
I uploaded a picture - it showed in the post - but it disappeared.
Bah - I'm not participating here. It's bullshit.
bagginsbill () () posted at 8:15AM Wed, 03 December 2014 Online Now!
Hello! Sorry I get no ebots. This forum has been ruined and nobody seems to care.
I did make and demo some unreleased plugins for the Loom and other things. I still don't know when I'll finish and release them.
bagginsbill () () posted at 9:20AM Tue, 16 December 2014 Online Now!
Once again I'm seriously not getting any emails from this f'ing weak incompetent forum update. I just stumbled on all this new info because I thought I better look over the recent threads and see if their are updates I'm not aware of.
Seriously I don't want to be in this forum anymore.
bagginsbill () () posted at 9:36AM Tue, 24 February 2015 Online Now!
Rendo forum truly sucks. My subscription to this thread netted me no emails. I hope they don't pay the programmer - this problem has gone on for months and he seems unaware that he has work to do. I have clicked unsubscribe and then again subscribe hoping that fixes it.
We have a lot of snow - drifts over seven feet block my windows. But I'm not in a flood area so no worries about that.
When all this melts, though, there could be issues.
agginsbill () () posted at 3:31PM Thu, 26 February 2015 Online Now!
Content Advisory! Language advisory.
I just confirmed that this crapola new forum software is recompressing my images - the quality of what you're seeing in my last post is WAY worse than what I produced and uploaded.
I'm about up-to-here with crap like this. I made a high-quality render that took several minutes, and the damn forum trashed it down to 24KB and it looks like shit.
I'm wasting my time here.
bagginsbill () () posted at 4:14PM Tue, 03 March 2015 Online Now!
I wrote a length explanation how I made an image. Then Renderosity simply erased it.
F*** you, Renderosity forum programmer. You suck.
bagginsbill () () posted at 12:23PM Wed, 18 March 2015 Online Now!
New forum software has removed the file name of the uploaded Poser shader. It used to be bbnylon2.mt5.txt - now it's file_454868.txt which is why nobody can find it by its name.
Thanks Rendo - brilliant.
bagginsbill () () posted at 12:24PM Wed, 18 March 2015 Online Now!
By the way - the new forum software does not permit uploading non-image Poser files anymore even if I try to fake it out with calling it something.jpg.
So - no more free shaders from me at Rendo.
bagginsbill () () posted at 3:03PM Fri, 31 October 2014 Online Now!
We used to be able to make replies with several quotes and an answer to each. That is no longer possible. You can quote an entire post and delete parts, but that's tedious when somebody has several things to reply to.
Either add a format button indicating [quoted] or bring back the markup.
bagginsbill () () posted at 3:47PM Fri, 31 October 2014 Online Now!
I have a picture in my signature, but if I try to do anything with it, the formatting goes bonkers.
You can't add a new one.
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)
pumeco posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 1:23 PM
I could be wrong, but something tells me Baggins is certainly not amused :-D
Glitterati3D posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 1:38 PM
From 29 October 2014 forward. I would have to say that's the very definition of "unaddressed and ignored."
TinaK posted Wed, 25 March 2015 at 2:16 PM
If you have an issue with the way the site is not working properly please write your concerns to admin@renderosity.com or to me tinak@renderosity.com. I give you my promise that I will do my best to get any issues resolved. I am sorry I just don't come into the Poser forum on a daily basis and it is best if they are sent by email or posted in the Community Center forum where they can be addressed properly. I am making a list from this thread to do testing and see if we can get some of these issues resolved.
Tina Kaylor
Community Manager