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Feral Integral
Jun 6, 2006

YOSPOS

Is it to help?

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Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
idk

papersack
Jul 27, 2003

To cage us

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

mods please add brackets around "why"

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author
people keep asking for some funny quote to be made into the thread title, but there are a limited number of characters that can fit into the title, and often the things people want are too long and don't fit

I was bored earlier and changed all the ones that said "The X Thread:" to just "[X]" so there would be more room for funny thread titles

also, it makes it easier to skim through the thread list and figure out what the threads are about

and also it creates a distinction which makes it easier to figure out which are the big year-long megathreads and which are the small new ones

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author
YOUR WELCOME

Homeless Friend
Jul 16, 2007
im pro brackets. im beyond humor now. no more jokes bitch

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author
threads don't really need to have brackets and the IKs and other mods and OPs can change it to something else if they don't like it, whatever

just trying out something new and seeing if it sticks

twoday has issued a correction as of 03:03 on Jan 31, 2021

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy

twoday posted:

people keep asking for some funny quote to be made into the thread title, but there are a limited number of characters that can fit into the title, and often the things people want are too long and don't fit

I was bored earlier and changed all the ones that said "The X Thread:" to just "[X]" so there would be more room for funny thread titles

also, it makes it easier to skim through the thread list and figure out what the threads are about

and also it creates a distinction which makes it easier to figure out which are the big year-long megathreads and which are the small new ones
look at this mod helping everybody out, making the forums better

increasing funny potential in thread titles

Crazypoops
Jul 17, 2017



Why not

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

look at this mod helping everybody out, making the forums better

increasing funny potential in thread titles

please don't embarrass me like this in front of the posters

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN
Jun 26, 2009



i identify threads by looking at the first character of the title now all threads have the same first character and i cant tell them apart

Viginti Septem
Jan 9, 2021

Oculus Noctuae

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

i identify threads by looking at the first character of the title now all threads have the same first character and i cant tell them apart

lmao

BAE OF PIGS
Nov 28, 2016

Tup
I like it and find it helpful.

gently caress you.

Crusty Nutsack
Apr 21, 2005

SUCK LASER, COPPERS


cspam now appears more organized than my house

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author
in theory the thread icons are supposed to serve the function of the bracketed text (indicating the general topic of the thread) but in practice there aren't enough icons for all the various thread topics and the icons end up being ironic and irrelevant little drawings next to the thread title

except in rare cases such as the weed thread, where it has a thread icon on it that says "WEED" and has a picture of weed, then the icon system works as intended

twoday has issued a correction as of 03:23 on Jan 31, 2021

Brrrmph
Feb 27, 2016

Слава Україні!

twoday posted:

YOUR WELCOME

I think it’s better. Thanks.

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

Bilirubin
Feb 16, 2014

The sanctioned action is to CHUG


Crusty Nutsack posted:

cspam now appears more organized than my house

looking for some mods and iks to come sort my closet

Bilirubin
Feb 16, 2014

The sanctioned action is to CHUG


I'M LOOKING AT YOU BROGRIFFILY

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author
thinking inside the box

BoosterDuck
Mar 2, 2019
a tribute to citations needed

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

twoday posted:

in theory the thread icons are supposed to serve the function of the bracketed text (indicating the general topic of the thread) but in practice there aren't enough icons for all the various thread topics and the icons end up being ironic and irrelevant little drawings next to the thread title

except in rare cases such as the weed thread, where it has a thread icon on it that says "WEED" and has a picture of weed, then the icon system works as intended
i've memorized the posting cadences of all the threads i read. i don't use the left-hand side of the screen, just number of unread posts based on time since last read

it's like braille-posting

frankenfreak
Feb 16, 2007

I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

Bilirubin posted:

looking for some mods and iks to come sort my closet
same

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author

i say swears online posted:

i've memorized the posting cadences of all the threads i read. i don't use the left-hand side of the screen, just number of unread posts based on time since last read

it's like braille-posting

should still work

Homeless Friend
Jul 16, 2007

twoday posted:

thinking inside the box

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

twoday posted:

should still work

well i think cobra kai lagged a bit in the storytelling this seas-

gently caress

CODChimera
Jan 29, 2009

i like it, thank u

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
better than having half a dozen browser tabs starting with 'CSPAM...'. thanks.

now please rename my thread back to "gently caress i.c.e." and give it the tag again. some fail ik changed both at some point.
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3858111

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author
how's that

also, can't OPs edit the thread title and icon? with the edit button up top?

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

twoday posted:

how's that

also, can't OP's edit the thread title?

thx. and nah

frankenfreak
Feb 16, 2007

I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade
Nope, only close them. Not sure if they can even reopen them again.

Farm Frenzy
Jan 3, 2007

its an imposition of megathread culture by the tyrannical mods op

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author
hmm ok

Farm Frenzy posted:

its an imposition of megathread culture by the tyrannical mods op

non-megathreads are easier to find now!

I personally don't like that c-spam is mostly megathreads. It's more of a pain in the rear end to mod when there are new threads popping up left and right, but as a poster I think more threads about diverse topics is better in general and keeps things interesting

twoday has issued a correction as of 04:20 on Jan 31, 2021

PerniciousKnid
Sep 13, 2006
Wow, cspam has more brackets than a Buffalo Wild Wings in March!

Mr. Lobe
Feb 23, 2007

... Dry bones...


[thank's]

bird.
Jun 20, 2010

its really good i like it thanks twoday

BULBASAUR
Apr 6, 2009




Soiled Meat
I like iyt fuk da haters

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
part of the zionist conspiracy, op

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Homeless Friend
Jul 16, 2007

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