Hi, all. We've added a very useful hack to the forum. Now when you edit a post, it is marked as new. That means, not only does the little icon turn a lovely shade of orange, but the thread bumps to the top of the board and it shows up in the "View new posts" link on the top right of the forum.
Although, a word of caution, any abuse of this new function will be dealt with.
It is definitely helpful and useful if new rules are added to the forum or whenever the changing of the guard occurs regarding who to contact if someone wants to host a werewolf game on the Coconut Isle.
Does this mean that (lasted updated on ??/??/??) is no longer going to be used?
While I do indeed like this feature quite a bit, is there any way to either turn it off for individual users or modify it so that moderator edits in other people's posts don't show up as new?
It's a little frustrating to go read what you think is a post with new information, when there's really nothing new there at all.
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May wrote:While I do indeed like this feature quite a bit, is there any way to either turn it off for individual users or modify it so that moderator edits in other people's posts don't show up as new?
It's a little frustrating to go read what you think is a post with new information, when there's really nothing new there at all.
Out of curiosity, which posts have shown up as unread for you when there's nothing new there?
The real problem is going to rear its head in the Advertisements board (just edited one of my posts to reflect a sale, and now it's looking like I bumped it).
Can this feature be disabled for that particular board? Or will sellers who edit their posts get the benefit of the doubt?
I'm not clear. If you were advertising and editing to reflect something new, wouldn't you want your thread to be bumped? Or are you saying people might abuse this feature to keep their threads on top? If it seemed someone was continually editing their posts to give their thread the advantage, we'd appreciate if we were notified and the member would be warned.
Jas Frost wrote:I'm not clear. If you were advertising and editing to reflect something new, wouldn't you want your thread to be bumped? Or are you saying people might abuse this feature to keep their threads on top? If it seemed someone was continually editing their posts to give their thread the advantage, we'd appreciate if we were notified and the member would be warned.
He edited his post to say that the item had been sold. In other words, to let people know it was not for sale anymore. The problem is that it was bumped to the top anyway.
I guess a title edit could be a decent workaround. If you sell something, just put [SOLD - LOCK PLEASE] in the title.
We've added a very useful hack to the forum. Now when you edit a post, it is marked as new. That means, not only does the little icon turn a lovely shade of orange, but the thread bumps to the top of the board and it shows up in the "View new posts" link on the top right of the forum. 
