Major Upgrade Planned for Hip Forums!

I never said anyone had anything to hide.

You do have a point, and I respect that. Privacy is just something i happen to feel strongly about (possibly a little too much sometimes). I would blacklist as many as i could just on general principle, but then again in the actual situation it probably wouldn't seem worth the effort with other problems to solve. you can block any IP you want though, you could blacklist an IP address just for running a port scan in the name of security. What are they gonna do, cry about it cuz the server refuses to give them a session..boo fuckin hoo

The difference in the silk road is that there is obvious illegal activity going on there, also the cops can access silk road all day (or other hidden services) and make accounts w/e.

The only business the cops would have here is simply invading our privacy because they think they have the right to, which is bullshit cuz none of the members I know here come across as criminals to me.

I think IRC chat would be a really cool feature here

 

Shame, I always loved this place as an underground Facebook and other revealing social media

The internet started as a beautiful anonymity where anything could be said without consequence, when identies are at stake, people filter what they say/think as you would in person

 

I just hope with the upgrades comes more forums, especially sex forums.

 

maybe come up with a way to keep the sex threads from dragging down the intellectual discussions we have. im not hating on people who post in those forums, nothing wrong with that, but there are some real dumbass idiots that seem to be attracted to those forums as if they were magnetic.

I most definitely support free speech, but maybe come up with a way to keep a high post frequency of a certain topic from becoming 'viral" the way it does, and when this occurs certain other topics aren't discussed as much. You'd have to look at the big picture., maybe change the way forum deals with things such as, which new threads to show you, and how it's prioritized. Idk maybe give it a little tweak in how it handles that sort of thing. Maybe implement some new attributes, like posting certain types of threads in certain forums would do something to make the system increase my level of personal preference for said type of conversation based on what forum its in.

just dont go "facebook" on us and make it more intricate than it needs to be, a good program is a simple program that serves the need

it is all about what the user sees, what new threads the user sees first, etc .. the way this behavior is handled .. play with this maybe?

 

SKIP,

We dont mind you moving the site to another computer buddy! (If it doesnt make things slower)

How long will the site be down if you do this?? (Its quite a big move from Amsterdam to LA,i reckon it cant be transferred straight away)

 

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what, you need even more jacking-off material??

 

or Skip could create a couple new sites in his Hip Inc. family;

"The Hump Forums"

and a dating site;

"Hippy Hookups".

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Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey..

 

c'mon, c'mon...

 

That sounds like an excellent solution. Skip :2thumbsup:
That would keep those sections available for those who want, yet curtail the number of kids looking for jerk material during a Google search.


Understand, I'm all for having the sex forums, it is just that in the last couple years it seems as if a lot of junk has washed up on shore related to it and it has brought down the overall appeal of the forums for potential members who may not be into all that but want to participate.
when first loading the forums, it does seem as if the main focus of your forums are sex, that may turn some folks away.

 

But if that does turn some folks away, that might be a good thing.
If I came to a site that was first all about drugs I might turn away but this site seemed not to be all about drugs but about nearly anything to me and that's ok, thing is if I was against drugs (I am not against them, just don't do them) then I would have wondered off to some other place. To me it's all about a lot of stuff (enough to keep me here and quite happy and well entertained) but if one is offended by sex they should wonder off to some other place because there is a lot of it and it's nearly open to any sex discussion which would offend many. Better they go then start to like this place and then complain because there is so much sex talk. In fact if advertising this site I'd be all about stating it's open to sex, drugs and rock N roll, this way attracting the right crowd and not some granny who gets offended because a thread on Crochet brought her here.
Something of my interest brought me here through Google and it's a great site IMO and probably because the topic of sex does not bother me, nor does drugs or anything I have seen here. Sex is a sensitive area for some. The topic of drugs doesn't get me because I just avoid it but some can't, they get all weird and annoyed about it.

To Skip, this site is able to stop us from posting PMs at first if I am right, and it's able to limit some things we can do till we have been here a while or posted a certain number of posts. Rather then separate stuff if I had the right buttons on my site I would limit all newbie entry or posting ability into forums like sex and say drugs where a lot of One post trolling can happen. Dunno if that's possible but if it was you'd see more people showing an actual interest here and by the time they post in sex and drugs they have stayed long enough to show they are actually here for the long run rather then "one time annoying troll" posts.
When a newbie clicks on a forum a message could come up saying they are not allowed to view (or post) in this forum yet.
I know on other sites if a person tends to troll or derail threads in certain forums the mods can ban them from those forums allowing them into just the regular open boards till they feel that person can behave or an apology is offered and a promise to behave, rather then ban them completely off the site. It seems to work for behavioural issues quite often and it could curb 'Sign up and post once' threads from happening in forums you want kept uncluttered with junk.
There are also some sites with private forums that you need to be invited into by peeps already in those certain forums and by then the mods usually have less work because those invited are already known and liked by others in that forum and the chance of them trolling are far less. Not that this is necessary here on such an open site but it's only an example of many things that can make the site easier to manage. My thing would be to limit posting ability till people have shown their interest in the site and haven't become angry or weren't here to leave jack off messages.
Mind you, some of them threads can be quite entertaining,,, haha.

 

This or some version of this would probably help a lot.

Maybe a customizable active threads list?

 

I understand all that you say, but you joined after/during the onslaught of which I am referring.
Trust me, 4-5 years ago, the overall feel and "complexion" of the site was rather different.

And I enjoy and participate in the sex threads at times, but when they begin to comprise about 60% of the site content, things are out of kilter.
creating a site dedicated to free speech sex topics may also be a good move for Skip monetarily by creating another separate revenue stream

 

Will there be anyway to disallow FB with your account?

 

I honestly don't mind what percentage is what, more the trolling threads are what gets it looking nasty. Most who have been here a while seem to post what they feel rather then to annoy and that's a good thing, be it about sex or what ever is allowed here. The beauty is it's allowed and only the nastiest get banned for being a waste of time here.
Sex is a good thing when it is not made to be unreasonably dirty and cheap by people who just want to post to be an idiot and cause a reaction only to never come back.
If I was to say there is too much of anything, some days there is less on sex then other things that don't interest me, depends on who is here. Some days there is a lot of religion which I have no interest in. I just read past most of it unless a title brings me in and I have an opinion to post. What I like is we don't have to read but we have lots to read if we want it where other sites wouldn't allow nearly as much.
Honestly I would be all over nixing first time posts by a newbie in sex, drugs and politics and religion if I was a mod but that's a heck of a lot of work. They couldn't do it unless they had an allowable rule preset to avoid those posts.

 

I've never really noticed the sex ads honestly, my mind is trained to ignore ads

I know of one other site that requires new users to write a short essay before they can post when they sign up for an account, the thinking is that someone wouldn't go to that effort if they weren't serious ...

 

That's a cool idea actually, almost like a forced tutorial or something too that you see on many modern mobile apps