webdiplomacy.net

is this site stuck in 1998

Short Answer: Yes.
Long Answer: Prepare for Y2k what do you mean the date isn't 31/12/1999?

like... the mod here just posts images as he pleases and 999% of useful forums allow image posting.

the expression a picture is worth a thousand words

for soren id post a pic of trump

So that's one reason..

Food for thought: being able to post images tends to change the nature of forum interaction. It's not an automatic process, but with the ability to do so, there's also a tendency or at least a temptation to be less verbal and more image-mimetic in how we're trying to communicate. One of the cool things about games that use press interaction as a major mechanic (diplomacy, mafia, etc) is that it requires that verbal je ne sais quoi. Other games/forums do not have the same kind of long-winded occasionally-caustic VERBAL interactions that this community does. Part of that is because the people that show up to play are not simply RT'ing or sharing stuff from 9gag. They're showing up for plans-within-plans levels of press and bluffing. That makes for a more literate, though perhaps not more moral, group of people. There's something enjoyable about that.

As a corollary illustration: the way mafia is played seems to have changed once people could start quoting massive blocks of text.

I'm not at all against using images, but it's worth considering how that affects the tone of conversation. That's 1000 less words per image posted. Maybe the ability to post images could be granted as a reward tier. Or taken away for doing evil things like annoying jmo. Or maybe the mods don't want to have to review what stuff gets posted. idk. There might be some benefits to a mostly text-based experience in the forums though. fwiw

Aristotle misstrusted 'writing,' believing it would hurt the art of speaking conversationally.

Beneficial Insurance wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 06, 2020 3:45 am

Short Answer: Yes.
Long Answer: Prepare for Y2k what do you mean the date isn't 31/12/1999?

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Images seem to work just fine for me...

^ typical dismissive jmo response.

If the ability exists to post images, and admins can, there's no reason the rest of us shouldn't be able to.

It's not 2007 anymore. I can't think of a single site that doesn't allow images.

The initial reasons were because spambots have fallen in love with posting malicious links on our forum, which can turn into malicious links embedded in downloadable images quite easily, and because we don’t want to open the door for NSFW images, which are a lot more detrimental than NSFW posts. We could have another conversation about it, but it’s not as cut and dry as you’ve made it seem.

bo_sox48 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:01 pm

The initial reasons were because spambots have fallen in love with posting malicious links on our forum, which can turn into malicious links embedded in downloadable images quite easily, and because we don’t want to open the door for NSFW images, which are a lot more detrimental than NSFW posts. We could have another conversation about it, but it’s not as cut and dry as you’ve made it seem.

Make a role like "WebDip Regular" or something that gives the perm, and take it from anyone who abuses it/don't give it automatically. Boom

Chaqa wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:02 am

bo_sox48 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:01 pm

The initial reasons were because spambots have fallen in love with posting malicious links on our forum, which can turn into malicious links embedded in downloadable images quite easily, and because we don’t want to open the door for NSFW images, which are a lot more detrimental than NSFW posts. We could have another conversation about it, but it’s not as cut and dry as you’ve made it seem.

Make a role like "WebDip Regular" or something that gives the perm, and take it from anyone who abuses it/don't give it automatically. Boom

Also... probably don't give it to EMC.

In the event we allowed images, there wouldn't be a role, and if someone abused the privilege, they'd be banned from the site. But as before, there are reasons to consider it and also reasons to be wary.

Chaqa wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:58 pm

^ typical dismissive jmo response.

If the ability exists to post images, and admins can, there's no reason the rest of us shouldn't be able to.

It's not 2007 anymore. I can't think of a single site that doesn't allow images.

It's dismissive because I've answered this the same way bo did about 20 times to the same people.

Chaqa wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:02 am

Chaqa wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:02 am

bo_sox48 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:01 pm

The initial reasons were because spambots have fallen in love with posting malicious links on our forum, which can turn into malicious links embedded in downloadable images quite easily, and because we don’t want to open the door for NSFW images, which are a lot more detrimental than NSFW posts. We could have another conversation about it, but it’s not as cut and dry as you’ve made it seem.

Make a role like "WebDip Regular" or something that gives the perm, and take it from anyone who abuses it/don't give it automatically. Boom

Also... probably don't give it to EMC.

Hey now...lol

You may say i'm more jmo-ist than jmo, but we have a Discord server where you can upload just everything... let this be a "forum with more decorum" as M-M would, albeit sarcastically, put it

dargorygel wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:44 pm

Aristotle misstrusted 'writing,' believing it would hurt the art of speaking conversationally.

That was Socrates, Aristotle actually wrote a lot of books.

Actually, I think it was plato.