Mahz

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Maybe I could do something like this.

But I'll pick one notification type for my first draft. Maybe just new convos since it's straight forward and won't be very spammy.

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for me it's like if i make a new account it gets auto-nuked and the only way to bypass it is by using a vpn. i can't comment much on the discord since i've been in there a while and iirc i had to get an invite link from one of the mods to be able to join, and my nickname is still crocker which is a username from a couple years ago but i know there's been issues with the nickname system on there anyway. i haven't had any issues with cloudfare or captchas.

@nodogs

Hmm, thanks. I will replace the auto-nuke feature with something else. It does catch a lot of spammers but it catches too many good guys, and it's a horrible, confusing experience to find yourself nuked. There are plenty of other things I can try.

@Mae
I understand. Just to be clear, I'm not interested in adding more designs to the Guild. Though it would be nice if the Guild worked better with the built-in reader mode that browsers have. That's doable.

You and others make an interesting point that the more static the website is, the more expressive you can be with rich bbcode (if it were to exist) since neither you nor the bbcode need to generalize across different color palettes.

I do think bbcode extensions make sense in the near future.

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@nodogs Can you be more specific about what you are running into?

Some possibilities I can think of:

- Auto-nuking is something that happens to only brand new accounts, and iirc it is based on IP address, so using a VPN or posting from Ukraine can trigger it.

- The /discord link is buggy since Discord changed their system within the past year. It's not trying to keep you out, it's just not working very well.

- The Guild is served behind a service called Cloudflare which does sometimes force you to fill out a captcha. I don't think I have that feature turned on, but I'd like to know which of these you might be referring to.

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I'd like to squeeze out a basic email notification system. Even a bare bones solution seems worth the squeeze since it helps bring people back to the site and hopefully boost interactions that they might not otherwise see.

I have a basic email verification system working on my laptop. Maybe the version 0 just gives notifications for new PMs and then we go from there.

(Nobody would be required to verify. You just have to if you want notifications.)

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Hmm, I see.

What I could also do is just show name changes within the last year and then only list any older name changes to staff (for moderation purposes).

Edit: Done.

Oh, just read your previous post. I wrote the same exact thing as you.

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The Discord link at the top of the Guild broke due to changes at Discord.

Something with Discord changed and now my bot doesn't have permission to use the `modifyGuildMember(id, { nick, roles })` command anymore. I couldn't figure out a real fix, but the button should at least redirect you to the Discord server even if it fails.

I'm pretty sure the button correctly adds you to the Discord server the first time around. It's just the using it after that won't correctly update your username.

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I'm going to show historical usernames on the user profile. It's necessary for all sorts of reasons (moderation, community).

For example, I had no idea that @nodogs was a Guild legend until I clicked one of your old mentions and it went to your profile.

Edit: Alright, this change is now live.

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Not sure if this a big but some users can’t change their usernames in their profile settings. I myself get this message when I scroll down.

@Salsa Verde

I applied a fix but it's kind of annoying to test. Does it work for you now?

There was also a bug where people could keep changing their username over and over again that I hopefully fixed.

A terrible idea just came to mind, Roleplayer Guild having a light mode.

@Dark Cloud

I do like the idea but design stuff is really hard and takes a lot of time and thought. We're stuck with this design for maybe forever.

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@Salsa Verde

Thanks, I'll take a look.

Are trophies gonna stay, or get scrapped at some point cause it's been a hot minute since I've seen anyone receive one.

@Dark Cloud

I like the idea of trophies or anything sentimental and unique. They are just time consuming to create and award.

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I finally hid the Persistent World forum category though the forums/posts are still accessible:

- roleplayerguild.com/forums/46
- roleplayerguild.com/forums/47
- roleplayerguild.com/forums/48
- roleplayerguild.com/forums/49
- roleplayerguild.com/forums/50
- roleplayerguild.com/forums/51

Would be nice to have an archive system so such that dead forums don't clog the homepage but they are still easily viewable. github.com/danneu/guild/issues/206

I also removed all Arena ranking UI since that system is long dead. I have no clue how much anyone cared or didn't care about that system, so I've kept the rank/point data just in case, for now.