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  • Ponygonpwns
    FFR Player
    • Jul 2006
    • 852
    #1

    A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

    After reading this thread (FYI, I'm not against the maker of the thread), I got an idea of having a Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section. This way, non-subscribers (like me) won't get excited for an upcoming release (currently like avmisses, favorites, and that thing that lets you choose a song to play from a drop-down menu) too much, thinking they will get it on a certain date an admin said it will come out on. Because of this, non-subscribers won't know about updates as major like the avmisses until the FFR staff release it to the public, which would make less people ask questions about this. Also, if this is added, there should be a rule that things in the Subscriber News section can't be posted in a place where a non-subscriber can read it to prevent a leakage of information (kinda on-topic, like the confirmations of Jigglypuff, Lucario, and Ness in Brawl) to the public. I don't know how to explain this in pictures, so I hope everyone knows what I am talking about.

    -Ponygonpwns
    Last edited by Ponygonpwns; 04-16-2008, 11:45 PM. Reason: To the n00bs of the future, DON'T BUMP THIS!!!
    My real birthdate is November 6, 1995 but I'm keeping it as '92 for nostalgic reasons. Lol.
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    • MixMasterLar
      Beach Bum Extraordinaire
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Aug 2006
      • 5289
      #2
      Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

      Having it where non-members can see what goes on when it goes on is a form of advertising. I doubt The Admins will hide all the goodies away.
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        • XUioX
          FFR Player
          • Nov 2007
          • 787
          #3
          Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

          I like this idea. Because it would prevent users from seeing new posts and saying "OMG new update lemme see this!" and then seeing its for the subbyers. It would be a dissapointment.

          No offense MixMasterLar, but your a subscriber, you wouldnt understand.


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            • Ponygonpwns
              FFR Player
              • Jul 2006
              • 852
              #4
              Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

              Oh god, hope this doesn't become an argument thread. :P
              My real birthdate is November 6, 1995 but I'm keeping it as '92 for nostalgic reasons. Lol.

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                • RoastedNoob
                  FFR Player
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 620
                  #5
                  Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                  I like this idea, but it'd be even better if they could just keep it all on one page, but have the certain posts only show up on subby accounts. I don't know how easy/hard that would be, though. I think this would be good, though.

                  - FFR's First and Only CCC -

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                    • Ponygonpwns
                      FFR Player
                      • Jul 2006
                      • 852
                      #6
                      Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                      Originally posted by RoastedNoob
                      I like this idea, but it'd be even better if they could just keep it all on one page, but have the certain posts only show up on subby accounts. I don't know how easy/hard that would be, though. I think this would be good, though.
                      That would be great too, but it might take a while to do, which might give more work to the staff.
                      -Ponygonpwns
                      Last edited by Ponygonpwns; 04-16-2008, 11:43 PM. Reason: OMG itz a secryt massige! :0
                      My real birthdate is November 6, 1995 but I'm keeping it as '92 for nostalgic reasons. Lol.

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                        • MalDON
                          Retired Staff
                          • Feb 2004
                          • 619
                          #7
                          Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                          It would take a lot of work to make the current news system only show certain posts to certain users. Quite frankly, I don't think it is worth the wasted manpower on a feature like that.

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                            • windsurfer-sp
                              FFR Veteran
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 1974
                              #8
                              Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                              Improvements to FFR are being made, in time they will be released once finished and you dont want to know about them?

                              Learn to be patient or stop reading the news page?
                              Orbb fan club.
                              White text society.

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                                • Ponygonpwns
                                  FFR Player
                                  • Jul 2006
                                  • 852
                                  #9
                                  Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                                  Originally posted by windsurfer-sp
                                  Learn to be patient or stop reading the news page?
                                  Would that mean I shouldn't go on flashflashrevolution.com, but flashflashrevolution.com/vbz? Not trying to sound like a dick, and sorry if this might get you mad in any way.
                                  -Ponygonpwns
                                  Last edited by Ponygonpwns; 04-16-2008, 11:44 PM. Reason: God will get mad at you for revealing that!
                                  My real birthdate is November 6, 1995 but I'm keeping it as '92 for nostalgic reasons. Lol.

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                                    • XUioX
                                      FFR Player
                                      • Nov 2007
                                      • 787
                                      #10
                                      Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                                      Actually instead of making certain posts available to certain users... Just have the posts viewable by everyone, but in the title, there should be a (subscriber feature) or (public feature) there, so we would know who's update is who's.

                                      That would be the best idea, so the admins wont have to waste trouble with set up so its viewable by certain accounts.

                                      Originally posted by windsurfer-sp
                                      Improvements to FFR are being made, in time they will be released once finished and you dont want to know about them?

                                      Learn to be patient or stop reading the news page?
                                      The news page is right in front of us when we enter the site... its kind of hard not to read.


                                      AIM = Dylanxlol25
                                      Feel free to add!

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                                        • devonin
                                          Very Grave Indeed
                                          Event Staff
                                          FFR Simfile Author
                                          • Apr 2004
                                          • 10120
                                          #11
                                          Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                                          No offense MixMasterLar, but your a subscriber, you wouldnt understand.
                                          This is incredibly fallacious reasoning. Why does the fact that he's a subscriber make his opinion on this subject irellevant. By the same token you can never have an opinion of anything you aren't personally and directly involved in, which is absurd.

                                          I can have an opinion on the death penalty despite never being a murderer or having someone I know murdered. I can have an opinion on abortion despite not being a woman or pregnant. Where do you get off telling a subscriber that they aren't allowed to have an opinion about this situation?

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                                            • Ponygonpwns
                                              FFR Player
                                              • Jul 2006
                                              • 852
                                              #12
                                              Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                                              Originally posted by devonin
                                              I can have an opinion on the death penalty despite never being a murderer or having someone I know murdered. I can have an opinion on abortion despite not being a woman or pregnant. Where do you get off telling a subscriber that they aren't allowed to have an opinion about this situation?
                                              I have to agree with devonin on this. Even if a subscriber hasn't been a normal member since subscriptions were out, they might have an opinion. MixMasterLar probably thinks this will give admins more work, and he probably doesn't want that. That's just what I would think he would say. :P
                                              -Ponygonpwns
                                              My real birthdate is November 6, 1995 but I'm keeping it as '92 for nostalgic reasons. Lol.

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                                                • Tasselfoot
                                                  Retired BOSS
                                                  FFR Simfile Author
                                                  • Jul 2003
                                                  • 25185
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                                                  in addition to what MalDON said... it would be more time consuming in terms of writing multiple news stories, having to flag certain ones a certain way... etc etc.

                                                  Yes, announcing features is a form of advertising. But, IMO, everyone should be a subscriber in the first place... y'all are getting hours of entertainment a day from our site, and 3.50 a month in terms of a donation isn't that large of a giveback for the enjoyment. Plus, you do get other cool stuff out of it. But that's just me.

                                                  Also, some stuff is just posted in the subscriber forum, not as a news story.
                                                  RIP

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                                                    • MalDON
                                                      Retired Staff
                                                      • Feb 2004
                                                      • 619
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                                                      Actually after thinking about this for a while, I think it would be more likely to have an alert bar appear before the news stories to let subscribers or non subscribers know of important information. This isn't a planned feature so don't think it is. Just saying IF we were to implement something as suggested, it would probably be like so.

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                                                        • blindreper1179
                                                          Vice President Of TGB
                                                          • Jun 2006
                                                          • 5900
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: A Subscriber News Section and a Non-Subscriber News Section?

                                                          it could be just as easy as it is now. just have another area to post news. like now we have tokens, 3rd style, spontaneous contests, this, that, and the other thing(i don't know them all) and when ever someone becomes/depowers to/from a sub, they either see it or don't.
                                                          Last edited by blindreper1179; 04-17-2008, 01:21 AM.
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