Social Forums II: Not leaving well enough alone -

[Null]

A while back I rolled out a Social Forum feature (sort of like 8ch's make-your-own board) and it was well received. However, it was a free mod and poorly constructed. It relied entirely on the idea of giving threads specific IDs and then filtering them. There was no real privacy to these threads and as a result I canned the idea. I didn't have the time to build my own, but some people really enjoyed it.

I did, however, find a pay-for mod. It was $20 but it's much more well built. It's now online and accessible here:
https://kiwifarms.net/groups/

These groups are not moderated by anyone except Global Moderators and Admins. Primarily, we want to filter out:
A) Attack groups designed for intra-board drama.
B) Illegal content. Specifically, child pornography / non-nude child models, groups for bomb-threats or otherwise illegal forms of trolling, or anything that would kill our server basically.

Anything else is up in the air. That's all I'm asking from people.

If you can access Off-Topic, you can create your own group. You should also be able to make private groups which work via invitation only.
If you are a registered member, you can join any group you'd like.

Have fun. Submit feedback to this thread or PM me. The mod does look kinda shit in the dark theme. If this is a popular feature I will tweak the aesthetics to accommodate it better.

 

[cmcki]

Are the groups we're in visible from the main page? I think they'd see much more use if they were. (Or if I weren't too blind to see them, not sure which)

 

[Null]

Are the groups we're in visible from the main page? I think they'd see much more use if they were. (Or if I weren't too blind to see them, not sure which)

I'll see if I can integrate some widgets into the sidebar and stuff. That's a good idea.

 

[Watcher]

It feels a lot less like the previous iteration. Which was like an 8chan esque "Create your own boards" system and more like a "find people who have the same interests like you" social groups thing.

 

[Holdek]

can we make groups to fight each other?

 

[Null]

It feels a lot less like the previous iteration. Which was like an 8chan esque "Create your own boards" system and more like a "find people who have the same interests like you" social groups thing.

Yeah. A thing that bothers me is that the groups aren't primarily about their discussions. I'll have to find a happy medium this weekend.

 

[KingofManga420]

I keep trying to upload a cover photo to my group but it keeps not working Null help

 

[Luna]

plz fix

 

[Mr. 0]

Last time this was introduced, it was one group per member, I think. Is this still the case?

 

[Null]

Last time this was introduced, it was one group per member, I think. Is this still the case?

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[CatParty]

pls raise the limit of groups one can join. right now the cap is at 10

 

[Cute Anime Girl]

You know what would be pretty dank? If we can have a youtube video autoplay when you enter a group page.

 

[ShavedSheep]

plz fix

This makes it REALLY hard for dark theme users to read those comments. I'm sure it's just an oversight in the theme coding.

 

[Surtur]

Also, I can't make Discussion threads, even in groups I Admin.

 

[CatParty]

I also cannot make discussion threads

 

[Golly]

I accessed the groups via my profile page and something's made the grammar a little wonky.

 

[Clown Doll]

I would personally have to say that this iteration of the Groups is a much better idea than the micro-boards that were with the former social Board experiment. They don't clutter the main forums but they allow a special place for people to get organized and do stuffs.

 

[Randall Fragg]

How do you approve comments in groups you created? It doesn't seem to work for me.

 

[Null]

I accessed the groups via my profile page and something's made the grammar a little wonky.

The guy who made the mod is from Russia. His English is less than perfect. I can sort that out.

Also all the stuff in this is noted but on my to do list.

 

[Null]

Discussion Threads work again but you can still make arbitrary threads in the discussion board which pisses me off.