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post #1 of 298
10/12/08 at 3:37am
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This is the official thread to discuss the changes that will be occuring during the next few weeks. If you like something, let us know here...if you don't like something...well then tell us!

Also let us know if something doesn't work right for you. We're trying to get the site working even better than it is now. If you find a small bug on a page, let us know and we'll fix it as soon as possible.
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post #2 of 298
10/12/08 at 4:16pm
Bring back "The Chud Man" to the main site.
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post #3 of 298
10/12/08 at 5:28pm
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Originally Posted by Randolph Carter View Post
Bring back "The Chud Man" to the main site.
We are.
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post #4 of 298
10/12/08 at 7:16pm
Yes.

I'm excited for all the new stuff. Whatever the hell it all is.
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post #5 of 298
10/12/08 at 7:23pm
A better article archive would be nice, especially of much older reviews, though I can imagine that'd be rather a lot of work.
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post #6 of 298
10/12/08 at 7:46pm
Could you arrange the dvd reviews a little? Maybe when at times there are 3-5 reviews the same day you could squeeze them in to one news item. Sometimes they really take up a lot of that left side and force other news off the list.
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post #7 of 298
10/12/08 at 7:51pm
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Originally Posted by Xagarath Ankor View Post
A better article archive would be nice, especially of much older reviews, though I can imagine that'd be rather a lot of work.
Yes.

Can we have multiple days worth of news on the side with their date. The one date listed at the top is kinda misleading. I wanna know how old something is, let alone if I have to go into the archive if I missed it.

Maybe also have some small icons or color code the news article type? Then have an option to just see what type of news I want to see.

Also maybe intergrate the forums into the talkback, that way random strangers don't post a "devin is fat" post, let alone use another person's name.
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post #8 of 298
10/12/08 at 7:56pm
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Originally Posted by SAIRUS View Post
Yes.

Can we have multiple days worth of news on the side with their date. The one date listed at the top is kinda misleading. I wanna know how old something is, let alone if I have to go into the archive if I missed it.

Maybe also have some small icons or color code the news article type? Then have an option to just see what type of news I want to see.

Also maybe intergrate the forums into the talkback, that way random strangers don't post a "devin is fat" post, let alone use another person's name.
The big change is integrating the forums and main site into one system. Everything will become seamless. I like your idea of categorizing news items, such as Casting, Photos, Spoilers, etc.
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post #9 of 298
10/12/08 at 9:59pm
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Originally Posted by Renn Brown View Post
Yes.

I'm excited for all the new stuff. Whatever the hell it all is.
Well we're going to be integrating the forums and the talkbacks together at some point. Right now we're just concentrating on getting the site to work a little bit better. After that, we're not sure where we're gonna go after that...
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post #10 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:54am
Boy I hope you guys are working on that awful search function.

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Well we're going to be integrating the forums and the talkbacks together at some point.
I really do not like this idea. I don't mind the talkbacks being on the article page, but to weld them together with the forums will be like mixing peanut butter and DICKFUNGUS together. Don't mix. They're on two separate levels, wave-lengths, universes, whatever.
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post #11 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:57am
How would that be bad? It would not be anonymous, so any disgusting comments would be banned. That's the only bad thing I can think of talkbacks.
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post #12 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:57am
And yes, search will be drastically improved.
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post #13 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:59am
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Originally Posted by iwasakabukiman View Post
Well we're going to be integrating the forums and the talkbacks together at some point.
Please do not do that.
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post #14 of 298
10/13/08 at 1:30am
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Why shouldn't we integrate the talkback into the articles? Like Rabid Cow said before, it would remove the anonymous component of the article comments that we have now.

Would a better solution be to have the same login credentials for the main site and the forums, that way you don't have to fill out the form everytime? Then we would get rid of the anonymous people who leave nasty comments. How does that sound to you guys?
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post #15 of 298
10/13/08 at 1:31am
I really don't understand the support that keeps bringing the talkbacks back to life. Are endless posts by people insulting the article's writer really helping the site? Is that drawing hits?
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post #16 of 298
10/13/08 at 1:36am
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
I really don't understand the support that keeps bringing the talkbacks back to life. Are endless posts by people insulting the article's writer really helping the site? Is that drawing hits?
We really want to put a stop to that, which is why we want to make it so that people can't put up posts like that. And it does not help the site, in fact, I think it brings the site down in many ways, which is a shame.
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post #17 of 298
10/13/08 at 1:59am
The talkbacks work when it allows people to post their immediate feelings on the topic at hand:
"That's awesome!"
"I've been a fan of [name] since [title]. I'll see this because of that."
"I hope [name] dies of AIDS toute suit so as to spare us from more cinematic injustices such as this one"

This clears up the boards so that more discussions about how exactly [name] should contract the AIDS virus can take place without risk of diversion.
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post #18 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:07am
An article's author already creates a thread in the boards for that specific article. In effect, it would be no different.

Any "Get AIDS" comments would not be tolerated and (like on the boards) swiftly obliterated. Also FYI, the boards and main site will both be redesigned and made to look the same.
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post #19 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:20am
Bringing the rep back could help with that, too (diversions).
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post #20 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:23am
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Originally Posted by iwasakabukiman View Post
Well we're going to be integrating the forums and the talkbacks together at some point.
What exactly do you mean by this? How would this work?
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post #21 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:25am
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Originally Posted by Renn Brown View Post
What exactly do you mean by this? How would this work?
You sign into CHUD with your message board ID and leave comments on articles the same way you do in threads.
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post #22 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:26am
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Originally Posted by Renn Brown View Post
What exactly do you mean by this? How would this work?
I'm guessing you'd need to register to leave Talkbacks, thus being able to track which user said whatever on the Talkbacks. And the registration would be able to be used in the forums, too.

Or, I could be wrong, and let the people working on the stuff to answer.

Edit: There ya go.
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post #23 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:36am
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Originally Posted by RabidCow View Post
You sign into CHUD with your message board ID and leave comments on articles the same way you do in threads.
Would the message boards still exist as their own entity? Or would it be full integration?
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post #24 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:41am
It would still be its own separate section of the site, but it would be more fully integrated into the main design. CHUD writers' accounts would also be tied into the boards' user database, so clicking on let's say Devin's profile will show both his articles and his posts on the boards.
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post #25 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:44am
Hmmm. This idea does not inherently repulse me. Though, who the fuck am I?

Either way, I have faith and trust in you fellows and look forward to any and all improvements. I don't envy your monumental task.
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post #26 of 298
10/13/08 at 2:53am
bring back the movie microscope

i miss reading the ravaging reviews of really shitty movies

and rep...bring back the green square (or red) of doooooooom
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post #27 of 298
10/13/08 at 3:01am
Bring back Beaks while you're at it!
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post #28 of 298
10/13/08 at 3:02am
Get something like DigitalBits has for Upcoming DVDs. There I can easily see the dvd covers week by week and click on them, which takes me to Amazon. Much like Chud's Amazon search, doing so gives Digitalbits some kind of percentage or whatever. I'd be happy to give Chud these couple of cents, but it's easier to just click the covers at DigitalBits as I sometimes go week by week for a few months to grab what I might want ahead of time. The search engine and the weekly column just aren't as efficient.
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post #29 of 298
10/13/08 at 3:06am
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Originally Posted by BTSMGL View Post
Bringing the rep back could help with that, too (diversions).
No, no, and no. Unless you are writing a thesis paper on the psychological connection between rep and a person's feeling of self-worth, the rep system is of no use. It starts off all well and good, but then someone gets enough and starts giving it out like Marlo giving all the kids money for clothes. The favor is returned and soon everyone has the power to boost someone else's score. Rather than rewarding those that make the best argument or a good discussion between two well-versed chewers, everyone piles on the rep to the guy who posts the funniest picture or .gif. The only good thing that came from them was seeing what the phrase was when someone entered a new level of rep (so-and-so is damn tootin' was my personal fav.)

If this were a DIY forum, I could see it being useful so I know whose advice to follow when fixing my computer. As a discussion forum, just make a mental note of the avatar of the person you like and scan for it in future discussions.
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post #30 of 298
10/13/08 at 3:09am
I'm ambivalent on the subject of rep. It had its uses, but it was so misused that it became a liability. I don't think the boards are poorer for losing it.
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post #31 of 298
10/13/08 at 3:14am
If you're consistently a good poster, people will catch on. A DIY/support forum has a lot of people like me who are just visiting and don't know the community, but need advice.
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post #32 of 298
10/13/08 at 4:03am
I actually like the temporary beta "banner" thing. I know it's going, but it's all paper-y. You never see stuff wrapped like that anymore. Makes me think i'm receiving a spec script for something every time I open the site.

Cos send me that stuff all the time. Honest.
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post #33 of 298
10/13/08 at 7:57am
I thought the point of the talkbacks was so that people who didn't want to go through the "trouble" of registering could still comment?
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post #34 of 298
10/13/08 at 8:29am
The only fun thing about the rep system was watching Fleed's rep. It was like watching the stock market, in the end he bounced back though!
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post #35 of 298
10/13/08 at 8:40am
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Originally Posted by RabidCow View Post
We are.
Awesome.
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post #36 of 298
10/13/08 at 11:36am
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
I thought the point of the talkbacks was so that people who didn't want to go through the "trouble" of registering could still comment?
And look where that got us. A bunch of fat "jokes" and assorted bullshit.

We really are trying to push CHUD into the next "phase," trying to give it an even bigger focus on community and whatnot.
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post #37 of 298
10/13/08 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by RabidCow View Post
And look where that got us. A bunch of fat "jokes" and assorted bullshit.
"How do you tell someone you love and care deeply about...'I told you so'?"

Kidding. (and if you didn't see last week's Office, never mind) But it was the site runners who espoused the "people don't want to sort through your bullshit and have to register to leave comments" defense, Dickson's just parroting it back.

The talkbacks were heralded as a way for people to talk movies without wading through "in-jokes". I haven't actually counted the sleestak vaginaface posts on the talkbacks, but as I said then, it uglied up the front yard pretty good. Glad you guys are on the case.
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post #38 of 298
10/13/08 at 11:59am
What I was getting at is if talkbacks were designed as a way to comment without registering, and now the plan is to have talkbacks require registration, what's the real difference between talkbacks and the message boards now?
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post #39 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:06pm
I guess the draw for a poster would be your posts are on the front page? AICN has forums and talkbacks, I guess. I've never even seen their forums, though.
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post #40 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:11pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
What I was getting at is if talkbacks were designed as a way to comment without registering, and now the plan is to have talkbacks require registration, what's the real difference between talkbacks and the message boards now?
Placement, I suppose. The best thing I can come up with is that these retarded talkbacks are Just One Of Those Features that every movie site is expected to have, regardless of the actual merit of the feature.
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post #41 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:24pm
Will there be a second talkback section for the second message board you're currently building? Because I'd like to write a blog about it.
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post #42 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:34pm
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Originally Posted by RabidCow View Post
And yes, search will be drastically improved.
Praise the Lowarduh (Lord).
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post #43 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:43pm
I anxiously await the day when I don't have to use Google to search for threads. This should be #1 on the list.
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post #44 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:48pm
Just put Darkmite on the payroll. He's a better search engine than Google and he'll work for nothing but Sci-Fi channel original movies.
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post #45 of 298
10/13/08 at 12:53pm
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Originally Posted by BobClark View Post
Just put Darkmite on the payroll. He's a better search engine than Google and he'll work for nothing but Sci-Fi channel original movies.
Just a thankless stubborn hamster in the wheel under the hood of the CHUD MBs.
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post #46 of 298
10/13/08 at 1:03pm
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Originally Posted by BTSMGL View Post
Bring back Beaks while you're at it!
x 1,000,000

He's wasted over there. WASTED!
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post #47 of 298
10/13/08 at 1:15pm
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Originally Posted by BobClark View Post
Will there be a second talkback section for the second message board you're currently building? Because I'd like to write a blog about it.
I created the new talkback as a place for those who are working on the upgrade to test things out in the forums without having to take the whole forum offline, because I know how much that would upset people (I know I get annoyed when the boards go offline). I asked people to start using it to see how some of my tests would work...I didn't expect the negative reaction it's gotten. You can post your thoughts about it here if you want to.
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post #48 of 298
10/13/08 at 1:17pm
I could see the main site/message board merger potentially increasing the number of good posters that want to discuss movies. Maybe people that read the main site and ignore message boards for the most part (because really, most websites message boards are unbearable) but have to register to give an insightful talkback, and then stick around for the rest of the boards that have ensnared us all? Seems a bit far-fetched, but it could happen.
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post #49 of 298
10/13/08 at 1:22pm
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Originally Posted by Matt Turner View Post
I could see the main site/message board merger potentially increasing the number of good posters that want to discuss movies. Maybe people that read the main site and ignore message boards for the most part (because really, most websites message boards are unbearable) but have to register to give an insightful talkback, and then stick around for the rest of the boards that have ensnared us all? Seems a bit far-fetched, but it could happen.
A majority of those who read the site don't really particpate in the boards. I've been reading CHUD for almost 5 years and I just recently got involved in the boards. I do think that relative to other sites, CHUD has a pretty intelligent forums section, so maybe it would draw more people to the boards.
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post #50 of 298
10/13/08 at 7:59pm
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Originally Posted by Gaybe Sapien View Post
x 1,000,000

He's wasted over there. WASTED!
I need a sugar daddy.
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