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After reading every post and every page of the Feedback thread, I have come away with many great ideas from the members and a few of my own. And because we are only allowed to list a few ideas on the Feeback thread, I will list the many ideas I have on this thread.
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Site: Most Important to Least

* Search Feature
* Karma System
* Update- Bungie Comics, Letters To The Webmaster, The Soapbox, and The Gallery
* Sweep the Avatar Submissions and upload them for the Members
* Ability to send multiple PMs (Message an entire group)
* View Signature on Member Profile

Groups: Most Important to Least

* Bring back Old Column features, such as Databases, Active-o-meter, and Optional Public Forum Viewing for Groups
* Upload the many awesome themes created by the members for Group use
* News that is formatted, then posted to a Forum should also be formatted in the thread. (It's frustrating when you write a large article with links, bolded words, and italic words, then to lose all formatting of it when it's posted to the Forum of your group)
* Ability to Organize Resource entries in order of importance, not when they were created.
* Option to have different text color for group Moderators
* Option to classify "My Groups" into different catagories, like "7th Column Help Groups." You would open that catagory and see (If you were a member of the groups) Chapter Founders, The Council Chambers, or any other group that is a 7th Column Help group.
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Now, I'd like to see some people post their opinions of these ideas, and if you agree with the order of importance, post it. If not, tell what should be more important.

  • 05.28.2006 7:49 AM PDT

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* Search Feature

The search feature is something that I think everybody could use and they WOULD use it.

* Karma System

The karma system could be a good or bad thing. It would allow the veteran members a little more respect for there wisdom and general bungie-ness. But it could also cause problems when people start fighting over who has the best idea in a thread because of there high karma.

* Update- Bungie Comics, Letters To The Webmaster, The Soapbox, and The Gallery

Yes...this could use a serious update..they are all the exact same as they were when I joined...and that's bad.

* Sweep the Avatar Submissions and upload them for the Members

Yeah...Bungie.net could use some new avatars...and I've seen several that are even better than the ones Bungie has. So they are OBVIOULSY not looking at any new submissions.
(Some new themes would be nice to...)

* Ability to send multiple PMs (Message an entire group)

This would be a good idea as far as messaging people in a thread with something that you founf on the internet about that particular subject...but could be used for mass spam also.

* View Signature on Member Profile

Is there really a point to this? If you are that member's profile you have probably recently seen them in the forum and clicked on there name. Which means that you could have already seen his signature.

Groups: Most Important to Least

* Bring back Old Column features, such as Databases, Active-o-meter, and Optional Public Forum Viewing for Groups

I haven't been here long enough to know what the old column was like...but an Active-O-Meter does sound like a gopod idea.

* Upload the many awesome themes created by the members for Group use

I think I already mentioned this...

* News that is formatted, then posted to a Forum should also be formatted in the thread. (It's frustrating when you write a large article with links, bolded words, and italic words, then to lose all formatting of it when it's posted to the Forum of your group)

Well...you can always add the text markup to the article and then delete that when the thread and news is already submitted...

A little extra work, yes, but it still solves the problem.

* Ability to Organize Resource entries in order of importance, not when they were created.

I think this would be VERY usefull...I think I must have spent three days re-organizing my articles because they were messed up in the resources and had to re-do each one.

* Option to have different text color for group Moderators

As most people in my groups would know...I think this is one of the best idea out there!

Before my update the moderators of my group were being insulted by other members because said members were to ignorant to look at that moderator's rank. Diffarent colored text could help solve the problem and it would make the mods of each group feel a little extra special...which is always good.

* Option to classify "My Groups" into different catagories, like "7th Column Help Groups." You would open that catagory and see (If you were a member of the groups) Chapter Founders, The Council Chambers, or any other group that is a 7th Column Help group.

With the exeption of people who have all 25 group slots filled...this is almost pointless.

I don't want to have to go through several categories to get to certain groups. Of course you DID say it would be optional.

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And I would like to add that a spell check for the regular forums would also be a good idea...some of the people on Bungie.net need to learn some serious grammar skills!

  • 05.28.2006 8:07 AM PDT
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Posted by: Skillet98
And I would like to add that a spell check for the regular forums would also be a good idea...some of the people on Bungie.net need to learn some serious grammar skills!

The only people who need a spell checker are the ones who wouldn't bother to use one.

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Good ideas Muno and Skillet

  • 05.28.2006 8:44 AM PDT

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That's a valid point Captain K Mart.

Thank you nate.

  • 05.28.2006 8:58 AM PDT
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I think there should be an open group for this, where you don't have to be a member to post, but can just drop by and make a thread with an idea that may be enlisted into some sort of grand list or something. I know we have groups fucusing on the community, but something focusing on the technical stuff of B.net would be good. Just somewhere to put all the ideas together. As far as I know we don't really have such a place... do we?

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Last time I heard, the search feature was causing a lot of problems with the Bnet forum, hence why it hasn't been made yet.

Could have just been silly rumor-mongering though...

  • 05.28.2006 9:55 AM PDT
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* Ability to send multiple PMs (Message an entire group)

Think of all the group invites...

* View Signature on Member Profile

I thought about this too, like when creating a new sig and you wanna see it but don't want to post to see how it looks.


* Upload the many awesome themes created by the members for Group use

That's already a "feature". Except a certain someone is always busy so they don't get uploaded.


* Ability to Organize Resource entries in order of importance, not when they were created.

Like that.

* Option to have different text color for group Moderators

heh, let's all play moderator in our groups.

* Option to classify "My Groups" into different catagories, like "7th Column Help Groups." You would open that catagory and see (If you were a member of the groups) Chapter Founders, The Council Chambers, or any other group that is a 7th Column Help group.

A sort of search feature for the groups? Maybe. You can already search for certain keywords to find some groups.

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Update- Bungie Comics, Letters To The Webmaster, The Soapbox, and The Gallery

Yes...this could use a serious update..they are all the exact same as they were when I joined...and that's bad.


Except for the the Letters, those haven't changed since I joined. With my first profile.

Ability to send multiple PMs (Message an entire group)
I would say that I would only consider this for members of a group you have powers in. I think the spam potential is too great.


A sort of search feature for the groups? Maybe. You can already search for certain keywords to find some groups.
I believe he was talking about something more like a folder system.

In my opinion, the search feature is the most important thing. Of all the ideas, I think that would be the most helpful.

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Posted by: Skillet98
* Option to have different text color for group Moderators

As most people in my groups would know...I think this is one of the best idea out there!

Before my update the moderators of my group were being insulted by other members because said members were to ignorant to look at that moderator's rank. Diffarent colored text could help solve the problem and it would make the mods of each group feel a little extra special...which is always good.
Thats the reason the current mods have white text. I was looking through some of the old threads in the septagon and learned that. Orginally it said "member" above their name and not "Forum Ninja". The only thing moderators had were custome avatars. They did not really stand out to the members. That is one of the reasons they started putting "Moderator" on their Avatars. Moderators were givin white text and the rank of "Forum Ninja" so they could stand out from other members.

I think this is one of the best idea's for a group that I have heard. It easily lets members know who the group staff is.

  • 05.28.2006 11:43 AM PDT
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I would say that I would only consider this for members of a group you have powers in. I think the spam potential is too great.

It could be a security option. That way the Admins of Chapters could inform their members in a fast, easy way.

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That could work. Just so long as you can't mass PM the public forums. That would be bad.

  • 05.28.2006 11:57 AM PDT
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That could work. Just so long as you can't mass PM the public forums. That would be bad.

No kiddin. I'd hate to see the trolls abuse that feature. *cringes*

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I like these ideas you have good thoughts, i wish mine were as organised as that.

  • 05.29.2006 4:05 AM PDT

Skillet was here and referred to himself in the third person.

I'm pretty sure that I'm the first person to think of a security role feature with colored text...if I wasn't please somebody, prove me wrong.

I still think it would be a cool idea...hopefully Achronos or somebody else who knows will tell us if any of these ideas are being thought about or not.

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Posted by: Skillet98
I'm pretty sure that I'm the first person to think of a security role feature with colored text...if I wasn't please somebody, prove me wrong.

I still think it would be a cool idea...hopefully Achronos or somebody else who knows will tell us if any of these ideas are being thought about or not.
I came up with it a while ago. Check out the kuniclo project for proof.

  • 05.29.2006 11:04 AM PDT
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It doesn't matter who's idea it was; it's a great idea none the less, and I would love to see it as an option.

  • 05.29.2006 11:26 AM PDT