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Msg: 201 | |
| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/29/2009 1:43:39 PM |
Does anyone know if there is a way to see who put you in their favorites?
Go into your favorites, look at the line of text above the list:
There are three links, click on the first one.
Find out who has selected you as a favorite! Testimonials from favorites Favorite Updates | |
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| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/29/2009 1:44:22 PM | from your inbox -
Inbox | My Matches | Sent Msg | Profile: View Edit | Images | Mail Settings | Favorites | Viewed Me
click on favorites.
on that page:
Find out who has selected you as a favorite! Testimonials from favorites Favorite Updates
click on you as a favorite. | |
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| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/29/2009 2:56:45 PM |
Sucks pretty bad when you have to go searching for your own posts to follow them....
I dunno, the following works pretty good for me
I don't want to try and hunt down through practically All the threads to find my favorite writers postings!!! and usually their mail restrictions won't let me ask them directly "what have you written lately?"
I mean Come On!!!
So bookmark their posting history in a favourites folder in your browser’s links bar – no need to search through a bajillion threads – one click and you're done.
To have to click on someones history when in a thread, or find a thread that they have given their point of view, in order to find their forum history, takes longer to do, and is much more inconvenient.
So use the forum thread search tool - enter their name, click on username and click on search.
Problem also solved! ....
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Msg: 204 | |
| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/29/2009 4:22:43 PM | Ooooh! pictures....
There are many ways of making keeping track of posters (or finding their posts, use deductive reasoning=it's easy), with a little effort you can make this a "one click" option. You only have to find them once to make it "one click".
If you want a real challenge, try getting internet connectivity in the bush, no cable, no phoneline. | |
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Posted: 8/29/2009 5:30:32 PM | More than likely you will find that the Mods, work on sites "for free", yep un-paid... irrespective.. your here for free, so quit winning about Mods responses and when they get the chance to... Rome wasn't built in a day.
In my opinion POF creator was smart... Others now have forums to their dating sites, where they didn't before hand.
The Forums is a release for some, a great help for others, and a great way of getting to know people, as a third.
The seperation of "dating" to forums isn't a bad idea.. although admittingly it didn't bother me that others would see my tracked threads and that was our option to track them or not.
This is a business like any other business, why shouldn't the creator experiement and find more ways to make money? He created it.. We're here. He must have done but good, seeing as others are following suit... and seeing how large it is.... | |
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Posted: 8/29/2009 10:20:35 PM | I'm grateful for the removal of the number of favorites, it's caused a lot of trouble for me in the past with snarky emails from insecure, sarcastic types...
I tried to explain to them I'd been on this site a long time and had made quite a few friends, that half of my favorites list was female, that most of them were from the poetry forums, but their insecurity wouldn't let go of it...
and then, *poof* , with one keystroke (okay, maybe more than one) marcus solves my problem. 
And those of you angling against my testimonials....don't. even. start. My friends aren't going anywhere, but you might. | |
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Posted: 8/30/2009 8:32:11 AM | Hello "trappedonbayst" ...been a long while... still trapped I see. Haha.
Your suggestion in locating favourite threads and/or posters is helpful...
So use the forum thread search tool - enter their name, click on username and click on search.
...however... after entering my friend's username in the appropriate box then clicking "search" it failed to post links to the threads I'd hoped it would. I KNOW this user and friend has posted in the forums many times and continues to do so, yet the search brought up no links to threads. Hmm. Why not? Is it necessary to have BOTH the username and at least one thread title? If so, would all threads this user has posted on then display so I may access them? I do recall being able to link to a list of threads a user has posted on by clicking on their photo where they've posted a message on a thread. That option was great! I hope that's still possible.
In addition to the above, I must say I would greatly appreciate profiles having a link to their thread postings. Whether it was ONE link to the most recently posted comment on a thread or a link to a list of links where the user posted, it'd be ideal. I've found reading such postings does make one better informed about WHO the person really is, how they think, and ultimately, most importantly, IF they are compatible as a friend and/or potentially more. :-) | |
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Posted: 8/30/2009 10:24:11 AM |
...however... after entering my friend's username in the appropriate box then clicking "search" it failed to post links to the threads I'd hoped it would. I KNOW this user and friend has posted in the forums many times and continues to do so, yet the search brought up no links to threads. Hmm. Why not?
Did you remember to click on “username” in the drop down box ?, (i’ll assume you spelled their name correctly), other than that it should work.
Email me their username and i’ll check it out if that isn't the case.
Why not? Is it necessary to have BOTH the username and at least one thread title?
Nope, the example I have illustrated above is sufficient ...
As an FYI - being logged in or out will not affect the search - not sure if hidden profiles are affected though - things are always changing here w/o being notified.
In addition to the above, I must say I would greatly appreciate profiles having a link to their thread postings. Whether it was ONE link to the most recently posted comment on a thread or a link to a list of links where the user posted, it'd be ideal.
A simple "User's Thoughts" link on their profile would satisfy that while not cluttering up a profile.
Hello "trappedonbayst" ...been a long while... still trapped I see. Haha.
Somewhat ... :)
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Posted: 8/30/2009 11:15:42 AM | Hello again! I'd returned to say I'd made an error in following your instructions Sir "trappedonbayst". OOPS! Yes, you were wise to assume I typed the username correctly. ;-) Haha. However I'd make an error in following your "sufficient illustration" posted here. I didn't realize there was a drop down menu to select "username" for the adjacent box to the box I typed in the user's actual POF name here. BIG OOPS! My friend who's postings I was searching for clarified that missed step that I'd not followed in your VERY, VERY (can I stress very?) VERY SUFFICIENT ILLUSTRATION. Haha. THANKS! :-)
A simple "User's Thoughts" link on their profile would satisfy that while not cluttering up a profile.
I think that's a great idea! | |
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Msg: 211 | |
| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/30/2009 4:08:51 PM |
A simple "User's Thoughts" link on their profile would satisfy that while not cluttering up a profile.
Or even just making all POF Forum history URLs clickable when pasted in profiles.
I think this is even better than the former glitchy clutter method.
last 25 posts link would be wonderfully informative...
Finding "last 25" pages is not difficult (hopefully more posters will include their "last 25" URL in their profile) and FYI, in case some haven't read some of the earlier posts prior to our Trapped's return, you can put the URL to any profile's "last 25" in:
- a bookmarks folder on your browser (one click, actually less clicks then the "old" way)
- save the URL to a notepad list (C & P to address field + Enter, this can also be made "one click" on most notepad apps)
- save the URL in the user-notepad that's in the Favorites list feature (C & P to address field + Enter) | |
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| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/30/2009 4:59:04 PM |
That makes 2 of us, sort of, ish, see I think it is all done by imps.
Using that analogy, displaying a member's number of favourites requires an imp to run off, grab a reference book marked "favourites" , look for the total for that person then shout that number to another imp who will write it on the page.
To show the last 5 forum posts is a similar process.
Every server has a limited number of imps available at any one time, so it makes sense to only give them essential tasks. | |
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Posted: 8/30/2009 9:12:53 PM | | Last 5 posts wasnt a feature that I used, but... The favorites should have stayed. I see it both ways but there is a simple solution. Make it where others cant see how many favs you have but when you view your own profile you can see them. I got a favs ad today by someone named *****snipped******* and I had to search for that name to see her profile. Problem is that it didnt find her and I have no list to go to to find out who it is. I would like to at least see who ads me to their list. | |
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Msg: 214 | |
| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/30/2009 9:41:24 PM | First off, you shouldn't mention user-names.
I have no list to go to to find out who it is. I would like to at least see who ads me to their list.
Have you tried looking at the list of those who added you?
See posts #204/205 | |
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Posted: 8/31/2009 5:26:01 AM | My opinion is that I am glad that the number of favorites was removed from the profiles!!!!
I feel that it is very intimadating for some people to send a message to that person that they are viewing, and interested in, when there is a large number showing.
As for the forum post, I'm also glad that, that was removed also!!!!
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| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/31/2009 8:53:25 AM |
Did you remember to click on “username” in the drop down box ?, (i’ll assume you spelled their name correctly), other than that it should work.
I noticed yesterday that the results are not always complete. I was looking for all of my postings so used Good_Chum", "Username" and clicked Search and it returned most of my posts. The one I wanted was not there. I then did the search again using a keyword from the Subject and bingo, there it was.
Methinks the forum search system ain't quite there yet. | |
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Msg: 217 | |
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Posted: 8/31/2009 10:41:43 AM | Like alot people I miss the favorites number displayed at the bottom of the page. I would like to see at least an option for this..
Many people enjoyed this, and it got taken away. Did nothing to improve the site...
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Posted: 8/31/2009 1:03:28 PM |
You need to click on your history after you find "any" post, t0 get the last 25 posts page.
I am new here so only had a few posts in total and 7 posts displayed. After the subject search, the next time I used UserName search I got the 8 postings including the one that had been missing before. There may have been one or two more, but I could not remember keywords in the subject so will never know.
This morning when I used UserName there were 11 posts and I had not added any at that time. Methinks it ain't there yet. | |
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Msg: 224 | |
| Favourites & Last 5 Forum Posts being removed from profiles
Posted: 8/31/2009 10:25:10 PM |
I apoligize if this was mentioned, But an alternative to the last 5 post's would be a forum history link on a profile, Some are obliviouse to forum post's but for those of us that do check that would be nice..
Put the URL of your history on your profile for those less "oblivious".
I am new here so only had a few posts in total and 7 posts displayed
Congratulations, that's 6 more than needed in order to find your "last 25" history by clicking on it.
i'm coming in late. can you expand on that .. what was the reason for removing the favorites count?
If you read the thread you can draw conclusions from both; reasoned arguments or polemic paralogisms, YMMV.
Wow, trapped... that "users thoughts" link you put in your post... on page before this one... worked nicely!
I'd love to see that on our profiles.
Until this is implemented (history tells us this isn't likely, but we can cross our fingers), there are other options for both displaying an URL to your "last 25 posts" in your profile and finding/saving a link to other user's posts (if any). –As outline by Trapped and myself in this thread. | |
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