Suggested feature: Live Topics - Empty Closets - A safe online community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people coming out

Dan82 · 9th Apr 2011, 06:47 PM

Some other vBulletin forums I’m on have a live topic feature where the thread is automatically update if there is a frequent rate of responses.

**Mogget** · 9th Apr 2011, 08:17 PM

Can you describe this a little more in-depth? I'm not quite sure what you mean.

Dan82 · 9th Apr 2011, 08:24 PM

Basically when you click on a thread that is live when someone posts a response it appears at the bottom of the tread without the reader needing to update it.

**Martin** · 9th Apr 2011, 10:11 PM

Live Topic - AJAX - vBulletin.org Forum

Is that the feature you are referring to?

Dan82 · 9th Apr 2011, 10:25 PM

I think so; I’ can’t be completely sure but the description sounds right.

**Martin** · 10th Apr 2011, 06:41 PM

I've done a bit of research into it and it sounds like an interesting feature. The only concern I have is that the site isn't necessarily busy enough (bar from 1 or 2 threads during peak hours) to have a couple of members posting in it simultaneously. Even when a discussion is going on between multiple members, the timing between posts is likely too long for a thread to qualify as 'live'. I can see why it comes in useful at uber active forums that have quick flowing thread discussions, but I rarely see EC's threads moving at a quick pace. Saying that, it would be useful in future if and when the site does increase its activity further.

Does anybody else have any thoughts on it? The reception a suggestion gets is the main thing I look out for when looking into them.

Martin.

**Owen** · 10th Apr 2011, 07:06 PM

Speaking only for myself, I can see the use in it, but I say that as someone given to verbose responses, and I've learned by now to check for replies to the thread manually before I post my reply when my reply starts to hit the multi-paragraph mark, and even then, most of the time, there isn't a new reply. So I'm not particularly strongly in support of or against the idea; if it could be implemented without risk to the forum, I'd have no problem with it, but if it isn't implemented, I won't resent its absence.

brodyman · 10th Apr 2011, 07:39 PM

I am pretty new here but I could see the uses. For me it would be like the perfect mix of a chat room and a forum. You wouldn't use it as much if your posting a mega-post but say were having a casual-informative chat it would work nicely for that. Although if it is a real pain in the butt then I'd say we can still make do with what we got.

**Chip** · 11th Apr 2011, 12:16 AM

I think it's something we should look at adding, but I'd suggest we wait until we do the major upgrade to vB4. vBulletin just officially announced end-of-life for 3.x (and we aren't even running the latest version of vB3, because to upgrade would doubtless break things).

I think it could be semi-useful, but as others have already pointed out, EC posts tend to be fairly lengthy, limitiing the value of immediate updates.

9th Apr 2011, 06:47 PM	#1
Dan82 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: More gay than Bi Out Status: Not hiding but not many people know Location: Chicago IL Age: 30 Posts: 4,295 Join Date: Dec 2009	Suggested feature: Live Topics Some other vBulletin forums I’m on have a live topic feature where the thread is automatically update if there is a frequent rate of responses.

9th Apr 2011, 08:17 PM	#2
Mogget Mad and dead as nails EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 5 or 6. It varies Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Alaska Age: 22 Posts: 2,026 Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: Suggested feature: Live Topics Can you describe this a little more in-depth? I'm not quite sure what you mean. __________________ "As to what I am, I once was many things but now I am only several." - Mogget in Sabriel by Garth Nix "The world is quiet here." - VFD

9th Apr 2011, 08:24 PM	#3
Dan82 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: More gay than Bi Out Status: Not hiding but not many people know Location: Chicago IL Age: 30 Posts: 4,295 Join Date: Dec 2009	Re: Suggested feature: Live Topics Basically when you click on a thread that is live when someone posts a response it appears at the bottom of the tread without the reader needing to update it.

9th Apr 2011, 10:11 PM	#4
Martin EC's Red Queen EC Admin Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Merseyside, UK Age: 21 Posts: 8,047 Join Date: Nov 2007	Re: Suggested feature: Live Topics Live Topic - AJAX - vBulletin.org Forum Is that the feature you are referring to? __________________ The blue whale ejaculates up to 40 gallons during sexual intercourse, but only 10 gallons enters the female. Do you still wonder why the sea tastes salty?

9th Apr 2011, 10:25 PM	#5
Dan82 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: More gay than Bi Out Status: Not hiding but not many people know Location: Chicago IL Age: 30 Posts: 4,295 Join Date: Dec 2009	Re: Suggested feature: Live Topics I think so; I’ can’t be completely sure but the description sounds right.

10th Apr 2011, 06:41 PM	#6
Martin EC's Red Queen EC Admin Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Merseyside, UK Age: 21 Posts: 8,047 Join Date: Nov 2007	Re: Suggested feature: Live Topics I've done a bit of research into it and it sounds like an interesting feature. The only concern I have is that the site isn't necessarily busy enough (bar from 1 or 2 threads during peak hours) to have a couple of members posting in it simultaneously. Even when a discussion is going on between multiple members, the timing between posts is likely too long for a thread to qualify as 'live'. I can see why it comes in useful at uber active forums that have quick flowing thread discussions, but I rarely see EC's threads moving at a quick pace. Saying that, it would be useful in future if and when the site does increase its activity further. Does anybody else have any thoughts on it? The reception a suggestion gets is the main thing I look out for when looking into them. Martin. __________________ The blue whale ejaculates up to 40 gallons during sexual intercourse, but only 10 gallons enters the female. Do you still wonder why the sea tastes salty?

10th Apr 2011, 07:06 PM	#7
Owen Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult EC Admin Gender: Agendered dude Orientation: Panromantic androsexual Out Status: Everyone and their mother Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,873 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: Suggested feature: Live Topics Speaking only for myself, I can see the use in it, but I say that as someone given to verbose responses, and I've learned by now to check for replies to the thread manually before I post my reply when my reply starts to hit the multi-paragraph mark, and even then, most of the time, there isn't a new reply. So I'm not particularly strongly in support of or against the idea; if it could be implemented without risk to the forum, I'd have no problem with it, but if it isn't implemented, I won't resent its absence. __________________ "Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience prove you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza." -Daria Morgendorffer

10th Apr 2011, 07:39 PM	#8
brodyman Jock Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Not out at all Location: USA- Mountain Time zone Age: 16 Posts: 157 Join Date: Apr 2011	Re: Suggested feature: Live Topics I am pretty new here but I could see the uses. For me it would be like the perfect mix of a chat room and a forum. You wouldn't use it as much if your posting a mega-post but say were having a casual-informative chat it would work nicely for that. Although if it is a real pain in the butt then I'd say we can still make do with what we got. __________________ -And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. [Abraham Lincoln]

11th Apr 2011, 12:16 AM	#9
Chip EC Advisor EC Admin Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: northern CA Posts: 5,582 Join Date: May 2008	Re: Suggested feature: Live Topics I think it's something we should look at adding, but I'd suggest we wait until we do the major upgrade to vB4. vBulletin just officially announced end-of-life for 3.x (and we aren't even running the latest version of vB3, because to upgrade would doubtless break things). I think it could be semi-useful, but as others have already pointed out, EC posts tend to be fairly lengthy, limitiing the value of immediate updates.

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