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Improving Bloggerparty

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Hola bloggers.

It's been a while since I've posted. I've been busy and haven't had a chance to more than check in and make sure things were running smoothly the past couple months.

I see that a lot of familiar faces are still around, and some not. I see some new faces, too, which is a good thing.

For the past few months, despite not actively posting, I have been coming up with plans for the future of Bloggerparty and what direction I want the site to go in.

But in doing that, I've come to realize in a lot of ways I had started disliking the direction Bloggerparty was going in. In hopes of competing with various other websites, I had started focusing on things that now, in retrospect, may have not only cheapened this site, but cheapened all the great bloggers here, too.

We all want to make money, of course. But more than that, the only thing that will keep the majority of people here is the community. THAT should be the focus.

I have a lot of plans for Bloggerparty and its future. The first and foremost, is upgrading our interface to allow for cooler and better features. From there, though, it's not just my decision. It's yours. All the bloggers who post here, Bloggerparty would be nothing without you. It's your website, too.

In the next few weeks, I'm going to be setting up a way to discuss the future of the site and get input from our members. Perhaps a forum. That way, I can see what you all feel would improve our site, help it grow, and be a place you want to spend time at, too.

Thanks and happy blogging,

Brenda

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deorre's picture

Good on you, Admin.

manodogs's picture

Hip!

I love my BP blog -- it's one of my favorites of them all -- and I look forward to all the new features.

- Manodogs
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o ceallaigh's picture

Glad to hear from you Admin

in a lot of ways I had started disliking the direction Bloggerparty was going in

Yeah, I can relate. Looking forward to seeing what you have up your sleeve.

:)

At this point

I'm enjoying bloggerparty more than my blog on that "other" site. Don't change it too much! :)

Thanks for looking out for us!

read me!

Brenna
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Dark Amber's picture

Great! I'm excited. It would

Great! I'm excited. It would be very beneficial to all hash out where this site should head, and I think strengthening the sense of community will be a great start. :)

Reincarnated Cat
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Dark Amber's Mindsay

Hi, I was wondering if you

Hi,

I was wondering if you are going to be adding some new templates?

Thanks.

Catfish's picture

Heck, since someone else re-started this thread,...

I had two questions myself. One, what are the points for around here? Two, what is your opinion on splog?

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I too would like to know when the

Sassys
splogs will be at least tamed? It's great to see that you are not MIA, and I hope this site soars, it has great potential.

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We have recently changed the

We have recently changed the default theme to the 'Fancy' theme with a new logo. The change was made mainly due to speed issues with the previous theme. Due to compatability issues between themes and Drupal versions we will not be adding any more themes for the time being, until after the next upgrade. I love the fancy theme and I hope others do - its certainly much faster.

Party Points dont have any value just yet but they will in the future.

We do have a system in place where users can flag posts if they are spam. It doesnt take too many flags to disable a post automatically so please flag them when you see them.

We tolerate a certain amount of affiliate linking etc in posts so long as the blogger posts mainly spam free posts. Not sure where we should draw the line but we dont welcome people who signup purely to splog.

Thank you for your good wishes for Blogger Party.

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How do we flag?

I haven't been able to find it. And, I'd just like to be clear on what you consider as splog. If someone posts 7 or 8 messages at a time, like what's up now, and you know they didn't write it, do you consider that as splog, or just information? I worry about it for two reasons: one, if there's no attribution then someone's original content is being ripped off; two, if there is attribution, with the new Google algorithms it could get Google to not register the site, which would be detrimental to you. Of course there's a three, which is that it forces all other messages off, and some folks who come don't take the time to go back and look at messages not listed in the recent posts area.

I, like many others, thank you for your prompt response; it's appreciated.

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At the bottom of each post

At the bottom of each post theres a button that says 'Flag this' - you must be logged in to see it.

You can decide what you consider to be splog and flag accordingly.

Catfish's picture

I'm missing it

and I'm signed in, but this is all I see:

» quote | Blogger Party | private message | delicious | digg | reddit | 305 reads | subscribe to user's blogs | subscribe to this post

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To see the flag button you

To see the flag button you must be logged in and the post should not be older than 60 days - so you wont see it for this post.

Catfish's picture

I see it now,...

that's been there all the time? Wow! :-)

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Rhea's picture

Bug!!!!

Admin...
I'm glad to find out you wont to improve blogger[party, but, frankly, I'd be more happy, it the thisngs you allready immplemeted in this blog would work...

The fact is, I'm very frustrated coz, today, I came since looong time to write here, and I have this nastry surprise to find one of my older paosts vanishing before my eyes! Not to mention, I simply can't post anymore! Allthough, after submiting, I keeep receiveng the mesage :"you earned x points" bla bla bla...

But, I don't know whay I earn those points, coz I don't see my posts!
And I don't know where my very first post desapeared!

I explain tryed to repost it on my blog. Aparently, it was allready read by two people.I don't know how thay did that, coz I don't see the text. I don't know if it's really a bug, or maybe is soemone sneaking into the system. The fact is, when I firtsly tryed to reedit my first post, after submiting I received the message like this" access denid" "this page was modified by another person, you ae not alowed to acce thsi page" or something like this.
Later, after tryng to post something new, after submiting, I received the usual "you earned... " but also "access denied".

Now what am I suppose to understand? I can enter my account but, when it comes about blogging my acess is denied. I write "blind" (I don't see what I publish) , but still people can read me. This si very odd!...

Please help me. I would be intrerreted to know if any other blogger had the same problem here, these days.

Thanks!

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I've had the same problem

I've had the same problem :(

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Rhea's picture

I see now that my last post

I see now that my last post is published. Still I don't know where are the others...

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I'm feeling frustrated

With how liberally some people are flagging for 'spam'. I write all my own content, and I find links that I think are useful. I don't post multiple, long posts on the same topic to take over the front page. Some of my posts are paid, but most are not. I am frustrated to have a post deleted for no reason - and I am reading other bloggers feeling the same way.

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