hey!
finally some content!
Stunna/Torba.. not sure if this bug has been mentioned yet but it seems the chat window eats messages from time to time, whether it's regular chat or PM's. I often get PM's from people saying "Did you get my message?" and I have seen no messages before that, or people will post quizzes in chat, and people who posted before others didn't get seen at all. This issue seemed to compound after implementing the VIP chat.
on a technical level it has to have something to do with max sockets per token - i had the same issue when i asked the api about recent chatmessages while writing a message in the browser. solved it by not doing that and have the same impression: that with vip chat things got worse.
Speaking of VIP chat, it's pretty dismal in there. There's very little incentive to be active in VIP because those who have wagered over 5 BTC are few and far between, and the regular chat is far more engaging. I know you talked about strengthening the criteria for being accepted into VIP, but I think it should actually be lessened to promote activity in there. Otherwise it'll be a pointless graveyard with the occasional "Is anybody here?" messages. I do like that Tipsy doesn't show up in there. My suggestions:
- Reduce VIP requirement to 2 BTC wagered + 14 days registered.
- Allow Mods to "whitelist" users that are below 2 BTC but meet the criteria of not being a douchenozzle and being registered for 14 days.
- If a mod recognizes anybody in this whitelist begging or being a douchenozzle, lifetime ban from VIP.
i dont like the idea of having whitelists for mods to handle again. we receive enough hate and begging already, and i remember well how it was like when we had to whitelist people to get higher faucets. i think banning ppl would not be an issue though
what would help a lot to populate it are imho two things:
- remove the glass door from the vip-chat (its not vip when everybody lurks)
- find a way to display main AND vip at the same time
...but maybe thats just my point of view.
Other ideas I had not involving VIP
- Make the Rainbot official so those of us that donate to it regularly have the possibility of seeing some returns on it. Not too dissimilar from the Leader Board payouts, but on a more fractional level and allows people other than the Whales to benefit. The more rainbot is active, the happier the chatters are and the less they beg. If they do beg, they get put on the blacklist.
- Give mods the ability to reduce the 'level' of those that beg, thus reducing their faucet.
Thank you for all you do.
because i know what an issue it is to keep that rainbot running in a more or less political correct way i dont think pd has the resources to run it officially 24/7.
dont misunderstand me please - i love your suggestions and i dont speak for pd, just wanted to note some experience i made earlier.
also im not used to such substantial input in this thread - it could be a start of a informed discussion
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