Column #221; By DanQ

[atawa]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Well that's ok, since our subscriber fees will pay for super-whizzy (TM) equipment.

Thats not the point, there are still a lot of people out there on dial up

[DrSpike]

Well correct me if you know better but I don't think a 50% boost (for example) in avatar size for subscribers would bother the 56K modem users, if the server is being upgraded to handle the numbers problem.

[Rasbelin]

Indeed, Spikey. Having e.g. 120x120 px custom avatars wouldn't hurt much, plus broadband will soon beat dial-up modems globally.

[Skanky Burns]

I had a dream last night that Apoyton had already implemented the subscriber scheme, and rather than increasing the size of avatars allowed, they just allowed you to have as many avatars as you wanted. So some enterprising individuals decided that to make an massive avatar in sections and ended up with an avatar 3 "normal avatars" wide, 4 deep.

I wasn't impressed, although I was glad that avatars were finally back.

[FrustratedPoet]

That should be in the "You know you've spent too much time...." thread.

/edit: and as if by magic, avatars came back online when I posted this.

[Frozzy]

They were on quite some time before.

[Panag]

Originally posted by DrSpike


Well to be consistent I'd say you need a certain post count for the larger avatars, even for subscribers. 500 seems about right.

So non-subscribers: 0-500 posts use bog standard, then small custom after 500.

Subscibers: 0-500 custom, then large custom after 500. This could also be a little higher perhaps, maybe 1000.

hi ,



, the site owners have always wanted to keep apolyton for free and the same for all , .....

have a nice day

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by panag


hi ,



, the site owners have always wanted to keep apolyton for free and the same for all , .....

have a nice day

Uh, it was Dan who invited discussion of possible subscriber benefits. Do you even read any of threads you post in?

[Panag]

Originally posted by DrSpike


Uh, it was Dan who invited discussion of possible subscriber benefits. Do you even read any of threads you post in?

hi ,

do you , .........


cause , huh , Dan is not alone , ....... there is still Mark , aldo many proclaim the fact he shall never return , ......

if you would read a bit of history and put one and one together , if they really wanted to go on the " paying tour " they would have done it like that , ...... they can have it implemented in less then 4 hours , ...... and till this very day apolyton is still for free , .......

have a nice sunday afternoon

[DrSpike]

Look, I don't claim to have a unique insight into the owners' minds; all recent posts about possible subscriber benefits were responding to THE OWNERS' SUGGESTION to discuss possible subscriber benefits. Hence your earlier response was, even by your usual standards, stupid.

[Atahualpa]

avatar was the first thing I have turned off

[VetLegion]

How about extra statistics for subscribers? That wouldn't hurt the rest and most people like them. Some possible stats:

- average post length (letters, words)
- timing of posts, most being between xx-yy
- number of threadkills
- average number of responses per initiated thread
- time spent logged on this week, total..
- number of references to poster in threads he didnt post in
- mean time between clicking 'reply' and 'submit' (is it possible? would show who is the slowwit )

Basically, all of the existing stats (number of posts, etc) can be expanded in some way. This could be calculated on request or once in a period of time, if it would be server-load intensive.

[DrSpike]

Some of those would be interesting.

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by VetLegion
How about extra statistics for subscribers? That wouldn't hurt the rest and most people like them. Some possible stats:

- average post length (letters, words)
- timing of posts, most being between xx-yy
- number of threadkills
- average number of responses per initiated thread
- time spent logged on this week, total..
- number of references to poster in threads he didnt post in
- mean time between clicking 'reply' and 'submit' (is it possible? would show who is the slowwit )

Basically, all of the existing stats (number of posts, etc) can be expanded in some way. This could be calculated on request or once in a period of time, if it would be server-load intensive.

These are great. I have a feeling that references to poster in threads he didn't post on would be hard to implement, though. But what do I know

I don't see what the last one would be good for. Except maybe for bashing.

As for number of threadkills: I have a feeling that I would be high on this one

Asmodean

[DarkCloud]

number of references to poster in threads he didnt post in

That woudl be a great option