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  looks much better, the name coloring feels off though : maulla
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    I agree. The mild highlight (yellow) in the current version helps offset the username from the text. Coul... : Arctic Fox
    • put the username in the head post in orange! : Majuju
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    It's more the dramatic change. If we had them all in blue now and switched them all to yellow, everyone w... : haiku
    • What about the signed-in username color? I remember in the image yesterday it was pink. Please tell me ... : Herman Toothrot
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      Its the white on root posts that throws me off the most. I dont mind the blue names in replies as much. A... : maulla
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        Yes, those will be a darker pink color. Again, needs to be that way because of the color scheme of the re... : haiku
        • That's unfortunate, but I suppose I'll get used to it eventually. Overall I think I'm mostly reacting to... : Herman Toothrot
        • The ECOs won't let you use anything other than some variation of pink? Wouldn't something like orange wor... : thetangent
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        Agreed, white on root posts looks out of place. : MercFox1
        • I agree with this also. : tangles
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        yup, should go back to yellow, perhaps a lighter one than the current one? : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • But, yeah, I guess you want it consistent with the username colors in the replies. Meh. It's just too muc... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • the only thing that bugs me about your adjustment are the white names of the root posters. : nomaad
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      I for one will miss yellow names. :( : thetangent
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        I'm sure there will be plenty of "classic shack" greasemonkey scripts out there once this thing gets roll... : maulla
        • thankfully! : skelom
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          lol, "classic". someone should write one that brings it back to a flat-style ShugaShack look. (dthread 4l... : biskits
          • I vaguely recall something from ThomW with shugashack styling, complete with the gif and everything. Thi... : Agrona
    • Yellow and black are two colors that always work together nice. Same with that blue, but imo the blue s... : doomed
• A little better. A lot of white going on there. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Whats up with all the retarded redesigns nowadays? Yours is better, but I'd like the poster's name to sta... : FiReaNG3L
• nice, much easier on the eyes for sure. : lcizzle
• the 2nd one is better but it does seem like the names should stand out more from the body : dantastic
• Your version is definitely better. When is this new design supposed to come out to public? : -sk-
• I'm with everyone else -- can you change the poster names' colors? : ThomW
• Your looks much better. All the blue highlighting on the first one was hurting my eyes. : basketofkittens
• The second is definitely better on the blue, but I don't think I like the usernames for the root posts be... : laurgasms
• They really blue that design. I like yours much, much better. Looks great. A nice evolution of the cur : coldfusioncs
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  If you could work something like OverloadUT's New Comments Marker into the design I will love you forever... : Arctic Fox
  • That stuff all requires code/html changes. I wouldn't be the one to do that. : haiku
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  Regarding root post user names: Again, these need to stay some kind of blue, and frankly, it's too sat... : haiku
  • I like the blue better. The glow makes me feel like I have a brain tumor. I have a really hard time with ... : laurgasms
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    TRONSHACK : Majuju
    • ShackPunk : baron calamity
  • Maybe a lighter blue than the thread posters' names. Having them the same color feels weird, even though ... : nomaad
  • Are we bedazzling the root poster names now? :( : MercFox1
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    I feel like I walked into the tv section as bestbuy with everything cranked to the max. Just way over sa... : ant_hillbilly
    • How about subtle text treatment on root poster name with non-bold white user comments. : ant_hillbilly
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    I think the root post names should be a lighter shade than the in-thread names. or perhaps that's just my : mn3m0n1c
    • Nah, make them yellow! Same color as the Mercury bolt! : MercFox1
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    the blur or whatever is actually kind of cool : manero
    • Yeah, I like it too. : Rotten Deadite
  • i like how they're going to post links to news automatically in the chatty : dantastic
  • nothing subtle about that :) : MikkleThePickle
  • I wouldn't call it subtle, but I dig reasonable uses of text shadow like that. Text colors are still to b... : Conan
  • the whitened is too bright. I like the blue. : rasputinreborn
  • Root post user name is really the only place available to mitigate all the blue. i prefer the second iter... : Borzoi
  • I like the blue better, but it might be because that matches closer to how the root username is the same ... : jeffmoeller
• second one is much better. : Hoax
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  Yours is certainly better. I like the bold white OP username but the light blue sub thread names seems..... : tboomer2
  • Probably just the anti-alias settings from my laptop. : haiku
• Your edit is a lot better, but I feel like every single post is INF'd -- not sure i like the rounded corn... : pixelat3d
• needs two "frames" each with an infinite scroll but no scroll bar, also an ad that takes up 50% of the me... : gmd
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  Very nice haiku. I hope they take your advice. Do they know that you're the best at shacknews? : dumb.
  • They were really cool about it, they said I can make whatever adjustments I want, send them along, and th... : haiku
• your design is much better : eeeealmo
• uh oh : Boxelder
• the username of the poster is too hard to see. it disappears into the rest of the text : manero
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  Don't fix what isn't broken >:( : CapnChaos
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    Also don't like the bold font on normal text. Bolding usernames would be fine. : CapnChaos
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      Agreed, everything about the text itself looks blurry to me. Like I'm looking at blown-up low-res screen... : Herman Toothrot
      • Agreed. : thetangent
• It's funny, after looking at the new one for a while, the yellow here looks weird. : Dave-A
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  isn't blue light known to suppress melatonin, you guys are going to delay sleep for a lot of late night s... : Chandler55
  • like the shack doesn't do this already : Arctic Fox
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  Root Post Author Style: http://cl.ly/3V3h2s3H272G1F2q0K1v I'm only going to go so far with this. I'm p... : haiku
  • I like that! Reminds me of subway signage. : eldersveld
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    how strange does it look if that black bar goes all the way across the top? : maulla
    • It goes all the way across on the first example. : tangles
    • Very strange. It looks like the browser had rendering errors. : haiku
  • It does a good job of differentiating root posters, but it still looks washed out without some form of co... : MercFox1
  • Can you set the black border around the OP names to a fixed width to see how that looks? The different s... : tboomer2
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    Can you turn off font smoothing on your mac so we can see it normally? Mac font smoothing makes white tex... : pixelat3d
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      No, I'm not going to go change my system settings to take screenshots. You guys can use your imagination.... : haiku
      • Well i think that's part of the concern with the white usernames -- the font smoothing makes the text loo... : pixelat3d
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    This certainly looks more elegant. that pink isn't staying around though, is it? :D : mn3m0n1c
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      You will see your replies with a "hot pink" color. And yes, it's staying, it has to match the color schem... : haiku
      • It's just so flickr-y. I'll try to adapt. : mn3m0n1c
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        We will get used to it because we have to, not because we like it. This is academic, however, as greas... : MercFox1
        • Hello from WinChatty! : tboomer2
        • Heh, true. : thetangent
        • yeah exactly... just like the gawker redesigns... oh well, GreaseMonkey is gonna fix it all for me : skelom
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    I don't like that. The black bar looks completely out of place to me and the white name with white text s... : Rauol Duke
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      http://cl.ly/1e0s0h1G2G1u2x3U2n0A I think that is so ugly, but I don't care that much because I will b... : haiku
      • I like that so much more. : laurgasms
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        darker. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Agreed. Way too fucking bright. : Madwacker
      • I agree, the powder blue doesn't even look like it's in the same hue range as the subthread blue. : mn3m0n1c
      • Well lah dee dah fgt. There has to be something less white, less glowy, and less blue. Make that fucker s... : Rauol Duke
      • Ooo I like. : Scotty22
  • It's probably my monitor, but I can't tell the difference at all : Rotten Deadite
  • I'm sure it's something we'll all get used to, but I simply just don't like the poster's name being the s... : laurgasms
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    that looks pretty neat, here is a slight modification with rounded corners only on the bottom and a sligh... : MikkleThePickle
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      I like that a lot. I am reverting to this. Good suggestion. : haiku
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        I say keep the saturation of the 1px border the same as the line it touches, but other than that this loo... : coldfusioncs
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          http://cl.ly/0v3G0c1N3t302p1w3C0i : haiku
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            That looks pretty good! : GrimmyD
            • This shit reminds me of portal for some reason too. : GrimmyD
          • Best yet! : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • Now that works. You might have a future in this if you keep your grades up and stay off the drugs. : Rauol Duke
          • We have a winner! Although, what's with the weird 1px offset from the top line? : coldfusioncs
          • I'm gonna go against the grain and say that's starting to look a little busy to me. Maybe it needs a litt... : dumb.
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            I like the border around the root poster but the name still looks too bright. : ant_hillbilly
            • indeed : rasputinreborn
          • This is the first one I actually think I would get used to pretty quickly. Nicely done. : Begawkiness
          • This is the best yet. : meesterbill
          • Another vote for this one. : tohm82
          • I love those little boxes. : brickmatt
          • this one's great : alexpr
          • Oh he'll yes. This one for sure! : Scotty22
          • That looks great : ColoradoCNC
          • Shacknews + Science! : GloriousCow
          • Nice. I'd waste more of my life on that site. : systatic
          • awesome!!! : MikkleThePickle
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    Too bad about the post author names. It's just too much white in the OPs. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      But nothing greasemonkey couldn't fix. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • OP poster name always pale-ish yellow (even in the replies), and own username in red and I'd love that de... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Hot damn, now that looks good! : greenbergMD
  • Now that works fine. : Borzoi
• ArcKnight and I were not finished with our battle before the site was shut down! : CrustaR
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  is rainbow tag in there somewhere : boring gegtik
  • I'm slowly building a collection of lols that I plan on integrating to some degree. : haiku
• Usernames should stay yellow, it would still fit the blue-gray well IMO. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I dislike the new design because it is different and change bothers me. : packav
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  None of these c.ly links are working for me at all in Chrome : OverloadUT
  • Oh wait I see now what it is : OverloadUT
• were the other parts of the new design fully functional? i was playing with the comments search yesterda... : aurealis
• What? Redesign? When did this get discussed? : Albemuth
• I like the first one. : NukemForever
• crank down the saturation on the color, and up the contrast between highlighted/active text and the threa... : Floppygrandma
• It's a little too blue IMHO : BouillonCubes
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  Clay is rolling in his grave. : gmd
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    YOU KILLED CLAY?!?!?! : Arctic Fox
    • I am borderline dead. Have the flu. Wish I was dead. : Clay
• Excessive bold, otherwise fine. : Rehevkor
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  Why change anything at all? : virus
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    What do you mean? : haiku
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      I don't understand why they're going to change anything about the comments section, period. Everything w... : virus
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        Because they designed a new site and the current comments UI doesn't match their new color scheme very we... : haiku
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          Ah, so it's just a matter of changing colors, not functionality? I'm ok with that. :) : virus
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            well, functionally there was a massive change as well. They implemented my omni-comments idea, and it's a... : haiku
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              I must have missed that one. Was that the auto-expire deal? : virus
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                Just go read rikitiki's post down in the thread. You even replied to my original post about it... : haiku
                • I can't be expected to keep track of my own posts! : virus
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              lol, fuck no. we can save that for another thread if you want, but mixing the mouthbreathers from the fro... : biskits
              • scratch that. just read your dissertation from dec '09 and it sounds gravy. : biskits
            • sweeet : Agrona
            • cooooool I've always loved that idea. : marmite
  • they are completely re-designing the site, the comments need to fit in the theme of the re-design : maulla
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  what is the "Ontopic" button for? : byorn
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    Those are mod tools, users won't see those. : haiku
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      Can I have them anyway? : CrustaR
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        you only need two buttons duke3d.exe and not duke3d.exe : creep
        • I'll take those buttons as well, thanks. : CrustaR
  • That's the mod tools fly-out. : Carnivac
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    Super secret mod tools. Its the same way here. Ontopic = unmoderated : Rauol Duke
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      Fucking haiku is all over this bitch like Spider-Man. Stop typin' so fast jerk. : Rauol Duke
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        haiku's home machine IS the internet : Downforce
        • He is the Cloud Master! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• All of these screenshots look like a green component cable is unplugged. : omnova
• The shack just blue itself : handofthrawn
• Nice curved corners! Have you ever take a look at my Shack++ greasemonkey script? It works decently... : TroZ
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  The fonts look bolded to me, is that just me being blind? : Halen
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    Fonts on OSX look thicker than in Windows. : ThomW
    • So buying a mac is like buying a long nose vette? : tboomer2
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  what will the haiku ultra edition look like? : Thomas Hace
  • hopefully with Poster of the Year and ED-209 and the droppedserver.wav sound and temp image : Downforce
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    It will look like a concept layout of shacknews I did ~6 years ago. : haiku
    • Will it have a "bookmark this site" link towards the top of the page? : Prozium
    • I would like to see a picture of either the concept layout from 6 years ago or what you've done now on th... : fuell
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  font-size: 14px; Are you using animated transitions on the hover states? It'll be nice to see your... : Bamtan
  • No, no animations. I am not going to start injecting jquery and css easing (that isn't even widely suppor... : haiku
• Why does it have to be that blue? : walker270
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  I don't really like how the top left corner is square but the top right corner is rounded. I think it giv... : singlespace
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    The posts aren't real objects : haiku
    • Sure, I'm just saying that it's contrary to experience, hence feels a bit odd. Same with the shaded butto... : singlespace
• Please adjust the font. It almost looks blurry to me. : skinlab133
• Not a fan of the blue, because blue already represents Inf'd and Interesting posts. Greasemonkey banne... : K1Bond007
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  How will Interesting, NWS, Stupid and Off-Topic posts be identified? : dumb.
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    We only identify NWS and Interesting, and those will be identified the same way they are now (graphic ele... : haiku
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      No political filter? : Haxim
      • The filters still exist, but the posts aren't identified. Same rules we have now. The only reason you guy... : haiku
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        finally, everyone is gonna have to read my posts about abortion!!!! : boring gegtik
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          Aren't all your posts abortions? : dumb.
          • no but they are all moral crimes : boring gegtik
          • no, but they are all moral crimes, so i can understand the confusion : boring gegtik
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  Not a fan of the color scheme at all. : ashkie
  • When you play with it a bit, you get used to it quickly. : Rauol Duke
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    The blue doesn't bother me, but the pink does. Such an ugly color. Orange would work so much better with ... : thetangent
    • SECOND'D. Orange is better than Pink. : VictoriouSecret
• Using the code shacktag for cutting and pasting source code from C-like programming languages have alread... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  There aren't any colour shacktags in that screenshot, but I would like to see them desaturated compared w... : rock elf
  • testing http://www.shacknews.com/chatty/27287577 http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=27287572 : rock elf
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  Is there another accent color you can use along with the blue? I like how the current site's yellow n... : MatthewPhillips
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    Hot Pink, Blue, and white. That's the color scheme of the new site, and I've got to stay reasonably withi... : haiku
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      CottonCandyNews 2011 : MercFox1
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        It all looks very nice against white. They are just keeping the comments black because they are trying to... : haiku
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          They're making the rest of the site white? WTF? : thetangent
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            Honestly, it's about time. : Ebu
            • No, fuck that. The Shack looks classy in all black. It's basically the Shack's only claim to a "style" th... : thetangent
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        ^^^ This! Where's that timeline that shows how we all become gay? Where is this site redesign on the ti... : greenbergMD
        • just before Titor. : biskits
        • http://www.easyscreens.info/gallery/20080430/1.jpg According to this, the new design will drop Q3 2011 b : Alastayr
    • what an awful bunch of colors : AllYourBase
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      Can you show us how the hot pink color is being used in other parts of the design? : MatthewPhillips
      • http://craig.blackwebs2.co.nz/pink-usage-guide.png : thecray
    • Ouch. That's harsh. Hopefully it'll be easy to restore with custom css or a greasemonkey script. : genom
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    Author posts with pale yellow: http://cl.ly/0F1f431o1Z182Z180g3z At first I didn't like this, but sinc... : haiku
    • that's really not too bad. : mindmann
    • Yep, that looks great. : Bamtan
    • That is really close, it's almost closer to a tan or khaki than yellow, which I think could be a good com... : MercFox1
    • Much better. Any chance we can see how it looks like with the blue box around the root post username. : ant_hillbilly
    • best yet : disembodied potato
    • Much better! Anything better than plain white. : DM7
    • I'm liking it. : Ebu
    • ^Winning : eonix
• It bugs me that the reply button extends 1px beyond the container :( : thecray
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  I like it. But what color will your name be when you post? Will it be yellow? : Dschinghis Khan
  • It looks like it's going to be hot pink. I hope haiku is taking the piss to be honest. : thecray
• Haiku design is better. Garnett better be reading this thread. : Dr_Cube
• Honestly any step in design that doesn't try and emulate winchatty is a step in the wrong direction. Jus... : twifosp
• Looks much better. But that blue looks ugly. : Link.
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  Why not let the user set their own preferences? I mean, a little dHTML with 5 0r 6 options wouldn't be so... : Dynotaku
  • Not up to me. But if it were up to me, I would say that is a total waste of money and developer effort fo... : haiku
• i havent seen the main site design, so i wont comment on the color scheme, but the adjusted version is wa... : jujubeads
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  I'd love to see a white background version of the comments. WHITESHACK WHITESHACK WHITE POWER BILL : Dave-A
  • This would be the worst possible redesign I could imagine. : thetangent
• Too much white!! White name, white text. I like how it is currently where I can look at a post and clearl... : Madwacker
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  they're both fairly hideous imo. and the main page design with it's collage of images wasn't too appeali... : mwasher
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    Here's to hoping you stop visiting. : haiku
    • I hope I didn't hurt your feelings haiku :~( : mwasher
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  since we're changing things up: IMPLEMENT THIS: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21617208 : RikiTiki2
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    That idea has been fully and properly implemented on the new site. They did exactly what I suggested to t... : haiku
    • I LOVE YOU FOREVER : RikiTiki2
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      instead of midnight it should be 8am :( 12am is pretty much peak posting time, i'd think. : eeeealmo
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        Yes, rolling it over at midnight seems a bit silly. : mechanicalgrape
        • good thing it's not midnight at the same time all over the world : tunis5000
      • strangely enough no. especially not on week nights. : Borzoi
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        This would also be my only suggestion. And to be more specific, 8am EST because the rest of the world is ... : ieGod
        • signed : eeeealmo
      • Yes, 8AM Pacific Standard Time would be perfect. : thetangent
      • yeah, I agree, actually, it should be sometime in the wee hours : Goncyn
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        Actually, there's no rollover in the new implementation. Threads will live for 24 hours in the Chat Threa... : Dave-A
        • holy shit, really? I like that : Goncyn
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          Wow, really? That's a pretty big change right there. No more empty chattys.... wow. : thetangent
          • Yeah I think it's a great implementation. I'd like to buy greg-m and the team lunch. I have $35 maximum. : Dave-A
        • it'll be really interesting to try this out and see how it works : Mr.SEX
        • that's pretty awesome : RikiTiki2
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          So, until that 24 hour time has expired, threads will still be juggled as in the present system, right? J... : ieGod
          • You got it. : Dave-A
        • First you take away #10000 posts, and now you eliminate first posts in a fresh chatty. Pretty soon all t... : omnova
        • New greasemonkey script to let me get the last word in every time. : handofthrawn
        • That sounds pretty rad in theory, hope it works out to be great in practice too! : Begawkiness
        • I'm assuming they'll be archived for later viewing? : Hemtroll
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          So how does that work with bumping a thread? Does that mean it gets resurfaced? does this mean you can no... : ysbreker
          • Old threads won't resurface in the latest chatty if you bump them, only ones still in their 24 hour lifes... : Dave-A
        • Woah! That's a cool idea. : Danny5225
        • So fucking called it... http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21619745#itemanchor_21619745 : TheNiXXeD
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          You can then find them using search. Until, well, you know... : drhazard
          • That's what winchatty search is for. : Herman Toothrot
        • New Chatty sound fucking awesome FYI. : node
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          Questions Now, if there are still replies being made to a thread does it expire 24 hours from the last re... : ColoradoCNC
          • Curious about this too, it seems like it would be weird to answer to a popular thread and see it disappea... : Geoffrois
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            From the root post. Remember that the thread doesn't disappear forever, it just doesn't show up in the ch... : Dave-A
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              I feel like it would be better if after 24 hours, the thread has a shorter timespan, say 1 or 2 hours whe... : Herman Toothrot
              • 24 hours is plenty of time for a discussion. Threads will live twice as long as they do now. That's plent... : Dave-A
        • Holy crap that's amazing. That's the only thing I could think of when reading haiku's original idea. It w... : SockMonkeh
    • Fuck yeah! A new Shack for a new decade! : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • are they going to choose a different character account to post each one? duke nuked is cool but I'd like ... : boring gegtik
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      You know what time each day the new chatty will go up? : coldfusioncs
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        As far as I can tell, they expire 24 hours from when Morning Discussion is posted. Don't quote me on that... : haiku
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          Each root post has 24 hours to stay active in the chat thread. : Dave-A
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            I suppose that makes more sense than 24 hours from the last post, but I know a lot of people are going to... : coldfusioncs
            • add an "expiring soon" type of notification to the post you're about to reply to : lonepie
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      So, no more "front page" chatty's? I do not see this ending well. :( : thetangent
      • worlds will collide, and there will be blood. : mwasher
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        It's more like omni-chatty. It's much better, way more sensible this way. : haiku
        • I can totally get behind the sensibility of it, it's just that the "worlds colliding" thing of previously... : thetangent
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      Evening reading just got killed? boooooooooo : ant_hillbilly
      • It did not. The difference is that the comments are no longer tied to any news story. So if they don't fe... : haiku
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      BAD! Front pagers take over, oh god oh god. Shacknews crash imminent : locater16
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        front pagers get modded and regulated by mods and chatters : RikiTiki2
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          Exactly. It will produce a better overall community. : haiku
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            So the front pager's get kicked off? Not that there ever were that many... it'll be interesting. Perso... : locater16
            • golf! Not gold, who the fuck has gold buddies? : locater16
            • I assume they will still have shack specific profiles if they sign up with facebook etc? : ant_hillbilly
          • Do you think the community will also grow a lot faster then its current pace? : nyranger66
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      Thats gonna scare a lot of people away : maulla
      • Nope, because we can filter and never see the news items and the front pagers can't see we are making fun... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • so let me get this straight....front pagers....in my chatty? : uebersoldat
    • i think you just ruined the shack. I remember fearing this back when you first posted about. I hope im... : disembodied potato
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      If you and Steve talked about this "years ago" why wasn't it implemented in the '07 redesign? Just curiou... : nyranger66
      • We talked about lots of things. Lots of conversations about human waste, dissatisfaction, agony, decay. W... : haiku
    • That, at least, is good news. : funnynamehere
    • Did they overnight you a check? If so, how much was it? : Halen
    • Woah. That's pretty awesome, haiku. No more things dying down around 4:45PST because nobody wants to make... : BlackCat9
    • Awesome! : Rotten Deadite
  • Supposedly this is in from what people said yesterday, right? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • well DAMN. That's going to be interesting. No more "ER'd" or "MD'd?" A chatty that refreshes every day? C... : halophoenix
• Maarten didn't set up mobile shack with the option if turning it off and the damn site is banned at work ... : not work safe
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  it all looks terrible. : orgcaptainnemo
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    Sorry I'm not more constructive, but nothing I've seen is an improvement. We have screens that can show ... : orgcaptainnemo
    • RainbowShack® : nwillard
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  Root Author Color, Again: http://cl.ly/0F1f431o1Z182Z180g3z This pale yellow has grown on me. I like ... : haiku
  • I like this better than the black box. The box was kind of harsh looking in the design : Thomas Hace
  • Needs more contrast to post white. mooaaaarrrr : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • this is the best one so far, by far : Goncyn
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    that looks ok but famn everything looks too bold. : umegastar
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      it doesn't look like Windows text rendering : Draugluin
      • yeah that must be it, it looks too painful to read with the dark bg : umegastar
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    nope. prefer this one: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25273316#itemanchor_25273316 Simpler. The pal... : Borzoi
    • that looks too distracting to me : umegastar
    • Agreed. : coldfusioncs
    • That looks like a mistake to me. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • I'm used to shacking on a Mac, which probably contributes. : Borzoi
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    As long as you call it "sandy-vagina-yellow" it looks great, seriously, nice work everyone--I am excit : mysled
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      http://cl.ly/1t0X3s1243081m0A0G1x we good? : haiku
      • ahahaaha yes! you are definitely the best at shacknews : mysled
      • Please also add a :focus pseudo class to that list for our keyboard navigating people, please! : ysbreker
  • that looks good! : moshman
  • me likes it, definitely better than the black background : zerog83
  • This doesn't look bad at all. : pandastrong
  • winnar : smax
  • I like this out of all you have posted so far. : mancide
  • This looks peachy. HO HO HO. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I think the text is too bold and the user names are odd looking with that slightly yellow look. : BouillonCubes
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      If any Windows users are wondering why the text looks bold - that's how fonts (namely Arial) on OSX look.... : Bamtan
      • Ah, makes sense. : BouillonCubes
  • I like it! : Dschinghis Khan
  • This is the best we're going to get, let's roll it out and make the transition this week. : MercFox1
  • I can deal with this one too. Approved! : Begawkiness
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    my awful contribution. I did it with paint so I'm sure it could look better. http://cl.ly/4d2k tab ... : dra.
    • I like this! : maulla
  • That OSX font thing is really throwing me off. I think this is my preferred one, but I keep focusing on t... : PointlesS76
  • As of this moment this is the best imo. : ant_hillbilly
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    now that's not bad at all : indosauros
    • though the pale yellow seems off to me : indosauros
  • I like this a lot more than the one with the borders. It's less busy and divisive. : Danny5225
  • I like this one the best too. : jojomcbobo
  • Looks much better. Thank you. :) I'm impressed with what the guys and girls working on the new design hav... : Frozen Pixel
  • Now this I can handle!! A+ : Shadowdane
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    Nonono, please do this instead: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25273699#itemanchor_25273699 : Zero|DPX
    • eww god no. : virus
  • I like the earlier one with the blue border around the username. The yellow doesn't blend well with the r... : ColoradoCNC
  • Best yet!!!! : systatic
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  the name colour looks weird : moshman
  • i should read the rest of the thread first really : moshman
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  So any comment on when we get to see the full site redesign? : singlespace
  • No idea, I am just styling the comments so they are more digestible when they switch over. : haiku
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  So how will INF posts be marked? Right now they are colored blue. : byorn
  • flaming pink : RikiTiki2
  • brighter blue. : haiku
  • They'll invert the entire thing. : one random winner
  • BRIGHT ORANGE!!!!! : MercFox1
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    all posts are informative!!! : ass-street
    • !!!!!!!!! : umegastar
    • ThomW needs to change the lol-script so that we now "non-inf" threads : skelom
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    every post is now informative : trOmblyj
    • ... : trOmblyj
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  I really prefer the black/gray color scheme. :( : SockMonkeh
  • Wait, are my eyes tricking me? : SockMonkeh
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  are you this for them for free? If so, why do you like us fgts so much?!? : nyranger66
  • doing+ : nyranger66
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    Yeah. The way I see it, I've done the comments UI for like the last... 8 years or something?? If anyone i... : haiku
    • Telling someone 'you cant afford me' is the greatest feeling ever. Well, second to them trying to actu... : squigiliwams
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  Missing avatars, signatures, and Edit button : Edges
  • Thank god haiku. : thetangent
  • I want my damn signatures /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \m/ SKELOM \m/ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ : skelom
  • Thank Christ. This place better never have those things. : BarrowWight
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  from a branding perspective, i don't really think it makes sense to change the shacknews color scheme wit... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    shacknews is not Coca-Cola, there is no "shack color" other than the black background : RikiTiki2
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      Don't forget about the black shirts for every shacknews user. : repeat2k
      • i don't have one :( : skelom
      • Shugamom sent me a white shirt. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    From a branding perspective, it makes zero difference at all. Shacknews has no brand recognition in color... : haiku
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      but the users? I mean if the market will be indifferent, why do it? The people who already come are a... : MamiyaOtaru
      • No one is annoyed. You're projecting a lot just from what the very small vocal minority says. And every s... : haiku
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        the current design is ugly, way too busy, composed of odd colors, and in desperate need of being simplifi : retarded talking dinosaur
        • Yeah, I'm pretty happy with it, actually. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • I would say that Shacknews has a lot of visial brand penetration : nwillard
  • also, everyone knows blue and orange go together swimmingly. they could practically just use the current ... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • shackcon shirts will need to be re-designed. : ant_hillbilly
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  Anything new from now would only be a step down from what we have. : Rigg5
  • We've said that about every new design. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I quite like the blue - Not sure about the hover button colour, though - It's too bright. : Durajim
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  Fat bold font is harder to scan than current. : zipr
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    i think thats just OSX font rendering? maybe : retarded talking dinosaur
    • yeah, pretty sure that's what it looks like in OSX : ass-street
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  GROSS GROSS GROSS : YerMothah
  • Actually its a great improvement. I just think theres too much bolding going on. : YerMothah
• Quick, someone create a new API because this is going to break like everyone's shit :( : askedrelic
• Where can I see the new design? I must have missed it. : Ellissd
• An improvement over simply recoloring the current in blue, admittedly. It'll take time to get used to, bu... : halophoenix
• Opinion information over-load! I like your changes Haiku, though, I mostly Shack on LatestChatty on iPad ... : m0rfus
• make it look more like phpbb2 plz : ninjase
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  BluesShacknews : CrustaR
  • CleveR.. : uebersoldat
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  From the pictures you've been posting, I'm assuming the chatty ad gutters are gone? : ArcKnight
  • ArcKnight, we did not finish our battle!!! : CrustaR
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    haha woops. I just removed all that stuff because I wanted them to be relative width. That might have bee... : haiku
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      Damnit, I'm Mercury! I'm a special snowflake, I demand my relative width fullscreen chatty ! : ArcKnight
      • +1!!! : virus
  • As long as there isn't any sidebar ads in the chatty. : ant_hillbilly
• lol : JonathanBedrava
• Changes like this led to the formation of the Nazi Party. I'm jk of course, I think it all looks fine. : Entity
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  i'm sure i'll get used to it in like 5 seconds like the current redesign : electroly
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    my only dying request is BRING BACK THE « LINK TO THE RIGHT OF EVERY POST : electroly
    • I have always been bummed that they took away the ability to spoof other people's posts. Many good times... : riptyde
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    I'll be fine with it as long as it preserves the workflow of the current comment system. : Goncyn
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      haiku is on the job so i'm not worried. whatever we get will be workable, and every design so far has be... : electroly
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        but will the code tag be fixed?!?! : Goncyn
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          i just hope the chatty html stays the same so i don't have to touch my parser : electroly
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            i wonder if we could convince them to sneak in a JSON-formatted chatty page so we could all throw out our... : electroly
            • ^^^that would be awesome PLEASEEEE GREGM : askedrelic
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              lol yeah, how many different parser implementations have been written at this point? : Arctic Fox
              • 3-5ish : askedrelic
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  Is there any ED-209 type goodness or some easter eggs we can look forward to? : freshyk
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    I hope to have some lols. yes. However, the problem is that I won't have server access, so if I do someth... : haiku
    • all the better. : Borzoi
    • so how about a flash ed-209 with max lens flare that can shoot up the comments :D : Downforce
  • I hope they have a celery man app. : Super Sparker
• why are we changing? : vassili_zaitsev
• No I am not comfortable; this burns, I feel pain in the front of my brain, who can I sue? I'M OUT MIDLIFE... : massdev
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  I'm pretty excited about this if I'm honest. I just hope they sort out Shackvideo too, I kind of feel sor... : niceguynick
  • Agreed, I thought it looked terrible yesterday, now with haiku's comments redesign and a few of the other... : MercFox1
  • yeah i dont even bother with videos on this site anymore. Their HD videos are not even HD videos and loo... : dantastic
• haiku why aren't you writing greasemonkey scripts that just make the Shack look exactly as you'd like it ... : tashtego
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  Are you going to make it so that it works on iPad? If I load chatty in iPad, all is fine. But if I clic... : BouillonCubes
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    I wont be doing any special formatting for mobile. I have other shit to do! I am just trying to make thei... : haiku
    • Cool, was just curious. : BouillonCubes
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    why would you ever use safari over latestchatty.app? : maulla
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      Latest chatty needs a feature that'll let me choose to surf the chatty as it would be seen in a browser s... : BouillonCubes
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        How's this look on the ipad? http://shack.stonedonkey.com Sometimes I use this as opposed to latestchatt... : Druuge
        • Works flawlessly for what it does but doesn't really address my problem. : BouillonCubes
    • we need ThomW's LOL page to take you to latest chatty app somehow. : SolveChrist
  • yeah, I noticed that too. Wasn't always this way. : edgewise
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  Any pics of what the main page is going to look like (are they redesigning that)? : bozer
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/frontpage_0jmnhntp5b7q73tt08wz.jpg : ant_hillbilly
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      why is there no fucking text!!!! shit!!!!!! : DrFlammable
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        text is dead, people are too stupid to read. shacknews reporting: now only done through pictures pulled f... : askedrelic
        • that layout makes it even less likely that i'll read stuff on the frontpage. usually i'll read the intro ... : DrFlammable
      • Yeah it really does look stupid and somehow dead. : dumb.
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        settle down, beavis. the 'news' link at the top links to the standard shack blog-ish format. : mikecyb
        • which no one is going to read. same thing the entire internet hates about gawker : retarded talking dinosaur
    • Looks better. For sure. Hopefully chatty will get tweaked as necessary. Looks like haiku has it down. : dmason
    • that looks 10,000 times better : bozer
    • Because if you give a text preview people can see whether or not they want to read the article. If you ju... : ColoradoCNC
  • I'm unfamiliar with this "main page". : Super Sparker
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  How will this affect shackdroid is the real question I have. :( : DM7
  • the APIs will update shortly after the redesign is released. they're still using laryn.x so the tweaks s... : electroly
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    Dudes, you are going to be very happy with this re-design. : Dave-A
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      I bet I am, but if I'm using shackdroid I won't see all the new swanky colors etc. ;) I post more on my d... : DM7
      • Good things are coming, brother. : Dave-A
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      DAVE-A WHEN ARE THEY DOING THIS UPDATE????!!!!!! : MercFox1
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        When it's ready! : Dave-A
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          Can we get a shacknews re-design gone gold announcement? : ant_hillbilly
          • GONE GOLD : MercFox1
          • I think you'll notice when it goes gold. Or goes blue, in this case. : Dave-A
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            RE-DESIGN CANCELLED : askedrelic
            • But I like the re-design.... :( : singlespace
        • Launch whilst everyone is at shackcon : rosewood
• I'd like to add that reading gray text on a black background is annoying. : ChazWinterbottom
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  I don't know if anyone else has stated this yet but I really, really, really, REALLY LOVE that you guys a... : sludge vohaul
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    sludge we hit you because we love you : redfive
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      I don't really like Batman:AA so who knows how long the love will last! (I only played 10 minutes thus... : sludge vohaul
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        wtffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : MercFox1
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          Merc, The Star Battle tonight? : LoioshDwaggie
          • Yessir : MercFox1
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          lol - it's too far zoomed in! wtf! I need to find someway to adjust mouse sensitivity... and after 10 m... : sludge vohaul
          • Yeah the zoom is legit, I don't remember that it bothered me so much; definitely adjust your sensitivity ... : MercFox1
          • I got an xbox controller for PC just for this game and NBA 2k11. SOOOOO much better with the controller ... : Druuge
      • Eat a fancy plate of dicks. : GloriousCow
      • can we get a ban up in here? love REVOKED. : niceguynick
  • I agree, but then again haiku's the best at shacknews so of course he's going to do the right thing here. : Rotten Deadite
  • i dont think they were, it got leaked : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I don't know that they meant to share them but my documents just happened to find the new site design. : Scotty22
• the new shacknews comments, where everything looks informative! I like cyan personally. : steelsamurai
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  Hey just since we're talking about the comment system, is jazz.z or laryn.x or whatever it is that powers... : Dynotaku
  • No, they are not. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Is ThomW's lol script going to be incorporated natively? : prime8
  • No. I talked to the Gamefly guys and it's going to remain its own thing. Personally I like it becau... : ThomW
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  Why do you have to change the coloring system at all? I feel like it works really, really well the way i... : TheVietSpecial
  • There will be scripts to change the coloring to old school so don't worry if you don't like it. The bi... : umegastar
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    Because the comments color scheme needs to match the rest of the site. : Dave-A
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      The rest of the site is going to be a shade of blue? : TheVietSpecial
      • They bought Blue's News and are merging the two sites. : mancide
      • Pink, blue, and white. Looks nice! : Dave-A
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  I'd like to cast a(nother?) vote for leaving in the hooks for ThomW's mod name coloring and thread type c... : biskits
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    There's no hooks needed for that. The scripts interpret the page content on the fly. They'll just an upda... : Dave-A
    • sweet. : biskits
    • The whole thing? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Can we please get signature images? And Avatar images? That would be just swell. : jbury
  • The only thing this website needs is the ability to set focus on the clicked reply, like it used to. With... : lonestar3
  • I can never tell if people are joking when they bring up this crap. I really hope they are, because IT'S ... : thetangent
• So it's the same, except with rounded corners and everything is INF'D? : lechuck59
• what was the thread about the redesign? i must've missed it : skelom
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  Front page people mixing with the latest chatty people. That's going to be fun. : DM7
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    It will be fun for the moderators. We're going to get to nuke and ban a whole bunch of people early on wh... : haiku
    • Has any thought been given to comments for Weekend Confirmed? How is that going to play into the new syst... : Haxim
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  Im not a fan of the color scheme, but you're doing what you have to do. MY REQUEST is a nws filter. Bu... : squigiliwams
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    http://winchatty.com/search?category=nws : electroly
    • You are a god among men. : squigiliwams
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  24 hours is a long time to wait for a bad thread to die (espeically when you're the OP, lol). or how abou... : arcane_
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    Threads can always be nuked if they go off the rails. We currently have threads that survive from Friday ... : Dave-A
    • i feel WD is a bit more tame though. no angry, disguntled posts from work. :P : arcane_
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    Yeah, the nightmare I have is there will be these 500 reply threads hanging around the top with the same ... : DM7
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      Use WinChatty and collapse. Problem solved. : MagicWishMonkey
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        yah it's simple, but the psychology of a thread 'just being there'. it's like that annoying kid in your c : arcane_
        • There are half a dozen threads each day like that, it's not too hard to just ignore ;) : MagicWishMonkey
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    chatty really needs a feature that lets you post but not bump a thread : DrFlammable
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      It's called self-control. Keep your thoughts to yourself. : brickmatt
      • lol : DrFlammable
      • Then no one would be here. ;) : DM7
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        no hes right we need some way to get the last word in, stealth style, then bring up the post later and ma... : boring gegtik
        • I love you sometimes. : brickmatt
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        no shacker has self control except for lurkers (and they're creeps anyways). : arcane_
        • Ye of little faith! : brickmatt
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      just put sage in the login field : electroly
      • /\ /\/\ : DrFlammable
    • Really cool idea. Like if you add #nobump to your post, it won't get bumped, and the #nobump will get par... : re-verse
    • good idea or a bump function for OP that allows a limit. you know the poster that will reply to every pos... : arcane_
    • IIRC, ye olde shack had that... >_> : Downforce
    • also something like reddit where you are notified when someone replies to a post you made : Chandler55
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    Totally disagree, I think that it might actually encourage better posting habits as well. : brickmatt
    • I agree with this. Plus I think that's half the fun of shacknews. And it's really great for those of us o... : mysled
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    I like to come back to threads a few times over the weekend. I'm not sure I like the idea of the 24hr ref... : Tincan
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      It's not our fault you can't keep up, Tincan. : Dave-A
      • Time to fire up my alt, Tincant. : Tincan
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  What about highlighting the root users post further down in the thread? : Omning
  • we already have greasemonkey and chromeshack for that :) : mn3m0n1c
• Looks good to me. I like the changes. : Warmaker
• Man I wish I had a tenth of the creativity that you have. Seriously. I'm pretty decent at technical thi... : RyDogg1
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  Oh god no pale yellow please! : brickmatt
  • I'm with this Tron-lovin' fella : Dave-A
• Just a point of view from a visually impaired perspective. Some colours really vibrate against certai... : Broken Canoe
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  Is the new forum skinable? Maybe make an option for people to choose? My preference would be the first on... : MeestaNob
  • Not worth the dev effort, but people are free to make browser extension scripts to change colors and add ... : Dave-A
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  can they just have it so the user can define what colors show up : spaceless
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    No, they can't. See my reply to the post right above this one which asked the same question. : Dave-A
    • maybe the smartypants who made chromeshack can add that later : spaceless
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  Talk about history... Umax just showed me the old nuke page I had designed in one of the many shack itera... : haiku
  • that's awesome! : umegastar
  • hahaha holy shit : virus
  • that was my favorite nuke box. : hirez
  • FOR THE MOTHERLAND! : r3dn3ck
  • Hahahahaha : thetangent
  • I love the sad and disappointed face for double posts. : rosewood
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  There should be a 'Like' facebook button next to the shackmessage icon in the OP : pancake humper
  • hahah : FrayLo
• I like the comments progress, but it was the front page design that I really didn't like. It looks like ... : the archvile
• Yours is much better, though I really like the current color palette. : systatic
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  haiku this is very important http://www.shackpics.com/files/Screenshot20110215at65315PM_plj5ayr4p1qz3oo9t... : Flying h4x0r
  • None of the HTML structure in the comments has changed (or at least, very little appears to have), so it ... : haiku
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  Any chance of a edit function on posts, with a reasonable window of time to do it in (say 3 minutes)? ... : MeestaNob
  • I agree, edit would be nice... if not necessary. Typos or just misinformation that the op quickly pick... : Raeyn

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• I would totally subscribe to The Daily if they would fix the shitty performance : maulla
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  "They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again. The l : EricZBA
  • someone was watching Star Trek: First Contact recently. : discolando
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  So Apple wants money forever on the content you make, oh that seems fair! : Chod
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    without this clause: the subscriptions offered within iOS apps must be the same price or less as the c : boring gegtik
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      Yeah, that's fucking annoying. :/ : dmason
      • you are a master of understatement. : biskits
• In other news, Apple executives are now allowed to collect money straight from printing presses, it's fas... : Hemtroll
• Let's just start the revolution now. #apple #feb15 : emcea
• That's really shitty of Apple. : ieGod
• wonder how this will effect the kindle apps :( : Demius
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  Fuck Steve Jobs in his cancerous hipster ass. : BeerHunter
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    You guys are really losing your grasp on the word hipster. : not work safe
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      You're right, I was grasping for an insult and didn't fact check myself. Perhaps "cock sucker" would suf... : BeerHunter
      • Boom : Volatus32x
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        I'm just saying. It's like when shackers starte calling everything Emo. "god the fucking MMA was so Emo!" : not work safe
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          Well was the MMA crying with mascara running down its face while cutting itself? Cause that would be pret... : daVinci1980
          • Sounds kinda hot. : Danny5225
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          not work safe} stop being such an emo hipster. : noxiousgg
          • You have idea how high I can fly ;( : not work safe
    • That is the best stage of a word! When it's meaning starts getting watered down to just being a blanket ... : semaphore
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  30% is absurd. Nice work pushing developers over to android and win7, apple : itsjames
  • I would say this is going to push publishers away from iOS, average developers? Doubt it. : snowwolf
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  Huh, wasn't this what publishers have been wanting in the first place: Apple's announcement went on to : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    because they MUST provide an iOS version which is at least as cheap as all other options, and that iOS op... : boring gegtik
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      I don't think I do, because I see it as a trade-off. If publishers can lure customers by offering the dig... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Desired / value pricepoint: $10 Profit elsewhere: $10 Profit on Applestore: $7 They should be provid... : Ebu
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          Not HAVING to buy the content on the iPad: PRICELESS. I don't get why you guys are upset, they were AL... : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • You're thinking in an Apple-centric way. They are choosing to utilize the iPad in their business, App : Ebu
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      Plus you cannot link to an outside store. : zehh
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        Well, then let the company with better marketing win! Wouldn't existing subscribers discover the digital ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • that's fine so long as apple doesn't also require that the publisher match their lowest non-apple-venue p... : boring gegtik
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          I don't know why you keep bringing up print. Forget print. Imagine a company provides a complete digit : ieGod
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            I think the text of the article directly contradicts your interpretation. : walker270
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              You're right, I interpreted content when it should have been subscription. "Apple does require that if... : ieGod
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                Beyond that, you said that subscriptions purchased outside the app would not be accessible inside the app... : walker270
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                  Subscriptions offered outside the app have to be offered via the app, though, so there's no way they coul... : ieGod
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                    What? Apple is saying you can't increase the price for the App Store subscription. That's it. : walker270
                    • It's not about the price for the app, it's about the price for the subscription. If a subscription for th... : ieGod
          • You can still market via non-app-store channels but an iOS option must exist and it must be as cheap as t... : boring gegtik
      • Just make the in-app purchase button well hidden and mention that you can subscribe online as well as wit... : Beady
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  "Anyone who sells subscription-based content outside the App Store must also use Apple's system, giving A : dpgagnon
  • MONEY : Volatus32x
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    Can you imagine the fallout if Windows (or even OSX) tried to do the same thing? : swiftB3
    • 30% of wow subscriptions, that be awesome. : SlingBlaze
  • ENTITLED APPLE CEOS : DrWaffles
  • Misstated. Apple is handling the transactions for all subscriptions purchased through their platform. ... : walker270
  • That is incredibly misleading and/or false. It's basically saying that subscriptions offered outside of t... : sgtsanity
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  sounds reasonable to me. : crypt420
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    how would you feel about microsoft demanding a 30% tithe for all content purchased via a computer running... : boring gegtik
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      Steam would owe them a boatload of money : Demius
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        I see this analogous to asking Steam to put up a game for $0 but in order to play the first level you hav... : kek
        • for starters, apple is selling ipads, steam isn't selling standalone steamboxes in addition, i am not aw... : boring gegtik
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          There are already apps (and games) doing very similar things on iOS now. : saunders45
          • I'd wager not for long. Especially if they make any money at all. : kek
    • I'd feel great!!! : NastyJack
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      you mean purchased via a specific storefront that nobody is forced to use? : GloriousCow
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        oh yeah I forgot we have the option to jailbreak our ipads and then use cydia : boring gegtik
        • you dance with the devil don't get upset when he grabs your ass, gegtik. You'll gargle job's balls and y : GloriousCow
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      how i would feel is not relevant... what is fair is a whole other story. : crypt420
      • oh in that case I suppose what seems reasonable to you is irrelevant so we can wrap up this subthread : boring gegtik
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    ^^^ as a stockholder this sounds good to me. : Mrc32
    • Sounds great on paper, but the real test is whether it's viable. You don't want to push subscription prov... : ieGod
  • ^^I agree. This is reasonable. People don't understand how much Apple provides for developers. Marketing,... : Wikus Van De Merwe
• Wait, wait. Apple, evil? The fanboi's will swoon! : daggot
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  flexing that monopolistic muscle :P : Downforce
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    Hell, if you have one whats the harm in using it? : Chipwarrior
    • The government tends to get cranky. : Clay
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    yes apple has a monopoly on : sgtsanity
    • dreamcatcher tattoos : Danny5225
• Wasn't the iPad supposed to save print media? : MagicWishMonkey
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  just bury the appstore version 8 levels deep in some obscure place. : Crimsonbeak
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    Doesn't negate the fact that Apple can deny approval for any reason they feel like. : kek
    • Yeah it is bullshit to begin with. : Crimsonbeak
  • good point : boring gegtik
  • i buried myself 8 levels deep in an obscure place called your mom's vagina. : jim bone
• I deserve a cut too, I mean if anyone can be an arbitrary middle man why not me. : thebigbeefsandwich
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  the price of having your content easily accessible to everyone using a Mac or iOS device. will apple be ... : Korban
  • content providers use their own shit. example - buy a book from your Kindle from Amazon, pay $15, Appl... : zerog83
• All I want to know is what will become of the Kindle app. Higher prices? Less content? : Mmmmmoo
• Well, of course. That's the whole point of having a popular closed system. To have a cut from everything. : Turin Turambar
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  Are you suggesting steam doesn't have something like this? : avatar_58
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    i believe this is what he is suggesting : jim bone
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      Well he says "oh apple" but shouldn't we also bitch out Valve? I'm positive it's not free to host, and th... : avatar_58
      • Links plz : Godhatesfatpeople
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        you're not looking at this from the right perspective. steam takes part of the profits from developers / : zerog83
        • Apple is acting more like paypal in this instance. They're handling the full transaction, and also pro... : walker270
        • In that case they are asses. However you don't think Valve would love to do this with DLC? What if a game... : avatar_58
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        Steam takes a cut of one-time sales, just like Apple, but that isn't the core issue here. Apple is requi... : omnova
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          I find that interesting and wonder how long it continues. If you were Valve, wouldn't you want a cut? Don... : avatar_58
          • it's not a matter of "does valve want to do this," because the fact of the matter is that Valve DOESN'T : zerog83
          • It's about what you can get away with, nobody would let valve get away with it, and nobody should allow a... : RetroRedEyeJr
          • To my knowledge they never took a cut of my Aion subscription even though I purchased through them and re... : pixelat3d
          • But they haven't yet and not all businesses are evil. : Edges
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          That's not the way to look at it. It's taking 30% of a sale. Just because that sale is good for a 1 year ... : edgewise
          • It would be reasonable to get a fixed amount per subscription, but it sounds like they're asking for a re... : omnova
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  How is this a problem? Publishers who use Apple’s subscription service in their app can also le : sgtsanity
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    the point was about the requirement to provide an in app option, not really just that they take a cut whe... : derelict515
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      Is that really that bad of a requirement? : sgtsanity
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        autistic pussies tend to gush blood in regards to apple : [fry]
        • this wouldn't really be news if it was just that. See Rhapsody's statement about it. : derelict515
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        I suppose it depends on peoples' actual purchasing behavior. If it ends up that most people buy in app ra... : derelict515
        • For existing stuff with a large customer base (ex: netflix), I doubt it'll be any real impact at all. ... : walker270
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    It's a fair request by Apple. People buying subscriptions directly through the app found the opportunity... : adpalumbo
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      and it may very well be that 30% is something they can adapt to. We'll find out soon enough. well the ... : derelict515
      • Part of the very problem was the fact that subscriptions weren't available, in-app or not. People weren'... : Lone Swordsman
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      I agree that its a quite nuanced issue- what do you think is a fair cut for apple? many people may subsc... : snowwolf
      • We'd need more insight into costs associated with running the App Store, billing costs, etc. : walker270
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    What if your business model depends on that 30% yourself for profit? I mean if Amazon makes its money on... : Lucy Labia
    • I'll report this since it got lost above: as a content provider you now have two options -- lower your... : boring gegtik
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      Well then you dont sell your stuff via apple? : disembodied potato
      • Amazon would go broke without ipad sales! : walker270
      • clearly. : Lucy Labia
    • It's quite likely publishers will recoup the 30% BY NOT HAVING TO PRINT AND MAIL A MAGAZINE. what was tha... : edgewise
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  I just sold my ipad in hopes of upgrading to an ipad2. Honestly, if there were solid, honest competition... : kaddar0
  • same here. I fucking hate apple and their bullshit policies, but there is literally no competition. : JohnnyRey
  • Honeycomb tablets will be very good competition I think. : afty04
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    Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 is looking good. : Awun
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      $12,000 : edgewise
      • That's the Motorola Xoom, which is now completely removed from Best Buy's website. : BlackCat9
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  Think this will have a big impact on Apple's sales? : BouillonCubes
  • No. : dmason
  • nope. : ass-street
  • nah : chungathebunga
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    Nope, your average user doesn't give a fuck because they are idiots. : giant boy detective
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      who is your average user? : EvilDolemite
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        A fucking idiot. : d fluke
        • http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgkg48EDvg1qbp1oe.png : Godhatesfatpeople
      • The average user. A group of people containing a majority that can't identify a power cable in the back ... : giant boy detective
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      LOL! : Korban
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        He has a point, most people just want whatever's cheap and convenient, not what's good for industry or so... : Lone Swordsman
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          i'd love to find a user who bought an inferior device for the good of society : EvilDolemite
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            you don't know anyone with an android phone? : boring gegtik
            • those are also cheap & convenient (convenient being that they're available) : EvilDolemite
            • boo gegtik : JohnnyRey
          • It explains the AMD fanbase : one random winner
          • Xoom users : Serpico74
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  I dont think its bad if it helps curb the bullshit practice of companies distributing free gateway apps w... : emcea
  • That has little to do with circumventing Apple's cut and far more to do with people trying free apps in m... : derelict515
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  Apple will never learn. Well the fucked up in PC's now watch them fuck up in iPads and iPhones. This is g... : gyokuro
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    IIRC, they are beating all competition I'm the notebook space so they're hardly floundering. Is only whe... : BouillonCubes
    • And desktops aren't really a profitable business anymore. Race to the bottom ensured that. : BouillonCubes
    • Do do like to take it too far though. I wonder if a huge antitrust bitchslap like the one Microsoft ex... : Beady
  • I for one look forward to one-click cancellations : Maarten Goldstein
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    I dunno. I think Apple has critical mass right now. They have a HUGE userbase that loves them and everyth... : Rice-Rocketeer
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      microsoft is ibm they just dont know it yet : boring gegtik
      • i wish i was a microsofter : spaceless
• Sounds like something Apple would do. I wonder if it will have an effect on the Android market. : rick
• Uh-Oh they're starting to talk antitrust http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704409004576146... : furiouschuck
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  what's wrong with this? IMO, it's fantastic. This means magazines can offer free ipad subscriptions if yo... : edgewise
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    I'm not sure I follow how the required in app option with a 30% cut enables those scenarios more than if ... : derelict515
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      If they use the app store apple gets 30%, if they use another means of activation, apple gets nothing. So... : edgewise
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        But you're just talking about regular supply and demand now. If $5 iPad issues are not good enough value ... : derelict515
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          The problem isn't the 30%, it's the $5. Nobody in their right mind would believe that the ipad version of... : edgewise
          • Your thesis then is that publishers need Apple to force them to realize that a $1 digital magazine is mor... : derelict515
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    No, it means magazines are forced to offer subscriptions inside the app that will pay 30% to Apple. : zehh
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      ok, so what? Like I said above, that 30% is easily recouped by not having to print and distribute the pap... : edgewise
      • Apple isn't forcing any pricing. There's nothing about this that stops publishers from continuing to sell... : derelict515
      • No, that doesn't meant that. If someone is selling a subscription to the print magazine that allows you t : zehh
  • No, what it means is that prices for ebooks and subscriptions OUTSIDE of Apple's system will be higher pr... : Old_Fart

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  put a mcdonald's application on the desk : indosauros
  • she has to work her way up, start with white castle : handofthrawn
• That's an empty chair, dude. : Deathlove
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  You need a much closer shot and the same position every day. We'll super impose them on top of one anoth... : tboomer2
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    If I get any closer it'd be lol creepy : ninjase
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      You have a homeless woman sleeping at the library. I doubt anyone will notice. : tboomer2
      • Well she's definitely a student, I've just literally never seen the desk she's always at empty in the mot... : ninjase
• Only one way to be sure: ask her if she wants to make some money : MPLStagger
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  people still use libraries? : dantastic
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    Well this is a university library : ninjase
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      when i went to university (about 5 years ago) the libraries were used to sleep and also talk to your frie... : dantastic
      • It wouldn't be odd if I ever saw her or her shit not here -- or if maybe she would periodically be somewh... : ninjase
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        You went to York. : Afterglow
        • it's true : dantastic
  • More than ever. : Albemuth
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    Where else would one go for the 99% of printed material that hasn't yet been digitized, and won't be for ... : eldersveld
    • www.amazon.com : DonkeyPopsicle
  • I'm going to guess based on your post history that you rarely avail yourself of their services. : NastyJack
  • Our university library has the worst online catalog ever. You can literally put in the book title and ... : deject
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  Update: http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_1ven7dudqoqlchosgcwt.jpg : ninjase
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    Is she Asian? http://asianssleepinginthelibrary.tumblr.com/ : Gary the Llama
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      Yes actually. Though, it seems like almost everyone that goes here is either Asian or middle eastern. I w... : ninjase
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        100% : boring gegtik
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          Wikipedia says 18% Asian American, now I just have to see what the average for univerities is as well as ... : ninjase
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            2.5% Asian population in this city, 3.8% in the metropolitan area. (wikipedia) nces.ed.gov says asian/pac... : ninjase
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              I'm pretty sure asians make up a disproportionate amount of college students. : StolenNosferatu
              • 6.7% nationally according to dept of education website compared to 18% here, which is almost a 300% incre... : ninjase
    • Haha! "Asian American Studies lecture - University of Washington" I go to that classroom twice a day! (no... : King Kavik
    • It's funny because Straw Hat Luffy is face down a lot sleeping in the Manga... http://28.media.tumblr.... : uebersoldat
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    oh man i remember taking naps in the library in between my classes in college. : mayooms
    • I did too, but for literally over a month I have not come here and not seen her or her stuff in the exact... : ninjase
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    Surprise Sex. She's asking for it. : BeerHunter
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      That would be illegal and I would be arrested and expelled thus ruining my career ambitions and social st... : ninjase
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        that's a lame excuse. : BeerHunter
        • I'm a pussy :( : ninjase
  • should post it on Asians Sleeping in the Library: http://asianssleepinginthelibrary.tumblr.com/ This i... : mysled
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  timelapse pics, every day take a pic of the desk : Dravenport
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    I'm going to start doing this. It might be from different angles though because the desk I'm at right now... : ninjase
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      someone else is going to start posting about how YOU are in the library every day. : ass-street
      • Yea but I leave sometimes! : ninjase
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  she is making this same post about you in some other chatty site : silentbobuk
  • She must be hooked up to the inception machine then! : ninjase
• Asians can assimilate knowledge via Osmosis. The longer they remain in a library, the more proud their... : Beady
• my college library had a room with a bunch of really nice leather couches in it. I used to take a nap the... : maulla

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  Oh neat, thanks for the re-post :) <3 Minecraft! Some of those servers are getting massive! : r4wk
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    But the interest has seemed to die a while back. : Arcath
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      i often think about connecting but i never do because i know i'll probably be alone and bored :( : ass-street
      • There are ussually one or 2 people on Foo1 on weeknights.I think shadowdane has more since his server is ... : BeowolfSchaefer
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      Yeah I noticed. Tis a shame. Are any of your servers using white list? To ward off the bandits! : r4wk
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        They all were at one point. Not sure about now. : Arcath
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          foo1 and MercFox1 are back to using a modified hmod build which is up to date. So, they've got the white... : foo
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            Oh! Very nice. Are they using Bukkit? : r4wk
            • No : foo
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  You got your Quake in my Minecraft! : BeowolfSchaefer
  • ^^^ can't wait to play with is! : m0rfus
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  That's cool but why not wait for the proper API? : Zek
  • I will, This is practice. I'll still be able to use my math and what not. And I'll have the textures and ... : r4wk
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    i doubt the api will allow for such extensive mods. look at his texture pack support: nothing for higher... : MamiyaOtaru
    • Yeah someone mentioned that exact issue yesterday, lets all hope that's not the case. : r4wk
• ATTN: BARROWWIGHT I have conscripted KaBoomz to help you piece your base back together. I shall supervise... : m0rfus
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  Notch is back : EricZBA
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    patch in 2weeks.... : r4wk
    • Fingers crossed : m0rfus
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      Whats broken? Or what isnt broken? : broly1718
      • the fun : MamiyaOtaru
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  I'm probably stupid or something but what does one exactly on an MP server? : dudehoyt
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    anything (except visit the nether) : MamiyaOtaru
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      Well I can't really seem to build/destroy/dig anything. : dudehoyt
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        griefer thwarted! ..you need to be on the whitelist. admin can hook you up. you have to be on the ... : MamiyaOtaru
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          Ah. That makes sense now. Thanks. : dudehoyt
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            you also can't build in the spawn area : ass-street
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              Yeah, I've seen the signs. : dudehoyt
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                assuming you're talking about MercFox or foo1, if you're around now I can login and fix you up with build... : Arctic Fox
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                  I may hop back in tonight. I have things to get done. Thanks though! : dudehoyt
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                    I'm out tonight, but just post in the chatty that you need build access, and one of the other mods (foo, ... : Arctic Fox
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                      you motherfucker : Hemtroll
                      • oh yeah, and this racist here ^^^^ : Arctic Fox
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                    OR join the chaos on Morfus where everyone has build rights...and killing rights. : m0rfus
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                      Is there really any action there any more? I can't remember the last time I played, and even then I never... : Vincent Grayson
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                        yeah, if you can survive one or two nights running away from spawn you will be alone forever it seems. : ass-street
                        • i'm trying to cream over here!! : ass-street
                        • i'm trying to cream over here!! : ass-street
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                did it open up your eyes? : Goncyn
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                  12 hours after reading it I finally remember what you are referring to. thanks a lot :( : MamiyaOtaru
                  • Oh shit, me too... Now I have that song stuck in my head. : Goblin au
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  Anything ever come of the talk of making a new spawn on mercfox1 and consolidating the servers back toget... : watcherxp
  • we all decided to link arms and skip off into the sunset singing FUCK NOTCH instead : Arctic Fox
  • Building close to each other really makes the game better. On my server we all create in the same area, a... : r4wk
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    Well eventually... if notch does as he mentioned months ago... they will make inter-server portals. It w... : Gwyndion
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      I'm pretty sure there is already a 3rd party mod to do this though getting it from Mojang would be much n... : BeowolfSchaefer
      • there is, but it requires a client-side mod, not just a server-side mod. which means nobody uses it : electroly
  • Not yet. I need Bukkit to not be a heap of shit, first. Once Bukkit doesn't suck, I'm planning on: *... : foo

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  me too. y'all give me your twitters. @inod : umegastar
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    @DrArcticFox : Arctic Fox
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      also here's a good list to get you started http://twitter.com/liqker/shackers/members : Arctic Fox
      • wow that's huge. If I follow the list do I follow everyone in it? how does that work? : umegastar
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        It's incomplete! I'm not on it! http://www.twitter.com/ysbreker : ysbreker
        • Neither is me! http://twitter.com/Alastayr : Alastayr
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        How do you get added to this list? I suck a the Twitter. : Gwyndion
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          Liqker has to add us to that list. : ysbreker
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            Oh.. in that case: http://twitter.com/gregorglandor please :) : Gwyndion
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              I'm not liqker :/ : ysbreker
              • Yeah, well.. i was figuring if he saw the ones above this... he would see mine. : Gwyndion
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  hit me up @ThaRealDoodleMuffin : Happy Doodle Muffin
  • computer says no : umegastar
• i've been twittering more this month. @hirez : hirez
• I have yet to join the Dark Side : Volatus32x
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  @emoors - i post a pic of a baby animal each day ^___^ : edward
  • I hope these are baby animals you intend to eat. : mechanicalgrape
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  @mayooms but only if you want to hear about my girly woes : mayooms
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    and watch abrasion flirt with you all day long. : CoRDS
    • It's play flirting and she knows it, don't you @mayooms. : abrasion
• @crimsonbeak if you want to see my shitty posts and me trying so hard to interact with celebrities in ord... : Crimsonbeak
• @rottendeadite and the good news is that I don't post about bullshit (often). : Rotten Deadite
• Also while we're talking about twitter, everybody go vote for Day9! http://shortyawards.com/day9tv Don'... : Rotten Deadite
• don't follow sammyhancock (me) he's a shithead : vov1n
• echo echo echo : rasputinreborn
• @corthan : broly1718
• @orgcaptainnemo : orgcaptainnemo
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  @shackcon : nyranger66
  • also @jbaut : nyranger66
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  @dahanese i've become less boring recently (i think.) : dahanese
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    not really. tweet more about @pancakethedog plz : nyranger66
    • i don't run that twitter : dahanese
  • repost more gaming articles dahanese! : askedrelic
  • i know when you WoW! : hirez
• @SZips General BS from my life and gaming news feed from one of my websites : Zips
• @seanbeanland I talk about games and stuff : beanman101283
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  @aidscock : Bean
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    ... : genjuro
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      What? That is my actual Twitter. Has been for a good while. : Bean
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        ... : singlespace
        • Whats wrong with aiding scock? : chungathebunga
• @pixelat3d -- but it's twitter so don't expect a lot = ) : pixelat3d
• @halophoenix : halophoenix
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  @autofill I rant about IE and post articles about the web and programming for it.... I also like songs... : sKetchflow
  • That sounds about the same stuff I talk about! *followed* : ysbreker
• i have a twitter!! : Mr.SEX
• @rob_just I need followerz plz : majestik
• @eugthinks! : eugthinks
• @LeGaTo1942 : ChiefSquattingBear
• @DrUc1f3r :) : drucifer
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  I'll just follow a bunch of people and if you want you can follow me back... or not, whatever. If you end... : silentbobuk
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    is it silentbobuk on twitter too? : freakord
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      No, my real name :O Luke_J_Walker No Star Wars jokes >:( : silentbobuk
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        A New Hope: Luke Jaywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other ticketed misdemeanor perpetrators, : Dave-A
        • Ok, that ones allowed on quality grounds. : silentbobuk
• Twitter is too difficult for me. I signed up a half year ago but haven't really use it. :( : babtong
• @ConstantCritic : Head Rush
• @morgin : Morgin
• @monstunes I talk about music and music related things and other cool stuff. : Vantage