Let’s face it, I’m awesome. You know it, I know it, and your mum knows it 3 times a week. To top it off I’m bloody smart to boot, and just as luck would have it I’ve decided to share some of my intellect around. What follows are 2 suggestions I would really love to see implemented, 3 wish list items I would like to see but may not be possible, and a picture of a frog with a snail on his head.
1)
Put article author names in the Dtoid feeds. Quite often I will only read an article because of who wrote it, and if the article seems something boring like “Jim Sterling found electrocuted from home made vagina”, I might skip it unless I see the super awesome Chad wrote it. I know I’ve missed a few articles which seemed uninteresting from the title, but once I found out who wrote the article it turned out to be really good.
2)
Give staff accounts a special Dtoid logo. Although I’ve been around on the site for a while now and know who is who, I’m sure there are a lot of people who have no idea who Wardrox is. In fact I’m willing to bet nobody outside of his ever growing list of rape victims has any idea who he is. For this reason I suggest that next to their account logo and name, a little Dtoid logo or just the words “staff” would be handy. I'm sure sometimes a staff member posting "Suck my balls" might be funny to us but just seems like a troll to newer members. If it’s outside of the elephant blog software to do this, just change their username green. Well, except Wardrox, nobody cares about him.
3)
Article images in RSS feed: Although this could be more of an issue to do with Bandwidth, how about inserting the story pictures in the RSS feeds as well?
4)
Reply system in comments: Again this might be outside the blog software, but a reply/quote system in the comments section would be bloody amazing. It’s quite hard trying to have any discussion in the comments as it stands now.
5)
New feature – Jims Monday rant. If lasagna cat has taught me one thing, it’s that nobody likes Mondays. A spite filled rant each Monday similar to what reverend Anthony does on Retroforce go could be a great way to kick off the week.
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2) They already do. Official staff have B/W icons.
3) Would you like a $100 with that as well?
4) I think they're actually working on this one.
5) Limiting Jim's rants to Monday's is like limiting how much you masturbate in a week.
Once a week is never enough and several times an hour is just barely enough.
From what I've seen so far, you can't upload a banner or avatar from your PC and save it, which is god almighty awkward. Using outside website links is annoying.
As a result, I've had major trouble with my avatar and have got to the 'forget that bs' point.
Come on guys, if I can upload from you PC it would be so much easier. If I'm doing something wrong, enlighten me.
You aren't smart either, get used to it!
I'm confused. How does that help me see who writes an article from the RSS feed? You'll have to help me out on this one.
re: replies in the comments, I think that's something that's been discussed. There's nothing really outside of the blogging software, since we (Destructoid/Modern Method) own it, and can add features/tailor it to our needs. So hopefully that feature will come soon.
This is the logo of the Destructoid arm team. A very select few have this including Phist and Lark and couple of others. Those who
Razerangel got it, Wardrox is not a staff member.
But 4, is probably the most asked for change or update for this site.
I will add one more thing to the list. The ability to change your D-Toid password on your own.
Cheers Nick
Juat a thought.
So Wardrox just a community member? It would explain why I've never seen an article from him. I just thought because he was on the Podcastle all the time he was Dtoid staff.
"Jim Sterling found face dead in bathtub -- AMAZING coroner's report after the jump!"
I kinda of wouldn't mind a "rank down/rank up" system for comments. The ability for the community to mod its own dribble and fail. But I can definitely see some downside to that. What is the internet, if not for failing?
What happens if I make my own avatar B&W? Will someone put color back into it?
I heard rumblings a while ago that the staff was going to implement a Digg style system, but I've not heard anything of it since.
Not really. There are a lot of stories on Dtoid I don't really need to read, like PS2, PS3 and PSP news. Thing is if I see Collete doing a PS2 update I'm going to read it just to see what she says. Likewise if the title is "Fuck PSP" I might shrug it off, but if Jim wrote it I'd go there just to see what he says.
Yes some people read articles based on their favorite writers. Man up sissy, because I have no idea why you are so horribly offended in the first place
2.Yeah, wardrox isn't staff, just more of a staff infection on the community. I kid. But the editors do have B/W logos and a small 1pt stroke on their avatars, as well as notification on the side of the main page that lists all staff. I think that's enough, but opinion is opinion.
3. Probably a bandwidth issue, though Dtoid Mobile supports images.
4.They're working on it. Dtoid updates are like Xbox dashboard updates, but more exciting, less buggy, and with more cocks. Well, maybe the same amount of cocks.
5.Monocle Monologues for the win.
HAHA, I was going to add that in after Nick posted, but didn't want to sound like I was a whingeing twat posting a thousand things to change Dtoid, so I figured I would leave it at 5. Glad someone else mentioned it.
DaedHead8 is brilliant and you should do what he says!
I do read the pre-jump, that's where I was suggesting the author name go. My point was sometimes I'll skim it and just figure it's not something I need to read (eg. PS3/PS2/PSP news) and move on. Often though I will read an article which I normally would have no reason to <i>simply to see what that writer says</i>. If it’s about Blu-ray releasing Flipper, I don’t care. If it’s Chad writing it though, heck yeah I’ll read it!
Otherwise I think alles gut, but I come for the fun and games, not the million diff ways ppl can say ghey, etc etc.. Gets old fast.
Personally, I call for more Jimpressions!
Also more interviews and insight from the industry (I want more cashwhore!!)
Podtoid with better sound (yeah, i will keep waiting for this one until cars fly, you would all have to be in one room with good sound recording gear, I know, I used to do a podcast).
the more time you spend on dtoid the more you will learn that this place really is all about the community, less about titles and designated job roles. I certainly hope it stays this way, there are a few things i don't agree with as far as segregating people goes, i certainly hope it doesn't continue.
lots of it
you give it now