Improving the Forums

As you have the past week or so I have been making a lot of stylistic changes to the site. I'm looking to improve the forums and make them easier to use or better looking.

Any ideas?

Hi Jacob, hi FAKKU,

recently i have been digging around in the User Upload Section and i have to say, it`s pretty much a Mess. Its difficult to find out if something has already been posted or not. Letting aside the fact, your are searching for a specific Doujinshi. If you don't check all Posts at least, you can't be sure if something is up or not, or were to find it.
Raze tried to creat a Masterlist (Still working on it?), but i think there are simply too many Uploads to get them together in a List Thread, like i did with the Animethread Masterlist.
So i would like to suggest some kind of Listfunction for the Userupload Section. Im not quite sure how to do it, but i think more order is necessary.
Or maybe FAKKU User get the same Upload options like in the Flash Game Section. So everybody (with the necessary requirements... 10 Rep points, or something on that Line), can create Doujinshi Entrances + Link to the Downloadside.

Hope i explained my suggestion in an understandabel way.

Greetings Lord_Helmchen

Actually I don't think it would be too hard for me to set something like that up, a page where users can upload links to hentai and a cover image for each.

However that would be separate from the forums, so lets figure out how we can make them kick even more ass.

hi jacob, hi Fakku.

i've been enjoying this motemote battle and all the people stating their own opinion about these hot female characters, so why not create like a male battle or somethin, or best couple, it's just an idea i had. people love to talk, why not let them.

How about adding some new smiles to the list of yellow smiles?

I agree with Nate River. Having a best couple battle to me seems like a great idea to me, though whether not that's forum related I'm not quite too sure.

Another idea, which was implemented at a previous forum I've been at until it shut down, is the option of a "quick reply" where instead of opening up a new page to respond to a comment, a "quick reply" option opens up a text box underneath the last comment. This way, especially if it's a hot topic and people are firing off their mouths left and right or if people just want to simply comment with nothing fancy added, people can easily respond without having to wait for the page to turn into a "post a reply" page and back to the thread. It's quick, easy, and most of all efficient, and it also comes with edit and html/BBS code features. Now I don't know the html code for this "quick reply" function, but I'm sure it's somewhere out on the web. I find myself a little vexed when I want to simply comment on a matter but have to wait for over 20 seconds to post a single sentence. Of course, if someone wants to post something meaningful or it's a long post, then there's always the regular posting method by redirecting to the "post a reply" page.

Another question to ask... are there any moderators in this forum, especially of a forum with a member base of such magnitude? Apparently the "Fakku elite" status comes with the number of posts... I think 250, but they don't act like moderators nor do they resolve anything even with posting status. I've been in some threads where some moderating can be used, so I was just wondering if having some moderators can do this forum some good. I'm not saying that I want to be a moderator, but it sure does take a load off of the admin shoulders, especially when they have executive power to lock pointless/bad threads or slightly change someones post to make it less offensive.

A quick reply feature wouldn't be too hard to implement and you made a good point for why it would be useful.

I haven't really felt the need for moderators too much but it's definitely something we will need soon. In most cases I prefer to let people speak their mind without moderation and without fear of being moderated, but when things get out of hand one of us usually takes care of it.

While we are talking about moderation, a litte suggestion:

Fakku Site Rules

Image Section

1. Uploading of the following Content is prohibited:
-Loli or Shota
-Bestially
-Guro

2. Do not post Doujinshi pages. Compile those in a thread in the User Upload section.

3. When you upload Pictures to the Image Section, post them in the right Section, with a proper Label and Tag.

Forum

1. Do not insult or harass other members
-Insults, harassment, flaming, trolling, baiting or other similar abusive behaviour towards other members of the Forum will not be tolerated.

2. No Discrimination
-You may not insult members based on their religion, race, sex, political beliefs, or whether they are gay or straight.

3. Do not post Content that instigate to break the Law.
-For example: Instructions for stealing Accounts etc.

4. Do not use more than one account
- If you have Problems with your account, contact the Admins before creating a new one.

5. Do not post nonsense
-You are not required to reply to every single thread and post in a forum. Please only reply if you have something useful to add to the thread. Posts such as "I agree", "OK" and "Me too" are all considered nonsense. If you do not have anything helpful to say in a thread or you do not know the answer to a question, please do not post simply to say that you do not have anything to say or that you do not know the answer the question.
Posting just to "bump" a thread (i.e. move it to the top of the forum) is also considered nonsense.

6. Don't post any copyrighted or licensed Content.

7. If you open a new thread, post them it the specific Section. For Example, Topics to a specific Anime/Manga should be posted in the †žAnime & Manga“ Section.
Further, please do not start a new thread on a topic already being discussed. Use the search function and read the forum prior to posting.

8. Do not advertise your products or services.

9. When you signed up, you agreed that you are over 18. Don't post saying otherwise or corrective action will be taken.

10. Spoilers are bad. Don't post them un-marked.

11. Signature Rules:
-Don`t make your Signature too big. Big Signature Pictures will result in longer Uploadtimes.

12. Don`t request Doujinshis/Anime for the scan/sub team to work on. Before making a Request read the Guidelines.

13. Give Threads a MEANINGFUL TITLE, so that our readers do not waste their time reading posts about things that they have no interest in. The content of the Thread should be clear from the title. Please be brief in the title of the Thread, but yet specific enough so readers will know if the post will be of interest to them.

if u had this much problems with fakku, why not create your own hentai website.

no idea what guru means

and i think the copyright thing is impossible to get done, since not every single one of us is a hentai artist, of course we'll have to get hentai from some other sources.

forum is for people to talk in, y not let them? it's not like they are gonna take up alot of the web space anyways, since they're only letters and sentences.

otherwise i agree with what you said.

Those aren't complaints of his Nate, those are FAKKUs official rules.



It means gore... Its sick shit. (No offense
to any gore lovers out there :wink:)

I can't think of any forum improvements off the top of my head, though I would like to throw in a vote in for a quick-reply option, as I've always found that useful.

Another thing to keep things easier, though it's not so much forum-related than member related.

I've noticed that Fakku has a membership of almost 40,000 people, but I can gurantee you that less than 30% of them actually participate in forum discussion, material contribution, or donations. Rather than have empty memberships floating around and taking space, users who are not active in 6 months should be deleted from the memberlist history, and if they want to renew membership, they can reapply again. After all, one doesn't need to apply for membership in order to download stuff from Fakku. Weed out those who aren't active and trim the database to the essentials. I think that's important in keeping a forum organized and from getting out of hand.

Also related to membership, I can't seem to find a memberlist link anywhere, and though I have located a possible link after clicking my own profile then the "memberlist" link, it leads me back to some image section with forum section links. I was wondering if a memberlist page can be erected for user-search. People can rearrange how the list looks like by 1, most/least posts, 2, most/least recent post, 3, Fakku status, and so on. That way, people can see who's actually in the forum and those who are more respected. (Well, after hanging and posting around for a couple days, I have an idea on those who are respected.) Of course, this just a suggestion, albeitly useful one, but one nonetheless and may be a little harder to implement than my previous suggestion of a quick-reply function.

How about a buddy system?

I think there should be a section for drunken ramblings. Kind of like the incoherent babbling section, only having some kind of correspondence to things happening or being talked about in more rational, coherent areas of the site.

Maybe not just that, but a general current event's thread/section maybe.

Another thing I've noticed is the repetition of threads that share the same subject that are located in different sections of this forum. The motemote battles seem to have a thread in the news section as well as the obvious motemote section... and Fakku translations have cropped in this section of the forum as well as the manga/translation section. It's not moreso confusion but rather of repetition, which can lead to confusion in trying to navigate the site. I'm also not quite too sure, but apparently the comments posted on the main page appear in the news section of the forum, which I find to be redundant and space consuming. For example, the article regarding Rukia92's marriage on the main page has a thread back in the news section of the forum, but Rukia92 also had her own thread regarding the matter. I'm suggesting that maybe comments should stay comments and anything news-related that affects the Fakku community should be posted as either locked threads or open thread to receive suggestions/comments. (Of course, I have nothing against Rukia92's marriage... I'm kinda jealous but happy for her.)

Summing up, I believe that the main page commentary system should be separate from the forums and should not require a person to become a member, as well as some forum thread reorganization/cleanup. (By now I really can't think of anything else to suggest for this forum other than an occasional/optional color/genre theme for the forum skin, akin to something that www.anidb.net features for members of the website.) I hope this helps making the forum a better place.

That's FAKKUs 404 page. Jacob's way of saying "This doesn't work." for the image section for all image section links. But it applies to all 404 pages [404: Page Not Found].

Also, that link never worked. Probably because it's disabled in the forum administration. Again, Jacob will add it in if needed. I guess.

First of all these are exactly the kind of responses I am looking for. You did a good job of presenting your opinion, the problem, and some ways you think it could be improved.



There is a memberlist, we had disabled it at some point and never put it back online. I'll get it back up as soon as I get the chance. I am also juggling with the idea of user groups that can be created by, the users.



I'm guessing you weren't a member of the site about three months ago when we had the old news system. It allowed anonymous commenting and the news and comments were completely separate from the forum. We had that system for a little over a year.

We changed to this system, where a news post is created in the News category by the admin and then it is automatically displayed on the main page. It is a lot easier for us and easier for users who frequent the forums and don't have to use a different system to comment on the news. And with anonymous commenting we would have to add a CAPTCHA of some sort to the comments, and I think it is just easier and more beneficial to the site to have people register.

As Ryuji told you, i only took the already existing Fakku Rules https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?t=2091 and added what i personally think are general Rules for using internet Forums.
About the Guru thing, sorry my failure i meant "Ero Guro".
"A form of hentai based around heavily mutilated or dead humans engaged in sexual acts. A major theme is large amounts of blood."
It scares the shit out of me.



You could ad a Userupload Category to the "Manga" Dropdown List on the Sitemenu. After clicking on that, you get the same Upload Options as you get, after clicking on the Upload Button in the FlashGame Section https://www.fakku.net/flashupload.php
After you have uploaded a Sample Image and a Download-Link, the Doujinshi Title is entered into the Manga Database.
So after clicking on for example "Sort by Artist", not only Admin-Uploads will show up, but User-Uploads as well.

I think doing that would be catastrophic right now. If you mean identical to the Flash Upload thing, then it's a no go. The users would upload a doujin to the database with a link to a doujin hosted OFFSITE. This means that if that site goes down, or removes the link, there isn't a way to get the manga in the database. Meaning it stays in the database with no way to be downloaded and no way to be removed until reported and noticed.

Also, the moderation for that would be fuggin' insane. Perhaps when FAKKU gets better servers, it could host stuff locally, but until that day, I think adding to the main database should be left untouched by general users.

i agreed with this one, and i think i've posted about this last year but until now my(or our) suggestion still not taken :roll:



we do have one back in the early days of fakku, anyone remember unabangkay(not sure if write his user name right :roll:)

he was once the moderator of doujin circle section, again... if i'm not mistaken :roll:

@Jacob: Thanks for finding my comments useful... haven't been surfing the net and posting in forums for nothing; hoped it helped. However, the problem that multiple threads with the same subject exists. It's just a matter of reorganization then anything else.

On the subject of moderators, I still believe we need a couple, like 3-4. In regards to the Fakku posting rules, many of them have been violated, especially people who post three or four words and it counts as a post - wth? More often than not, I see a bit of trolling and flaming going on in some threads... and the problem is that it's between the Fakku elites vs. themselves or newcomers. I don't believe this kind of thing should continue to go on, but it hasn't reached a level that's unmanagable. The need for moderators I guess for now isn't necessary, but I fear we'll need them soon.