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Platonix

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:18 pm


July 12th, 2017:

Lanzer
Star x Apple~
Features
Guilds.

What can we expect to see with the upcoming guild update? So far I have heard that guilds are a top priority which makes me so happy as a guild leader but I don't have any idea what kinds of things are being implemented aside from likely updating the guild forums to the public forum format with tipping etc.


We're sinking all our time on the new currency project and the mobile app at the moment. Guild is am important feature on Gaia, and it's something I wish to revamp sooner than later. Though when the time comes I'll solicit Gaians on what they would like for me to add or change.
PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 7:56 pm


July 25th, 2017:

Zero Omega
Dogoda
Features

Recently I found that I was ignored by a person because I could see people quoting them in the forums but I couldn't see that person's avatar. I could only see the quotes in quote trees. Keep in mind that I wasn't actively looking for this I just happened to notice it. Come to find out that same person was in one of my guilds that I own and run as a captain. I ended up checking the member list because the username sounded really familiar.
Of course I removed said person from my guild because it doesn't make sense to keep that person in a guild if they ignored me. This leads me to make a suggestion.

If someone ignores you then if they are in a guild that you own and run as a captain they should automatically be booted from said guild, because if you can't see the posts unless a person quotes them then it opens the door for potential drama. After all, not all guilds have a huge crew list. Sometimes it's just ran by a captain and a guild mule, this is more common with smaller guilds. Sometimes with bigger guilds not all the crew members are active so they might not catch what's going on. Plus some bad eggs out there could also put the entire crew list on ignore for the sake of stirring the pot, if we can't see the posts it makes it hard to make sure that everyone is following the rules. sweatdrop

Would you consider doing this please? emotion_kirakira

We can take down the suggestion and see if it's something we want to implement.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:21 am


August 15th, 2017:

Lanzer
DADDlO
Guild/Platinum

Hello! I understand the Platinum currency is new and still being worked out but my question is: the guild sub-forums have skyrocketed in price (from 2,500 G to 25,000,000 G) to accommodate the 2 Platinum it now costs (in that currency type) for each, however, from my understanding the Guild purchase deductions were to remain as is despite currency preferences -- so is this a bug/glitch or is this a permanent change in sub-forum cost?


That's not a glitch. If you switch over the platinum you will be able to pay for those features very easily. We don't mean to change the experience for Gaians with gold currency, but some changes need to be done to avoid exploits, and there's very little reason to stick with gold at the same time compared to the benefits of switching over.
PostPosted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:56 pm


August 29th, 2017:

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I know you guys are working hard on the new currency but I have a big problem. What is going on with the gold/platinum amounts in guilds? It makes no sense AND it's broken!

I donated 256 platinum to my guild when it had some small amount, less than 100P. (Around 30-50 maybe?) I refreshed the page and it said we had 214P. O.O It should have been more than 256P??

So I tried again. I donated 50 P. Watched it come out of my money. We still have 214P. It didn't go up by 1P. I am using platinum and everything in the guild says it is when it specifies. Like when you donate, it says in platinum.

In the guild logs it shows this:

xxxxxx (?) Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:52 pm 500000000 Donation
xxxxxxx (?) Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:39 pm 2147483647 Donation
yyyyyyy (?) Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:52 pm 1 Entry Fee
zzzzzzz (?) Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:16 pm 1 Entry Fee
wwwwww (?) Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:44 pm 1 Entry Fee

So entry fees are being shown as Platinum, but donations showing as gold?? And I set it to 0 for a join fee but it still takes 1P from the member. And not raising my guild amount, stole my platinum. Stole at least 92 platinum.

Please fix and give me my platinum back or put it in my guild, thank you.

If you need it:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds-home/positive-energy/g.421333/


This will be fixed soon, and all donated platinum will reflect in the guild correctly.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:18 pm


September 12th, 2017:

Lanzer
sheepcakes
Features - Guilds

Can we get post tipping in guilds?


It's on my todo list, I'll add it when I get a chance whee
PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:27 pm


October 10th, 2017:

Lanzer
khionna
Guilds
With the new tipping option being added to guilds (which I love), the quick reply button is now broken, at least for me. I try using quick reply and it tells me to log in then if I try making a regular post after attempting to use the quick reply option it says that I'm posting too quickly.


Uh oh, didn't know I broke quick reply when adding tipping. Story of my life. I'll fix it tomorrow

[FYI, this was not yet fixed when I did this By Subject update. -Platonix]


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:19 pm


October 18th, 2017:

Lanzer
Zphal
Features

Hello staff,

Liking the new platinum currency a lot. However, wanted to bring up a couple of areas that need tweaking... as they apparently did not get properly converted.

[...]

Guild Announcements:

My guild has 72,000 members. It used to cost 15,632g to send a guild announcement to every members' PM inbox. Now it costs 15,632p, which is frankly a sum that is equivalent to $32. Essentially, I am now unable to communicate with all my guild members about up-coming events.

If you would take the time to resolve these matters, I would be very grateful. Thank you.

[...]

I'll go in and change the guild fee, as it should be much lower. sweatdrop
PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:43 pm


October 24th, 2017:

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Is that forum update that Lanzer mentioned here going to apply to guilds as well?

(Also thank you for the tip post button in guilds. It is handy to have.)


For now it only affects the main pages in the Forums. We will work on the other pages in the future.

Quote:
Features

Are you planning to add the smileys/emoticons from the Gaia Live Broadcast Chat
to places like the forums, the pm messages, the guilds and the other messaging
places on Gaia? That would really make talking more fun and colorful everywhere.


Yes we do have plans to add the new emotes. They may not be the exact same ones, but new ones are coming. No E.T.A. right now tho.


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:45 pm


November 14th, 2017:

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My guild has accumulated a total of 18 platinum (as per the homepage), but our guild announcements only cost 5g to send out (as of now); also, you can now set the entry fee for new members in platinum, but even if we put it at 1 platinum and admit one new person, the homepage still reads that we have 18 instead of 19 platinum.

Is there any way that we could get this streamlined? This is a great opportunity for a gold-sink, especially for guilds with tons of members, frequent announcements, or both. Many thanks!

We'll take a look into this.
PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:43 pm


November 21st, 2017:

Lanzer
StarIore
Features

Could Gaia add more meaning to the tip system in forums/guilds by giving gaians the option to include a reaction or tiny message with their tips?

People tip posts for various reasons beyond just saying I like/agree with your post. I have a tendency to tip to tell people I read their post and I intend on replying later or to say thank you or I got you. It would be nice if tips came with either a special emote or a pre-written message that could communicate something to the recipient with minimum effort which would be immensely helpful for mobile users like myself who have a hard time making quick forum responses.


I see, I'll see what I can do to make a tipping history page.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:59 pm


December 5th, 2017:

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Features - Guilds

Is it no longer possible for a guild not to charge an entry fee? I know it was possible to set guilds to be free to join in the past (it even says in the site's official guild faq - which, to be fair, is pretty out of date - that it's the discretion of the guild captain whether or not to charge an entry fee), but when creating a new guild now, the entry fee field automatically defaults itself back to 1p if you change it to 0, and there's no checkbox or anything to disable the fee - and on top of that I noticed today that a guild I'm currently co-captain of that has always been free to join now shows a 1p fee on the settings page.

Sounds like a bug! We can fix it.
PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:07 am


January 9th, 2018:

Lanzer
blazing-luna2002
You probably wont see this but i would love an answer.
I am the leader of a guild and im trying to learn the best way i can, what is the best way i can improve the guild and attract new members?
( heart


If I have time to manage a guild, I will probably add more content such as news and images, depending on the topic, much like how I started off with posting Waffles pictures.


Lanzer
Haru Yates
Features

Hopefully this hasn't been asked yet, but are there any plans to update the guild forums so that we can subscribe to threads/topics there?


The favorite system actually can mark guild posts as favorites. I'll be enabling that feature later.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:17 pm


February 27th, 2018:

Lanzer
ededo
Guild

Is there any future feature for the Guild Account? Right now we can only buy sub-forums. it will be cool to have more options, so donating could be more useful or even funny.


Just let me know which features you want. I wish to port over the features in forums to guilds, though that might be a bigger undertaking than I can take on.
PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:44 pm


March 21st, 2018:

Lanzer
sheepcakes
Features Guilds & Post Styles

Can we get the new post styles added to guild posting?
Also, guild posting has a post style called Honey that doesn't actually work, and also is not shown in forums.


We need to port the new forum system to guilds, but for the time being, I'll look into the other post styles.


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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:39 pm


May 8th, 2018:

Lanzer
Vigilia
Features

A while back, probably like, last year, I had asked about updates to Guilds and Lanzer had said it was on the list.
Are there still plans to update Guilds at all?

Sometimes I have come across issues in guilds, but when i bug report it, it gets no attention. I'm hoping that Guilds aren't going to get ignored completely, since I still use them and I think updates can help them become a more user-friendly and well used feature of the site.


A complete update to the guild system is a lot of work, and is not slated until much later, but anytime there is a bug or problem please point me to the problem as I might have missed it.
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