Welcome to Gaia! ::

AskED The Staff: Answer Archive

Back to Guilds

View everything Gaia Staff have said in Ask the Staff sessions! 

Tags: Gaia, Staff, Gaia Staff, Ask the Staff, AskED 

Reply Answers, Sorted by Subject
Forums Goto Page: [] [<] 1 2 3 ... 4 5 6 7 ... 11 12 13 14 [>] [>>] [»|]

Quick Reply

Enter both words below, separated by a space:

Can't read the text? Click here

Submit


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:56 pm


November 17th, 2015:

Zero Omega
Tsuki_Kirkland
Features/forums

This is specifically for Zero_Omega. When will the AMC forum get the sub-forums for recommendations and “What show is this” ?

I don't recall off the top of my head if we have plans to make subforums for these, but I believe we have ideas to create stickies for them.


Zero Omega
Sanguine Iridescence
MISC

If it hasn't been asked yet, is there a resolution to the offsite advertising in the Lake Kindred forum?

Unfortunately not at the moment, we're still looking into our options to handle this.


Zero Omega
Tsuki_Kirkland
Features: Forums

Zero this one’s for you since you’re AMC omni mod. When’s the forum going to get the two stickies suggested in the announcement at the top of the forum?

I haven't been an Omni Mod for five and a half years. ;P

Within the next few weeks as we revamp all our fourm R&Gs and stickies.


Zero Omega
Sanguine Iridescence
Misc

Are you guys seeking new moderator recruits at this time, or are your rosters full? I applied to become one, and would love to help out! (I know there's no definitive time frame, but I figure I could at least ask if you guys are even looking for more.)

We're definitely still seeking mods and will be for a while, we just haven't run a training round yet.


Zero Omega
Guin - Aoiichi
FORUMS

i been noticing that in a lot of forums spam threads are popping up for of offsite adverts. Usually written in Korean.

Are you guys making any headway in stopping this from happeing ?

We're still discussing ideas and ways to try and curb this, but nothing definitive at the moment, sorry.


Zero Omega
seahaze
Features - Lake Kindred Forum

Could the Lake Kindred forum get a sub-forum for trading Lake Kindred related items?


Currently posts selling LK items are being moved to the Game Item Exchange Forum. However, this is a fairly stagnant forum that by its own Forum Rules and Guidelines is not appropriate for such threads:

    "In general, items that can be bought or sold in multiple quantities are ok here."

While LK potions may qualify under that rule, kins do not. It would be much easier for LK players if there was a forum for buying/selling LK items and kins near where the majority of LK discussion occurs, the Lake Kindred forum.

We won't be opening an Exchange forum exclusively for Lake Kindred game items, they'll be sold within Game Item Exchange as we allow any items from games to be sold there (including eggs, as they can only be used in the game). The rules are a bit out of date but will be updated in the coming weeks.
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:01 pm


November 23rd, 2015:

Zero Omega
Bornes
Features / Forums

Are the "forum changes" over? Forums have been closed, merged, renamed, but I haven't seen any rule updates. Are you not updating those afterall or is there an ETA on those?

Forum changes are completed, everything we wanted to close, merge, or rename has been done. We are working on updating the rules for these forums and all moderators, FAs, and staff have been notified to allow threads that were merged into these forums to stay. We'll be updating the rules of every forum, but it will be a rolling process and not all done at once.


Zero Omega
Bornes
Features / Forums

What are the requirements for getting a thread into Memorable threads? Is it even possible to get threads there anymore? Who do we need to talk to or ask about it?

There are really no "requirements" for getting into Memorable threads. It's definitely still possible, but it's rare that we've been taking a look at to find new threads to put into that forum.


Zero Omega
Twisted Lady
Forums

I don't have to tell you how annoying the constant spam threads are, and how overwhelmed the mods are in dealing with them. Have you considered giving Forum Assistants the power to simply junk these sort of threads? I feel like that would go a long way in ensuring they're taken care of quickly and without putting more work on the few mods we do have.

This is something we haven't let Forum Assistants handle as they do not handle Terms of Service violations and it would mean additional work for those that are helping to ban the users as we would then have to track down these users instead of picking them from the forums. We understand the spam is annoying and we're working on a solution to hopefully kill it once and for all.


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25
PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:31 pm


December 9th, 2015:

Zero Omega
Twisted Lady
Forums

You've mentioned before that you're looking into ways to help cut down the massive spam attacks in forums. How is this going, and can we expect to see anything for it in the near future?

Yes! You can actually expect something in the near future as we are currently developing something that may help curb these attacks. We hate them too. gonk


Rance Clear
Diosu
Items

Can we get a rules sticky for the Rainbow Parcel Ticket (from the Style Summoner CI) in the Project Custom forum? I'd like to know what the limit of poses are for the recolored item, if we get to choose what goes in the bundle, and how many bundles we get etc.


Definitely! I'll make sure this goes out some time next week.


Narumi Misuhara
aramaa
Features

Can we get these emoticons added to the rest of the emoticons in the post options?

classified_diedrich classified_jet classified_northkittenstar classified_fu classified_reve classified_poo classified_mcsourface classified_omnomcoco classified_omnomgrunny classified_omnomkiki


Those were meant to be easter eggs I believe.
PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:47 pm


December 22nd, 2015:

[NPC] Gaia Staff
Welcome Back!

Quote:
Other/Forum;

The spammers are still a big problem. Are there any
plans to tackle the problem more effectively?

While stopping spammers 100% is unlikely due to the numerous methods spam can be done, we have instituted several detection mechanisms to help curb the recent outbreaks. For the past few days incidents have significantly decreased.


Zero Omega
Lady Saxophone
Features/Forums

On the subject of spammers/bots, I think another user accidently found one of your "detection mechanisms".
(Their post format had a ton of Korean characters in it, setting off the "roasting marshmallows" error)
Just for clarification, was that one of the anti-spam features you implemented? Or something else?

We'll be in contact with that user. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!


Zero Omega
Meromictic
Features

Can we have a salt emote for posts?

User Image


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25
PostPosted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:21 pm


January 5th, 2016:

Rance Clear
Nenanah
Misc

With the What would you like to see in Rococo? thread could the staff please put up some rules and stipulations in the first post so that newer Gaians aren't so confused about what can be requested and what cannot be requested? " I would love to accept requests for items that have few marketplace listings or are very sorely missed!" Is very vague, some items that are limited are from free event grants, others are from sponsors that cant be released again, and some are special items that were made from tickets. There's no guidelines up, granted these no-no's would be common sense for oldies but not for the newer members.


Good idea!

I'll go ahead and patch this up soon. smile
Arlette Mori
Behind every slow husband is an Arlette who can do it faster! (I'm looking at you Rance). Guidelines have been added. emotion_yatta
PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:20 pm


January 26th, 2016:

[NPC] Gaia Staff
Welcome Back!

Quote:
Features

In the avatar arena forum and avatar arenas feature some people are being abusive with their comments and they try to say that they aren't being rude or being a bully because they are giving out "constructive criticism". There are ways to give out criticism without being a troll, since it's becoming an issue there has been a thread made to raise some awareness about it X. Do you think you could give out a PSA or something to help stop all the bullying that's been going on?

Sure, we can certainly look into doing a PSA for general abuse.


excitable sloth
Reginald Orius
Items?

Do older item glitch reports get looked over in the glitch thread? I submitted two glitches 7 months ago, and I'm not sure if they'll eventually be seen or if we're supposed to resubmit after a point?


Yes! However if it has been over 6 months please resubmit. C:


Zero Omega
Proletariat Porno
Features

I notice a lot of signatures are breaking the ToS. Not just by posting overly large images but by linking to sites (especially tumblr) that contain obvious sexual content. Can you release a PSA reminding users of the signature guidelines and how to check if their images/links fit into them?

Sure, certainly something we can consider doing. We like PSAs!


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:53 pm


February 9th, 2016:

[NPC] Gaia Staff
Welcome Back!

Quote:
Forums

Heaven fell down to earth a few weeks ago... Could it maybe be raised back up to the clouds? It's just not the same like this..

Using our magically awesome powers, we were able to collectively life Heaven back up off the ground and back into the sky.


Zero Omega
Pwnder
Forums

When can we expect the new version of Marketplace Discussion forums to be introduced?

Don't have an ETA at the moment, sorry!
PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 6:03 pm


March 1st, 2016:

Zero Omega
Ranas94
Features (signature)
So, the file size limit for the pics in our signatures is only 100.000 bytes, which isn't a lot really. This limit doesn't let us put gifs, as they are almost always heavier than that. I was wondering if this limit has been like this for years or not, since as far as I know most users have better connection than we used to. Have you thought about changing it or is this limit really the best one?~

We have thought about increasing it! Haven't made a decision if we will yet though.


Narumi Misuhara
2sammygate
features

is anything on gaia expected to break when threads reach an extra digit? we all know how badly programmed everything here is lol.


We have a "Congratulations, you've reached the end of the internet." page prepared.


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25
PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:43 am


March 15th, 2016:

[NPC] Gaia Staff
Welcome Back!

Quote:
Forums

I'm looking for a place to be somewhat of a public gallery for my artwork and not necessarily expect feedback, so could you please create a simple Art Gallery forum section?

This is something we could possibly consider, right now the forum we have for something similar is Art: Comment and Critique. But it's something we'll keep in mind.


excitable sloth
megg mogg
games - lake kindred

hi guys! emotion_yatta i was wondering if we could get an option similar to the one that disables astra animations for avatars, but for animated kin "equips" instead?
i would appreciate that so much emotion_drool


Unfortunately I don't think so. But you can equip their static poses. C:


Zero Omega
LovelyLeaves
Zero Omega
LovelyLeaves
Hey Staff! Forum/Posting issue.

I post in forums and I cannot see post actions or signatures AT ALL! Other people can see a post action I make, but I cannot! I have all the correct settings set up, and it's not my browser.

Is there any ideas of what to do about this?

//alsodoesanyonewanttobemyfriend

I have never personally ever heard this happening. o_o You've tried other browsers and it still doesn't work? Another computer?


Yep, tried Firefox, Chrome, AND Edge.

Ew Edge.

That's a really strange one-off situation, could you take a screenshot for me? I'd be really interested in seeing what's going on.

[It turned out the user had accidentally activated Forums Lite on the Gaia Labs page. -Platonix]
PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:00 pm


March 22nd, 2016:

Zero Omega
Arcee Gibson
Features

So uh- I just had my signature disabled and all.
I didn't realize it was too big. But I have a few questions.
Why didn't I get a warning first and a jump to disabling?
Is this the normal course of action?
I would have gladly removed the gif if I had realized it was too big.
And because I had the sig disabled, will this go as a sort of 'mark' against me if I ever tried out for a mod position or anything?

Once a signature image goes over a certain size, then we choose to automatically disable the signature without providing a warning. We give you an initial warning when you go to create your signature about how large it should be. It will not be a mark against you if you apply to be a mod.


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25
PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:47 pm


March 29th, 2016:

Zero Omega
Nenanah
Features

"forums"

Since you've made it clear that you're not going to be reviving the zOMG! MMO game ever, can you please lock the zOMG! petition threads in the petition forum? A lot of them are pretty active and they are bumping our threads down. It doesn't really make any sense to keep them up since it's been stated over and over that the zOMG! game will never return.

Posting this for a user that wants to be anonymous.

Sure, we can take a look into this.
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:30 pm


April 12th, 2016:

Zero Omega
Evil Cleavage
Features
Is there a way we can unsubscribe from blocked topics? Not asking as a way to view them, but like, "Topics blocked: 2" in big red letters. Cause the blocked topics range from people adding you to their ignore list while you're subbed to their thread or a topic getting removed by you guys for whatever reason. Or like when a topic gets removed or blocked that you're subbed too(for whatever reason it says blocked on the page), you guys maybe setting something up that automatically removes it from the list?

We'll pass the request along!


Zero Omega
Evil Cleavage
Features

Could we get the Thinking Post Style fixed? It puts a very ugly white line through pictures and text.
User Image
And I would love to use this post style, but I can't stand the white line. c:

We'll pass it along!


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25
PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:57 pm


April 26th, 2016:

Zero Omega
Knight Yoshi
Zero Omega
MingSao
Features

And also just because I have to be annoying and ask about this again.... any chance of upping the character limit in the Guides & Resources forum? emotion_kirakira

Unfortunately that's not something that we'll be able to do as it will require a massive amount of overhaul for something very niche and specific.

Would you please explain the reasoning here; is it a database issue or configuration issue?
DB.


Zero Omega
peach romance
Features

I was wondering if perhaps in Site Feedback or GCD we could have a thread to suggest new Runway contest themes? Seems like it would be a great way to get some more, unique themes in Runway.

There's already a thread like this! Right here:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/gaia-runway/gaia-runway-themes-suggestions/t.98002827/
PostPosted: Wed May 04, 2016 6:15 pm


May 3rd, 2016:

[NPC] Gaia Staff
Welcome Back!

Quote:
Features

Could you make a new forum for only Art Freebie Requests?

We don't necessarily see a need for this forum at this time.


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25


Platonix

Captain

Eloquent Informer

37,875 Points
  • Winged 100
  • Balance Begets Creation 500
  • Waffles! 25
PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2016 6:37 pm


May 17th, 2016:

[NPC] Gaia Staff
Welcome Back!

Quote:
Forums

Is there any chance, with a future forum update, that there can be implemented something to indicate you've already reported a thread/post? Perhaps the report button could be greyed out so you can't report again? (I'm sure I'm not the only one who forgets whether or not they've already done so)

We'll keep it in mind, but we also handle many forum reports very quickly so sometimes there is no need for it.


Zero Omega
Sullen ForeverAngel
Other

How can I become a site mod??? I would love to do something like that if it's possible. Or a forum mod.

You can get more information here!
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/site-questions-assistance/moderator-application-faq/t.46243481/
Reply
Answers, Sorted by Subject

Goto Page: [] [<] 1 2 3 ... 4 5 6 7 ... 11 12 13 14 [>] [>>] [»|]
 
Manage Your Items
Other Stuff
Get GCash
Offers
Get Items
More Items
Where Everyone Hangs Out
Other Community Areas
Virtual Spaces
Fun Stuff
Gaia's Games
Mini-Games
Play with GCash
Play with Platinum