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NS SUCKS ASS! (the suggestion thread)

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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,633
Well as with every year, springtime hits, the snow melts and all the members get pissed off at us.   We can take it, and hell even we have gotten tired of seeing this site over and over...

SO this is the official thread to throw out what you like, what you hate, and anything you think needs to be added to the site.   Then we'll take alllll of what you say and begin building NS 08/09.

So instead of starting another hate thread on us, just cut out the middleman and let us know here.

And keep it constructive, if you're a douchebag we'll never get anything done.


Apr 17 2008 2:05PM
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Crack.
Posts: 6020 - Karma: 84
a very good idea considering cell phones get more advanced every month and have web browsers almost like a normal computer
Apr 26 2008 1:24PM
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papasteeze
Posts: 12055 - Karma: 913
DO IT!
Apr 26 2008 6:37PM
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dr_phil
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 95
More efficient searchbar (one that search cults)

Please revive NS Radio

I feel that the site is becoming some kind of Facebook illegitimate baby... just see the profile for example and the karma thing... well that's my opinion


Apr 26 2008 6:46PM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
NS RADIO IS MAKING A COMEBACK !!!!

pm me or nomensteven for more info.
Apr 26 2008 7:25PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
Facebook doesn't have karma.
Apr 27 2008 3:52PM
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StanMcStanson
Posts: 2773 - Karma: 11
Yeah, the whole karma thing is cool and original...except that it doesn't work very well.  Many people who rarely post are below 50, and people like Yauch can still maintain a karma of 45-46? Because of this, I generally ignore karma ratings because they mean nothing.
Apr 27 2008 4:02PM
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grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
as mentioned before, the searchbar needs tons of work

also, when searching for photos id like to search stuff by finding the top rated picture in a certain category, just not in general

for example:
top rated-->big mountain
top rated-->jumps
etc.
Apr 27 2008 9:07PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8786 - Karma: 6,254
sorry if this is already said but i didnt want to read all 3 pages.

im thinking it might be useful to have an option of saying the artist/song in edits.  for example

Title:  this video
Skier: friends
Location: mtn
Description: fun
Music: ratatat - 17 years


if that makes sense

May 1 2008 6:02PM
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Crack.
Posts: 6020 - Karma: 84
have a mass thread watch delete button because mine is too long and I am not deleting them all individually
May 1 2008 7:17PM
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StanMcStanson
Posts: 2773 - Karma: 11
^ Uh...I'm pretty sure that exists...at the bottom of "my threads" there is a link that says "delete all my threads"....and you click that.
May 1 2008 7:53PM
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Crack.
Posts: 6020 - Karma: 84

ahh dank, thanks man

May 1 2008 8:21PM
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Pklink04
Posts: 5608 - Karma: 392
see to me that makes things way to complicated, I feel that we are all over trying to think things here, just have a spot that says good sell and a lil 1-10 rating system
May 2 2008 9:08AM
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860
Posts: 2930 - Karma: 166
I really like how this sites runs besides A) the search bar and B) with the new adds in everything feels a little cluttered, like I used to like to see the picture up top not adidas superstars. I think a few tweaks to the layout would be nice, I know that takes forever but a little goes a long way
May 4 2008 4:23AM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
how difficult would it be to display an in-thread karma and an overal karma
May 4 2008 4:13PM
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t_rob
Posts: 6433 - Karma: 11,459
There aren't enough new threads to split buy/sell/trade into 12 parts. Also its easier to make one big sale then 5 different sale threads. Besides in BST. You should know what the thread is, people usually put for sale, fs, etc in front of threads and then what there big ticket items are. Its a waste of programming time.
May 4 2008 5:24PM
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t_rob
Posts: 6433 - Karma: 11,459
the ability to quote people who have already quoted another post. Like when a kid makes a post then someone quotes it and says you're gay or something like that. Its a hell of a lot easier to explain to them why they are so blatently ignornant when the original thing that was quoted is there instead of just you're gay being quoted.
May 4 2008 5:29PM
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[JP-of-SC]
Posts: 345 - Karma: 10
dude, i was listening to that song when i read that post haha!

and on the note of buyer/seller feedback, Ebay has a pretty good system. maybe if you just ripped theirs off and put an extra tab in everyones profile that a prospective buyer or seller could look at before actually doing business with a person.
May 4 2008 5:32PM
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t_rob
Posts: 6433 - Karma: 11,459
pictures set behind the thread listings. I was just thinking wow, why should I see white when I could be seeing a random picture which could be anything from pictures of smuck to burly urbans.
May 4 2008 5:45PM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
what? how can you delete or ban judging on how someone has voted? what if you genuinely think a photo isn't as good as other people think it is and rate it lower to try and correct things?

as for suggestions it would be quite handy to have watch/unwatch buttons for pics and videos. often you want to go back and read more comments on the pic or whatever but you have to trawl through pages of other pics before you get to it.

also like someone said, it would be nice if someone wrote some script so that thread titles in all caps are automatically converted on only leading letter caps at most.

a home mountain feature would be cool and also maybe in your profile you could make a drop down list of regions that people live in so then in their profile then can click on their country to show other people that live there or click on their region or city to show people who live there.

I still think losing the banner ad on the mast would make the site look more professional, though I realise that ad is probably worth quite alot to advertisers.

centering the page could also be a nice addition, instead of having it aligned to the left side of the screen.

customisable quick links would be dope, so you could put links to cults and other things.

anyways good work on the site in general. keep it up guys.
May 5 2008 1:01AM
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squibble
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there should be a "my videos" similar to "my threads"
May 5 2008 1:09AM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
yeah but then it would be impossible to read what the thread listings were, and quite possibly 100,000 people around the world would end up with mass migraines as a result of having to squint to read the thread listings to fuel their NS addiction.

the trouble with including previous quotes when quoting is that they end up turning into huge things. if someone quotes a and b says 'you're gay' then c quotes b you end up with 3 posts in a row. then when b replies to c and tells him hes a tool you end up with 4 posts in a row. i've seen it in other forums and it just escalates into huge strings of not particularly relevant posts. thats just my $0.02 other people may see it differently
May 5 2008 1:11AM
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fsscott
Posts: 4684 - Karma: 114
NS Radio

Search within Threads

Make me breakfast...
May 5 2008 1:52AM
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ESAND
Posts: 1607 - Karma: 744

Can I suggest vBulletin? Is there a reason we don't use it?

May 5 2008 5:37PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
why wouldn't they just use the amazing forum they already have? NS seriously has the nicest forum I've ever used, the UI is awesome.
May 5 2008 7:32PM
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doublexl
Posts: 8407 - Karma: 27
this has probably been said but, fix the signatures!

also, enable all HTML tags, not just < B >, < I >, < BR >
that would be soooo dope!
the possibilities are endless.
May 5 2008 8:48PM
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ESAND
Posts: 1607 - Karma: 744
Because its not a amazing. The user interface is much nicer in vbulletin. The quote function is much nicer. The PM function is 1000x nicer. It is very nice to be able to edit posts if you mistype which would greatly contribute to NS looking less like an IRC channel. The mouse over preview feature is amazing. The search function is a bajillon times better. Need I go on?
May 5 2008 9:12PM
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ESAND
Posts: 1607 - Karma: 744
^^see look at that. It would be nice to be able to go back and add an apostrophe to "it's"
May 5 2008 9:14PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
while I agree that the search and private message functionality need to be improved I think everything else is great.

Not being able to edit a post is one of my favorite things about the NS forums. It makes you think more about your reply and it prevents any confusion that might arise by someone going back and changing their post. You must not have been around for the "faunt" thread.

The quoting is fine although sometimes it won't let me delete stuff from their post and then make my post.

I've never liked any mouse over previews. They seem pretty worthless to me.

I don't want NS to look like every other message board on the internet.
May 6 2008 1:50AM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
Dude, NS Radio is making a comeback!!! It's gonna be sick, featuring: Nomensteven, Jason Mousseau, John symms (Yes THE John Symms) and Me ! we hope to get the first episode recorded pretty soon...

-Stoked
May 6 2008 7:31PM
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Addict[ed]Fisher
Posts: 108 - Karma: 286
i think that Newschoolers should make chatrooms...have like 20 open chatrooms for people to join in and live chat...they should also be able to private message each other in the chatrooms too..just a thought
May 7 2008 12:39PM
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A_Whelan
Posts: 882 - Karma: 17
Better Search Bar!!!!  Have more advanced options like what section of the site to look in, including what words, words in post or title, posted when etc.  This way it will be easier to find stuff and maybe less stupid posts.
-aaron
May 7 2008 7:57PM
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dowalibeast
Posts: 3339 - Karma: 207
possibly make it a little like facebook. that sounds lame but it's true.

as someone mentioned earlier possible video/picture tags, and also maybe a message when someone comments on your vids/pics?

also a place to put the song title in your video upload would be nice.

and then the normal stuff, searchbar stuff etc.
May 10 2008 1:01AM
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samskisalot
Posts: 711 - Karma: 12
try to do away with the talking ads so they don't interrupt my music.
May 10 2008 12:23PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,633
We'd only adjust if its blatant tamporing. You're right that if its rated like a 3 because you actually hated it then for sure that won't get deleted.

However, a lot of people get their buddies and make aliases and rank stuff 1 just to bump it lower. I've looked into a few ratings and its crazy how much people try to cheat the system.

This would just protect against that... its really obvious when it happens. The genuine ratings would of course be left!

May 10 2008 12:31PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,633
Yeah the layout has gotten a little cluttered for SURE. I think we just got crazy with adding features and shit to the site, and things just ended up getting all rammed everywhere.

Every year we freshen up the look of the site, and this year will be no different. I know Chris has some awesome ideas to clean up the look and feel. We don't want to over-clean it and make it feel sterile, but certainly NS could use a facelift.

We'll let you in as plans get sketched up for your guys feedback!

May 10 2008 12:36PM
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ButteredToast.
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PLEASE for the love of GOD update the wallpapers section from previous front pages.
May 10 2008 12:44PM
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dowalibeast
Posts: 3339 - Karma: 207
would it be possible to let me know what videos i have watched? there are many times that i want to go back to see a video and i can't remember what it's called.
May 11 2008 3:15PM
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amo
Posts: 6709 - Karma: 1,248
i don't know if this has already been mentioned but being able to delete your old threads that are now useless. and also being able to have a permenate list of all of your threads, not just the currently active ones.
May 11 2008 4:01PM
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nkinsman10
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it would be sick of there was a way to send pictures from ur phone and upload em
May 11 2008 7:00PM
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ESAND
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vbulletin

seems like an easy fix to all the problems.
May 11 2008 7:27PM
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papasteeze
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bumped
May 12 2008 10:14PM
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jergriff
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how about making like a quick reply box at the bottom of the threads... make it quicker and easier to reply to a thread? just a suggestion?
May 13 2008 3:02AM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,805
Cult member #'s. Will they ever be EXACT?
May 13 2008 9:10AM
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Alex_G
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yeah whenever i try to look at NS on my blackberry I can't post and it takes a lot of time to scroll down through all the names and options and threads and stuff not to mention it takes a long ass time to load.

but that would be awesome if you could make this possible!
May 13 2008 11:43AM
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chazz.
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Not sure if it has already been suggested but it would be nice to see every thread that we have created, ever, not just the ones active in the last 30 days.
May 14 2008 7:56PM
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BMB
Posts: 3138 - Karma: 232
jea, jea, refine the search bar, ns im?
May 14 2008 8:58PM
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snwbrdmilf
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There's already PMs and NSDOJO. Don't need an IM.
May 14 2008 11:54PM
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49566738265
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I think we should be able to put in a bunch of facts about ourselves and NS can match us up with compatible skiers.  We can charge $19.95 per match-making and we can have commercials on FOX in between the Simpsons and Family Guy.

I also hope to see a Green Scale installed.  It will go from 1-10, rating your fondness of steps to prevent global warming.  Now, instead of making global warming threads, we can just look at people's Green Scale and damn all the non-believers to hell.
May 15 2008 1:29AM
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snwbrdmilf
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^ Hahahahaha oh an early morning day brightener. Thank you.
May 15 2008 7:41AM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
ns radio is coming back, check it out : https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/330726/
May 15 2008 1:03PM
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