What do the Social Forums and Friends do for us :)

SimpleSi · 06-02-2008, 09:06 PM

I was wondering what the Social Forums and Friends features do for us punters.

I've had one friend request (from a well know penguin type

) to which I was honoured to accept but what good will it do me?

And by chance checked out the Lancs Social thingy today and found a msgs from God himself asking if we are all going to out technies meeting in March (which I am BTW)

But it doesn't show up in new posts and that's the only thing I look at around here (and I suspect many if not all non-staff members do as well)

So -what do these features do for me (us) apart from missing maybe important information

regards

Simon

joe90bass · 07-02-2008, 01:03 AM

Good point! Reading your post prompted me to check the group I created, and I spotted 3 new members. Don't suppose there's an option to be notified of this?

TechMonkey · 07-02-2008, 10:01 AM

+1 for some kind of notification of messages in groups.

Domino · 07-02-2008, 10:40 AM

It'd be nice to be able to private message all members in a group too

ZeroHour · 07-02-2008, 11:33 AM

Yeh I am working on it for the social groups. Rumor is that the next beta will improve the social groups so I am going to see what happens then. We were just laying the ground work really.

The social group you are in will be integrated into other parts of the site soon as well so watch this space

SimpleSi · 07-02-2008, 12:06 PM

@zh
What are friends for? (apart from hugs in times of stress that is

)

regards

Simon

TechMonkey · 07-02-2008, 12:46 PM

You get to form Forum Cliques so you can gossip about others and cause disent from behind closed doors before launching a grand Coupe, taking over the whole world in a blaze of glory! So I've heard..........

ZeroHour · 07-02-2008, 12:54 PM

LOL.
Friends are currently purely for association right now but they will be linked into other parts as well soon.
So much to do.......

SimpleSi · 07-02-2008, 07:27 PM

Quote:

You get to form Forum Cliques so you can gossip about others and cause disent from behind closed doors before launching a grand Coupe, taking over the whole world in a blaze of glory! So I've heard..........

Well thats worth having then

regards

Simon

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06-02-2008, 09:06 PM	#1
SimpleSi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1,361 Thanks: 53 Thanked 52 Times in 44 Posts Rep Power: 17	What do the Social Forums and Friends do for us :) I was wondering what the Social Forums and Friends features do for us punters. I've had one friend request (from a well know penguin type ) to which I was honoured to accept but what good will it do me? And by chance checked out the Lancs Social thingy today and found a msgs from God himself asking if we are all going to out technies meeting in March (which I am BTW) But it doesn't show up in new posts and that's the only thing I look at around here (and I suspect many if not all non-staff members do as well) So -what do these features do for me (us) apart from missing maybe important information regards Simon

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What do the Social Forums and Friends do for us :)

07-02-2008, 01:03 AM	#2
joe90bass Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: S Wales Posts: 526 Thanks: 33 Thanked 24 Times in 22 Posts Rep Power: 8	Good point! Reading your post prompted me to check the group I created, and I spotted 3 new members. Don't suppose there's an option to be notified of this?

07-02-2008, 10:01 AM	#3
TechMonkey Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East Sussex Posts: 1,089 Thanks: 5 Thanked 33 Times in 25 Posts Rep Power: 17	+1 for some kind of notification of messages in groups.

07-02-2008, 10:40 AM	#4
Domino Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Hastings Posts: 1,093 Thanks: 12 Thanked 68 Times in 56 Posts Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 19	It'd be nice to be able to private message all members in a group too

07-02-2008, 11:33 AM	#5
ZeroHour Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 1,923 Thanks: 91 Thanked 196 Times in 84 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 45	Yeh I am working on it for the social groups. Rumor is that the next beta will improve the social groups so I am going to see what happens then. We were just laying the ground work really. The social group you are in will be integrated into other parts of the site soon as well so watch this space

07-02-2008, 12:06 PM	#6
SimpleSi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1,361 Thanks: 53 Thanked 52 Times in 44 Posts Rep Power: 17	@zh What are friends for? (apart from hugs in times of stress that is ) regards Simon

07-02-2008, 12:46 PM	#7
TechMonkey Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East Sussex Posts: 1,089 Thanks: 5 Thanked 33 Times in 25 Posts Rep Power: 17	You get to form Forum Cliques so you can gossip about others and cause disent from behind closed doors before launching a grand Coupe, taking over the whole world in a blaze of glory! So I've heard..........

07-02-2008, 12:54 PM	#8
ZeroHour Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 1,923 Thanks: 91 Thanked 196 Times in 84 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 45	LOL. Friends are currently purely for association right now but they will be linked into other parts as well soon. So much to do.......

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