Petition help: . - Help.com

Great thinking barely, nice to see you being pro-active. if i think of anything i will send you a mail on one of the sites.

as for this petition, have you already people to author it?

i,m in i like to see some better support for ps3 user,s sad but i think i,m the only one haha just don,t have the cash to fix my pc or laptop

Invite your friends list barely.
Jj invite all your friends!
We are looking for people willing to take this forward and write the petition!

People keep inviting me here. Oo. Am I the saviour or something?

Before we do this, we all need to agree on whats best for the site. I’ll write my ideas out shortly.

I dont come here very often, I will look in on this everytime I do login though.

okay people, im not even going to lie. i cant be bothered. i keep getting ivites to go check this thing out or that thing out. and yet when i ask the simple questions, NO ONE GIVES ME AN ANSWER. i have no idea, how much time, effort, and possibly money saving help.com would take. but why change, save or anything, something that isnt broken?
people keep saying that posts will go, and it will be a blog only help site. yet when i ask when the f***** are the creators expecting completion, i dont even get an answer. infact, what the f***** is going on here. where does everyone think this change is coming from? and why is it happening?

again i have no idea, what is going on. i have no idea how these things work. but just like a mobile/cell phone, i dont care how it works, as long as it does. and while help might have alot of spammers, be slow at times, it is a site that works! so why change it?

and what is this petition about anyway?

im sorry for being rude, and i dont mean anything offensive towards you personally barely. i just dont understand, why this is happening………

I think I read somewhere that its happening in June 2010. Why? Nobody knows.

okay so this is about help staying as it is. which i like. to me its not broken so no need to fix it.
thank you for clearing that part up.

but, does anyone know where all this talk and speculation of change is coming from?

I think CBS told the Moderators, and they told us.

okay. so is there any money to be made by the CBS in doing this? i mean this site is voluntary as i am to believe. and with all this possible change. surely it would cost the CBS alot of money. so what do they get in return?

sorry for sort of changing your post barely, i didnt mean to. im just trying to understand, what the point is here.

anyway getting back to your petition, what exactly would you be stating in it? …….

DoubleGin19 wrote:
okay so this is about help staying as it is. which i like. to me its not broken so no need to fix it.
thank you for clearing that part up.

but, does anyone know where all this talk and speculation of change is coming from?

One of the mods leaked it, they both had a convo about blogs on a post and i saw it. i commented and the truth came out. i was a bit miffed to hear it so i invited everyone i knew on help to that post. i asked if someone might be able to make a petition and BANG! here we are.

Mat CBS the company that own this site want to scrap it, chuck it in the bin and start form scratch to build a brand new site. this site will not have Posts, it will have Chat, Blogs and Profiles. people wont be able to post Anon anymore. it will turn into another BEBO, MYSPACE or FACEBOOK. we want to keep the posts and keep on helping people.

barely wrote:
I’m fixing dinner so I’ll be in and out at times, bear with me here everyone.

you get my shout? i shouted you.
what do you think?

oh thanks josh :)

i hate facebook, and myspace. they are so fake and pretentious. so if thats what they plan to do, then its a sad thing. maybe they want help.com to have the reputation that myspace does?

i guess, if it happens it happens. but i will sign the petition. because i like help, the way it is.

This is what i have as far as a petition you guys. anyone want to run with it? add too it?

We the bellow signed. Users of Help.com have decided to petition CBS, The owners of the Website (Help.com) in light of the plans to redevelop the site in a way that would render the name Help.com redundant. The proposed plans of redeveloping this site and removing its key functions namely the posting system and the Anonymous posting option in favor of Blogs and a chat room are not popular amongst the current user base.

Several suggestions have been made favoring help.com be left as it is but have increased profile page functionality. for example Blogs appear on the users profile page’s and the current posting system continues its function on the main pages of the site. We would like to have Help.com remain a site where people can come for advice and support. This site is great becuase of its simplicity, accessibility and ease of use. any significant change away from the current format would be detrimental to this site.

Not sure why everyone is always going off about changes to the site. First thing is that there will not be a big group of people working on the site. It will be the developer and his team of two or more and no one else will have any access to the site. They might stay to the main theme of the site or just can it all for scrap, and sell the name. I suggest that you wait and see what happens and leave it at that. Hope this helps :-)

thanks for the meds jj :) a hug, and taking care of me, would always be nice as well :) hehe

i cant deny jj, im not very smart with technology. i just dont understand why people would want to change something that isnt broken.

anyway i hope you had a nice day :). and im sorry if i offended anyone. it just feels that everyone wants to change things, yet no one understands why, or will give simple people like me :P, an answer, as to why.

DoubleGin19 wrote:
thanks for the meds jj :) a hug, and taking care of me, would always be nice as well :) hehei cant deny jj, im not very smart with technology. i just dont understand why people would want to change something that isnt broken. anyway i hope you had a nice day :). and im sorry if i offended anyone. it just feels that everyone wants to change things, yet no one understands why, or will give simple people like me :P, an answer, as to why.

Social Websites command huge amounts of advertising money, company’s look to aim their advertising at people aged 15-21 s they are impressionable and impulsive and react and respond to adverts better than older people 25 and over generally who don’t respond to adverts quite as well.

company’s will pay huge amounts of money for advertising on social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook as those websites mainly attract 14-21 year olds. this makes these websites potentially very lucrative and valuable. these sites can change hands for millions if not billions of Dollars just becuase of potential income from advertising.

oh right. so thats what they get in return then. they spunk out money on a better site, more like myspace. and in return allow the sharing of advertising between them, and other sites. from a business perspective it makes sense. but then thats not helping anyone, except their deep pockets. what a shame that is. if that is the truth behind the why……..

DoubleGin19 wrote:
oh right. so thats what they get in return then. they spunk out money on a better site, more like myspace. and in return allow the sharing of advertising between them, and other sites. from a business perspective it makes sense. but then thats not helping anyone, except their deep pockets. what a shame that is. if that is the truth behind the why……..

i think thats the reason, they will make a social networking site and dangle it in front of Google or Microsoft and hope one of them opens the checkbook and pays some crazy amount of money for it.

jjlove wrote:
Find out what they want for the help.com name, and we’ll just buy it from them and do what we want with it. It is a great domain name for nearly any help purpose. Just sayin’. …You used to be able to find the name of the owner of any domain name through Network Solutions, but I don’t see that option there now. Advertising rates are based on traffic. Help.com, according to Alexa.com is the 18,295th most popular web site on the internet. Not bad, but fair. It ought to be able to be purchased for a reasonable price if they want to get rid of it.

barely wrote:
Thank you but the last time I “waited to see” the doors closed and someone said well why didn’t you say so, that’s a great idea, but it’s too late for ideas. Lesson learned, but thank you.

the name is one of the most valuable things about this site, they will likely even sell that for quite a lot as its a first result in Google. its a well known address. they may even keep it. i don’t see us being able to afford to buy it to be honest.

number 6 isnt a positive barely.

i like the fact that this website is pretty easy to use.

i only said its not really a positive, as you could argue for and against it quite easily. while the others are deffo positives, that one could be said to be a neutral. mainly as you cant come here, spam and delete…..

although the option to delete would be nice.

im just simply saying from a neutral perspective barely. yes i do like this website, and i like it the way it is. and i will sign a petition if thats what it takes. but if i can pick apart loop holes in it, and im not even that smart, then what is CBS or whoever they are, going to think?
i dont wish to argue either, so am sorry if thats how it is coming across.

what i like about this website is….

-its easy
-everyones opinion good or bad, can be taken into consideration.
-its a quick inter-ractive webiste. where by the posts have maybe one minute delays if that.
-theres a vast amount of knowledge, about emotion, feelings, society, and technology.
-this website doesnt seem pushed, or fake like myspace.
-the people here are alot friendlier
-the layout is good.

and well i just like the fact no matter who you are, you can post to look for that help you need.

Eh, They don’t care, the admin is already working on the new version, nothing’s going to stop them. It’s been a fun ride, guys. Glad to have met you.

-S.o.p.h.i.e- wrote:
posts are going…. blogs is the new help.com

Blogs are to slow and clunky to help anyone. why do you think the ning sites failed?
why do you think myspace and facebook isnt already doing this? becuase it doesnt work with blogs!

Sophie. say your boyfriend hits you, right. and you are sat on the pc. you type in help. you find help.com, they make a blog. it takes a day for her blog to clear, longer still for someone to answer. each second is just another second in which your boy friend could decide to beat you again. maybe this time to death.

with the current blog system this is how it works.

Log in as annon, leave a post. it gets hits almost right away. i or someone else with the knowledge of organizations that could help her immediately can respond minutes after she logs in.

that is why help.com is great

and don’t say Chat. you know what chat is like. if you get actual help in a chatroom then you better buy a lottery ticket.

Log in as anon, type post, confirm post, submit post.

REPLY.

time 5 minutes.

see this : Log in as anon, type post, confirm post, submit post.

its really just that simple.

keep that, add blogs to our profile pages.
thats what we want. POSTS BEFORE BLOGS!

Bebo, Myspace, Facebook, Blogger, Twitter. they all work like this.

Sign up. contact info, email info, password, send, email received, activate account, welcome, fill in profile, invite friends, blog… no one wants to here it.

as you can see its far more complex and takes a good 20 minutes.

sigh

I’m not quite sure what this petition is supposed to do

None of those things will matter, Help is supposedly getting a new face

¤¤ Đani ¤¤ wrote:
sigh

I’m not quite sure what this petition is supposed to do

None of those things will matter, Help is supposedly getting a new face

Dani if nobody tried, you’d be typing that in German.

Liberty’s in every blow! Let us do or die.

Okie dokie just saying it will be inevitable

However Helpmod is graciouslly open to suggestions

¤¤ Đani ¤¤ wrote:
Okie dokie just saying it will be inevitableHowever Helpmod is graciouslly open to suggestions

invite him to this post

and please, don’t place him higher by suggesting he is doing this out of his own grace. he is here to serve us ultimately we are his site. without users hes fecked.

Patience is a virtue but persistence to the point of success is a blessing.

ok well if you want to get through to helpmod, maybe make a petition on help’s own blog, he would see it there…

and B Thank you!!

To helpmods page/blog?

help.com/blog

dunno if you noticed we have a blog now…

¤¤ Đani ¤¤ wrote:
help.com/blog

dunno if you noticed we have a blog now…

never noticed. i look at the main page where the posts come in and i look at those and respond.

More mods…after all this page is meant to help ppl, and with all the trolls and fake things that are said, it’s hard to accomplish that end =P

Also, I think we can’t forget that this isn’t a social network: this isn’t meant to meet new ppl, and to have fun, etc…this site it’s just meant to help ppl to solve their problems, whatever they are…if someone is rly into this site, and has gotten addicted, or rly loves talking to ppl in here, they should find a wayto talk to those ppl in other pages, such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, etc…

I think that the changes should make easier to provide help, instead of making easier the customization and the ability to communicate with other users. For that there should be a better way of viewing posts, of getting notices, a more friendly user interface, and also a way to make tags work better…

At least that’s my idea =P

I haven’t had time to read everything, so I don’t mean to restate anything but one thing that kinda annoys me is how many replies you can get after you make a post but after about half an hour it gets buried under everything else. I don’t know if I’m missing an aspect of the site, but I’d like some way were that wouldn’t happen so easily. Though I don’t really know how.

I think the site could in some ways benefit from slightly more social aspects. No, you shouldn’t be on this site if your just trying to meet people, but the social aspect creates more of a community, which means more users will stick with the site, which means more feedback.

But the acesability of the site and easyness to just post is definitly a plus that needs to stay

barely wrote:
I agree with both of you, 2511, and nowhereman. Both are valid points and will be included in the petition.

Great! =D

The idea, is, kinda to post your post, get helped and your post is moved along.
Of course, that idea needs helpers to be able to help you in the time it’s there.

Back when the automatic tagging was working, then pretty much everyone got helped, now that’s it’s broken then the right people are not reaching the right posts.

SammxD wrote:
The idea, is, kinda to post your post, get helped and your post is moved along.
Of course, that idea needs helpers to be able to help you in the time it’s there.

Back when the automatic tagging was working, then pretty much everyone got helped, now that’s it’s broken then the right people are not reaching the right posts.

that is a bad justification for this. If that’s it, then why can’t help mod fix the tag system?

And the tag system never did diddly **** for me….

Just wondering, what was automatic tagging? I think I joined after it went down

Commander Ikari wrote:

SammxD wrote:
The idea, is, kinda to post your post, get helped and your post is moved along.
Of course, that idea needs helpers to be able to help you in the time it’s there.

Back when the automatic tagging was working, then pretty much everyone got helped, now that’s it’s broken then the right people are not reaching the right posts.

that is a bad justification for this. If that’s it, then why can’t help mod fix the tag system?

And the tag system never did diddly **** for me….

Not many Mods, and I think you need an Admin for that =S

It worked for me…also the New notices used to work

I propose that one of the things that should be on the petition is:

A “spell check” button you could click when you write a comment, or make a post.
&
I think that peoples “voted quotable comments” shouldnt just dissapear(after a new one is entired when you allready have 5), there should be a scrolly thingie that will hold to atleast 20 quotes.

-Joy.

I ment two things..lol..woops..

I agree with both those two points. Spelchek wold be very nice

I don’t know what can be done to help, but making the site faster. It takes me up to a minute to jump around from post to post

Whoops, never mind about that ^

No I didn’t add anything to the post when I edited it except work on lag to the funding ideas section, then realized that part was for how to get money, not on how to spend it so thats why I said never mind

Ya probably

Hmmm, honestly, when I came on to do the ModQ this morning, the site was the fastest I’d ever used it

Joy. wrote:
I propose that one of the things that should be on the petition is:

A “spell check” button you could click when you write a comment, or make a post.
&
I think that peoples “voted quotable comments” shouldnt just dissapear(after a new one is entired when you allready have 5), there should be a scrolly thingie that will hold to atleast 20 quotes.

-Joy.

* You can get spell check on Firefox and Google Chrome for that.

* Quoteable comments, well if you have 20 then that’s way more extra work to load a profile page = more lag

So yeah more things = more lag

How about…

We keep it like it is, and try and get CBS to forget we exist again…

If it’s fixed….

Doubtful at the moment unfortunately.

Well, I suppose you are a better person then I am. Have a blue ribbon and a tiara. You win.

Though, think this way, if we got this site shut down, nothing here, then cnet would follow in it’s tradition of releasing this sites source code. We could make help, but without worries of the bosses at cbs ******* us over…

barely wrote:
At least I tried something.. even if it fails..

Like Norse religion, all the gods die in the end anyway, but in Ragnarok they fight all the while…

Hmm, I kinda think that if the sites more publisised and as much as I hate it too controlled by cbs, then more people come to the site which is good

NowhereMan42 wrote:
Hmm, I kinda think that if the sites more publisised and as much as I hate it too controlled by cbs, then more people come to the site which is good

bleh. That’d make them change it into a social networking site faster then you can say Jackie Robinson.

True, but I still think the only way a site like this can do really well is with more people on it. If no one got on it except for a few people, it would be kinda sad

I like the people. I like that it gives me something to spend my days on. I like the opportunities it gives me to sound wittier then I am. I like helping someone out when no one else knows. I like fixing posts to display youtube videos. I like feeling like I am useful.

Alright sorry barely… I guess I’ve already said what I think, other than that the sites pretty much good as it is as far as I can think of right now

do not remove the anonymous posts!!

Ok.. lots of specualtion and hearsay going on but heres my two penneth for what its worth….

I like the way help is set up now, when a poster posts a genuine need for help,its nice to see the “real time” replies that come in, everybody thinks differently and it gives the poster a feeling of support and some options and direction to choose from.
Id like to see some privacy involving the shout method of messaging, the ability to follow shout trails doesn’t allow for privacy, this I know can be dangerous but it set up so that should a user experience hassle, i.e a female user gets unwanted comments from a male or older male, she should be able to reveal the conversation or have a moderator read the chat that took place.People are sometimes entitled to private comments on personal matters, and help doesn’t lend itself to that option. Young girls have often wanted to pose questions to older females about sensitive issues, it would just be nice to answer these questions in private at times. :-)
I don’t think the law getting tougher is a bad thing at all Mas, seeing the young girls that are taken in by peodophiles posing as kids, not a bad thing at all.

I would just like too see them add an area where 2 users could exchange personal info. You know, privately, not in the eyes of any johnny jumpup with a keyboard and a screen.

pragmatist101 wrote:
I would just like too see them add an area where 2 users could exchange personal info. You know, privately, not in the eyes of any johnny jumpup with a keyboard and a screen.

There is a feature to let two people exchange email addresses.

yep I see that side of it to Mas, it is risky for unqualified people to give advice to suicidal people, Ive always thought that, but as we know there are those out there that cant afford the professional help they need, and therefore they come here. Obviously there is a risk involved for the site to be sued, should a suicide occur and users here were involved, naturally the owners of the site would be seen as more to blame. I think things will happen that’s out of any of our control. We either like it or lump it I think. As Barely said, the important thing is to keep the kids safe. Im off to bed nite all xx

Something else for funding, CBS should chuck in their own little news thing for the latest of what they’re doing and their news and stuff with links. Or another network, but I doubt that CBS would like that.
Also, I hope that the ‘deleting accounts’ is for admins only. I don’t think people should be able to delete their own accounts.
Finally, make the tags work, I want my new notices back!!!

J.

jjlove wrote:
I think it would be better if anonymous posts were not allowed, so as to reduce the number of bogus posts made –and maybe even a waiting period before any users can post at all (forcing them to answer other posts, and in general, to familiarize themselves with the site, before even being able to post one of their own)

I dont think you should do away with anonymous posts. it would eliminate the privacy when someone wants to talk about something private or painful. Thats part of what I like about the site. I think that is should be easier to flag someone though. maybe get a certain number of flags and a post is gone or something.

Those are some interesting ideas of improvements.

Here is a link to another place where suggestions for site improvements are considered: http://helpy.uservoice.com

SammxD wrote:

Joy. wrote:
I propose that one of the things that should be on the petition is:

A “spell check” button you could click when you write a comment, or make a post.
&
I think that peoples “voted quotable comments” shouldnt just dissapear(after a new one is entired when you allready have 5), there should be a scrolly thingie that will hold to atleast 20 quotes.

-Joy.

* You can get spell check on Firefox and Google Chrome for that.

* Quoteable comments, well if you have 20 then that’s way more extra work to load a profile page = more lag

So yeah more things = more lag

Not everyone can(or would want to) have to download somthing that could very easily just be added to the page. It would be more convient to just be able to click a button then to have to open a new window to spell check your work.
&&
Fine. hold atleast 10, 5 is a ridiculously small number.

Looking forward to a better help.com :)

Some way that comments that have been reported can be hidden from everyone on the post but that the mods can still see it. Maybe one of those arrows, where whoever reports it can make it go up and a mod can make it go down? If that makes any sense.

Many people(long-term users who are known on the site as well) don’t have the courage to post non-anon sometimes. So anon is good. Spell check = awesome idea :P Its not that hard to add either, right?
Also. NOT more mods but BETTER mods. Which this site is sort of confusing a lot :/
Rules for mods. (!!!)
I love the homepage and profiles as they are ,I dont want this site to be turned into myspace or the like, I suppose its simple but good enough :P
Thats it…

Aaaactually no I forgot one more thing. You should be able to delete your posts, replies, or edit them.

* miss lilies wrote:
Looking forward to a better help.com :)

me too :)

I think their should be a ignore button, that would be nice

i think there should be a limit to what tags there are, for example when you tag your profile to make sure you get sent the right posts, there should be a multiple choice list of tags. Then when you make a post you can choose only up to a certain number of tags that represent the post…

maybe this would make it more effecient when trying to get the right people…

Silverwings wrote:
I think help.com is wonderful as it is.
There are a few things that could be changed that would be helpful.
Gratitude for the site would go a long way.

Changes that I think would be helpful:

1. A rule that posters cannot attack other posters, this has caused more angst on here than anything else that I can think of. Some people thrive on putting others down, and everyone should be allowed to share their opinion, without being attacked, or banned by mods. Respect should be demanded from everyone. If one person says things are green, and someone else thinks they are blue, fine, both people should be able to state their opinion, with further attack. We can disagree, without being disagreeable.

2. It would be nice to be able to have a button to click to invite all friends at one time, without having to click on each one individually. However, I am sure that would be abused, so, I suppose that is why it is not available.

but silencing debate would almost be fatal to the site so it would have to be managed very carefully…

unless help.com opened a new area where debate and argument is allowed (rather than people looking for help)

arguing with others is one of the best ways of learning. I know its sounds harsh but who you argue with on here, you will probably never meet so as human beings its probably beneficial to argue here than in the real world with people you know…

In my opinion, anon posters should not be allowed. More often than not, they’re just on this site to get attention. When you offer advice, you never hear back from them. If you are sincere in asking for help or giving advice, why not take claim to it as opposed to being anon?

mas1st wrote:
So you click on a CBS/CNet/DF Chat link and this is what you find:-

26/02/2009 21:40:15 ‹SammxD› wows
26/02/2009 21:40:19 ‹SammxD› Dani is like rich or summat
26/02/2009 21:40:23 ‹SammxD› yeah Say?
26/02/2009 21:40:28 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› soo r u turning into mas
26/02/2009 21:40:36 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› with the ip thing
26/02/2009 21:40:41 ‹SammxD› lol, hope not
26/02/2009 21:40:46 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› how is dani rich??
26/02/2009 21:40:56 ‹SammxD› I was just interested about Courtys cause, of her moving to Palmerston Nth
26/02/2009 21:41:06 * lissa82801. thinks everyone left her here alone
26/02/2009 21:41:36 * SayItsSo knows everyone has left lissa alone
26/02/2009 21:41:36 * mas1st joins New Help.com Chat
26/02/2009 21:41:37 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› hehe
26/02/2009 21:42:00 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› speak of the devil
26/02/2009 21:42:02 ‹cunty cunterson› stop lookin at my ip i feel violated
26/02/2009 21:42:08 * Healer speaks of happiness
26/02/2009 21:42:12 ‹SammxD› lol
26/02/2009 21:42:27 * SayItsSo voilates pp’s only
26/02/2009 21:42:29 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› hehe
26/02/2009 21:42:31 ‹SammxD› wow comma fail
26/02/2009 21:42:44 ‹SammxD› Lalala
26/02/2009 21:42:49 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› meh
26/02/2009 21:42:54 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› ooooh well
26/02/2009 21:42:55 * sereenity joins New Help.com Chat
26/02/2009 21:43:37 * SayItsSo bans mas1st
26/02/2009 21:43:40 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› hehe
26/02/2009 21:43:50 * SayItsSo thinks about it
26/02/2009 21:43:55 * SayItsSo stillllll thinking
26/02/2009 21:44:02 * SayItsSo is going to do it
26/02/2009 21:44:22 * SayItsSo giggles
26/02/2009 21:44:32 * SayItsSo waves bye bye
26/02/2009 21:44:38 ‹SammxD› lol
26/02/2009 21:44:44 * Healer paints a rainbow redorangeyellowgreenbluepurple
26/02/2009 21:44:59 ‹:)SayItsSo:P› …..

Healer
bmygf
sereenity
cunty cunterson
lissa82801.
SammxD
parsa

Tell me who is going to take you seriously about maintaining this site when you go into a CBS linked Chat Room and the Mods are behaving like idiots. There is no disclaimer in the world that is going to keep this site going. The very fact that chat is still linked to help.com is incredible. I wish you well Barely but unfortunately the writing was on the wall a long time past. - Mas1st

haha i didn’t even ban her …but i wanted to :P good thing i have restraint :D

Dr. House wrote:

In-The-Making wrote:
Aaaactually no I forgot one more thing. You should be able to delete your posts, replies, or edit them.

The site would become very empty in a short amount of time if we did that.

I don’t know, but the fact that posts currently are erased and otherwise mutilated and closed is one of the bigger drawbacks when trying to find help through the search and tag systems. I understand the point of moderator activities (I think), but still it’s a shame to try to read through my posts and see endless “This reply removed” messages.

I don’t think I can help write a petition but I will certainly sign it. I don’t see how we can help each other without posts. If it becomes just blogs then I am done.

barely wrote:
I don’t know about everyone else here but at times I will search through past posts just to get an idea of what to say to someone that’s stressed over a problem. Or as a means to decide how to converse with them about a problem that I don’t feel I have enough information on. The tags are the only way to do that and sometimes they let me down. I would love to see it fixed or maybe narrowed down to about 10 or 12 tags.

The tags will only bring up one page of search results. The search engine gets more posts (you have to enable “boolean search mode”.)

OooOoOoOH

Silverwings wrote:
I think help.com is wonderful as it is.
There are a few things that could be changed that would be helpful.
Gratitude for the site would go a long way.

Changes that I think would be helpful:

1. A rule that posters cannot attack other posters, this has caused more angst on here than anything else that I can think of. Some people thrive on putting others down, and everyone should be allowed to share their opinion, without being attacked, or banned by mods. Respect should be demanded from everyone. If one person says things are green, and someone else thinks they are blue, fine, both people should be able to state their opinion, with further attack. We can disagree, without being disagreeable.

2. It would be nice to be able to have a button to click to invite all friends at one time, without having to click on each one individually. However, I am sure that would be abused, so, I suppose that is why it is not available.

Oh yeah! I knew I was forgetting somthing else I would like to have “added” to the site is the “invite all” button for your friends. Thanks for bringing it up!

I also agree, mods should have guide lines and rules.

ORR maybe.

A SUPER MOB!! XD
Like one of the people who made this site :O

I also think there should be recomendations for become a mod & not just oh you have been coming here over a month HOW WOULD U LIKE TO BE A MOD?(im sure there are a few more then that but it should be written down some where.)

How about an election for Mods? An election season, and election day, with candidates.

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

I vote for Joy because she’s my friend and is nice to me. :)

Dr. House wrote:

In-The-Making wrote:
Aaaactually no I forgot one more thing. You should be able to delete your posts, replies, or edit them.

The site would become very empty in a short amount of time if we did that.

hotdog321 wrote:
In my opinion, anon posters should not be allowed. More often than not, they’re just on this site to get attention. When you offer advice, you never hear back from them. If you are sincere in asking for help or giving advice, why not take claim to it as opposed to being anon?

Read up to what I said before. And isn’t trying to get attention a cry for help?

I will concur that calling attention to one’s self could indeed be a cry for help but; more often than not, these anon posters should be willing to own up to their posts by having some type of identity. Again that is just my opinion for whatever it’s worth.

Ahh Mas, nice to see you, the woman who keeps getting banned for telling the truth.

Too late, Mas has been banned again, unbelievable. I have to say, I cannot see anything in what she said, that was bannable. Are bans now just handed out regardless of the TOU? Just interested.

Good post btw Barely, I think it is an interesting way to approach the situation.

Yep, Mas gets feck all but dogs abuse and bitchy comments on this site and thats from the mod team. Shes right about a lot of her points. There is no hope for a site when the mods are left unchecked to act like clowns. Not all mods but a few do. Bans are handed out on the principal of i don’t like your attitude so your gone.

Shes right about the posts, how about only registered and verified users that sign up for an account and the Original poster are allowed to comment on posts. that would be pretty affective in wiping out trolls. and stricter rules on derogatory comments, it is a site for help not slander and abuse after all. and such behavior from the original poster or from registered members should be handled with a 24 hour ban.

Please stick to the topic

¤¤ Đani ¤¤ wrote:
Please stick to the topic

You first. :)

I think a ignore feature would be awesome…..and please stick to the topic..

..okay, then I think it’d be cool if there were a Help video game from one of the links, where you can hunt trolls and help little creatures in need, thus collecting gold stars in hopes of one day becoming a Super Helper.

¤¤ Đani ¤¤ wrote:
Please stick to the topic

were you referring to me?

I thought this pretty topical.
it is a suggestion on how help could be improved.

Joshy poshy woshy wrote:
how about only registered and verified users that sign up for an account and the Original poster are allowed to comment on posts. that would be pretty affective in wiping out trolls. and stricter rules on derogatory comments, it is a site for help not slander and abuse after all. and such behavior from the original poster or from registered members should be handled with a 24 hour ban.

No perticular Anubis with the Mas thing, anyway toodles this post is too long for my ancient computer to load

Michael Leibman wrote:
I vote for Joy because she’s my friend and is nice to me. :)

awwww thats so sweet XD

thanks!

Michael Leibman wrote:
..okay, then I think it’d be cool if there were a Help video game from one of the links, where you can hunt trolls and help little creatures in need, thus collecting gold stars in hopes of one day becoming a Super Helper.

That could be awesome. Are you by any chance really good with computers and have the knowledge to create a game?

As I’ve come in like a few days late; have we got a list of the things we’d like changed so far?

A feature where you can’t leave a shoutout to yourself. I always make that mistake.

The thing I hate most here is trying to search for my old previous anonymous posts under subscriptions. It takes too long and it’s easy to forget my titles. I just wish there was a page set aside for them where I could view them altogether. I think some people keep posting the same questions sometimes because they lose their old posts. Those old posts may contain good responses already.

There should be a spell and grammar check feature…I can sure use that. I need it.

barely wrote:
Spell check can be turned on in your browser, ask anyone here to show you how.

Really????

Wow! Amazing!

How do I do it?

barely wrote:
What browser are you using pink?

Internet explorer

barely wrote:
Is it firefox, google, or IE?

Thanks..I was doubting what to answer…haha…

I want a spell check when I type my replies…OH…it’s already in the list on your post.

barely wrote:
Just IE, or do you have the google toolbar also?

Just IE Barely.

barely wrote:
I will shout you with the fix for that in a few minutes..

That would be great. Super duper thanks.

a feature where you can creat your own chat room. So you could be chatting with your group of friends here on help. It’s so hard to keep up in the current chat room cause everyone’s chatting to someone and I get left out…so if I can be in a more closed chat room, with my friends, that would be awesome…It’s like YM’s conference feature.

pink sparkle wrote:
a feature where you can creat your own chat room. So you could be chatting with your group of friends here on help. It’s so hard to keep up in the current chat room cause everyone’s chatting to someone and I get left out…so if I can be in a more closed chat room, with my friends, that would be awesome…It’s like YM’s conference feature.

Already there.
Just make your own room and then invite others too it.

SammxD wrote:

pink sparkle wrote:
a feature where you can creat your own chat room. So you could be chatting with your group of friends here on help. It’s so hard to keep up in the current chat room cause everyone’s chatting to someone and I get left out…so if I can be in a more closed chat room, with my friends, that would be awesome…It’s like YM’s conference feature.

Already there.
Just make your own room and then invite others too it.

Really?!? Super cool! I haven’t visited the chat room cause I feel out of place there. I’ll go check it out…

Thanks for the heads up.

Wow, who knew the TOU endorsed totalitarianism….

Dr. House wrote:

Snar wrote:
Wow, who knew the TOU endorsed totalitarianism….

It’s more of a legal thing I guess. There should always be a reason to ban, but it could be anything. Suspicion, the past, ect.

Makes sense.

Doesnt make it any less reprehensible in my eyes because its so easily misused.

But yeah, I get it I suppose.

I, like so many others are upset because MAS1 has gotten bannned for speaking her opinion but we need to let this go and move forwward. In doing so, we can make this site better than ever.

Mas was banned for breaking Tou, moving on and PLEASE stick to the topic

So I won’t have to scroll as far.

I just had an idea. How about a way to chose what comes up for the “help me with:…” thing. Because some posts you may want more help on and you may make a more recent post thats not as serious

Joy. wrote:

Michael Leibman wrote:
..okay, then I think it’d be cool if there were a Help video game from one of the links, where you can hunt trolls and help little creatures in need, thus collecting gold stars in hopes of one day becoming a Super Helper.

That could be awesome. Are you by any chance really good with computers and have the knowledge to create a game?

Maybe, but I certainly don’t have the time or resources, that’s why I suggested it for the petition list.