Can I use some ideas from this forum?

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The discussion revolves around the desire to share screenshots of the "subscribed threads" feature from the PF forum to suggest a similar feature for another forum, DiabloFans. The user expresses concern about not seeking permission from PF admins before making this suggestion. Other participants clarify that the idea of thread subscriptions is common across various forum platforms and does not require special permission. The conversation highlights the importance of user-friendly features in forums, especially with anticipated increases in activity. Overall, sharing the screenshots is deemed acceptable without needing prior approval.
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I'm a member of another forum http://www.diablofans.com/forum" and after being a long time member (well, in my eyes at least) of PF, I have come to rely on and love the subscribed threads feature in "My PF". I'd have no hope of keeping track of things without it.

Now, this other forum is lacking any decent feature like this. Seriously lacking... It's not necessary for them right now since the activity on there isn't too high - and if anyone knows anything about the game Diablo, when Diablo 3 is released activity on there is going to boom. When it does, user-friendliness is going to reciprocate this high and plunge.

So I made a suggestion on that forum to do something similar to what PF has, and offered to give some screenshots of how well it works (just with examples from my own subscribed threads list). But I feel like I got a little ahead of myself for not asking for permission from a PF admin prior to claiming I will do it.

So I've come to ask, is it ok if I give screenshots of the subscribed threads feature on PF? Any conditions?

Thanks.
 
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Mentallic said:
So I've come to ask, is it ok if I give screenshots of the subscribed threads feature on PF? Any conditions?

Convert some of those diablo fans into pf nerds and we're even :biggrin: You're good, no worries.
 
Many forum engines have subscription to the threads built in, it is just sometimes called differently - in phpBB it is called watching topic, in SMF these are notifications - no idea about others, but it is nothing unusual. With all due respect I doubt Greg is the author of the idea.

Or am I wrong?
 
You can always remove these two posts :wink:
 
Technically speaking, Greg may have just confirmed your statement "am I wrong?" is right. Meaning you were wrong, just not then
 
Office_Shredder said:
Technically speaking, Greg may have just confirmed your statement "am I wrong?" is right. Meaning you were wrong, just not then

I am confirming that the "subscribed threads" feature was NOT my idea :smile:
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
I am confirming that the "subscribed threads" feature was NOT my idea :smile:

Then the person I need to be asking is...?

Greg Bernhardt said:
Convert some of those diablo fans into pf nerds and we're even :biggrin: You're good, no worries.

Thanks :smile: A simple maths question was asked there a while back and the answering process was all but smooth. We need trained pf nerds :-p
 
Mentallic said:
Then the person I need to be asking is...?

Nobody. It's like trying to ask someone for permission to paint your car red, or to turn your radio from AM to FM
 
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Sorry, that was a typo. What I meant to say was:

Then the person I need to be asking is...? :biggrin:
 

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