New Feature: CF Health!

[Mϋzikdϋde]

Erwin, please, go to bed. CF won't blow away while you are asleep.

I beg to differ...Are you forgetting the "New Image Server" incident?

 

[Matrona]

I beg to differ...Are you forgetting the "New Image Server" incident?

Wasn't CF still up and running save for images, though?

 

[Mϋzikdϋde]

Yeah...but it was pretty difficult to navigate. May as well have been down altogether.

Minor glitch...Erwin went to sleep. It ruined everything. He need not sleep again! Mmmmmmwwwwwwwaaaaahahahaha

 

[Erwin]

Do I not have a right to my opinion?

Every time one of my friends is over here while I'm on CF, they always want to know more about it, and I find myself having to explain feature after feature. And most people think it is too complicated and don't see what I see in CF. Heck, I'm starting not to see what I see in CF. It has so many bells and whistles that I find myself spending more time thinking about what my sig should look like, my avatar, and what I am spending my "CF Time" on is not having much to do with the point of having a forum in the first place--reading and writing posts.

This forum takes so long to load things these days, that when I am sitting at my computer and I'm logged on to CF, I have a book beside me to read so I can do something productive while forum pages are loading!

Seriously. I've gotten halfway through Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos this way. Sometimes it takes less time for me to load Homestar Runner cartoons than CF pages.

I've added an option to disable all Health Bars.

Anyway, I REALLY am going to sleep. Only 4 hours of sleep for me now. Good night all.

 

[Stormy]

I've added an option to disable all Health Bars.

Anyway, I REALLY am going to sleep. Only 4 hours of sleep for me now. Good night all.

Nightie-night.

I am feeling great now that my health is back up!

 

[Shannonkish]

I like this feature Erwin.. it is another added benefit that makes CF better than any other forum I have ever visited.

I love how people complain about things on this site that are completely free and OPTIONAL.

 

[Mϋzikdϋde]

My T1 connection isn't fast enough Erwin...can you get me a T3?

 

[xpunkskaterx]

no offense, but to the people who think this is stupid....who cares...its just fun.

 

[Shalia]

I hate to be critical, but I think it is retarded.

• It may encourage newbies to flood the boards with more morology, thinking the 100% health is a high status indicator.

Sorry to be a newbie "flooding the board with my morology" but I HATE it when people use the word "retarded" to mean something they dislike or seems useless or something other than what the word "retarded" is meant to convey.

As the mother of a special needs child, seeing "retarded" as an insult hurts. It's an insult to all children who actually ARE "retarded" to use their status as an insult rather than as it's actually meant. There are dozens of other word choices available that would not insult an entire community who are mostly incapable of defending themselves from being used as an insult on something that is totally unrelated to their mental capabilities.

"Newbie morology" over.

Shalia

 

[Ave Maria]

Hey I think it's a cool feature. But I chose to disable it not only because I don't like loading all that stuff on my dialup connection but also because I feel it's just more clutter. I mean, it is a cool feature and all but it's just not for me personally. Thanks for the new features Erwin! You work so hard on these forums and I definitely appreciate it!

 

[Shannonkish]

Great post Shalia...

 

[Mϋzikdϋde]

[/list]Sorry to be a newbie "flooding the board with my morology" but I HATE it when people use the word "retarded" to mean something they dislike or seems useless or something other than what the word "retarded" is meant to convey.

As the mother of a special needs child, seeing "retarded" as an insult hurts. It's an insult to all children who actually ARE "retarded" to use their status as an insult rather than as it's actually meant. There are dozens of other word choices available that would not insult an entire community who are mostly incapable of defending themselves from being used as an insult on something that is totally unrelated to their mental capabilities.

"Newbie morology" over.

Shalia

I was offended by that statement also. Thank you for stepping forward.
Insensitivity is ok I guess, as long as it's not moronic.

(People tend to say unusual things when they've been waiting all week to use the word "morology" in a sentence.)

 

[EmSchmem]

Do I not have a right to my opinion?

Every time one of my friends is over here while I'm on CF, they always want to know more about it, and I find myself having to explain feature after feature. And most people think it is too complicated and don't see what I see in CF. Heck, I'm starting not to see what I see in CF. It has so many bells and whistles that I find myself spending more time thinking about what my sig should look like, my avatar, and what I am spending my "CF Time" on is not having much to do with the point of having a forum in the first place--reading and writing posts.

This forum takes so long to load things these days, that when I am sitting at my computer and I'm logged on to CF, I have a book beside me to read so I can do something productive while forum pages are loading!

Seriously. I've gotten halfway through Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos this way. Sometimes it takes less time for me to load Homestar Runner cartoons than CF pages.

Everyone has a right to their own opinions. My opinion happens to be that you should get over it. You're hemming and hawing over an OPTIONAL feature.

 

[Shalia]

Thanks, Shannonkish and Musikdude <who's cool umlauts (spell check) I can't do on my computer>.

 

[MLT09713]

I personally don't see much point in it, but... I guess it has it's uses. Besides, I won't be going below 70% anytime soon; I post an awful lot.

 

[Wahwax]

Maybe the label "Health" should be changed to something more appropriate.

 

[Wahwax]

Erwin, did you get any sleep?

 

[Lorena]

I don't like this at all. I want to turn mine off. I don't want to see mine or anyone else's.

Sorry, but I think it's really sick to rate people's "health" based on how much they post--it will just encourage trolls like the one we had in TAW until recently, who post just to hear themselves talk and insult people and are just generally badly behaved.

I totally agree. I was very surprised when I saw I had only 9% health. Maybe I should be in the ICU. I don't post very much because I'm busy, not unhealthy. There are posters who have 100% "health" but they don't appear to be emotionally healthy at all. Is there some way we can turn this option off, like the rep feature? Thank you, Erwin.

 

[Shalia]

Hey, WAHWAX, don't mean to be dumb, but what does your signature mean? Got G.A.S. ? I have no idea, I've never seen it before. I feel ignorant, but I'm now curious.

Thanks!

Shalia

 

[Mϋzikdϋde]

I totally agree. I was very surprised when I saw I had only 9% health. Maybe I should be in the ICU. I don't post very much because I'm busy, not unhealthy. There are posters who have 100% "health" but they don't appear to be emotionally healthy at all. Is there some way we can turn this option off, like the rep feature? Thank you, Erwin.

The question about turning it off has been answered a few times in this thread by Erwin.

For the record: The health rating doesn't really affect your health so no one is in need of ICU etc.

It's like a cartoon...as real as it may seem when you're all wrapped up in it, it's still fantasy. I personally think that the fact that you have 9% would indicate that you're healthier than most of us in real life. Unless, of course you keep letting these insignificant life-events rouse your temper.