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  1. I like the idea of being able to send small voice snippets, and I'd probably be leaning towards adding this to private chats rather than in main chat.

     

    As for "how long they should last", I'd personally go with destroy after closing the PC however also allow the user to save the snippet to their computer, which will also destroy it, much like iMessage.

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  2. You've been gifted with the knowledge that only a couple of volunteers have access to the delayed departments, yet you keep iterating that a lot of volunteers aren't hitting any sort of expectation, and for reasons I can't fathom we need to pay volunteers or split the team into paid and unpaid. Both of these ideas are just not an option and frankly not good ideas at all.

     

    There's literally 2 volunteers in the delayed departments, and they simply don't have enough time to cater to the number of tickets (university, work, life in general). I am also not against the fact that the volunteers in the "middle" aren't in those departments either. They are playing the long game, waiting for someone the current Volunteers in the department are happy to work with (so simply sharing knowledge isn't enough). Admins don't control the support system, Volunteers are looking to fix it as Andre said in the other thread, they are going to add someone else into those departments and hope that it helps.

  3. Since a few people have brought issue with Contributors as a whole, I would like to address some things from an inside perspective, but not turn this thread into anything related to contributors, as they, in the grand scheme of things, aren't that important, however, there is concerns of the community not being listened to.

     

    Contributors is a very solid idea, yet the group really lacks content, and many issues discussed here are above what Contributors can influence and many issues are just not meant to be discussed in some private forum. Contributors cannot decide how Volunteers handle tickets, or how Volunteers are chosen or the support system in general. That is a matter for Volunteers. Many issues discussed here are also not Contributor topics, for example, the Contributor forum section is not a suggestion forum and general suggestions relating to xat do not belong there (although it doesn't stop some from being posted). The design of the chat, for example, is not a Contributor topic, it is a suggestion meant for all users to comment on.

     

    If you believe that Contributors should be responsible for pushing for ideas, then we can, if necessary, become some sort of bridge for suggestions. A lot of suggestions on the forums are ignored, however things like smiley powers are not of Admin's concern. If the community largely agrees on an idea, such as a new function power, we can definitely pass it on to Admins and hear their opinion on it. It could even be the responsibility of Contributors to pass on the top voted ideas to Admins every couple of weeks. Things from @LaFleur's "To Do List" can be a place to start.

     

    As for the actual content of Contributors, it's not totally useless, and I don't really subscribe (anymore) to the view that people agree with Volunteers and Admins just because of their titles. I can say that Admins have been opposed greatly in the section even in the past few weeks. It is not only used for discussions about changing things, but for reliable opinions.

     

    Since Contributors is not a some secret society, and the secrecy is in place so honest (and sometimes brutal) opinions can be posted, I can give everyone an idea of what kind of issues we have commented on in the past (and have been successful in changing):

    • Inactive Help chats being redirected to Assistance, hoping to bring some life to Assistance and build a bigger community around users who do not have their own dedicated chats.
    • Location Update being changed for non paid users
    • Setting up the Facebook contest
    • Previously owned inactive chats and short names being able to be put on sale again.
    • Icons for the Forum and Wiki being added to the links at the top left of chats.

    There's more, but the forum has been cleared up several times. These are not massively important issues, yet this does prove that Contributors are listened to.

     

    If it is the general belief that Contributors are largely irrelevant (and I sort of agree to this), find a use for us. We have a level of trust with Admins and we are happy to be ambassadors, if you'd let us do so rather than slating the group as a whole. 

     

    Contributors aside, it seems that the main issue of this thread is the classic "ticket system problem". I also see a Admins are taking a lot of hits for this, yet the Volunteers are almost entirely responsible for the system. The departments that have been "delayed" since as long as I can remember, are in all aspects of the word, an even more elitist group within the already elitist Volunteers group. I think that some attention should be brought to high ranking volunteers, and the fact they are seemingly unwilling to open up their group to help alleviate the delays.

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  4. What about natural landmarks (is that the correct name?) and/or phenomena to show off the wonders Earth made of its own accord ;) 

     

    i.e Grand Canyon, Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest, Northern Lights and so on. 

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  5. 7 minutes ago, LaFleur said:

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    This just butchers the whole idea.

     

    It's supposed to be a replica of what other services have. Someone types @username/ID and the person you mention will hear a special noise and the mention will be highlighted in some way (a la Cleon's image). You can choose to hear mentions from everyone, your friends or no one.

     

    Mentions from other chats etc. are just overkill. Why would someone mention you from another chat?

  6. 3 minutes ago, Laming said:

    $20 per 1,000,000 characters* (Google)

    $10  (Per million characters) that is same. (Bing)

    Are you sure those are the same?

     

    My point was that paying for both is (you guessed it) more than paying for one, and are admins going to pay for it?

  7. "If someone calls you an ass, laugh it off. If five people who all seem generally reasonable and have their heads on straight call you an ass, get fitted for a saddle."

     

    "Yes, it is often true that people's opinions of you will tell you more about them than about you. No matter who you are or what you accomplish, there will be people who hate you. That's normal. But if there seems to be a consensus about you, that might be something to pay attention to."

     

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  8. I'd like to expand on what Cupim said by adding the fact that Google does provide some human translations, especially, but not exclusively, on more common languages and phrases, which is something Bing could never beat (until they make their own, But It's Not Google). 

     

    For example, Arabic, which is notoriously hard to translate to:

     

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    This means when you're not throwing random phrases to "prove it's effectiveness", it works better overall because of the fact that most conversational phrases (and who knows what else) are community translated.

     

    Let's also not forget Google provides almost double the languages.

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  9. If you take some time and think about some solid and kind of broad categories and move them into tabs, it will look a lot cleaner and avoid the concern of users getting lost. For example, splitting actual chat settings like blocking kisses, bumps and chat page settings such as CSS  (but obviously come up with better names).

     

    Some less broad categories, like Linkvalidator settings wouldn't, as far as I can see, cause any confusion.

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