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BD State of the Union Address, Community Updates and Your Questions Answered
Thursday, October 15, 2009


By: killRobot
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We're about to hit 80,000 registered members here at BD and I figured it was about time to start some sort of community update post. We started this site 8 years ago and freaked out when we hit 100 members in the message board, now we get around a million readers a month and it's near impossible to answer all of the emails I get every day. We're cooking up ways to bring more user content like reviews and blogs to the forefront and really want to make sure everyone gets to have their voice heard. As lame as this post probably sounds, we wanted to start these community updates with a thanks to all of our members and hear what you guys want us to talk about. This round we'll really just get an idea for how you think we can improve the community and go from there.

Next installment I'll start hitting the questions I get every day like "How do I upload an avatar" and "Why can't I post in the forums", but for now let's hear your community questions and comments.

Is there content that's hard to navigate?

Do you hate the way the comments are laid out?

Wish there was something else you could do or comment on?

Get totally lost when you enter the forums?

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Skeyelab
11:59am, October 15, 2009

First!


Biohazard
12:03pm, October 15, 2009

You have a VERY nice site and I visit it DAILY. Perhaps make it a rule that members cannot ridicule another member's tastes or call them foul names. The name "BLOODY DISGUSTING NEWS"...it's always embarrassed me. You'd probably get more members with a more conservative name...but what do I know?


killrobot
12:09pm, October 15, 2009

@Biohazard - Yeah, we really do need to start enforcing the rules in the comments section. Arguing and debating is fine, but there are too many insults being thrown around. It's one of the big things we're working on behind the scenese. We might get more members with a more conservative name, but that's just not who we are. I'm the one who has to tell my Grandmother that my websites name is Bloody Disgusting, haha.


dazedsmoker
12:22pm, October 15, 2009

I think the whole comment section should be redone, one thing I see a lot is people fixing their spelling mistakes, so maybe look for a way to let users edit their comments. Granted it will be more tricky on your guys' end, but I think it would benefit the community more.


dazedsmoker
12:25pm, October 15, 2009

Also, ( I forgot something, another reason for a edit button? ) it'd be nice to see the spam comments cleaned up( "petitioning the H2 flick ), but people are gonna trash others opinions no matter what.


killrobot
12:26pm, October 15, 2009

@dazedsmoker - most blogs/sites don't let you edit your comments though and i don't see it as a huge problem. it would be nice though. another solution we were considering was to allow users to delete their comments, that way you could just repost. what else would you like to see in a comments section? we are actually working on it now, and some things we want to include are a way to reply directly to people and a rating system to the community can "vote out" bad comments. they'd then be collapsed or hidden until you click to view it.


horror623
12:36pm, October 15, 2009

I worked on the set of 'Malevolence: Bereavement'. This is the sequel to the smach hit 'Malevolence' which was released in 2004 by writter/director Stevan Mena (Also made 'Brutal Massacre: A Comedy' starring David Naughton). Does anyone want pictures from the shoot and that. BD if you do, send me a message and I would be happy to mail you all the ones I have. Thanks!


dazedsmoker
12:40pm, October 15, 2009

Those would work great, I'd think. Especially being able to reply to someone directly, considering everyone ignores the little blurb above where you type your comment. I've always been happy otherwise with the comment section. But with those 3 things, I think it would defiantly be better, and probably used more by members. Of course you're going to have those few who disagree, but you can't please everyone.


techstar25
12:52pm, October 15, 2009

This might not have anything to do with the price of tea in China, but I absolutely hate your "crumpled paper" background image "container_bg.jpg". It's too dark, and makes the black text extremely difficult to read.


Frogger
12:55pm, October 15, 2009

I think the ego needs to be toned down with some of the news posts. It can get pretty demeaning at times.


Danny!
1:08pm, October 15, 2009

I think Danny! should be made a forum Mod... But other than that, I'd like it if the discussions in the Groups had the same posting capabilities as the forum threads. It's difficult to reply to other people's posts. Also, totally minor, I'd like to have the option of posting my website in the User Info section of my profile.


killrobot
1:11pm, October 15, 2009

@dazedsmoker - i'll try to fit as much into the next comment system update as i can... top priority now is to be able to vote out bad/spam comments @techstar25 - i've been told that a few times actually, i don't have that problem but on a darker monitor i can see how it could cause problems. i'll lighten it up or replace it pretty soon.


killrobot
1:13pm, October 15, 2009

@Danny! - but then I couldn't give you infractions anymore? We used to have a website spot on the profiles, I didn't even realize it was missing... I'll add it to the list.


maynardmorrissey
2:00pm, October 15, 2009

@techstar25: yeah, absolutely right. Sometimes it's really unreadable


killrobot
2:25pm, October 15, 2009

@techstar25 - I brightened it up a bit for now, I'm working on some other visual tweaks right now and will try to see if I can find a good replacement.


JohnMarrone
3:05pm, October 15, 2009

Will we be able to upload videos again?


Scurgar
3:14pm, October 15, 2009

First, please don't enforce the rules about commenting. Yes, I can be a douche with insulting people... but come on! It's not like anyone should take comment insults seriously. Second, how about giving us members the ability to add films to The Movie Pit? After a screening process of course to make sure they belong in the pit.


killrobot
3:26pm, October 15, 2009

@JohnMarrone - Not sure at the moment... we're still working out the kinks with our new video host so we'll have to wait and see. There's nothing planned for the immediate future though. @Scurgar - There's a line that we don't want users to cross, there's no room for posts that are purely made for the purpose of insulting another member or starting a flame war. As for the movie pit idea, we've actually had that on the back burner for a while now, in the meantime though you can always use our contact form to suggest new movies.


Undeath
4:25pm, October 15, 2009

There's not a whole lot I would change about BD really. It's an excellent site overall. Good suggestions above for the comment section. I like the idea of voting comments up and down. But I don't like the new layout with multiple pages. It was better before when all of the comments on an article appeared on the same page. Pretty minor stuff. Keep up the good work!


maynardmorrissey
4:36pm, October 15, 2009

@killrobot: thank you very much, looks much better!!


killrobot
4:41pm, October 15, 2009

@maynardmorrissey - np, that's why we started doing these posts! @Undeath - pages with tons of comments really slow the site down when they are viewed, and the ones with tons of comments are always the ones that get viewed the most. it's pretty standard procedure to limit the # of comments per page, but we're planning on making it so comment pages switch without having to reload the whole page.


psyXcho
5:15pm, October 15, 2009

You need to autoban any fucktard that says first in the first comment. Hell just make it in the first 3 comments.


Keegsta
6:41pm, October 15, 2009

Only complaint I have about the site itself is: The front page is BLOATED as fuck... When I click refresh, it has to load 400 huge flash ads that span my page and I have to click X on them, then scroll down just to see the newest news. Maybe move the news bits up on the page so we can get to the actual news faster. Anyways, I LOVE this site, I visit BD probably 7 times a day just to see if there are any new things in the horror world. Thanks for the amazing stuff!


rusted31
6:42pm, October 15, 2009

I'm pretty happy with the site. If we could edit or delete our own posts in the user comments section that would be good. Sometimes things can get said in the heat of the moment when debating films and posts need to be deleted. I know i'm sometimes guilty of it. As for changing the sites name, don't you dare!


humansoap07
7:12pm, October 15, 2009

@Keegsta - save http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/headlines.php to your favorites. That's what i do. It's much faster and has way more info than the BD homepage.


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