jakeem Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 It's been almost a year since The Big Upgrade -- when TCM.com was shut down for several days so that an improved system could be installed. I'm sure many of you forum users will never forget the anxiety you went through before, during and after the system was refurbished. So what is your evaluation of the new system after a year? As for me, I love the ability to edit posts and headlines at any time. The old system would only allow edits for three days or so and then lock up. But I'm still bewildered by some of the words that are bowdlerized by the word filter. At first, I had trouble referring to the common first name shared by the famous actors O'Toole and Sellers. But the name now sails through without asterisks. I've noticed, however, that it's still tricky to refer to the 2000 film biography in which Ed Harris starred as a famous abstract artist (Marcia Gay Harden won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for portraying the artist's wife). Almost a year later, I must confess that I haven't explored some of the features of the upgraded system. Maybe I'll get around to it someday. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I still find it "interesting" that when one opens a thread they must first scroll down to see the original post and/or the first unread post and then scroll back up to read each one posted after it. (...and yeah, Mr. Otto Sensor is SUCH the tighta$$, isn't he?!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Thanks for starting this thread, and i enoyed reading your OP (I didn't realize that the old system only allowed edits for 3 days and I also didn't realize that the new one had a problem with the title of that Ed Harris film; that last factoid being particularly humorous.) I'm still trying to figure out why the sensor has such a problem with the word "l a d e n"- which is one that I use quite a bit. I like the avatars and I very, very much like the fact that we now (allegedly) have multiple moderators instead of one with Godlike powers who can make whatever thread (or poster) he chooses disappear and not have to explain his actions (the motivations for which were often dubious at best.) That alone was the single biggest problem with the old board and the single greatest improvement with the new one. (The new crew is also a lot more polite, tolerant and diligent in their interactions with us.) But I have to say that i absolutely despise the new quoting system, which makes it impossible to directly reply to another poster without quoting the entirety of their post (which is often difficult and or confusing to edit down and in the process of doing so, its too easy to remove the quotes so that the post you are quoting looks like something that you wrote and often you end up replying to the wrong person. confusion confusion confusion.) It's hard for me to believe that this change was made with anything in mind other than limiting interaction and conversation between us (that "chumminess" we posters share really seemed to stick in the collected craws of a few who liked to think they ruled the roost in the old days.) as a result, it really hasn't limited the fracasasses that blow up around here from time to time and has made it harder for us to have a flow in conversations with one another. (not that we don't still manage to do so.) I also don't really see the need for the innumerable sub-forums which don't seem to get anywhere near as much traffic as general discussions does. but again, the improvement with the moderator situation and the lack of disappearing threads, as well as the new found tolerance and freedom in what we're allowed to say here (making suggestions for what TCM can do better in no way translates to " I hate TCM and hope it goes off the air": I'm SO glad someone seems to finally get that) quite frankly outweighs the more clunky and Baroque and needlessly ornate bells and whistles of the new system PS it's so nice to be able to use bold and italics again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I'm sure many of you forum users will never forget the anxiety you went through before, during and after the system was refurbished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I'm still trying to figure out why the sensor has such a problem with the word "l a d e n"- which is one that I use quite a bit. Are you trying to speak about your l a d e n majora or your l a d e n minora? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I'm still trying to figure out why the sensor has such a problem with the word "l a d e n"- which is one that I use quite a bit. My guess is it has something to do with the late bin l a d e n. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 My guess is it has something to do with the late bin l a d e n. YES! Okay...that would maybe make some degree of sense...(although it's an awfully silly thing to censor.) mystery unlocked and all credit goes to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Are you trying to speak about your l a d e n majora or your l a d e n minora? Hee hee hee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Lemme try this one: Osama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 how about tcm revisiting hot spell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 ok... So it lets you do Osama, but not Laden. Can't figure that out for the life of me. Ok: here is one more just for good measure: Adolf Hitler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 m o r o n gets asterisked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I think the mystery continues..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hermann Goering... Joseph Stalin.... Eva Braun... (all are kosher with Otto.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 m o r o n gets asterisked out. So does h e i f e r. (I like to get creative with me insults.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 m o r o n gets asterisked out. Probably my fault. They're pretty sure I'd use it on someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 In another thread, w h i p was bleeped out. Really? Guess the ONLY definition for a w h i p is a dirty one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCMModerator1 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Laden, moron and whip have been removed from the bad word list. Heifer wasn't on the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Testing..... Psychopathia sexulalis I'm in love with a horse that comes from Dallas Poor brain! The size of a pea She looked so nice sitting there against the rail With her pretty long legs and her pony tail.... Hey, if Lenny Bruce can make it through the nanny, that's gotta be progress of sorts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 So is it possible to put together a complete list of banned words? Euphemistically speaking, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 So is it possible to put together a complete list of banned words? Yeah: ****, *****, ****** ******, *******, **** and **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I'm still steamed the old George Brent thread was left to die on the old boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Yep, there was a lot of good material on that thread. I detect a very clear anti-Brent bias. For sure. It ran the gamut on that thread. Nice pics too. Plus poetry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Who can forget that photo of George coming out of the pool in his one-piece bathing suit? I've tried, believe me, but it's still there in my mind. Gone, but for the memories.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 ........light the corners of my mind. oh my god. all this time I thought it was "like"; but no: it's "light." That makes so much more sense.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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