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I don't see any problem with bumping when the content the user posts is relevant, but every now and then Ill have a user(troll) that will bump an old topic from 2-3 years ago with nonsense. Sometimes there will be quite a few more posts after this that don't contribute to the original post at all.

While the first suggestion I posted might be a little to much the second one, with the moderation approval seems reasonable.

Just something simple when a user posts and this feature is turned on. "Necro Bump is turned on. The post you have made is 200 days past the last reply, because of the length of time that has past this post has been placed under approval."

I believe if you can stop people from randomly bumping topics with junk it would save time in cleaning up posts and going through reports.

Would still like some way to combat users randomly bumping old posts.
Sometimes the reply's have merit sometimes they don't.
So I'll bump this to see if there is anyone else that has some interest in this and post some different ideas I think may help this if added.

In a 3.1.0 feature suggestion topic I added:

Sometimes you have a user that likes to go back and comment on an old post.

Other users, not paying attention to the original date then comment.

In the ACP there would be a setting where you define the amount of time to pass before this shows up 30, 60, 90days etc.

Then in the thread, when a new post is made after the time designated in the ACP, a message will show between the last post and the most recent one [color="#8B0000"]"Necro Bump! There have been XX days between previous and next post."[/color]

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Another idea would be to have an option that would flag any post after XX days and set it for moderation approval.
A moderator would then have to approve the post before it shows up.

Would be cool if you could use custom profiles fields to pull a users location. Then when they visit the map they have the option to make there location visible, hide or update (if they dont have a location set)

Along with the location, I would like users to be able to filter results based on other custom profile fields.

Or you could just use that mod that closes old topics. :)

http://community.invisionpower.com/files/file/2114-m30-close-old-topics-100/

There might be issues where you don't want old topics closed.
Neco bumping isn't always a bag thing.

Would like to see a necro bump feature.

Sometimes you have a user that likes to go back and comment on an old post.
Other users, not paying attention to the original date then comment.
In the ACP there would be a setting where you define the amount of time to pass before this shows up 30, 60, 90days etc.

Then in the thread, when a new post is made after the time designated in the ACP, a message will show between the last post and the most recent one "Necro Bump! There have been XX days between previous and next post."

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Ignore user icon in posts, been trying to do this myself but cant seem to get the syntax working correctly.
something like -

I like the idea - however what happens when they change their email address, but do not update their profile.

You could end up with an awful lot of bounces.

You would run into the same issue if I clicked watch topic / forum here and changed my email.

Other then having just added a subscribe box when you sign up, there might be other options more helpful that could be placed under Board Options. You could configure what ones you would like displayed in the ACP.

Might be a better idea to have a check box when you sign up.
That way people know its there when they first join

Something I would like to see: Report Center

Reports under review to display differently in the admin bar.
Current: Mod Tools: IP Lookup - Manage Announcement - 1 Active Reports

This 1 active report is under review, personally I would like to only see new reports listed.
Maybe make under review not disply or add a Under Review Reports counter?
So you'll have something like:
Mod Tools: IP Lookup - Manage Announcement - 3 Active Reports, 1 Reports Under Review
or
Mod Tools: IP Lookup - Manage Announcement - 1 Reports Under Review

In the APC we have the option to change a users reputation and can view reputations received and given.
I would like the option to remove reps when viewing reputations received / given.

add: maybe also add and option of how many times a user can vote. Think might help stop users trying to abuse the system.

The report center is nice, but could be a lot better.
Post what you would like to see added or changed.

Active Reports and Under Review -
In the admin bar I would like to see 1 Active Reports, 2 Under Review.
When a reply is made to an active report I feel it should be then placed under review automatically.
Maybe change the wording to New Reports and Active Reports.

Reporting Posts or Users -
I don't see many reports about users show up. I believe this is due to the "user report" being placed in user profile.
A good amount of reports I see are post reports saying something about the user being reported.
I would like to see a way to tie this together so if action needs to be directed to the user, it can be done in the report center.
Maybe link the user to the post.

Reporting Users-
When dealing with a report on a user I would like to see past issues (if any) about the user.
I would like the user to be able to reply to the ticket about them and be able to add to the ticket for other moderators to see.
Would like to see the "Member Warning Center" incorporated here.

Other-
Edit / delete replys (sometimes you might mess up what you post)
Auto close after X days if no reply / update.
Different report categories; spamming, harassment, explicated content, etc.

Would like to add some.
I just started useing the ignore user feature.
Is it possible to fully block out a user so I don't see topics they made, comments, or even Recent Status Updates ?

The only way I know how to Ignore a user is to go to my settings and add them there.
In every post there is a "add as friend" icon, why not an "ignore user" one.
If having it there seems kind of bad could put it in the view profile drop down box.

I have a little issue with how secondary groups are done.
When a member is part of a secondary group their name does now show up in said group.

Some say they like this because you can have a user as secret moderator of sorts, that's fine, but I would like my users to know who is moderating them if there is an issue.

In order to accommodate users that what anonymity and for and others that would like to display, maybe we could have a check box for groups instead of a list.

So we would see something like...
Primary Group
(would be your normal drop down list)
Users

Secondary Groups
(List all current groups, each group would have a some check boxes. Is a member, Hide member could add other options if needed)
Moderators
Administrators
Community Leaders 1
Community Leaders 2
Super Secret User Group

Another thing would be nice is if you click on a users group in posts / profile and show other memebers in that group.

You will need to edit the globaltemplate

This puts it at the bottom of the page and depending on your skin or other elements you may have puts it quite outa the way.
I'm looking for something right under the last reply in forumIndexTemplate and topicViewTemplate.

After reading a topic and getting to the bottom I would be nice to have a breadcrumb after the last reply.
This is a feature many other boards have, I was able to edit templates in 2.3 to do this but unable to mimic it in 3.

From time to time I'm sure we all have come across users that have bumped topics that are months even years old.
How about adding a feature that after X amount of days the next reply to a topic gets flags and has to be approved by a moderator.

IPS shouldn't be interested in duplicating features in vBulletin, what's the point of each forum software doing everything the same?

They shouldn't intend to duplicate features, but if the community wants features found somewhere else why not make them happy?

As the functionality already exists, I am sure a checkbox in the user settings for a default search view would be easy to do.

Along with a user setting for a default, maybe put a setting in the ACP for how to show search results.
Like the OP said he moved from VB and they did things different. Not every person that views forums logs in, so your still limiting your returning guests to view search's in a different manner then they are used to.

Doesn't sound like a bad idea +1

One of my users brought this to my attention.
About friends.
They didn't realize that you could set your friends list to "authorize only" and are now wondering if there is a way to see whose list they are currently on.
(I tried a search and couldn't find anything about this)

Overall the friends list seems rather pointless. Other then adding users and showing off, it offer little community interaction.
I would like to see more built into this.
Maybe some kinda ajax chat so you can have a live chat with your friends / group of friends, or something else to make it more of a community feel rather then any other forum system out there.

I have noticed here, and many other sites when you update your recent status people think its an open chat room and respond.
If the recent updates are trying to mimic FB or twitter, why not make users able to comment on other users updates.

and/or: Make a shot box that only keeps the last ten posts for users to have a "chat"

Has this been removed in v3, could it be put back?

I'm all for stronger passwords... just as long as the feature is suggestive, like a color coded meter showing how strong the password is. I HATE sites that force you to have at least 8 characters, contain 1 number and letter, and/or change your password every X amount of time.

A color code meter would be nice, I have seen this on a few other sites.
It would detour users from making simple one word passwords.
As for forcing different characters, you could include options in the meter like "improve your password by using xxxx" and remind me to change my password every X days/months.

http://spookyet.posterous.com/passwords-are-stupid

Clarifying - the above link does not represent my opinion of the feature suggestion, or the opinion of any colleagues/coworkers here. I simply felt it relevant to the discussion, albeit in an indirect way.

That was a good read, that myVidoop Image Shield seems really cool.
Maybe to strengthen security IPS could include ReCAPTCHA in the login (or atleast have have options to turn it on/off in the acp)
While normal users might fight it trouble some, I would like the added safety on admin/mod accounts and even on the ACP login.

When useing "ACP Restrictions", if a group doesn't have access to something I would like it for them not to be able to see the tab.

add: Would be nice for the ACP search to only return results that group can use.

When will we start getting update packs rather then having to download everything again?