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    Chris Anderson reacted to Randy Calvert in Events update includes additional streaming platforms   
    These changes look great!  Thank you for adding them!
    Some suggestions I hope you might consider in a future version...
    Could you add a text box to the search space to allow searching by name or keywords within the event listing? I've tried creating a "Holidays" calendar with the common events...  New Years, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc".  I'm not able to setup certain holidays as a recurring event because certain ones don't happen on a fixed date.  For example, Memorial Day and Thanksgiving.  It would be helpful to be able to specify relative annual dates such as "4th Thursday in November". Would you consider making Venues not required to be a physical location?  I would love to include certain locations (like chat rooms, or other virtual locations) be a venue that could be searched, sorted, filtered, etc.   It would be helpful for an event organizer or admin to be able to manage RSVPs.  For example to add an attendee/remove an attendee or change their status (Going/Maybe/Declined)
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from David N. in Unite your community with the Events application   
    If not, will you allow third-party developers to that additional functionality?
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from David N. in Unite your community with the Events application   
    Is there any mean of monetizing these events?
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from The Old Man in Unite your community with the Events application   
    Is there any mean of monetizing these events?
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from A11y in Unite your community with the Events application   
    If not, will you allow third-party developers to that additional functionality?
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from Matt in Unite your community with the Events application   
    If not, will you allow third-party developers to that additional functionality?
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from Matt in Unite your community with the Events application   
    Is there any mean of monetizing these events?
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    Chris Anderson reacted to Nakamura RTS in New Live Community Features!   
    I understand the need to  make a profit via overpriced first party cloud hosting, but given the direction this feature exclusivity is heading, please consider adding opt-in features to self-hosted plans, at a recurring cost. We already have to pay renewals for applications, so why not create an additional set of premium features that also have a renewal fee, should people want them?
    Personally I don't care for these current extra offerings about live statuses, but perhaps one day you'll make something exclusive that will be of more interest.
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from TDBF in Spark more real time engagement with the Trending Content feature   
    "Really" cool features like those above require hiring additional developers with extensive expertise in a variety of different technologies and that doesn't come cheap.
    IPS "could" provide self-hosting folks the above features but would have to significantly raise renewals to offset their development and Amazon costs. 
    Another thing to consider is that the vast majority of self-hosted servers would have to be significantly upgraded to support the added load and technology requirements.
    "Some" self-hosted customers would have the technical expertise and budget to deal with this, but the vast majority won't'.  
    We all have Château Avenue Foch Champaine tastes and Kool Aid budgets.  We can have "some" nice things, but we will never have all the things we want.
    My advice to folks is, "Don't Worry, Be Happy!"
     
     
     
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    Chris Anderson reacted to Hisashi in New tool for community managers: Rank Progression   
    Articles already receive a record in database of how many views they received.
    I would like to look at the data based on periods, daily, weekly, monthly. To understand what my users are viewing, or a list of 'top views' (articles).
    These are highly relevant data.
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from voinea in Introducing The Alert System   
    I don't see the "Alerts" option in the Site Moderation screen logged in either as an Administrator or Moderator.  I'm running Beta 4.  Will this feature roll out in a later beta release?  If it is currently available, how does one enable it for use?
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from OptimusBain in Editor Stock Replies   
    As the functionality stands now you get a running list of Stock Replies that you have to scroll through to "hopefully find one that is appropriate for the area you are in currently.

    It would be nice if IPS created categories that you populate in the ACP and then choose on the front end to find a set of Stock Replies pertinent to a particular use case.

     
    Once you click on a category it would bring up a list of relevant Stock Replies you could choose from.
    Access to each category would be set in the ACP and would only appear on the frontend if the user had the appropriate permission.   
     
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    Chris Anderson reacted to Randy Calvert in Introducing The Alert System   
    This looks super promising!  
    A couple of suggestions if I might be so bold...
    Integrate this into the warning system UI.  (Warn User, Flag As Spammer, Message, ALERT) Integrate this into the forums.  For example, being able to send an alert to those who participated in a topic.  (The use case might be to notify users of something important happening when they might not be following that thread OR if a thread is getting out of hand issuing a gentle nudge to get them back in line.) Allow sending anonymous messages that a member can reply to which would show in the alert section that any moderator could respond to.  (The use case might be part of the warning system of letting a member have a chance to respond to a warning, or giving a member a chance to ask questions with the moderator team.)
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    Chris Anderson reacted to Matt in Introducing The Alert System   
    It's in the next beta.
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    Chris Anderson reacted to Matt in Introducing The Alert System   
    This is 100% on the "phase 2" list.
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    Chris Anderson reacted to Ocean West in Enhance your community with integrations   
    It is fastenating and very encouraging where it's going – however there is much to be concern about sending data to a third party. All the web hooks run without a 'group' permission. Depending on the event its payload may include private information (names, emails, ip, address, etc ).
    I would really like to see more care in restricting what is included in the payload each event. 
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    Chris Anderson reacted to Randy Calvert in Improved spam defense in 4.7 with hCaptcha   
    By any chance would this be able to extend to the Contact Us page as well?
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from Matt in Interview with the founders of Invision Community (VIDEO)   
    What I see being challenging for community leaders is the fact our communities quite likely start out serving a narrow age group and a particular geographic location but over time we find more and more of our new members are of vastly different ages and live in geographically dispersed locations.
    Some members live their lives one tweet at a time and live for the “moment” whereas others like to build meaningful relationships with other members and contribute great content.
    Those that live for the “moment” aren’t tied too closely with any site and will hop to another site at a moment’s notice. These members like new bright and shiny features, until they don’t.
    Whereas members that like to engage in meaningful conversations prefer a sense of constancy in how a site operates.
    One wonders if the desire to focus on a constant unfocused member expansion can have a detrimental effect on a site if it ends up that many of its new members joining a site are prone to rapidly consume content and leave while providing little to no financial support to the site. The adage, “Quality, over Quantity” comes to mind.
    Please don’t spend a moment chasing after your competition, instead offer up solutions that slowly but surely leave them in the dust.  They may be able to outspend you, but I have confidence that you can outsmart them in meaningful ways if you put your collective minds to it.  With that being said, be ever mindful that your customer base has vast amounts of knowledge and experience you could readily tap into. Something you may struggle over may be as easy as tying one’s shoes to someone else.
    Congratulations on your first 20 years, now go forth and conquer.
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from BGP in New feature! A friendly reminder before posting   
    There might be times when using a banned word <or phrase if that can be implemented> has legitimate and well-meaning purposes, as such, being able to target its usage to particular forums often populated with bad actors may prove useful in minimizing their negativity.
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from Jordan Miller in New feature! A friendly reminder before posting   
    Some of us can get "quite" passionate about new features, hence Jordan's gentle hint to "Just be Nice".
    Everyone's needs are different so it's unlikely every new feature will be considered universally useful. 
    Programmers get progressively more creative the more features they tackle. For each less than useful feature that gets released the programing team becomes more and more capable at tackling more complex features "you" and I will want. 
    Software development can be quite frustrating and often times praise is few and far between. If a feature isn't something necessarily praiseworthy (to you or I) being silent might be the nice thing to do.
    As our Community Advocate, @Jordan Miller is attempting to convey that a community that's "nice" can advocate far more effectively for themselves than one that's adversarial. 
     
     
     
     
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from Andy Millne in New feature! A friendly reminder before posting   
    Some of us can get "quite" passionate about new features, hence Jordan's gentle hint to "Just be Nice".
    Everyone's needs are different so it's unlikely every new feature will be considered universally useful. 
    Programmers get progressively more creative the more features they tackle. For each less than useful feature that gets released the programing team becomes more and more capable at tackling more complex features "you" and I will want. 
    Software development can be quite frustrating and often times praise is few and far between. If a feature isn't something necessarily praiseworthy (to you or I) being silent might be the nice thing to do.
    As our Community Advocate, @Jordan Miller is attempting to convey that a community that's "nice" can advocate far more effectively for themselves than one that's adversarial. 
     
     
     
     
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    Chris Anderson reacted to Matt in New feature! A friendly reminder before posting   
    I just submitted a fix for April's release which should allow single quotes, etc in words and phrases.
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from Jordan Miller in New feature! A friendly reminder before posting   
    I know that no feature is ever truly "feature complete". 

    < "🧀Cheese Whiz🧀, @Matt don't take me "too" literally.">
    Some features will remain untouched for long periods of time after being initially released before you review all internal and external suggestions.  You will respectfully collect feedback, but not necessarily encourage it.  For all intents and purposes, it's feature complete unless there are really compelling reason(s) to further develop it.
    There are some feature releases like this one where @Jordan Miller appears to be encouraging community feedback and maybe, just maybe (my assumption and I might be wrong) is that the IPS might be open to incorporating some suggestions sooner rather than later.  If that is the case, this feature is not yet locked down. 
    An appreciably different implementation of this feature "could" be released in the coming months and "that" version would be considered "feature complete" by IPS at least for the foreseeable future.
    @Jordan Miller A couple of extra sentences here and there when discussing new or upcoming features could go a long way in better managing customer expectations and allow us to more readily adapt to a monthly release cycle. 🙏
     
     
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from Clover13 in New feature! A friendly reminder before posting   
    There might be times when using a banned word <or phrase if that can be implemented> has legitimate and well-meaning purposes, as such, being able to target its usage to particular forums often populated with bad actors may prove useful in minimizing their negativity.
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    Chris Anderson got a reaction from Sonya* in Your members don't want you to grow (and what to do about it)   
    Although there are lots of settings and features built into the suite to programmatically encourage "connectivity", it takes a great deal of finesse to keep both the early adopters and those that join later "truly" connected.
    If a site admin "wings it", then...

    It will likely lead to a "very" bumpy ride for one-and-all.
    It takes thought and experimentation to hit upon how to create an overall environment that encourages members to connect with each other at the various stages of a site's development and long-term existence.
    Eliciting feedback from early adopters is important but there is no guarantee that the first cohort's personality and interests will mirror that of future members. As such, it's wise not to build-out a site utilizing their input exclusively.   One should continuously elicit input from folks that have been around for varying periods of time. When you get a handle of the needs of your overall membership new and old you will have a better sense of how to guide the community towards ever more connectivity around areas that matter to the group as a whole.
    As people's interests change (and you factor in short-lived trends) a site needs to constantly figure out how to address those changing interests and possibly differences in how members engage with each other. This is especially important if a site caters to a demographic that encompasses multiple generations and geographic regions.
    Adopting a top-down approach to community engagement is unlikely to work much past a site's launch. A site admin should refrain from thinking this is "my site" and instead of think of it as "our site". What should "we" do to make this site far more engaging for all of us in comparison with our competitors?  Does "our" content "engage" and "inform", and does it feel like a place to hang out and make "real" connections with others.
    Instead of admins setting the tone for a site by ensuring members adhere to a complex set of community standards one might consider changing their roles to be facilitators. They could be utilized to facilitate great dialog and introduce various members to each other they think might benefit from getting to know each other and elicit great conversations.
    Getting to know other members in meaningful ways may require revealing a little more about oneself than just one's screen name. Profiles with just the right kind of fields filled out can go a long way towards helping ferret out fellow members with similar interests. This is a feature that often isn't utilized to its fullest extent as the value proposition isn't properly communicated to one-and-all from my observations of this site as well as others.
    I've had 12,719 profile views here but as very few other people have filled out their profiles, I've followed suite and left mine almost blank.  People appear to want to know more about other fellow members here, but IPS has chosen not to promote the use of profiles.
    Being in regular contact with your entire community (not just your early adopters and power users) is important. This will better allow you to find common ground amongst your entire membership. You might have to make a special effort to draw some folks out but it's worth it in the long term.  Many new members are a bit shy at first but in time may become quite active when they reach a certain comfort level. Who knows, some of these folks might be some of your best contributors in the years to come.
    Society seems to instill a strong sense of independence in the populace.  Although that has many positives there are negative aspects as well.  One being that we are often reticent of asking for help from others.
    Collectively we can accomplish so much more than what we can do individually, so don't be afraid to ask for assistance from your membership to help create a "community". You might be surprised by how many folks will offer to lend a hand if it is being used in a truly useful fashion and a task can be completed in a short span of time.
    @Matt made some great points above, I would recommend folks check out more of his blog postings along with Joel R and Jordan Miller.
     
     
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