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Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by emannths, Feb 22, 2012.

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  1. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Spam/advertising, trolling, useless text, too much text which would make the field vertically expand too much, etc ... I could go on and on. Trust me. We'll be forced to deal with the complaints.

    And I think we allow users to do quite a bit already, but if it's not enough you can always do whatever the hell you want with your own free-for-all Libertarian website. Good luck with that. :wink:
     
    #41 Todd, Mar 5, 2012
  2. jwjon1

    jwjon1 Savant (1,158) Jan 14, 2007 Pennsylvania
    Trader

    Sounds like you are resolute in this decision. But if not: what about limiting the location field to simply State or Country of Origin? If folks can't be trusted to do that, drop downs would solve the blank field issue. Or moderators could help.

    At least to me, there is real value in having a readily apparent user location posted. For one, it helps informed members take into account potential homer bias in reviews. I also use location regularly to scan through ISO:FT trades to quickly ballpark the cost of trading. And on occasion, I'll read an awesome post/comment from a member and if their location is local to me, or in an area I travel to, I'll shoot a BM for a meet up. The activation energy required to click through to identify location can be significant.

    I'd love it if you reconsidered this decision, but your explanation certainly clarified why the decision was made. Thanks.
     
    #42 jwjon1, Mar 5, 2012
  3. Retail1LO

    Retail1LO Initiate (0) May 4, 2011 Pennsylvania

    +1 more for pretty please, with sugar on top, bring back the location indicator under avatars.
     
    #43 Retail1LO, Mar 5, 2012
  4. Paul68

    Paul68 Pundit (819) Dec 13, 2006 New Jersey
    Trader

    Believe me, i want the location to be listed under the avatar also. But due to the fact it's not possible right now, and all i did was click your avatar to see the popup that tells me your from Delaware. If that's what i have to do until the whole sight upgrade and integration is done, so be it. Then when Todd has a chance to recode the location field i'm sure he will consider it.
     
    #44 Paul68, Mar 6, 2012
  5. emannths

    emannths Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2007 Massachusetts

    You can validate the entry using a callback (e.g, parse it against a list of states/countries), and/or limit the number of characters. I don't know if the settings are there to do this with the default location field, but you could always hide that one and make a custom location field. Users could also enter their US zip code, which can easily be validated, and choose the level of detail to display (in order of specificity, country, state, city), and you pull that data for them.
     
    #45 emannths, Mar 6, 2012
  6. HerbMeowing

    HerbMeowing Maven (1,295) Nov 10, 2010 Virginia
    Trader

    Back on topic...
    Still too much eyeball burning...headache inducing...white space and the contrast...just like the rent...is still too damn high.
     
    #46 HerbMeowing, Mar 9, 2012
  7. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    We're never going to make everyone happy.
     
    #47 Todd, Mar 9, 2012
  8. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
    STAFF Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah

    Yeah, I'm aware of the callback feature, but using it for location is pretty sloppy IMO as it requires the user to type in their state/country exactly. And you can't hide the default location field without hacking the core templates, and it's really not important enough for that.

    Anyway, none of this has anything to do with whitespace, which we've already addressed quite a bit since the initial launch.

    Closing this one down now.

    Thanks, Todd
     
    #48 Todd, Mar 9, 2012
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