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Thank you all so much! It's hard to believe he's only a week old. Feels like it's been a month what with the two hour wake/sleep cycles we've been doing. I'd've posted earlier but I've been a bit distracted recently for some reason....

We'll have to cut it off and use an "and X more" at some point anyway since there's no current limit on how many people can favorite a post.

I dunno, I've been kind of wanting this for awhile. It's far more likely to be a mouseover/tooltip though.

Happy birthday, Mikey!

I just verified that yes, it was debugging code and yes, it was me that left that sponge in the patient. This will be fixed the next time we roll the site.

You can't really read anything into the number that's being displayed, it's just a unique identifier for the profile you're editing. What you're seeing is a bit of debugging detritus that someone (most likely me) forgot to remove before rolling the code.

[Moved thread to rules questions forum]

Some more posts removed. Let's stay on topic and not do a pile-on.

Removed a post, we really don't need a pileon or a trainwreck.

You know what? I went back and reviewed your emails to me. I don't have time for this nonsense. I think we are done here.

You're a f#%%ing piece of s*%&, Gary. I f*$@ing hate a$+@!#+s like you, with ypour stupid corporate slave mentalities taking over every space available for people to talk, forcing us all to act like proper little robots. You can suck a dick, you free-speech hating f&~%stick.

intellectual curb-stomping

You seriously need to dial back your rhetoric right now. One more post like that and we're done here.

These aren't my first seven posts. These are my first seven points with this account.

OK, if you're going to publicly state that this is not your first account, we need to make it crystal clear that Chimpanzee Psychonaut is Gailbraithe, who was permanently banned from participating on our site for being unable to walk away from the keyboard when provoked.

Generally I try to use a "brand new day" kind of policy for people who want to come back but that comes with the responsibility to not behave in the kinds of ways that got the person banned in the first place. But alluding to past history on the site in a fashion that doesn't allow people to discover that past behavior is a no-no. If you're going to be here and refer to your posting history, you need to own that history.

Those'll be posted before the lottery begins, but it won't be for awhile yet.

Athletic body diversity reference for artists.

Also, I will repost something I posted in the judges chambers:

I have coined a new term for Neil. Clark is a judging machine, but Neil is a judging juggernaut... a judgernaut!

I have considered removing Neil's ability to use the spoiler tag, because I think his walls of text do not deserve to be hidden. Philistines can scroll on by.

[Added spoiler alert to thread title.]

Removed a post. Calling people names and telling them to "shove it" is not cool.

Your campaign tab should be back now. Sorry about that!

I'm told the empty parentheses bug has been fixed.

I've got some other ideas about providing easier access to character info in play-by-post gameplay threads but they're a few notches down the todo list at the moment.

OK, the fix has been rolled. If you see checkboxes, your vote hasn't been recorded.

Ross has found another flaw in the voting code and is fixing it now. I'll post again once we've rolled out that fix.

You can vote for fewer than the maximum number of choices, and you can change your vote up until the time the poll closes.

[Fixed the thread title, moved to Advice forum.]

If you see an image that's tagged incorrectly, it would be super handy for us if you right-clicked on the image and selected "open image in new window", and then copy the image URL from the address bar and paste it into a post here. That tells us exactly which image needs fixing. (Turns out there's a lot of pictures of Seoni and Valeros, who knew? :-)

The empty parentheses are a mistake and will be removed.

If you select more than 8 entries this round your vote won't be recorded. We should probably display a message to that effect once you click the vote button but I don't think we do currently. Could that be what you're running into?

Doh. I rejiggered the tabs a bit for the private messaging and overlooked this one. We'll get it fixed.

If you see checkboxes, your vote hasn't been recorded and you need to vote again.

I totally forgot that we did this. Yes, in lieu of subscriber tags, in play by posts we're extracting from the character's profile to get race & class info. Glad you like it!

Is there a limit to the amount of private messages that can be in a person's inbox?

There are limits but I doubt anybody will run into them. If it becomes a problem we may change those limits.

Individual private messages are limited to the length of a messageboard post.

Yeah maybe that was a little mean. I feel kind of guilty about those responses. But it really was a ton of work to get done.

FINALLY! The ponies are released!

This bug should be fixed now.

In addition to sorting avatars by usage and date, you can now filter avatars by things like gender, class and type. Chris Lambertz has sifted through more than 1,800 avatars and countless products to identify where each avatar came from and tag them appropriately. You can now find a male elf bard avatar in just three clicks.

• To change your avatar, or just see the new avatar organization, go to your Messageboard Settings and click the "Change" button next to your current avatar image.
  
• To change the avatar for an alias, click the "Edit" link next to that alias, then click the "Change" button for that alias.
  
• To change the avatar for a Pathfinder Society character, go to your My Pathfinder Society page, click the "Edit" link next to that character, then click the "Change" button for that alias.

There are some limitations to the current tagging system. The biggest one is that the tags associated with each avatar are currently what the character actually is in the original source product. For instance, this is "Khavith", a female monstrous humanoid wizard from Pathfinder Adventure Path #41, though the avatar could obviously be used for a male character of a different class.

At some point in the future we may allow people to suggest tags which would represent "what this image could be used for" rather than the "what this character is" of the current tags. In particular, I can see adding tags to assist in finding avatars which are creepy, angry or can't-see-the-ears-so-could-just-as-well-be-human-as-elf. But I think this is a good start.

Please use this thread to report bugs with the avatar selection page or avatars which are incorrectly identified.

Today we're introducing private messaging for paizo.com. This is a feature that's been requested a lot over the years and it's finally arrived at the top of the todo list. Here's the current FAQ for private messaging. (Note that I will not update this post if the FAQ changes, for the latest private messaging FAQ, see the actual FAQ.)

What are private messages?
Private messages are direct text-only messages between individual paizo.com members. You may format your messages using messageboards BBCode. You cannot edit messages after they have been sent. There is no delivery confirmation for private messages, and no guarantee that the recipient will ever see or reply to a message.

Where are my private messages?
Your private messages are on the "Private Messages" tab on your profile page, which you can access by clicking the envelope icon next to your name at the top of the page. If you have unread messages the icon will be highlighted and the number of new messages will be displayed next to it.

How do I send someone a private message?
Find that person's profile page, and click "Send Private Message." You may also click "Add to Address Book" to make it easier to find them later. If you do not see either of these links, that person has either opted out of private messaging or blocked messages from you.

I don't want to receive private messages. How do I opt out?
You can opt out of the private messaging system by unchecking the box labeled "Members of paizo.com may send me private messages" on your My Account page and clicking the "Submit Changes" button. If you opt out you cannot send or receive private messages.

Can I block someone from sending me private messages?
You can block the sender of any private message you receive by clicking "Block This Sender" on that message. Blocking a person prevents them from being able to send you new messages. Any existing messages to or from that person will remain in your inbox or sent messages until you delete those messages. You can unblock people on the Address Book tab of your private messages page.

Should I use private messaging to contact Paizo staff?
If you're asking a rules question, please post it on the messageboards instead. Paizo staff will not respond to rules questions via private messaging.

Should I use private messaging for customer service questions?
Please either post in the customer service forum or email customer.service@paizo.com if you have customer service issues. Paizo customer service may send you private messages to request additional information from you if that's the best way to resolve your issue.

Someone is harassing me via private messaging. What do I do?
If you no longer want to receive private messages from someone, block them. Please contact Paizo customer service to report abuse.

Can I delete my private messages?
Yes. Deleted messages will appear in the "deleted" tab on your private messages page. Clicking the "move to inbox" or "move to sent messages" link next to a message will move it back to your inbox or sent messages. If you click "empty trash" and confirm this action, your messages will be permanently removed from your deleted tab. If you delete a message you sent to someone else, that message will be deleted from your sent messages but will remain in their inbox. You cannot see if someone has deleted a message you sent.

Can I search, sort or file my private messages or contacts into categories? Can I have incoming messages forwarded to my email?
No.

Will Paizo staff read my private messages?
Your private messages are considered private, however messages may be reviewed by Paizo staff or disclosed to appropriate law enforcement agencies if required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate abuse or ensure personal safety.

Additional stuff that's not in the FAQ
You can send private messages to and from an alias. There are dropdown menus on the compose message page if you or your intended recipient has any aliases. You can't block aliases or add aliases to your address book; blocking or adding an alias blocks or adds the actual person, not the alias.

There's a saying that every software project expands until it eventually handles email, and I'd like to keep this one just shy of that point for now. This implementation of private messaging is deliberately bare-bones. So you can't sort your messages into categories or folders or tag them, or mark them as unread or flagged, or forward them to someone else, or include a CC or BCC list, or get an RSS feed of your messages, or include attachments, or send a message to groups of people, or organize your contacts into circles or friends or anything else fancy like that. If you need those features, use the private messaging system to ask someone for their email address and then use your email client for that.

Please use this thread to report bugs in the private messaging system. (Feature requests should also go in this thread, but keep in mind the bare-bones design goal.)

Edit: The privacy policy has been updated to include information about private messaging.

Sorry, I should've been more clear in my previous post. This bug has not yet been fixed. I will post again here and specifically say "this bug has been fixed" when it has been fixed.

It's actually not tied to the browser you're using, this is a server-side bug. And like the best bugs, it's fixed by moving one line of code.

We've figured out what the problem is, and will be rolling out the fix this afternoon. I'll post here again once it's fixed.

Improving our BBCode support is on the todo list, and moving up in priority.

Weird. We'll look into it. There shouldn't be anything too terribly odd with that page, but one never knows.

Also, pretty whiny. You know precisely why that post was removed.

So inappropriate for the Compatible Products from Other Publishers forum. Moved.

Thanks for the heads-up! We've fixed the link to the preceding product, though it may take a little time for that fix to percolate everywhere.

It's not really the desired behavior. The pages have been there but just haven't been linked. Unlinking them, or figuring out what to put on them, is on the todo list but it's been bumped down a few notches by a couple incoming ponies.

Not a fan of the flags this thread is getting. I'm not going to remove any posts, but please remember a few things here: Not everyone participating in this conversation is American, white, heterosexual, male or whatever other invisible backpacks you're bringing with you. If you want to make blanket statements like "clearly mental disorder" or "all white history drives like this and all non-white history drives like this, amirite" please dial back the painting-entire-groups-with-a-single-brush and try to engage people as individual people and not stereotypes. It's entirely possible to have wildly diverging worldviews and still be civil and fact-based rather than relying on rhetoric and snide rejoinders. That goes for both sides of the pile-on.

You still need a usable universe of tag assignments before releasing a feature like that. An empty tagging system is like a warehouse full of empty shelves. People come in to check it out, click a few things, and wander off. If you start with a reasonably complete coverage of tagged items then people are much more likely to use the system.

But yeah, if we ever open things up to customer tagging then we'll have some sort of vetting system so we can ensure quality. Nothing worse than a bunch of misspelled, unused-except-for-that-one-time-by-that-one-illiterate-guy tags.

I call this "tag soup" and it's been a back-burner project idea of mine for the past four or five years or so. For now I guess using wishlists for this kind of thing is probably best. I do really like the idea, though.

I agree that tagged avatar browsing would be pretty slick. Probably we'd want to start with just Paizo-managed tags because properly handling user-suggested tags introduces quality and consistency issues, and an associated flagging system and administrative tools to handle all that. At least Paizo-identified tags would be a smaller subset and the associated tools could probably be cruder since the public wouldn't be expected to deal with them. But we'd still have to write the browsing/sorting/filtering code.

But providing Paizo-managed tags means that someone has to go back through like 1,700 avatars and identify each one, which is a lot of effort. And if we're doing that we may as well identify what product each avatar came from so we don't have to go through them all twice, so that's even more effort.

I'm not saying we will never do this, though.

Oh THAT. We stopped counting deleted posts. Sorry Mairkurion, you were not robbed. You robbed yourself, 265 times.

I just wish my post count could be corrected. I WAS ROBBED!!!

I've seen you mention this a couple times. What are you talking about? If there's a problem with the website please let us know.