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Why are there tags in the debate section?
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@Intelligence_06
Sorry mate, I've just finished refactoring the auth system, so now I am moving on to the debates. Stuff is coming.
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New forum category - History. Do we need it?
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@Wylted
Oh I see, I am afraid the mobile version is still far from ideal and may be missing some elements that are available on the desktop version :/
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New forum category - History. Do we need it?
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@Wylted
I would like a Las M page button for threads at the top of the page, so I don't have to scroll all the way down to get to the next page
Are you talking about mobile devices? Coz we have pagination on top of the page on desktops.
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New forum category - History. Do we need it?
Alrighty, thanks!

Then I will add it with the next release, probably in a few days.
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New forum category - History. Do we need it?
I've been asked a few times to add a new category to the forum - History.

From my side, it's a matter of 10 mins, but I wonder if there's any reason why it shouldn't be done?

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@TheUnderdog
I am not sure it would be that simple, not only forum posts and debate arguments contain markup, which is not easy to reliably separate from normal words, but also it's not always clear what should be considered a word. I may look into it at some point but probably not soon.
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@Vader
Thanks for letting me know, and please don't hesitate to tell me if you find some other issues :)
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@Vader
Thanks mate, I will look into how zooming works, maybe I messed it up
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@oromagi
To be honest, supporting old browsers is a huge pain in the butt and I don't really aim for that since most people use modern browsers anyway. If you use Internet Explorer or some outdated version of Safari, I can only recommend to update to the latest version, (if it's possible, of course) because I have a strong feeling that DART is not going to be the only website that you will have problems with, especially since there's a trend nowadays that more and more developers drop outdated browsers.
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Hey guys, there's been a massive code update related to the forum, so if you notice that something is no longer working, please let me know as soon as possible. Especially on the mobile devices coz I have limited resources for testing and I may have missed some issues on iOS or older versions of Android.
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Why are we banning wylted?
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@thett3
Hi, I am afraid such things are managed solely by the mods and it's up to them to decide 
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debateart doc
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@Bones
Thanks for the suggestion!

I think It's actually quite easy to implement, I may do it as the next new feature :)
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@Sum1hugme
Understood, thank you!
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@Sum1hugme
Thanks a lot for letting me know, I will look into it tomorrow. Do you get only emails or new activities as well?
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I enjoy the most recent update.
Glad you like it guys :)
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@Theweakeredge
Yeah, that's a good idea and I already have that on the todo list :)

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Just wanted to let you know guys that I've been doing a huge upgrade and it will fix many glitches ( probably not without creating new ones ), add support for private chats with more than 1 person, add redesigned profile pages that would have a "wallpaper" image the Twitter style, have 100% mobile support and quite a few more but due to the amount of work, I am afraid it will see the light of day only in a couple of months :/ But I will show you some pictures in a couple of weeks if everything goes well :)


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@RationalMadman
That's not good, sounds like a bug, I'll fix it.
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@fauxlaw
@Bringerofrain
Yes. I don't know why it happens but it does. My phone is also $20, so this may be unique to me. I replicated it like 5 times though just a few hours ago. At first I though it was my big fingers but I expanded the window and was careful and it still happened
Huh, that's something new, I will try to fix it somehow, also I will look into what RM said.


I am perceiving a lot of access to DArt via phones. I find that an impossible device for use since my hands and fingers are quite large. My hand from wrist to middle fingertip is nearly 23cm, and, across the palm, about 11cm. My thumb is 2.75mm wide and index finger 2cm wide. Texting is virtually impossible via thumbs given the size of a keypad on a phone, and using a single digit is just as difficult. I use my phone for vocal comm only. Even the keypads on my Mac Book and iPad are troublesome. 99% of my access to DArt is via iMac, and I wish its keyboard were larger. Sometimes, I am very envious of my petite bride of 47 years.
I am afraid the keyboard is provided by your phone, not by the website so hopefully it's possible to somehow bump the font size in your phone's settings 
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@Bringerofrain
You mean the button that is a part of the text editor? 

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@MisterChris
Oh, I am afraid I haven't been in Discord for quite a while, busy af these days :/

Regarding the voting windows, maybe somebody brought this up before but I can't recall, if to be honest. I am not sure how difficult it would be, I'd need to think it through but I am pretty sure it's doable. 
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@Barney
Yeah, I've been meaning to add it for a while but at the moment, I can always do it manually, if needed 

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@3RU7AL
Thanks, I will definitely look into it, but I will have to do proper research on the subject, I don't want to be caught up in something that is just hyped, like all those start-ups that got caught up in NoSQL databases a few years and then had to migrate all their data to the "normal" databases when they realized it wasn't a right tool for their use-case. 
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@3RU7AL
Hi, in what way do you think it would make sense to leverage it? I will definitely look into it if we can find some good use cases for it :)
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@Barney
Hi, thanks, I've made the notes, I will make all the mentioned changes. I am also working on a big rewrite to bring the site to another level, from just a minor hobby project to a full-blown social network dedicated to debating and opinion exchanges, and soon we will need to have a huge discussion on the fundamental things that we should change and improve, it's gonna be interesting :)
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A Bad Dart Christmas Poem by Lunatic
Merry Christmas!
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Welcome to DART: Introduce Yourself
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@Amoranemix
I am not sure if it's good or bad? haha
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@Intelligence_06
It's a bug, I will fix it
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On The Bullseye 11/1/2020 Edition
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@Intelligence_06
Why is the post editing timeframe less than 30 minutes?
Because usually, it's enough to make all the required changes and it doesn't cause a lot of confusion as in situations when people create a post, others react to it and then the author edits the original post a few hours later and nobody understands what's happening anymore.
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@Intelligence_06
Could you please elaborate on your idea? I am not sure I follow. Do you want to have a way to search through the user base by some specific criteria?
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So.... guess I'm 18 now
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@BearMan
NSFW means that it's not safe for work, right? If so, I am not sure about the connection between the age and the content's safety for the work place. For example, you can be 50 years old but then if some post has nude pics, it's still not safe for work. Please correct me if I misunderstood something :)
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So.... guess I'm 18 now
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@MisterChris
Well, I can now legally boink with a MILF, but I don't feel any different. 
It cracked me up, that's a good one lol
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Why is the world crazy now?
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@Intelligence_06
Wooooooooooooooooooooo
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@3RU7AL
@BearMan
Maybe just for like the top 20 debaters. 
I am going to be reworking the profile page so I will give it a thought, I like the idea, just need to find out the best way to do it.

Have you considered adding a page counter so we can gauge how many people may be reading but perhaps not commenting on debates and forum topics?
Yeah I will definitely add it but at this point we have so few people here those counters will not be much of a help, I imagine :/
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@BearMan
Is there any way you can see your leaderboard place on your profile?
I could implement that but I would need to think about it because not all people participate in debates and I am not sure if it should be there.
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Friend Requests
Sorry guys, the interface is still crap, it's gonna be reworked in the following months
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my song review site
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@seldiora
Nicely done!
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Who do you think will win the DART tourney?
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@fauxlaw
My apologies, I surely didn't have such intentions. 
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Who do you think will win the DART tourney?
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@fauxlaw
Well, that thing has been replaced in the latest patch, I've rewritten it, not sure if for better or worse :/
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why is this site not promoted more?
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@MisterChris
Thanks, I really appreciate it :)
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why is this site not promoted more?
To be honest, I have no idea why Google hates us. Our position in Bing and Yandex is good but in Google it's terrible. I even optimized most pages to be mobile-friendly to make Google happy but that still didn't help. At this point my best guess is that Google doesn't like that we don't have enough incoming links to DART, i.e. there are almost no websites, expect for DOD, where you can find links to DART. So if you guys have Facebook or Twitter pages, or participate in other forums or anything like that, feel free to create some links here and there to some good debates on DART, that could help us ;)
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2 Years Ago...
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@Lemming
Thanks, I'm really happy that people like it, that's all that matters :) 
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2 Years Ago...
Thank you guys for being here and helping to build this amazing community :)
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@SirAnonymous
Could you make it possible to edit debate comments? Deleting them and reposting them with the correction seems like a needless hassle.
Yeah I definitely will, it was just a temporary thing. Also I will put the likes button back.
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@Barney
I like the idea, I will soon start updating the profile page and I'll definitely add more medals :) 
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@RationalMadman
Oh how I missed you bruv
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@Mharman
Yeah, I definitely need to tighten the anti-bot measures
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@Intelligence_06
Oh yeah, I switched it from red to purple 
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@Intelligence_06
Since when is the "debating tile yellow?
I don't get what you are asking, can you elaborate please?
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@Sum1hugme
Yeah, we should definitely enable something like that
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