LSB 2.0

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 19, 2008 12:09 PM CDT in News

So you know...the transition to the new platform should occur before the weekend is up.

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Believe it when I see it.

Adam J. Morris: everyone's favorite 100-year-old train conductor.

by ghtd36 on Mar 19, 2008 12:06 PM CDT reply actions

Check out Minor League Ball

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 19, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Holy shit.

Not sure how I feel about it. It's probably a lot like getting a new car or moving: it just takes a while to get used to it.

Adam J. Morris: everyone's favorite 100-year-old train conductor.

by ghtd36 on Mar 19, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions

most people

are immediately happy about a new car or a new house

by ab03 on Mar 19, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions

But what you don't realize...

...I hate cars and houses.

Adam J. Morris: everyone's favorite 100-year-old train conductor.

by ghtd36 on Mar 19, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

You hate houses?

How do you feel about food and rainbows and puppies and stuff like that?

What's the over/under on how long it takes for Dwyade to show up at Heat practice limping on the wrong leg?

by thedirkatron on Mar 19, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions

he hates those too.

Kataphilia = an intense fascination for those of inferior skill sometimes brought on by ingesting massive amounts of sunflower seeds.

by LAMuscleFag on Mar 19, 2008 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Yay!

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by Wes Cox on Mar 19, 2008 12:18 PM CDT reply actions

The text editing

Sounds horrible.

by brettgardner on Mar 19, 2008 12:38 PM CDT reply actions

what sounded bad about it?

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 19, 2008 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Not surprised LSB

is coming before many of the others, seems to be one of the more high traffic sites on the network.

Troy I.

by tdi1985 on Mar 19, 2008 12:43 PM CDT reply actions

Mixed feelings

I like the relative simplicity here.

A working class hero is something to be.

by t ball on Mar 19, 2008 12:53 PM CDT reply actions

+1

Mike Greenberg likes sucking on his microphone.

by miles on Mar 19, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions

+2

Easy on the eyes is what I like. It seems way to complicated to me.

"Flagging Comments
To help the moderators on a site, we've built-in tools that let you flag comments that are spam, trolling or just plain inappropriate. No one else can see those flaggings, but the moderators can."

I can see some people abusing this right. This is gonna get a lot of Lonestar bloggers upset Im sure. Oh, someone might have a personal grudge against me so lets flag him.

"FanPosts (the section formerly known as Diaries)"

God, I dont know what's more gayier, fanposts or diaries. Why couldnt they call it kick ass fans or fan blogs or something.

Ah what ever, bring it on. It aint gonna stop me.

"Gerald Laird = Beast" Adam J Morris

by NYTXFAN on Mar 19, 2008 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions

The flagging stuff

I doubt you'll ever know it's there.

The word diary always make think of Anne Frank for some reason so I'm OK with that change...

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by Wes Cox on Mar 19, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions

How does

the flagging thing work? Users can flag things themselves as a voting count?

Mike Greenberg likes sucking on his microphone.

by miles on Mar 19, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions

If you a flagged a commet here

the only two people who could know are Adam or zywica. The comment would then show in a special admin section for moderation.

I really doubt it will be used.

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by Wes Cox on Mar 19, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions

And me...

don't forget me!

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Mar 19, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Ah quiet down...

3rd wheel. :)

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Mar 19, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

That

flagging thing is wack, I'm starting to dislike it more and more...

Mike Greenberg likes sucking on his microphone.

by miles on Mar 19, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

Yeah, that's not a good idea... there'll no doubt be people that'll flag anything from people like Sharky, Ahmad, HurlerHurley, ext. just to be flagging stuff.

I'm also not a fan of the "reccomended fanpost" deal - that just seems stupid, to me.

Call me a tradionalist, old fashioned, or whatever, but I like LSB just the way it is... isn't there any way some of the new bells and whistles can be added without changing to that crappy new format? This format is straight-forward, easy to use... the new one looks too busy, IMO.

A Lonestar in California

by LSJ on Mar 19, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Word.

If you isn't broken, why fix it?

Mike Greenberg likes sucking on his microphone.

by miles on Mar 19, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm going to take

this rare opportunity to agree with you. One of the best things about LSB is the lack of heavy-handed control and censorship.

by Randy Richardson on Mar 19, 2008 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Don't worry

The same guy will be in control of the flagging so I doubt that it will get heavy-handed.

by LSBUser on Mar 19, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah

It's up to Adam if he pays attention to what comments are flagged or not. Nothing will change because of it...

www.mavsmoneyball.com

by Wes Cox on Mar 19, 2008 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions

wow

old school name

by ab03 on Mar 20, 2008 1:42 AM CDT up reply actions

so far, so good

On the blogs that we have migrated so far, the flagging feature hasn't been abused. Instead it's been used responsibly by all the communities to help the blog managers moderate a large number of different threads. Of course all SB Nation blogs are unique, so we'll see how well it works for everyone else and adjust it accordingly. Including here at LSB.

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 19, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Ive never seen

moderation work worth a damn at any board it has been used on. I like either the simple ignore all posts by a poster button, or slashdot's filtering system.

External moderators always do a fairly poor job.

"We should have bombed it (Auschwitz)"-President Bush

by DJCahill on Mar 20, 2008 2:53 AM CDT up reply actions

The LSB podcast

The balm that cures.
The salve that heals.
The horsehide ointment.
Unguentgoesyard.

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by shroomer on Mar 19, 2008 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions

haha

horseshit...

nevermind.

Looking forward to the podcast. btw, it's not called the LSB podcast.

National Anthem Texas Rangers Audition We should also try get the Cactus Cuties

by hurlerhurley on Mar 19, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions

+2

"Texas Rangers 2012 World Series Champs!"- ME.

by Kinslerhomer on Mar 19, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Word

It has some really cool new features, but the look and feel is super generic. It looks like every other home made blog on the net. The current setup is nice cause it's very clean and simple.

I guess I'll get used to it though.

What's the over/under on how long it takes for Dwyade to show up at Heat practice limping on the wrong leg?

by thedirkatron on Mar 19, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions

ditto t, mixed feelings too

Was wondering... when the change does occur and we get settled in and decide we don't like this new change. Can we go back to the old format???

National Anthem Texas Rangers Audition We should also try get the Cactus Cuties

by hurlerhurley on Mar 19, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions

new design

I checked out the Sickels' site a few days back, and my immediate reaction was "this is kind of cool, but overwhelming. I hope LSB is way down on the list of blogs to be updated, because I'm really going to miss the simple old school format." I know I'll get used to it, but I'm apparently a creature of habit. Another thing I don't like is the ability of people to use one log-in to comment on every SBN board. I'm dreading the possibility of those annoying losers from that toolshed Halos Haven trolling over here whenever we have a series against them. It's funny when the Royals Review shows up, but if the Rev starts posting here I think I'll get ill. I'm sure on balance it will be a good thing, it will just take some getting used to.

On the plus side, I'm excited for the podcast!

Not really. I just read it on a forum. - Shark-bot 3000

by trza on Mar 19, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions

exactly... my same thoughts

over at Athletics Nation when they started out with the new format I joined and liked the new format. However, I really didn't get to familiar with it cause it wasn't my home. It looked really nice and all the added features are pretty cool.

I actually love LSB like it is now and not sure about the change for my home blog. I'm just thinking if the LSB community doesn't catch on to this new format and doesn't like this. Can Adam choose to stay with what we have??? Now I'm not saying we won't like it, just wondering what IF?

National Anthem Texas Rangers Audition We should also try get the Cactus Cuties

by hurlerhurley on Mar 19, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

No

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by Wes Cox on Mar 19, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

No as in No

going back?

National Anthem Texas Rangers Audition We should also try get the Cactus Cuties

by hurlerhurley on Mar 19, 2008 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Right

Every SBN site will be switching for good.

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by Wes Cox on Mar 19, 2008 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Wes is correct

The move to the new platform will be permanent, but keep in mind that it's beta software and we'll be listening to your feedback and input as we continue to develop and improve it. We've added a lot of really useful features based on ideas that SB Nation bloggers heard and passed along to us. And we'll keep on doing that once you've had an opportunity to try everything out. As we've migrated other SB Nation blogs that have been around as long or longer than LSB, we've found that they really enjoy the new auto-updating commenting feature that really makes game threads fast and furious. Can't wait for y'all to check that out.

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 19, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Uh ozzzz

Mike Greenberg likes sucking on his microphone.

by miles on Mar 19, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions

one account, different communities

When we designed the new single user account system, we made sure that we continued to respect the different communities. Even if you have a SB Nation account you still have to explicitly join each blog where you want to comment or post. That means checking a box and accepting the guidelines set out by each blogger for their own blog. And managers can still ban people from their own blogs to end any trolling. This is also why we added the flagging feature - so that y'all can help Adam find and kick out trolls quickly.

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 19, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions

That's something I had wondered about

I can only imagine the possible friction between blogs like "Pinstripe Alley" and "Over the Monster" there might be - that's a good deal, the way you've got it set up though.

A Lonestar in California

by LSJ on Mar 19, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Who picks

the recomended diary's?

Mike Greenberg likes sucking on his microphone.

by miles on Mar 19, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Y'all do

Any member of the LSB community will be able to recommend a FanPost. If it receives a certain number (which Adam can adjust) then it makes the list until it's bumped off by new ones.

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 19, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Does the new layout

require recommended diaries?

by Randy Richardson on Mar 19, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions

No, it doesn't

If it turns out that they're something LSB doesn't use then Adam can choose to turn that feature off. However, I hope y'all will at least give it a try. It's a cool way to promote posts that a member of the community put a lot of work into and also an easy way to keep an active thread easily accessible.

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by Trei Brundrett on Mar 19, 2008 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions