ATS, BTS, What would you like to see in the future?

I have seen a section on other forums for threads with no replies which could be interesting. Sometimes an excellent topic goes by so quickly at a busy time with lots of posters that it is on page 2, 3 or 4 and may not get noticed. Zero replies doesn't always mean no
interest in the thread.

PREDICTION REMINDER IDEA:

we all know ATS is a place where people seem to love to post prophetic posts, from quatrains from nostradamus (sp?) to just random youtube videos of nobodies claiming they know the future, what separates them all is one thing: the end result of the prophecy coming true, or not coming true

while it seems easy enough to post a thread, or read a posted thread, about an upcoming date with a prophecy attached, i can sometimes be forgetful to follow through on that day to see wether the prophecy came to fruition or not

for instance, i have seen a couple times in a few prophetic threads responses that claim " if you are so sure your prediction will come true, will you close your ATS account or never use that account again if it does not come true? " while i don't beleive negative consequeses should be encouraged for false prophets, i do beleive that we should understand the importance of following through with some of our predictions

a good example of the following through would be recently when i read a post by a member who claimed that upcoming 4-19-10 or a few days around that date were going to be 'prophetic', seeing as how i was interested i tried to keep up and when the oil spill started in harmony with this prediction i decided that predictions and speculation of the such was more effective with hind sight kind of view

with that said, i consider that post a successful prediction, not because i claim it to have come true, but for the purpose of this post i would like to clarify that it is benificial to be able to look back at prophecies after their dates have passed

so, for the longest time on ATS i have always though the ats prediction board, or ats in all, needed some kind of 'reminder' function to remind someone of a post in the future, that way if you forgot about a prediction or post that interested you, that might have pertained to the future, you could be reminded and then look at it during a time when speculation of it would be more accurate

such a tool or device an ATS could be as simple as a button at the top or bottom of a thread that said "remind of this thread" and apon clicking it (in my mind, for my purposes) it would bring you to a page where you could type in a date in the future and after entering it, you would be brought back to the thread or to ats home page

meanwhile days or months later, one the date that you entered came, a message could be sent to your U2U inbox saying something along the lines of

"dear indigo the fish,

thursday, june 17th 2010, you entered this date (the date you want to be reminded) to be reminded of this thread ( X link to thread X )"

i'm sure not too many other people on ats are as absent minded as i am when it comes to this thing, but i have been thinkng about it more often lately, so i thought i'd throw my idea out there

btw, i have no idea if this idea is even possible, seeing how i am not a computer programmer or website creator myself, but i assume that somehow it would be possible seeing how this site and other sites on the web seem to be able to do similiar and equally complex tasks

that is all


(i gave this idea it's own thread because i didn't know where else to put it, and the thread was closed and i was asked to put my idea here)

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Great idea!

But thread was closed (for some reason).



[edit on 20-6-2010 by Carseller4]

Within my ats I have a box on the right side that tells me all the threads I have posted. I would like other options under each individual thread. I would like to click on a link that will direct me to where I have posted. Instead of going back and forth through the thread trying to find my post.

Also, a system where you are alerted that a member has "quoted/replying" towards your comment as well would help me out a lot.


again I am sure I am not the first member to want these things.

reply to post by Jordan River


that would be great

I would like to see two things.

1. On the Recent Posts page (and wherever else that particular format is used), switch the Author and Last post columns. This is a usability issue in that your eyes far more often look to see who the last poster was than who the author was, and placing last poster next to the title would reduce eyestrain by 47.9%. Thank you.

2. This second thing is more a question. Does ATS have an award like a Golden Globe or an Emmy? If not I would like to propose one. Hope this is the right place. If so, thanks and could someone please U2U me a link?

ATS Spiry Award* (*Copyright Lucidity 2010...kidding!)

(Spiry = Short for Conspiracy)

This could be a yearly award with voting by the Academy, for categories like:

o Best Professional Video Documentary

o Best Video By An ATS Member
---Political
---Conspiracy
---Religion
---You Get the Idea

o Best Short Story

o Best Debater
---Political
- --Conspiracy
---Religion
---You Get the Idea

o Best Moderator (kidding...I think!)

o Best Investigative Team

o Best Investigator

o Best Activist/Change Agent

o Best ATS News Show

o Miss Congeniality (kidding!!! totally)

There could be a special avatar add-on for winning members. Doesn't have to be all that complex either.

What do you think if you're still here?


Thanks!

~Luc

I suggest a "De-Flag" option. Sometimes a thread can get off topic or the author misrepresents that the title says or the topic is proved false.

reply to post by Dusty Shoe


Absolutely! It's all about less eyestrain.

There are a lot of absolutely great suggestions here.

reply to post by JIMC5499


Someone probably already added this but could it be a private "No"...like remove this topic from my sight forever? Sort of like the Omit Political Madness that sorta works.

This is probabloy a bit out there, but what if we could have at least ONE democratically elected moderator?


who is re-elected every year or so. you could use the poll system that seems to have dissapeared.

I would really like a feature that sends me a direct u2 when someone adds me as a friend!
It would help me keep track of who has added me and when they added me!
That would be a helpful feature!

Thanks!

reply to post by zysin5


That's a great suggestion and I second it!

It really doesn’t make sense to me that have one for when a member adds us as a foe but not for a friend.

How about the new ATS2010 that we keep being teased about? Isn't that way past due for release now?

Didn´t read everything but here are my suggestions:

My first thread i started was this here.

I wanted to start an ATS related Hiphop - Mixtape. Unfortanetly it was put into BTS and nobody was in there since this...
I know there are a lot of people interested in contributing in a mixtape.
This also could be a vol. 1,2,3... series.
And could be nice advertising for ATS.

Also how about a " scroll up to top"- button down at every end of a page.
I always have to scroll up manually what needs a lot time i could spend with posting something else...

And how about an real life ATS Convention? Like the Star Wars or else cons... I could imagine the booths with all the ATS related stuff made by members, workshops and shows...
Would be nice...

Also i think a forum for the EU members would be nice...


And i would like to have the same "chat box" like on BTS here on ATS!

Peace love and light,
let u guide by higher i


Jim



[edit on 15-7-2010 by JimIrie]

Im positive it has been brought up before but a failed prediction board would be great.

Originally posted by JimIrie
Also how about a " scroll up to top"- button down at every end of a page.
I always have to scroll up manually what needs a lot time i could spend with posting something else...

When you get to the end of the page there's a link saying "top", and it does exactly what you said, it moves back to the top of the page.

reply to post by ArMaP


Ahh... i see! But well hidden. Maybe a button left to the "new thread" button, for the nuts, like me...?

reply to post by JimIrie

It would be easier if it said "page top".

PS: I know it's there but I always forget to use it.

reply to post by SimonGray


SimonGray
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um ....

1- stars on bts?

2- trolling violations like warning violations on avatars?

is WATS still around, or no more?

that was an interesting "reward system".



[edit on 15-7-2010 by Esoteric Teacher]

I would like to see a one question Forum... like 'Todays Topical Debate Is...... (question goes here)'

Answers can be descriptive or a simple Yes or No answer.

People can still post to the thread though even when the day is over to continue the debate... this wouldn't be a one on one debate forum like you already have but an All for one scenario...

Coz i have a question (in fact i probably have many questions, i just don't know where to put my question). This way i and others can always submit a question into this one Forum.

Hope you like the suggestion.

[edit on 18-7-2010 by TruthxIsxInxThexMist]