See who's replying on threads

[Robo]

I've always wanted a way to see who's typing a reply on threads. Take Skype for example, you can see when the person if typing something before you see it, so you won't always ask "are you still there?". I think this would be convenient to have, seeing that I, and I bet lots of others, just love to know when things are happening.
I can't think of anything wrong with this, so if you find anything wrong, post it. I'll be watching for it.........

 

[JtTorso]

AKA Shit storm 2013, I think we all know how this would inevitably turn out if we had this implemented.

 

[DarkHender]

You can already see who is looking at the thread.. I do not like the idea of seeing them write a reply.. sounds spammy on a popular thread. I am happy with just seeing who is viewing and who has viewed it.

 

[Robo]

Users replying to this thread (Users: 12, Guests: 0)
Spammy?
Just an idea.

 

[Trap_Wolf]

Big B is watching

 

[Robo]

Big B is watching

He hasn't viewed the thread yet. (Baker right?)

 

[Psycho]

If I'm not mistaken, Blocktopia uses xenForo, right? If that's the case, it looks like a few of the members on xenForo were talking about what you're suggesting and liked the idea of it. I guess that they're thinking about implementing something like this in a future version of xenForo. So, it looks like the Admins on here can't really implement this since it doesn't exist as of now, but maybe they'd be interested in doing it if it's necessary.

Source: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/show-x-is-typing-a-reply.75156/

 

[Jayfeather]

The whole concept just takes it a step too far for me, but I guess if they do implement it in Xenforo it would be here whether we wanted it or not?

 

[BrickWolf]

Yo man if we're adding this we can add more

Users replying to this thread (Users: 12, Guests: 0)
Users not paying attention to this thread (Users: 21, Guests: 0)
Users who never saw this thread(Users: 10000, Guests: 0)
Users shopping online in this thread (Users: 5.99, Guests: 7.99)
Users walking their dog in this thread (Users: Arf, Guests: Woof)
Users watching porn in this thread (Users: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), Guests: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))
Users blazing it up in this thread (Users; 420, Guests 1337)

 

[Trap_Wolf]

Users watching porn in this thread (Users: 50, Guests: 50)

me

 

[heartgamingmufin]

Users blazing it up in this thread (Users; 420, Guests 1337)

well shit

 

[Pick Yer Poison]

Forums are for asynchronous communication. The closer they get to synchronous the more awkward things become.

I feel this is, at best, heavily prodding that line.

Features like this are useful in communication with small groups of people, in environments where one member's communication can interrupt another's, such as Skype. In such cases, it's very useful to know when someone else is talking, since it means you'll know you're interrupting them. But you can't interrupt people on a forum, making it useless fluff we don't need.

 

[GmK]

All the imaginary points go to PyP - perfectly said.

 

[digi]

Users shopping online in this thread (Users: 5.99, Guests: 7.99)

 

[Jivvi]

we can just do this ourselves by declaring

[notice=I AM TYPING][sup]I AM GOING TO WRITE A RESPONSE TO THIS THREAD STAY TUNED[/sup][/notice]
before we begin typing out our actual post

 

[Fiestaguy]

Other than that. Let's not mention people with slow internet connection? If there keeps having to be a "Poopface1234567890360noscopebitch is writing a message." over and over again the slow internet just has to keep getting in new info and thus fucking over our internets ;-;

 

[Nottykitten]

If we do this, we should just see live what people are typing while they type it in the reply box. Imagine the things we would see.

Edit: Actually why don't we have a webcam feature so we can see people live while they type live. Right? /sarcasm

 

[Fiestaguy]

If we do this, we should just see live what people are typing while they type it in the reply box. Imagine the things we would see.

Edit: Actually why don't we have a webcam feature so we can see people live while they type live. Right? /sarcasm

[notice=I AM TYPING][sup]I AM GOING TO WRITE A RESPONSE TO THIS THREAD STAY TUNED[/sup][/notice]

I am still waiting for your post.

 

[Jivvi]

[article=if you insist]This idea is relatively redundant[/article]

 

[DarkHender]

Users replying to this thread (Users: 12, Guests: 0)
Spammy?
Just an idea.

That just sounds pointless. 3: I can understand if its an instant messenger but not a forum thread.

If we do this, we should just see live what people are typing while they type it in the reply box. Imagine the things we would see.

Edit: Actually why don't we have a webcam feature so we can see people live while they type live. Right? /sarcasm

+1 best idea i want people seeing me type when i just get out of bed

think of all the bedheads!

 

[Fiestaguy]

I can understand if its an instant messenger but not a forum thread.

*Cough* IRC *Cough cough*

 

[Duffie]

*Cough* IRC *Cough cough*

*cough* Steam *cough*

 

[SoulSoda]

*cough* cough pills? *cough* ~haaack *cough*

just to clarify this for everyone... I'm pretty sure the intention, is not about live text (nor would it be shown). It would be a simple warning that just gives users a heads up that someone else is posting, so they may choose to wait when others new information is shared. Although i'm more inclined to PyP's explanation as to what forums were originally.