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Aug-12-2006 22:03

Ben, is it possible to set up an RSS feed for the message boards please?

It would be nice to automatically get each new post sent out so everyone can keep caught up on topics here.

It would also be helpful on the agency boards as well.

Aug-13-2006 20:25

LOL Roamie, that is so true. So many of these message posts start off on one topic and end up on another. This post is one of them. It started out as request for a RSS feed with the purpose of keeping caught up and got spun into a discussion of server space as soon as the discussion wasnt going the way someone wanted it to.

Aug-13-2006 21:21

LOL Katie

Thats my girl :)

This is getting very heated....and I hate to say it, but aren't the restrictions on logins in place so that us subbed people can get on for whatever reason? I dont think it should matter if we are working cases or checking the boards or whatever we are doing, because we pay for the service on this site?

Aug-13-2006 21:30

*groans out loud and rolls her eyes*

Can we just enjoy the upcoming expansion for a while before we start jumping on Ben for new things, please? Give thanks, not greedy pleas.

Aug-13-2006 23:06

*applauds cfm*

Aug-13-2006 23:37

Ditto.

Aug-14-2006 03:43

*Agrees there's no point and hugs cfm* You rock, lady!
And R.Anstett, I'd like to point out you've missed something that made your point: "Roamie, logging in to see the new messages takes up a spot on the server.

That spot could be used by a new unsubbed player who is debating on the idea of subscribing or not.

Or me not logging into that spot might make things go that much faster while you are doing your cases." redundant.

You can actally check for new messages WIHTHOUT logging on! Genius, isn't it?

Aug-14-2006 05:11

I'm such a dummy, I'm lost in this debate already :) But keep up the good work guys!

Aug-14-2006 07:21

To LED's misunderstanding.

Perhaps you do not understand that when you are reading the message boards you are still taking up server space.

It does not matter if you are logged in or not. Not logging in to read messages will only affect those unsubscribed people who can not do cases while 60+ people are logged in.

Number of people logged in DOES NOT equal people using the servers.

Aug-14-2006 10:29

I don't really know much about how server space would be effected as being logged on vs. not logged on, but I do see the sense in how even being not logged on would take up bandwidth, just by browsing the site.

I think it would be a nice luxury for people to have the option of subscribing to it (optional because of people that don't want crowded inboxes, or maybe even have the option of subscribing to a daily digest of new messages...), but for *after* the expansion, as I'm sure Ben's got a lot to go with right now.

But after everything with the expansion is out and taken care of, I could see it being a way to take up less server space for unsubbed players. Until then, though, I do see it as unnecessary, but a good suggestion to chew on later.