A Few Minor Changes to the Board

[bi11i]

Because of our evergrowing population, we've made a few small changes:

1. Minor changes to the RSS feed (anyone using this feature yet?)
2. Changes to how long each posted is cached.
3. Timing in between each search from 15 seconds to 30 seconds
4. More aggressive Image Verifications to minimize spam.
5. No more displaying 'who's logged in' or 'who has logged in today' to guests.
6. Priority search engine use to registered members.

On another important note, Opiophile is thinking of limiting new registrations. Up until recent months, we were seeing maybe 7 new registrations a week. We're now seeing 30 a week. Rather than a simple registration process as we have now (although some might argue about how simple it really is), we're contemplating asking those newly registered what their intended purpose at the phile is, what they have to contribute, etc. I'm sure many of you have noticed the board IS running slower at times - more so than it should be with the resources available to us. We're doing what we can to alleviate this.

We're also contemplating making some changes to our Resource and Supply forums, particularly the Poppy Vendors Review forum. Please take a look if you're interested in including some input.

[flipside]

Just voted to close the P somnif vendor forum.

Am using the RSS feed.
And will support whatever you and Jacky agree is best for the forum. I think a more detailed registration process a good idea. Also, like the other ideas ones already mentioned. Of course others may disagree but I'm sure they'll weigh in soon enough.

You guys really put a lot of time, effort and resources into keeping this place a great place and just wanted to let you know how much it is appreciated.:)

[insaneike]

I noticed just this week theres soooo man new names around here... and like 80% of them aren't gonna contribute just ask Qs that have already been asked a million times. I think there should be a FAQ or something made with answering allll the Qs most ppl ask every other month... hell i dunno lol. doesn't bother me :P

and the vendors forum, meh, doesn't rlly matter. As I've not found any sources on there that I haven't on google... so... lol.

[bi11i]

Hey, I should definitely mention History of Madness. Without HoM, this place would be a fucking mess. Not to go without mentioning DevilsDrug, Karen630, ZodiacKiller, & Shaunclo who have all been working overtime to keep things in check. Thanks for the feedback, Flipside......

(Glad to hear the RSS feed is being used... We're trying to mirror it on another domain so that those at work can access it via SSL without the actual domain name opiophile.org....)

[kyuss]

great changes,Bi11i.
Any way you could
change the 15 letter rule?

[flipside]

Hey, I should definitely mention History of Madness. Without HoM, this place would be a fucking mess. Not to go without mentioning DevilsDrug, Karen630, ZodiacKiller, & Shaunclo who have all been working overtime to keep things in check. Thanks for the feedback, Flipside......

(Glad to hear the RSS feed is being used... We're trying to mirror it on another domain so that those at work can access it via SSL without the actual domain name opiophile.org....)

My Bad, I def. inculde a big thank you to HOM,, DD. Karen, Shaunclo and ZK as well.

Being able to mirror the RSS feed would be great as I am not going to be on my own computer come next week ( going home to Baltimore for 20 or so days) and am leary about using it at Mom's. LOL! Thanks Again to ALL!

[applesauce]

Maybe an opiate Wiki?

I agree with more of a registration process, even if it meant sawing off the branch I'm sitting on myself. I came here to ask a few specific questions, I did that and got the answers I wanted, and I stuck around because...well, because SWIM is a polydrug kind of guy who has been fascinated with different planes of existence and alternative lifestyles since being a wee one.

At this point I'm more interested in the social interaction between a faction of society that I am almost completely ignorant of, outside of Junkie, Trainspotting and Drugstore Cowboy. I've had one friend in my entire life who was a serious daily H user, and I suspect his situation doesn't represent the "norm", he was an executive software developer with a beautiful house on a lake and a new car in the driveway a few times a year.

I haven't lived a sheltered life, quite the contrary, but I've bypassed hardcore narcotics users in my travels. It would be a shame to prevent the world from seeing the fascinating subculture that this site represents, but we live in tight times where standing out is often a poor choice.

Getting rid of any connection to actual retail sales of pods is probably a good idea - not locking it down so only month-old and paying members can access it, but get rid of it entirely. If people here can find CI and CII drugs in the city, they can certainly find pods on the web, so why incur the liability?

JMO.

[flipside]

Maybe an opiate Wiki?

Getting rid of any connection to actual retail sales of pods is probably a good idea - not locking it down so only month-old and paying members can access it, but get rid of it entirely. If people here can find CI and CII drugs in the city, they can certainly find pods on the web, so why incur the liability?

JMO.

Applesauce makes a good point here.

[HistoryofMadness]

I like the idea of slowing the process of registration... in general, specifically choosing people could get tricky...

we could keep the board public and just have a 30 day interruption in new registration

and/or we could limit joining to 10 per week... that way those joining just on a whim would be weeded out...

or we could have stages of joining, maybe what's there now, then followed up by something a day or two later, then something another day or two later... that way, those that go through all the steps, one could assume, would really want to join the site.

oh and thanks for the props, but really I've gotten more from this site than I could possibly give

[bi11i]

and/or we could limit joining to 10 per week... that way those joining just on a whim would be weeded out...I definitely like that idea. I'll look into it...

[SobrietyBinge]

one thing you could do that would limit new memberships to people who are serious is to say to them something like, if you are interested in this forum, here are some questions to answer, responses submitted to these questions fewer than five days from now will not be considered. so the real question is whether or not this person is interested enough to decide to come back of his or her own volition even if he or she isn't getting any access to the forum yet.


edit: vvvvv yeah, now that I think about it, I wouldn't really care what the answers were to the questions asked... at least as far as deciding whether someone gets to join or not is concerned. but I still think requiring persistence from the person without giving them access would weed out a lot of people who would otherwise just try to solicit and jet.

[SpecialGuy69]

I definitely wouldnt have joined if I had to write an essay. Why not just weed out all the people who havent posted in 6 weeks or something? But then there are people like antony and peripat we want coming back... well maybe the people who just post on 2 days and then vanish could get bounced.

The main thing is I think it's a bad idea to ask junkys to write essays. Uncle Bill was the exception, not the rule. I feel like punching someone in the mouth when I have to give directions to my house, much less answer open-ended questions.

[Opiyum]

i talked with Exitwound for a bit about doing a FAQ but with the recent changes/burdens/sick family members/general BS associated with life I completely forgot about it. That and I've always been a bit of a procrastinator. It makes sense that this would put an end to questions like "How do you take the coating off of..." or "I was wondering if there is anything over the counter that I could take with my opi's to make them work better?"
I will start compiling a list of these types of questions and will fill in answers to those FAQ's that I am familliar with and I will aquire some partners to help with Chemistry, Biologicaly or Horticulturaly based questions. I will then submit what I come up with to you Bi11i for proofreading, verification, approval and what not. That is unless of course someone else is already doing such a thing. I am currently in between legitamate jobs and have time to do such work so with Jacky and or Bi11i's good nod I will begin working on it.

Im going to send this to bi11i via PM but thought I should post it here to make everyone aware.

In addition to a FAQ I thought a good idea would be to have a separate page on the site that basically could act as a guide or referance to everything a person would need to know when it comes to different ways to administer any particular drug. In an effort to educate those who dont already know. Harm reduction. There can never be enough.

So lets say someone wants to properly cook and shoot an Impax Oxycontin 40 they could go to the section entitled something like- "Guide to properly administering various forms of drugs"

You would then have a link for each way in which you would. IV, Insuffulate, Anal, Oral, Sublingual, Patches etc... So guy clicks on IV and comes to a page listing every injectable opiate currently available and at the top maybe a note on those that cant be or shouldn't be IV'ed because of an abnormally high risk.
So now he see's Oxycontin and he clicks on that. Now we have a page describing the process that should be followed when preparing to IV each brand of OC. Maybe its not all about harm reduction cause you shouldnt shoot pills to begin with but something like this example would help to make sure drugs aren't wasted.

This is a rough idea but I'm just trying to think of a quick and concise way of informing someone "how to" and "what to". Sure the search engine is there for that but it can be difficult (even more so if computer illiterate) to find answers to specific questions sometimes and more so sometimes people post things that are incorrect. At it's core what im talking about here is creating an opiate encyclopedia that can be viewed by the public for free on this site.
Now I've never created an encyclopedia before so I wouldn't even know where to start but boy wouldn't that make for a great group Ophile project that we could all work on and think of all the good it would do upon it's completion. How many people it could help.
Shit if we wanted we could get it published and make a buck or two. Release updated versions every year....anyway just an idea.

[poonwhalla]

nstead of bouncing people because tof what they say or not let the family do it. we want you hasta la byby end of story

[flipside]

Opy..Have you checked out the Upgrade project goup? Sounds like this kind of stuff might be in that neighborhood somewhere..

HOM. good sugestion. ( stages of joining) if you mods are willing to take on even more work. Thanks again :)

[Narkotikon]

Opy..Have you checked out the Upgrade project goup? Sounds like this kind of stuff might be in that neighborhood somewhere..

HOM. good sugestion. ( stages of joining) if you mods are willing to take on even more work. Thanks again :)

Youk now, I'm a member of the OP Upgrade Project Group, but I've yet to find out what it is. What is it? I'm willing to help out. I've got tons of time on my hands. Just let me know what it is, anyone! :-)

[flipside]

Check you PM's dearest:p

[Opiyum]

Upgrade project group? no idea. There have been so many things that resembled upgrades (in my mind at least) and projects here that i get them confused.

[flipside]

Billi started a thread about it. If you go to your user options and click group memerships it should pop up. Hold on a sec I'll see if i can find the link for you.

[flipside]

^Hey OPy and for anyone else that is interested. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and go to forum jump. Click on the forum link and youw ill see the upgrade project forum. click and it will take you right into the upgrade project forum. Sorry it took me more than a second. I got waylaid for a fee. Hope that helps opy.:)