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A Snapchat type feature?

  • 14-05-2015 9:04pm
    #1
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭


    I think adding a type of Snapchat feature might be worth exploring. There are already threads in different forums on this site that allows people post up personal photos of themselves or whatever.

    The problem with the way personal photos are posted on this site is the permanency of it. I could post a picture of my ugly mug and it's up on public display forever (unless I beg a mod to take it down and they can still say no?). At least with Facebook you have control of putting up and taking down personal photos at will, or that Snapchat photos sent only last a set period of time.

    It's just an idea that could help make the site a little better.
    Post edited by Shield on


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  • #2
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    There's a huge element of trust on the site though.

    As a mod, it would be trolled to feck.

    We've 2 or 3 guys who re-reg maybe 1000''s of times a year. Would be a fascinating insight into their psychology, but scarey alk the same.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #3
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    Upload to photobucket or some such site. If unhappy you delete it off photobucket and you get an "Image not found" on boards.


  • #4
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,902 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    I could post a picture of my ugly mug and it's up on public display forever (unless I beg a mod to take it down and they can still say no?).
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  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    There would be absolutely no good reason for a mod to refuse to remove a pic for you.


  • #6
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Using an image host is probably the best way around this as others have suggested. Unfortunately, the downside is that if there's a picture you want to actually keep, you will find it automatically disappears after time when the URL is recycled.

    I find the best way of attaching images is to upload them as an attachment. If needs be, you can use the link 28064212 provided to later delete the attachment.

    But as whoopsi says, there's no reason whatsoever for a mod to refuse to delete an image you've posted of yourself.


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  • #7
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,289 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Deleted User wrote: »
    There would be absolutely no good reason for a mod to refuse to remove a pic for you.

    If someone posted a pic, and that generated discussion, then I would be unwilling to remove that pic unless there were extenuating circumstances.

    That's in a forum which has a policy in the charter that we don't delete posts after they have generated discussions.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    If someone posted a pic, and that generated discussion, then I would be unwilling to remove that pic unless there were extenuating circumstances.

    That's in a forum which has a policy in the charter that we don't delete posts after they have generated discussions.

    That's understandable to a degree, however, admin have always stated that if a post contains personal or identifying information and a user requests its removal, then it should be removed. I would assume then, that admin would agree to delete a post in which someone has posted an identifying picture, if that poster requests its removal. Perhaps I am wrong in that regard.

    Certainly in After Hours, we would have no issue removing a post which contains a photo. The same would have applied when I was a mod of The Ladies' Lounge and I know myself, that I've had a post removed from Cool Vids without any issue before.


  • #9
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    28064212 wrote: »
    Attachments you've posted on Boards are available at http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/profile.php?do=editattachments and can be deleted like on any other hosting site
    Good call, forgot about that. <3 28064212
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    (unless I beg a mod to take it down and they can still say no?)

    As whoops mentioned, we'd remove a pic that you posted that shows your face if requested, it's personal identifying information. Or if a pic of you is posted by someone and you're named in the pic etc.


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