Posted by TJ on Thursday April 16, 2009 @ 12:28 AM
[Tags: tjshome, update, facebook]

This blog post is to discuss the status message page.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Messages that contain offensive language, excessive grammar errors, duplicates, and/or messages that are not related to someone's 'status' are deleted.
2. Do NOT post comments relating to the other statuses using the status message submit form. Those messages will quickly be deleted and you will be banned from posting further messages.
3. If you want to comment on the page or other messages use the comment form below (Not the status submission form). If you find an offensive message and want to report it make sure to vote "thumbs down" for the message and post about by submitting a comment below or send an email to a webmaster . If you are reporting a message YOU MUST provide the exact message you are referring to, otherwise, we will not be able to respond and your comments will be discarded.
   
4. If you submitted a message that you think was unduly deleted, or have any other comments regarding the page please post a comment using the form below.

Status Page Changelog:

** I fixed the bug that was deleting words on some message submissions.

** I started logging IP addresses and will start to ban people who keep posting comments/discussions using the status message submission form. I do not want the page to become a discussion about how much my site sucks, use the comment form below for that if you feel that way. I have a feeling it's same couple of people posting everyday.

**I am saving all the deleted messages and will post a link in the next couple days so anyone can view them. I am not sure what I should call it: (Recycle bin? Deleted status messages? Unfunny status messages?)" Any suggestions?

** I deleted all duplicate messages. If you notice a duplicate I missed please post it below.

**Update May 15 2009
1.) You can now turn the filter off. This will add more messages. Be cautious though as there will be a lot of profanity, duplicates, and grammar errors.
2.) Search Messages -- You can now search messages.
3.) Sort by Rating

** Update 5/18/09:
1.) I deleted (permanently) a few pages of messages. These contained duplicates and nonsense messages (uncreative messages about poop, doing someones mom, and one word messages)


** Update 5/20/09
1.) I made it so you can now search by submitters name. To search by submitters name click the name on a status message (which is after the date submitted). Note that all messages do not have a submitters name. This feature makes it easier to keep track of all your submissions, just make sure you use a unique name when you submit messages. View TJ's submissions
2.) I also fixed the bugs in the search.

** Update 10/6/09
1.) You can now use your twitter username to submit status messages. A link to your twitter page will be included with the message.
2.) I added a character counter to the status message submit form. Messages are, and always have been, limited to 255 characters. I may add an option filter for only messages that are less than 140 characters for twitter users.

** Update 10/07/09
Ratings are back... blame my crappy coding.

** Update 11/01/09
I deleted all racist messages and all messages relating to the racist messages. There were about 3 racist messages and 20 messages talking about those messages. Please people if you have an issue with a message post it here using the comment for below... not as a status message submission. By posting here your concerns will be dealt with quicker.

** Update 11/03/09
I banned more people who were posting offensive comments or posting comments relating to the page or other messages. Please follow the simple guidelines above. If problems persists I will have to make messages subject to moderator approval before being shown.

** Update 11/3/09 - Automod
I've been testing an automod script I wrote to help me out a little bit with the moderating. The script will automatically set a message to "filtered" if it receives a certain amount of "thumbs down". The messages won't get deleted but you would only be able to see these message if you turn the filter off. Also, messages that were previously set to "filtered" will automatically be unfiltered if they receive a certain number of "thumbs up". You can help by rating messages with their appropriate rating!