• Why so few blue privileges?
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Yeah it is pretty awful. That's really the only reason I bought gold in the first place. That and I get this cool as fuck animated avatar.
Careful, post in this thread and the rich goldies might boostar you.
[img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdToJkSGrPjcttBe1G7x-AkdfFqhycKmrS_zzfiKD5LXgtAzacYA[/img] [editline]18th March 2013[/editline] HAHAHA GET IT
"I have a dream that one day the blue members will be using Facepunch search with gold members." - OP
[QUOTE=Justin Case;39950045]Viewing threads you have made and posts you've posted both utilise the search function. Allowing thousands of Blue members to use the search function would put a lot of pretty much unnecessary stress on the servers.[/QUOTE] What if every time someone made a post, a link to it was added to their profile? Just tossing ideas.
[QUOTE=Zanpa;39950766]You can still get it without paying.[/QUOTE] I remember hearing that was taken out, but I'm not sure. I hope to god you can still get it without paying, I want to be as cool as my gold member overlords.
You can't.
Buying gold member is limited aswell. I want to be able to use credit cards, yet I must use it through paypal, which, though it allows you to add credit cards to you account, it dosent allow you to add credit card FUNDS to it, meaning you cant even use your card anyway because your just adding the card not the cash. Im really tired of having to be limited so much just because I didnt buy something that I couldnt buy anyway because of the options being so one-sided. Gold dosent seem so special anyway because you dont get much out of the deal.
[QUOTE=calebc789;39952796]Buying gold member is limited aswell. I want to be able to use credit cards, yet I must use it through paypal, which, though it allows you to add credit cards to you account, it dosent allow you to add credit card FUNDS to it, meaning you cant even use your card anyway because your just adding the card not the cash. Im really tired of having to be limited so much just because I didnt buy something that I couldnt buy anyway because of the options being so one-sided. Gold dosent seem so special anyway because you dont get much out of the deal.[/QUOTE] Uhh I don't really see what the problem is, adding money to paypal doesn't seem like it matters when you can just send it directly to whoever you need to pay?
I've been here since 2005. Those were the good old days. Long gone. We're a dying breed now.
Soon we'll need to be gold to rate!
To be honest, you don't really need glod to have an animated avatar. APNG is our lord and savior.
The main reason is the search, I remember clearly a few years ago, Facepunch would go down every few days, it was the most annoying thing ever. After Garry looked into it, it was just way too many search responses, as far as I remember he first disabled it for everybody but I'm not sure, but yeah it's mainly the search has a big impact on the server
[QUOTE=djjkxbox360;39953418]The main reason is the search, I remember clearly a few years ago, Facepunch would go down every few days, it was the most annoying thing ever. After Garry looked into it, it was just way too many search responses, as far as I remember he first disabled it for everybody but I'm not sure, but yeah it's mainly the search has a big impact on the server[/QUOTE] Why not give it a limit on how many searches you can do a day, or give a wait time before doing it again
There was a wait time, didn't work. I guess limiting the searches may work, but at the end of the day it's up to Garry or whoever is administrating these forums
[QUOTE=maxumym;39953084]To be honest, you don't really need glod to have an animated avatar. APNG is our lord and savior.[/QUOTE] Havin fun with that piss poor excuse for a file size limit?
Blue's are a proud group who don't need fancy avatars.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;39950034]Money.[/QUOTE] Uhh, no? The reason that search is disabled for blues is because of performance -- FP is already pretty slow, and the search function isn't exactly efficient (especially when you're making FP search for your last 250 posts). I don't have the numbers on hand, but I remember garry posting here saying he spends a few thousand per month (or per year?) for server/bandwith costs just to keep Facepunch running, and boostar takes a cut too so he's not exactly making a profit here.
because you people are peasants and serfs peasants and serfs don't get privileges
[QUOTE=Virtanen;39954484]because you people are peasants and serfs peasants and serfs don't get privileges[/QUOTE] Fuck you, I feel like a noble in this situation.
[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;39954409]Uhh, no? The reason that search is disabled for blues is because of performance -- FP is already pretty slow, and the search function isn't exactly efficient (especially when you're making FP search for your last 250 posts). I don't have the numbers on hand, but I remember garry posting here saying he spends a few thousand per month (or per year?) for server/bandwith costs just to keep Facepunch running, and boostar takes a cut too so he's not exactly making a profit here.[/QUOTE] i'm sure adding reply and rating notifications would cut down on the search function's use heavily. chances are, a majority of its use is from people looking at their previous posts.
[QUOTE=Mike Tyson;39952728]You can't.[/QUOTE] Well that sucks. I have gold and I don't even use any of its advantages, good thing I didn't pay for it :v:
From what i heard searching is temporarily disabled until the servers can handle everything
I would like to search as well. Not only to find my latest posts and stuff like that, id also like to find threads about a certain topic. For example: I was searching for a certain game thread in the Games GD, so i had to click through all the pages to find one. Its really stupid because SEARCHING is a fundamental ability you should have in a forum as a free user. Edit: Funny how only gold members vote disagree
[QUOTE=Unib5;39950442]I've rarely found any blue members that have been here since 2008 or before. We are a unique kind. Also just use Google search if you're not gold. It works surprisingly well.[/QUOTE] :(
check your privilege gold scum
[QUOTE=Bernie Buddy;39952654]What if every time someone made a post, a link to it was added to their profile? Just tossing ideas.[/QUOTE] Then you'd need loads of new database enteries. Either several per account (per post made) or 1 really big string per person. Its more efficient to use the search to find current db enteries.
[QUOTE=Zanpa;39950332]Yup, it's the reason. Facepunch is a big forum, I don't think people realize how much searching for something in this mess costs on the servers.[/QUOTE] Garry is a gazillionaire.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3JZa2lq2pU[/media] Posting some Blues here, because Blues is all about the man keeping you down. Fight the power my brothers!
search the unsearchable gold the ungoldable row row fight the power
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