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# yes
i blame in-jokes, people who take the rules too seriously and a lack of major development on the site.
(I helped save b3ta! Spunky McPunk not dead yet, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 17:31, archived)
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What could be done to bring it back to life?
What kind of developments are needed?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Scunner She’s a he, technically, but she’s scalding hot, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 18:08, archived)
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An image uploader that operates at more than about 5 bytes per minute would be a start
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 18:16, archived)
# good question. but i'm not a web developer
but it would be nice not to have to keep reloading the page. perhaps if it could update automatically with ajax or whatever techno-script people use nowadays. perhaps we should all go on a feature request spree.

b3ta.com/questions/bugs_and_feature_requests/

the basic concept of the kind of imageboard we use seems a little bit old-fashioned don't you think? although it's clearly more up to date than the 4chan etc. kind of imageboard scripts.
(I helped save b3ta! Spunky McPunk not dead yet, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 18:30, archived)
# it is functional and simple
Too many features would just mess it up I think.
Things that could keep it simple and just about the content would be welcome so long as they were non-invasive and streamlined.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Scunner She’s a he, technically, but she’s scalding hot, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 18:34, archived)
# To be fair this is one of the best messageboards I've seen, purely because of that.
The very fact that you don't have people posting a couple of words, followed by a signature that takes up half the screen on its own because it's full of the post that was replied to repeated again, random information (such as it is), a series of quotes, an endless sucession of animated gifs and smileys, anime porn, etc etc. I don't think the people on here would go for all that sort of thing in their posts anyway, but not having the ability in the first place keeps things tidy and you get more emphasis on the content that way.
Yes, board looks dated, but it does the job.
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 18:43, archived)
# i'm not complaining about the way it looks
just the way it works. a constantly auto-refreshing /board could help it to feel more "happening" (for want of a less unfashionable word) rather than the "static" feel it seems to have.

i think the way it looks is great.
(I helped save b3ta! Spunky McPunk not dead yet, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 18:50, archived)
# How about an option to see the latest posts?
I'm fed up of having to constantly scan through board to spot any recent additions to current threads. We can see the most popular posts, so it can't be too hard to do something similar for the newest posts, right?
(User #86772, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 19:35, archived)
# There is such an option
turn it on on your profile and new posts have a highlight on the left.
[ooh candles...]
 
(I helped save b3ta! El Cid ...wing attack plan R..., Sun 14 Nov 2010, 19:57, archived)
# Thanks!
I was thinking of something similar to the popular board but this makes wasting time much more efficient.
(And yes, I did already have this option turned on.)
(User #86772, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 20:36, archived)