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    Hi. I remember at the old forums, there used to be a RSS feed that would list all the new threads and posts that happened, and was automatically updated. I am sure there is a vbulletin mod for it, and my RSS Feed Announcer in SRL's IRC will announce when a new thread or reply is made. It is guaranteed to win! (I am sure there is a mod, you can limit it to just Jr Member's accessible forums and lower, so secret members business will not be discussed )

    In my professional opinion, it would liven up the forums while everyone is bored/idle/not doing anything else, while on the IRC. The feed announcer is also not very spammy, as I can set the checking delay higher.

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    +1 but the fact somebody somehow would 'abuuse' it
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    i like the idea, as i said on #srl when you announced it :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rubix Cube View Post
    +1 but the fact somebody somehow would 'abuuse' it
    No one would be able to do that. There is no user-controlled commands. It is automatic. No one can go !rss and make it spam.

    (If you want to see a demo, idle in #hy71194 for a few minutes/hours, you will see it doing the CNN News feed there).


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    yes this could be good. I think i can make money off it also
    I do visit every 2-6 months

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    Quote Originally Posted by zasz View Post
    yes this could be good. I think i can make money off it also
    Lolwut, how?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan's The Man View Post
    I asked for this about a year ago when it was the OLD forums. Never got answered
    There was already an active feed on the old forums, I think


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    I honestly don't see the point. We have iSpy. Having a RSS Announcer for new threads is useless because I'm sure people don't want to know when a new thread is ever made on the board. They could come to the forums if they want.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry View Post
    There was already an active feed on the old forums, I think
    http://www.villavu.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29133

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan's The Man View Post
    Hrm..... I remember using a RSS feed on the old site though. Maybe I am just getting old and confused then


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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry View Post
    Hrm..... I remember using a RSS feed on the old site though. Maybe I am just getting old and confused then
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    There was an RSS Feed at the old forum. I used it in my Google Reader for a while until I figured out it only did a few forums.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobarkinator View Post
    There was an RSS Feed at the old forum. I used it in my Google Reader for a while until I figured out it only did a few forums.
    Awesome, then it should not be hard for the admins to maybe install it, and then make a feed for all new posts and threads that Jr Members are able to access?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry View Post
    Awesome, then it should not be hard for the admins to maybe install it, and then make a feed for all new posts and threads that Jr Members are able to access?
    I'm still not seeing the point of it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobarkinator View Post
    I'm still not seeing the point of it.
    I run the RSS Feed Announcer in the IRC chan. Usually people there are bored, and they might see an interesting discussion. Also, it will make more forum activity.


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    It wont make the forum more active? People in the IRC are active on SRL anyways, so it seems pointless to make the forum more active by spamming with your IRC bot in the IRC, seeing as the IRC only ever peaks about 40 people and all of them use SRL alot anyways.

    Pointless idea, iSpy will be intergrated so it is more easily accessible soon anyways.
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    It is already integrated... http://www.villavu.com/forum/vaispy.php


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    Quote Originally Posted by Laur€ns View Post
    It is already integrated... http://www.villavu.com/forum/vaispy.php
    I meant like, on the navigation bar.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Torrent of Flame View Post
    I meant like, on the navigation bar.
    Oh, excusez-moi.


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    ToF, surprisingly, a lot of people are not active on the forums, nor do they care about it much. It won't spam the chan, as it will only check every 4 minutes. If the people who do not care much to check for new posts, etc, they see this, and visit the thread.

    If they dislike the live RSS feed being said into the chan, they can add the special keyword I will implant into the said string, and have their client ignore any message with that string in it.


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    Harry, this just sounds like another excuse to promote your bot..

    It just isnt needed. 20 people in the IRC who will check the forum won't make a huge different. The reason they do not check the forum is because they don't want to, seeing a thread updated won't do much.

    Alot of them are active, they just dont actively post. I don't really post much but I read the new threads every day..
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    You're silly, why would I even care about promoting my bot?


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    That wasn't the only reason. Please like reply to my other points. Or cant you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Torrent of Flame View Post
    That wasn't the only reason. Please like reply to my other points. Or cant you?
    Your other points are as lame as the others. Sorry.

    A lot of people idle in a lot of IRC chans, and just flip between SRL's IRC and somewhere else. "Oh 'New Thread', looks interesting, let's check it out", making more active users.

    And as I said, if someone dislikes it, they can ignore the string.


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