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Comment!

wut?

Commenting here so I can test this out...

Here a comment, I wonder if it works!

What a brilliant idea!!!

There’ll be no “open” suggestions left by the end of the week if you keep going at this rate!

Comment added to an older blog to help your test

Oh, I forgot to switch notify on 😳

ahem, hello

Ooh. Lots of improvements all in a row....

*waves*

It's working!

I will give it a try too.

A penny has just dropped! I added my code to the bit that notifies the blog author of new comments; BUT I forgot about the people who ask to be notified of new comments too. I've applied the same logic to that notification too, so all should be rosy.

Could you collate all the "hide thread" feature requests on one please? It's splitting the vote across at least four separate requests.

You’ve been super busy Fetch! Loving the new thread features!

Excellent work, Fetch!

Came back via notification - seems to work for me.

@MsG - I've been trying to find all the ones you refer to. I've closed 918 and 469 as duplicates of your original 295. Are there others that I've missed?

Thanks for adding the km/miles toggle on the training log page - love it

@Pegg - I've also stuck it in the footer - so it's on every page now

Lovely, thanks!

er what? Hello!

Good question, I think it was one about ignore poster which I thought was very similar.

I can see that one (#1121) and also one about snoozing notifications (#1130), but I don't think either are the same thing as blocking a thread from the forum list.

Fair enough 😀

More good work Fetch

fabby

🏆🏆🏆

Re 1233 - doh! Sorry

Good work

Awwww, Katie time

Funnily enough, when I looked at your golden ticket thing yesterday it struck me that most people hadn’t scrolled past the first page!

*is outraged* I have cast my golden ticket - where is my badge???

Oh, I scrolled a long way down... I just really wanted formatting and preview options!

I'd still be up for an edit option, and a block/ignore function, but then I *am* a misanthrope.

soup, thats a good idea, can i vote for that?

Thanks, Fetch I now feel entitled to be judgmental about anyone who posts a load of scribble and blames it on the autocarrot.

Smashing out those golden requests there Fetch. Have you tried sitting down, perhaps having a biscuit?

@AL - if you voted before I made the badge, just vote again.

ooh

Bueller?

But does speak km for those that prefer metric?
Sounds a good improvement, although I rarely load enough runs or walks at one time to worry me.

21 people made it their number one priority

It worked for me.

I got it on my Garmin import at about 9:15 if that helps?

Worked for me this morning - thanks

I've seen reports on the Garmin thread that it does talk kms.

Worked for me ❤️

I like it I just need it to work so I can filter the training I follow now

Sorry but mi doesn't do it for me, when mile is just 2 characters more.

Yes, it's worked for me!

yes it works. to be picky i would prefer mile to mi

It worked for me too.

Yes, worked for me.

This works and has updated old notifications as well. Definitely great for multi run days and changing the run category/ type.

Hunky dory. In kilometres too

Good timing - today's 3.15 mile run beautifully notified! Thanks. G

Hey Fetch do I need to enter the fact that I’m getting runs in miles rather than Km into a bug report?

Ah, I believe the training log switch is universal and affecting it. Is this meant to be the case?

Yes, it’s switching all your units everywhere.

*checks kitchen*

Thanks for confirmation. I bet that catches a few others out! Maybe you could put the switch on other view where people might like to change the units, such as the year by year comparison and the monthly summaries.

I've stuck a select box in the footer, so it's on every page.

nice!

Liking this enhanced notification a lot! Thank you

Fab idea. It means the gallery will be worth looking at again (hopefully) I'm off to remove large number of photos from said gallery right now

@Sushi - if you view one of your pics, there's an option to remove it from the gallery. I've just added that to my blog, for the folks that haven't seen the comments.

I love this!! Just used it to upload pics for my blog.

@AL - thank you - but I do hope you'll select at least one of your photos for the gallery - you have some great smiley pics!

I've just removed some stir-fry veg and a graph from the gallery. But if I went back to do some more winnowing, I might not remember I had. Could there be some form of small marker to indicate if a picture is in the gallery or not? Maybe a small "G" under the picture, beside the title, for "in gallery"; or a little corner mark, like on WSW squares, for "removed from gallery"?

Great idea!

This is a great update, but I agree with Dvorak and WP, we need a marker or toggle to show which of our photos are in the gallery and also a way to batch edit.

Phew I’m glad of this

I like, too. Can shift nearly all my pics!

I kind of like that random people can comment on random photos in the gallery before I’ve even blogged about them!

Nice. It would be great if we could select a number of photos and add/remove them in one go.

Some buttons added to Gallery > Your Photos to allow you to update your pics quickly.

If I look at the gallery, I don't see anything after page 7210. But I can see the above pic. (number 2) when I click on it.
Does removing them from the gallery still consi=ume a space/count on the 'page' ?
Even if the pics not shown?

@Fetch, perfect, thanks!

Perfect 😍

Stops at fetcheveryone.com/gallery.php?page=7204 7204 now e.g. these youngsters

@um - my original link stopped working when the number of visible photos fell below that necessary to generate 7213 pages. I've adjusted it now, so that a too-high page number will default to the last page of the gallery.

Ahh OK - so the 'count' was 'fixed' and the photo 'page consumption' diminishes as photos are de-galleried.

As a fairly prolific picture user, do you gave any guidelines as to what should be in the gallery or not? eg my 20 pics (roughly) for tomorrow's blog?

Nice, I've got plenty of cluttering pics in there. Would be really good if there could be a multi-select or if the gallery could do previous / next only for my uploads so I can "fix" the non-pretty picture uploads throughout my various uploads. Otherwise it's a bit in-out clicking. And I don't really have that many images to do - some others (esp keen bloggers) might have quite a lot!

@larkim - I guess you've not seen the buttons under each photo when you view Gallery > Show Photos.

@um - as per my blog, it's up to you what you think is gallery-worthy.

Can I still comment on a photo even if it’s not visible in the gallery?

@Fizz - so long as the user has enabled comments, and they've made it public.

Not that I often do. But thanks

Ah, buttons!! Brill.

I've demoted loads of mine already - it works easily and very well.

@um - I’d leave in whatever you think people browsing the gallery would like to see. For example, I’ve got a bunch of screen shots of website bugs that I’ll de-gallery.

A good self imposed rule might be if you are going to write 'for blog' in the caption space then it might as well be non gallery. That's what I will mainly do.

If I remove photos from the gallery, does that mean they get removed from the respective blog?

Brilliant enhancements!

What would be even brillianter would be if there was some way of knowing, when I view “my” gallery photos, which ones I have put in a blog or in a thread or a Conquercise zone or used *anywhere* on the site. I wouldn’t want to delete any or make them private if they are “out there” somewhere, as I’d break the link. So just a little flag to say it’s linked to from somewhere in the site would be fab!

*goes off to remove eleventy billion pics of cakes and cats (not all on the same image)

JenHB- no, they just get removed from the public gallery. They are still there as an [IMAGE xx] ref and show up in your photos.
But maybe validate for yourseld before you 'de-gallery' 100s.

It works perfectly. I frequently use photos I uploaded a long time ago but I did a test with an extremely boring new photo of a high jump bed used in my blog about a week ago. It's still in the blog - but gone from the public galley. Perfect!

excellent

If you're still reading and thinking about this one - is there any easy way possible of navigating within my photos? As opposed to

'my photos',
scroll through a few pages,

look at a pic,

click next or previous or next and find it's not mine,
click back to gallery and find it's the full gallery.
Then revert to starting again ...

(or is that a feature request)

A nudge (sort of as requested) to test you last blog

Just another ping - lots of my pics seem to want to stay in the gallery, depite me otping out. All those sparrows today, when only 2 are flagged 'gallery'?

I can only see three pics from you in the main gallery, which is in line with the settings for the pics you've uploaded today. There were lots of pics earlier. Could you send me a feedback so I can begin the hunt for a bug?

Maybe it's just slow ... I only see 3 now. Is it a background job to flush out? So just my impatience?

Yes, the list is cached for a while. That's probably it.

Good idea! Is the ticket freed by closure of the request?

Can we reassign it, in the meantime?

*checks to make sure Slugworth is not a Fetchie*

BS - it’s freed up when the feature is closed for whatever reason - and you can also move it to a different request as often as you like.

@sigh 🤣

I did a test of it, but want to retract it. I guess I could reassign but it’s too much pressure to choose one for right now! 🤣

Love this

Too. Much. Pressure

So how do they actually change the priority ? Is each GT worth x normal votes ? Or is it nothing too prescriptive, just an easier way for you to to get a feel as to which are the ones we really want ?

Nothing formal yet. I figured that many people will agree with certain requests because they see that it makes sense, but this lets each user choose their priority.

In looking where to place my golden ticket I found a couple of feature request that you can close cos you've only gone an done them Number 82 and 83

Thanks Elsie

Ooh, on that basis you can also close 224, 645, 48

Ta

😂

I’m ok, I got in before the rush

Extraordinary news. I hope it doesn't need the army called in. Who would be left to deliver the avocados?

that should do it

:-D

Phew I'm so glad I donated a few days ago before the rush started. I can smugly sit here with my gold banner and no adverts while all those others rush to get in the queue to kill the ads!

I've been trying all day to donate more, but the queues are horrendous.
Will you accept envelopes stuffed with cash?

Although I hear rumours there's more than 340 people already camped out in the garden just trying to donate? And 50 more queuing all the way back to Derby trying to meet a spurious 30-Sept deadline.

Fake news. There's no way he's only 45...

I never trust these official announcements. What are they trying to hide? It's the omerta trying to oppress us I say. When they say "don't panic donate" I always panic donate because that's what I read on Facebook and there's a really good post there from this man called "Fred" who says he knows Bill Gates and when he and Elon Musk get together they laugh about how we can be so easily manipulated by the meejah. Stock up on tinned goods, don't come crying to me when the truth is finally revealed.

I’m sorry, I might have started all this when I upped my subs last week

I not not sure I believe the news. I’m donating, Mrs C's donating and I'm even going to get the kids to donate. No way we are going to miss out.

Genius!

😀

The power of psychology. I've just upped subs & can't even remember doing it. Derren Fetch Brown.

Apparently not only are people donating the full amount, they are also giving handfuls of small change. It’s outrageous and they ought to think of people trying to give emergency donations.

Just brilliant! 😂🤣[you’ll have to wait a couple of weeks though. Not spending any money til this panic is over! 😜]

I believe the queue to donate started in April in Cardiff and has progressed on a convoluted route via the Welsh and English countryside, passing a number of castles with a dragon marking when the front of the queue will reach the donation point.

Anyone behind the dragon will definitely not be allowed to donate.

I wish you’d told me this before I sold my home and all my possessions. What am I supposed to do with all this money now?

Absolute scenes.

*starts to stockpile donations in the shed*

Magic. The comments too!

Donation wankers.

This will fall on the deaf ears of those riding around in their toilet roll cars filled with petrol...

To help you out in this crisis I'll cancel my monthly donation, it's the least i can do.

I think you've added instead of to the previous page quote code Love this functionality, thanks!!!

Excellent. To misquote Jan Carlzon, this is yet another of those 1% improvements that keeps the customers happy!

"Do not ask for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thoom."

I hope that whomsoever doth use it, useth it wisely.

that should say < p > instead of < q > (without the spaces)

That's not very clear by me. The previous page quote adds a < p > to the clipboard I think, whereas the on page quote adds a < q > so I think the P one is wrong! HTH!

We got there in the end That should work ok now, for any future quoting!

>>. I've seen lots of occasions where it's difficult to work out who is insulting who*, and this should remove some ambiguity>>

You say this like it's a good thing...

If you can replace the word with “he”' or “'she,” use who.
If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.

Is that enough? Or do I need to fill a blog with that. And find some pics.
And scatter a few SPOILERs all over it?

This is amazing, thank you

I hope nobody is motivated enough to dredge up and requote things I posted 100 years ago

Wow. Do you tweak all these things just to get more blog comments than anyone else?

I would like to make a request, but I wanted to check it wasn't already there from someone else, and after a few hours of scrolling I still hadn't been able to check them all, so can I just submit it please, and risk a slapped wrist if it's a duplicate...?

Button not appearing for me whichever way I turn my phone. Ita not on my ipad either.

Yay for < q > . My only "enhancement" option would be to include the username of the person who made the post from which quoting is happening. But maybe that's just over-complicating things. You could autopopulate the < q > tag as < q > < b >A forum user said< /b > This is the quote they said < q > and then leave it to the poster to decide whether they want to add in the quotee's name? Just a thought...

Can you design a specific search feature so I can hunt '100 years ago' and 'Velociraptor' please?

@sushi - are you looking here:

What larkim says, but also possibly a link to the quote?

No🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ I was looking at the top of the bag. I’m pleading oxygen starvation for my stupidity. Thanks Fetch 😀😷

On my iPad if I highlight part of a post and hit the button I get the whole post. Not a biggie though as I can edit it before I submit it.

Nice!

I don’t know if you considered what happens if you quote a post with a quote in it, but this happens



Which was a quote of a quote of a quote.

Velo - It's a good job the MERS thread is missing the start of its life, this feature could definitely revive decade old debates, lol

I never said that!

Nice. But as Oliver would have it, attribution, links and multi-level would all be great

Yes, a link back to the original post would be good, as other forums which have quoting, usually also have misquoting too (by accident or design). Funnily enough, ignore poster is usually quite popular on those fora too

you've been busy! nice work

Who = subject (you can replace with he)
Whom = object or dative (you can replace with him)
Whose = genitive (you can replace with his)

Any chance we can have the < q > tags as buttons next to the spoiler and bold / italics ones? The quote bubble is good for quoting stuff from places other than fetch too.

Just checking if this works in the comments

Ah. So they don't work in comments. I think tags get stripped out before the tag gets saved to the database.

I don't think any tagging works in blog comments ... I assume they will work in thread posts?

Oh! Thank you so much I think a lot of amusement will be had with this

@Vrap - that's what I'm envisaging too

But - once a spoiler is seen, it can't be unseen!
Well, not without refreshing the page.

Hee hee!

Yes, it works in a thread fetcheveryone.com/forum/mundane-thread-52894

@um - if I could crack that, I'd turn the code on myself, so I could watch Star Wars and Breaking Bad over again.

Nice addition!! Now I just need to remember how to use it and not mistype it and inadvertently spoiling something I didn't want to spoil!

You've ruined the Sound of Music for me now

Ooh, if you put an image between the tags would that hide the picture in a blog? Might be useful if you want to show hideous things. E.g. my feet but give people a chance to unsee them!

You're assuming it's fully tested

@McG - yeah, an image between two tags gets hidden.

Nice one. Is Chewy really Boba Fett’s uncle?

Just tried it. Suh-weeeet!

This feature is GREAT

Thanks. It’ll probably take several attempts for me to get the process right so it works for me

Very clever

Are you serious about chewy ? 😮

A nice addition.

Glad I don't have to watch The Sound of Music now. Fetch the site that keeps on giving!

Can you do a tag just for McGoo's feet? Somehow SPOILER seems barely adequate. And I wish I had a better word than "barely."

Unsee tag now!

love it!!

Rich something like this: tvtropes.org ?

Oh I do like this! Brilliant.

Unsee tag!

Mind bleach necessary tag!

brilliant

Polite request: Re McGoohan's discovery can everyone who can't resist the urge to post pictures of big fuck off spiders on this site now used the spoiler functionality. Thank you!

Nice!

dafuq?!
Has#tagFixingStuffNotBroken
Better things to do?!

Nice to have time on yer hands, eh?

And, after all that, it doesn’t work in comments. Lame.

Has#tagBeginningOfTheEnd

Dammit, I had to click. That's ruined the sixth sense 🤣

Great fun feature - thanks Fetch

Any chance of it being case-insensitive? Noted that doesn't work, but that was the default typing on my phone as it thought I was starting a new sentence which I wasn't

And now quotes too

Like this

Evidently not...

It doesn't work in comments

Brilliant, Fetch, just brilliant. Is there no end to your inventiveness?

I'm supposedly 'in' - postponed from... er... 2020 & 2021 I think.

So glad you're doing this Fetch! You get to meet Beanie Raffo (sprinter) is running it - not for the first time, but first time since 2009. I'm not but will shout and wave where necessary.

Do it, do it, McGoo!

I’m also tempted, need to see if mum fancies a spring seaside break

I'm also in the shouting and waving camp, Sharkie.

I'm tempted....

Also tempted

Tempting - I remember enjoying it in 2011, though unhelpful Sunday trains may mean an overnight stay.

Don't know yet when we will get our annual holiday near Hastings - which didn't happen in 2020 and hasn't yet happened in 2021 so maybe March 2022 is the time to go

I fancy it very much, though it's quite a trek from here.

I’ll be there (I hope)

Team Jigs will be there, hopefully both running but if not then chewing ice cream for you

Yes, I am in. I'll be re-starting running from scratch sometime in the next couple of weeks.

I’m tempted but it is a nearly 4 hour drive for me so would have to book a hotel and convince Mr Ness to come along. Will consider it though.

For anyone in any doubts about it, this is a very flat course except for this one hill in the middle. See if you can spot it.

Despite that, it is my PB course

If you are happy running DOWNHILLS you can deffo Peeb. (Nice work McGoo)

The best part is if there’s a nice strong in-your-face- wind then you’ll get to see the skinny Kenyans run on the spot. It’s pretty flat though.

On the seafront …..

THE first date* in English History is 55 B.C., in which year Julius Caesar (the memorable Roman Emperor) landed, like all other successful invaders of these islands, at Thanet. This was in the Olden Days, when the Romans were top nation on account of their classical education, etc.

*For the other date see Chapter 11, William the Conqueror.

I fancy it too may fit in well with my mara plans. Quite a hike for me too though but it's a definite maybe

Wife on board (she loves Hastings, especially the old town, also loves watching Foyle's war), so it was an easy sell! Booked the half, and also the hotel the night before (in St Leonards, which is near the start line). Also fits in with my marathon plan (Brighton in April)
Fetch meetup?

So tempted...

At least with the “sweary hill” you know that you’re going to run back down it on the return! That’s possibly one of my fastest mile times in a race 😄

Looking to return to running Half's that day but for me it'll be Stafford.

It's the day before London, but it's parkrunday - no idea how fast I should/ will go!

No problem to walk it

I wasn't going to enter as my foot ain't up to a run, but then I saw the 'you can walk' bit. Okay, includify me in.

So if we run an accurately measured parkrun, but due to trees/corners etc, GPS reads 2.98 miles, it won't count? Even if we edit the distance?

Stu - it's based on GPS benchmarks, so no it wouldn't in that case, sorry. If your local run is routinely short on GPS, you could add a bit on at the start.

PS it looks like you did it as part of a marathon last year. That'd definitely cover it

Happens to be the same day as my local parkrun birthday, might be walk/jog but I am in

Don't forget your prediction

I’ll be out somewhere thinking about those ‘on the list’

would it suit people to have it on a Sunday if a fair proportion of Fetchies are racing on a typical Sunday?

>> Or make runs recorded on either Saturday or Sunday count? That way, you get the parkrunners and the Sunday racers...

I need to go and make my prediction

Sadly I shall be packing up and travelling at the time.

Finger finally pulled out👍

I used to try to be descriptive and geographically accurate with my naming, but lately I have changed to a more creative approach. These are some I like:

You're So Vann - includes Vann Road, Vann Lane and Vann Common
Take It To The Ridge - the trail up to Ridge Hill
Milland Of The Rising Sun - a village called Milland which has a pub called the Rising Sun
RuthB2 Has Lost It - no explanation required.

Nice improvements. Here's my current favourites:
"One way ticket to Hayle and back" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=32688
"I crashed the car here" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=33796
"Royal Kingdom of Snake Doctor" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=119704
"Where the wild things are" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=1003931
"The home of Eggs and Cake" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=101773
"Chased by a wasp here" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=109446
"Barristers and Tourists - which is worse?" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=69320
"UKJMR's Brewing Metropolis" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=105059

...and one which concerns me, not knowing the presumably tragic tale behind the name:
"RIP Cycling Brother: Velo Midlands 12/05/19" : fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=98450

I was very pleased with myself (ha, *was*!) for getting control of Harlow, Essex and renaming it "Harlow is it me you're looking for?"

I like when people name their home zones something creative as well. Our local (-ish) Asda is named something like 'RRR-CAZ-da' for example

We still have a zone near us which was named (by Argie I think) "F*** off Legless!". I've owned it and lost it and owned it again a few times.

Some of my favourites (they *might* be mine):
Mostly water and gravel - self explanatory
Equine Forensic - there's a horse testing lab in the zone
Here Be Flying Beets
Beware! Invisible Railway Bridge - one of the most frequently struck bridges

Recent visits to zones that made me chuckle:
West of Clavering nothing of Note
Oi m8eyboy, gerorrf my laaaannd
Barristers and Tourists - which is worse?
Newport (not that one, the other one)
Ipswich - California, just like the other one
Is it pronounced Maudlin?

I like one of Beanie’s ‘Get your thieving hands off, Sharkie’.

Oh and I'm in a constant battle on the South Downs with roverman who has named Each And Every One of his zones... "roverman"

I'm pleased you liked my Brechin one...

roverman zones are second only to the 477 square Eccobennyland

Ignoring your question: fetcheveryone is top of the leaderboard? Fix! 😂
But I now want to find out more about this game and start renaming things...

Roverman squares annoy me too and I’ve been trying to capture the ones my way

I’ve found a formatting issue - on my iPad not enough room to click on either side of the square.

number 2 is more than a little sexist.

For Rocky Horror fans, I have a zone:

"Denton Denton Rah Rah Rah, Denton Denton eat me raw, Yeah Denton!"

But someone local seems to think that's rude and when they win it change it back to "Denton"

Wonder if I own any of the Eccobennyland zones 🤔

@RichHL - that did cross my mind, but it doesn't mention the gender of the legs.

Could have been a male runner with nice legs in number 2

This is blog of the week

RichHL - I believe all people of any sex do some form of number 2s, so it's ok

"Who TF is Murdoch? Away and raffle yer gran. It's mine now."

Did anyone find out who he was? He was on my turf, anyway.

A few I’ve visited:
Here be bunnies fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=66033
Drunken Bunny Marsh fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=68785
Not as nice as people try to make it sound fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=68217
You live in Clapham? How…interesting. fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=68216
Pussycatford fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=67672
Myway or the fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=69323
Hulme is where the heart is fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=123211

@FDNB - I've added some padding around the zone box, which means that it should never hit the edges of the map now. If you get a chance to retest, that'd be great.

Much better now Fetch, thank you!

Here's another cracker: fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=214109

All CQ zones should be crossword clues: fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=126537

Thought you had actually been to Upminster. Not far from me. But it's not my zone

I haven’t explored any with good names, I have gems such as “hill” and “train” on my list 🙄

@Dooogs that's brilliant

*applauds Dooogs*

I'd change Eccobennyland to Echo and the Bunnymen

Oscar, there are a lot to choose from, the challenge is to own one first!

Makes me think I'm so unimaginative

Fetch - any chance of extending the map width and losing some of the blank space in the leader board? More map is useful, even if onky laterally

@um - you should still be able to zoom in on that chunk of map, if you're wanting to check around the edges.

Some around me:

"Cockermouth - oo er missus" - which I'm gradually catching up to derwenttony on
"Southwaite ping pong!!" - as it would flip between SimonF and me on a weekly basis a while back
"Control your speed and don't look at the bridge!" - which I presume is advice to cyclists coming down Honister?
"Paddle down the road" - as it's the road to Paddle School, and also floods a lot!!
"No where much" - think there's a few places like that in the middle of nowhere?
"surely this is Whinlatter" - it definitely is
"Random bit of the Lakes" - speaks for itself really
a load that start "Nun Thaine of Thirlmere" - that AD owns
"starting up Fangs Brow!!!" - well it is a bit steep...
"Roughly where the fun ends on K2B" - or where you leave the national park on the Keswick 2 Barrow

Also annoyed by roverman. Sorry roverman - but there is something a wee bit, let's say, military about your progress....

Is all time explorers meant to be doing this?

MsG - no, it's not! It should be ok now.

@Sharkie - but that's the beauty of Conquercise - getting politely annoyed because of someone else's zone naming conventions. I suggest you Take Him Down

I believe number 1 on the list is probably something to do with Weeping Angels!
I'm enjoying the comments as much as the game, now! Thanks everyone.

My favourite is 'there's a horse here sometimes'
fetcheveryone.com/game-conq-zone.php?id=78536

I recall someone mentioning the zone “your bowels”, that’s always made me snigger at the thought of the notification.

There used to be a 'your wits' which always seemed strange, but now I get it. Doh.

Murdoch seems to spend a lot of time in Brussels, ITG.

I'm gradually taking his kingdoms, though.

Pretty sure number 2 was named by Hammy from number 8 and refers to himself. Not sure whether Hammy still uses Fetch but they've definitely named a lot of the ones close to me.

I need to go back and look at some of the names I originally used. I started off trying to be clever but then ended up just using the village name or 'riverbank' or some such thing!

My parents live in Jock's love jacuzzi...

Definitely going to up my game

Went through rdon today. Supposed to be Bordon but a zone line is between the o and r. Not changing that zones name.

As long as the new players stay out of my zones...

I love the title of this blog. And if you'll excuse me, I'm just off to tick a box...

And how come you’ve never visited Rosehip’s patch?

First line went missing somewhere - I like the more prominent map, wonders whether the ‘my location’ could be used from map page?

I have enjoyed starting to explore the fetch site more - there is just so much too it. I have recommended Fetchpoint and Conquercise a number of times now in running groups. Fetchpoint was a great motivation when I was trying to run everyday through August and encouraged me to be bolder with my route planning. Thank you, I'll keep trying to spread the word x

All good stuff. One suggestion: if I were a noob, and went "Help - Tutorial - Games" and then clicked on Conquercize, it takes the noob straight into the Game; a tutorial on the game would be a good stepping stone at that point before going to the game.

A 20-week induction course would put me right off!

Is there any chance of one's zones appearing in the route finder please? I'm currently working on three - four tabs to plan my bike rides / lawn raids. A niche problem, I know

@Rosehip - it's just a smidge too far for my regular runs.

@Sigh - yeah, the tutorial is pretty old now, and could do with a review.

@Fitz - perhaps I gave the impression that it would be a formal thing. It's just some content to illustrate to new users what the site can do.

@MsG - check the feature requests. If there's nothing that matches what you want, add it

I have had everything tickedand never gotten anything, ever!

OS - have you checked the various folders within your email client e.g. Primary / Social / Promotions / Spam? According to my records, I've sent you six emails since the beginning of August, on each Friday. It appears that your email client is not showing them to you, which is incredibly frustrating.

Wow, you have 3 phones (third one to take a picture of your 2 iphones side-by-side)!!

I know this is about conquercize, but will the homepoint setting be also rolled across to WSW? Think it took me a long time to work out why I wasn't scoring any points whatsoever...

That's a good suggestion Jen. Yes, as soon as I do the corresponding exercise with WSW.

If location = 0:0 then prompt user to set true location. Might help those who inadvertently don’t set it when joining the game.

Great idea, but a rod for your own back as you will need to change them every time you make a tweak :-/

You are a

I’m playing a one sided battle for one zone with someone who I used to know from running club.

I’ve had some people leave fetch because they were hassled a bit much to log on. Might be worth considering the wording to allow options on how often you chase

Nice improvements. It can be quite unintuitive to people when they are unfamiliar. There are a few things like that.

@flanker - some of them are already out of date - but I'm constantly reviewing pages anyway, so this formalises it.
@Dipps - I've had one or two people tell me they don't like the frequency. I send the reminders out once a month, to people who haven't logged in for over a month.

While I log in every day, they were much more every quarter. While I hoped to entice them to be more regular, once a month was too much …

Loving the changes except I did often use the "big map" option on mobile. Actually almost all my usage is on mobile (not being a desk worker any more) Not the biggest problem but it would be nice to still have it somewhere even it wasn't very prominent

Then again I realise it might be a simple issue of spacing/looking better...

Depending on the size of your phone screen, putting it in landscape mode might yield a larger map.

Can I make a complaint about a poster please? Someone posted a That That link
I'm still keeping my head down a bit, but I've been made to feel very welcome by those I've interacted with here

That That? Nevermind...

What I love about Fetch is that the vast majority of contributors don’t need reminding about how to behave - and that you do an excellent job of stepping in diplomatically when they do.

thank you. you are the best

I agree with Alice.

well said, you and the site are ace.

By the way I was distressed by one bit of your blog - "I can't read all the threads, nor be everywhere at once". Tell me it isn't so!

G

Thank you Fetch.
This site feels a safe place because the guy at the top cares

Fetch is the only social media I’m on and it’s for me generally a big happy family with people who are funny, interesting, informative, supportive, up, down or on a rant. I’m happy here.

Thanks Fetch.

I also thought you were omnipotent *shrugs* I’m happy here - more so these days than years ago actually.

This is what makes Fetch a wonderful place to be a part of.

Thanks, Fetch.

Dear Fetch, the only time I’ve seen you get really hot and bothered about a comment is on the menopause and running thread. This still makes me snort with laughter. Thanks

Seven complaints this year is nothing given the size of the website. You should be very proud of that.

I feel that this site is one of the safest places on t'internet. Overall, I think Fetchies are very considerate of each other and thoughtful when posting comments. You manage things very well when there is potential trouble brewing. Thank you.

Thanks Fetch. A while back, I think I pointed you (via Twitter) to some groups who are looking at how to re-design the internet to operate more like real life communities. I still believe that this website is the best possible example of what can be achieved.

❤️

In comparison with other social media sites I lurk on, this site self-moderates beautifully, including the few threads where you have to think, "Am I prepared to handle what's going to come back at me?" before posting. I think a lot of this is because the nature of what we do makes most of us quite traceable in real life. And also because we have a sense of responsibility towards our Head Man
There will always be people whose response to a perceived offence will be to hit the detonate button. I think it's a mistake to scratch around looking for sticks to beat ourselves with when that happened.

This is the only online community I use, and with such a huge diverse family there is bound to be a very tiny majority of intolerant inconsiderate members, but they are swamped by the rest who exude kindness, thoughtfulness, understanding and a willingness to consider someone else's thoughts and background.

Having self-detonated after a bunfight I actually think it isn't anyone else's responsibility bar the person who decides to leave themselves. I spent a lot of years in the wilderness thinking about it. Be respectful but sometimes being respectful means telling the truth as you see it even if people don't want to hear it, it can always be done in a polite way. I wasn't being all that respectful myself before I left!

You do a good job, MrFetch.

You set the tone, fetch, and you do a great job xx

As ever keep up the good work Fetch sir

As V'rap and Roo have already said, when someone leaves, they are ultimately the only one responsible for that. Particularly if offense was taken where it was not intended. We don't know what is going on in other people's heads; it may be that they are struggling with non-fetch related stuff and someone disagreeing with them on a forum could be the tiny straw that broke the camel's back.

In general, people are quick to apportion blame whenever something 'bad' happens. But it often doesn't matter who did what - everyone can just learn to be more considerate and try to do better in future.

Oh, I was going to sign that off with my old name, but forgot and hit submit. Nevermind... 😂❤️

This is the friendliest place on the internet that I know of, and it happens without heavy-handed moderation. 👍❤️

I'm still happy here. It gets a bit tetchy and over competitive seeing who can dry the most loads of washing in a day but apart from that......

I once complained about a post I had made, and it was duly removed.

Thanks Fetch. I was subject to it in the summertime but you have some amazing fetchies who look out for each other. #no one puts Mavis in the corner.

Love it here

You lead by example. Yes, there are the odd 'moments' but they are few and far between.

I'm thankful I found my way in here many years ago.

Thank you.

Sounds fair. (And remember Wheaton's Law)

@FenlandRunner - if you have issues with the conduct of others on threads that you participate in, do please let me know when an example comes up, and I’d be happy to remind people of the expected conduct, as I’ve said.

I feel this site gives a great balance of banter and genuine care. There are some disparaging remarks made on the senior moments thread, but as they are self posts nobody should take offence.

Unless they forget that they were the ones who posted, which may be an issue.
We do not all agree but can generally get along well enough with our differences and show tolerance. That is very definitely not the case on some other social media sites, where I maintain a presence simply because it is a means of group communication. There I would be taking my life in my hands to express an opinion, here I may have to face intelligent (relatively) polite dissent.

I tend to lurk more and no longer participate as much, because I have noticed the forums becoming judgemental and dominated by the same groups of people who shout down anyone disagreeing with them. I'm reluctant to post a view as I cannot produce a 50 page backup document to prove any viewpoint or face the wrath of being accused of being an idiot.

Thanks Fetch, balanced response as ever.

@Girlie, as per FR, if you encounter a response that you feel is out of line, I am always happy to review and step in where necessary.

I 'moderate' some local FB groups and have tried to follow your example of light touch and direct communication in the background. It's not easy because people hold different views very strongly, and some people have confrontational styles. As a result I'm in awe of you keeping this site feeling safe. I certainly don't underestimate the wisdom that is sometimes needed. Well done.

I set up a fairly meaningless multiple choice poll, just because I could. So far, I have 34 answers from 2q respondents. Do polls embed in comments? Let's see:

Perhaps unhelpfully, I've ticked 'something else' without any real idea what that might be

(Dog coats? Cat cosies? Horse blankets?)

Dvorak, you forgot 'everyone' as an answer!

Horse blankets are way more than all of those options

Are socks a possibility?

And that's how Sigh invoked the first ever batch of Fetch mankinis...

Still would like a long sleeve

Sun visors.

Oh. There was a

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after that, but I put it in pointy brackets and it went invisible.

Doesn’t work for me in the current form, boss. There’s no ‘done’ button so one makes one’s choice(s) and then stares at the poll waiting for it to, dunno, update or something.

As in... nothing happens at all? The percentages should update to reflect your vote.

Like Greppers, I was looking for a "save" or "submit" button to tell the poll I had finished selecting, but you're right, Fetch, the percentages change with each click.

the immutable option doesn't seem to be working

Yes, Synge has the right of it. A ‘done’ button. That’s the ticket.

Does this mean the pie charts are become a historical footnote?