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MadMax
Over 90 days ago
Straight Male, 52
0 miles · Hampshire

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We made a promise to the members of this site when we took it over. That was we would not charge them for anything. A lot of them have stuck around and have seen the benefits. Some flounced assuming the worst, and others just came here from time to time to cause trouble and were shown the door.
All we have done is keep that promise!. If that annoys you then its only because you joined later. Im sure you would feel differently if you were a free member. Funny thing is normally its the Free lot that acuse me of not listening as "they dont make us any money".
Damned if you do, damned if you dont. rolleyes
If you can please over a million members all the time without ever upsetting anyone then please send me your CV. Its a tough old job only ever rewarded with problems. :cry:
Free member access will remain free, we use the extras package to subsidise free membership and it works well. We have absolutely no intention of charging you anything at all to use the site. These improvements are in no way to turn round to free members and ask them for money. biggrin
Please just continue to enjoy it! lol
There will be a wide range of new features introduced over the coming months as well. This re launch is just the start of things. Every section of the site is being enhanced. New profiles, site messanger, a new Rep system, to name just a few.
Believe it or not this re launch has been nearly two years in the making now, as we had to re code the whole site behind the scenes before we could even start on the new bits!. I am very excited about things at the moment and I use the new site daily in the office and its great to use.
Here is the 70s one Christine in the office did today, complete with Glitter ball, Lava Lamp, Orange wallpaper and Y fronts LOL lol
Now I bet I can guess who will be using the new pink colour scheme.
No thats wrong, you would have to select
Private on upload
Public
Gallery
Friends only
Only by invite
People from the chatroom only (been suggested already!)
Forum users
Only events
Only groups
Where would it end? just because you dont want your pics in Gallery but want them on your profile. If you dont want anyone to see them then "Private" is the best option. Then you can select exactly who you want to view them.
You would also have all the normal site permission issues so if you decide to move pictures around between permissions. Half permissions, friends permissions etc. Just far to complicated because you cant be bothered to just upload private and invite your friends....
Im not trying to be funny but it all works well at the moment for "most of the members most of the time".
Every single photo on this site used to be public before we took it over. And im not talking over 18s members only gallery public. Im talking everything to anyone on the internet public. We introduced watermarks to prevent picture theft, we introduced private galleries to maintain peoples privacy. We removed public net access to profiles etc.
Well on upload you either want them to be public or private cant really make it simpler than that!. We are not going to add in all sorts of extra stuff to make it long winded for a million people so it is a bit easier for a handful.
Have a look at the new picture management page screen shot, very simple just upload them into your private album.
The gallery has always been a way to find people you are attracted to and it works very well.
We have had a large amount of comments on the new Gallery from members. Not one single member has sent in a negative ticket in two days and we ask for feedback on every page!!!!. At its peak today over 100 searches per second were being run so its clearly useful to most people.
We have however had comments from members asking how they get better coverage in the gallery and appear on the first page for searches etc.
Im afraid we aim to please but can only ever please most people most of the time with so many members.
You do know there is a filter being built at the moment ? so if you dont want to see them they can be blocked site wide, you can then simply update your filter settings on the home page.
I have to say a few female members suggested the idea when I was at a social. After consideration I thought it was a great idea so it is in development.
We are designing 20 profiles so please keep your suggestions coming.
Its the same as here you need post them private unless you want them in the public gallery. But have a look at the pic upload page at the useability improvements its easy to do if you want to.
Im not sure if that would work, for a few reasons.
Firstly im not sure technically if that would fit with what we are doing.
Secondly it might mean that there are 250,000 profile themes that are nothing more than "sausage shots".
Let me discuss it in the office
If they change now they will do so on new site, I posted a few forum pics as I guessed that would be the area you are most interested in.
Well firstly it’s not so much as a re launch as an upgrade lol so it will all feel very familiar to use. But in the next 6 weeks you should be using the new site at least along side this one. Jam packed with navigational and usability improvements :idea: I think you will all have hours of fun using it. There are far too many usability improvements to list on here and the vast majority were suggested by the members.
At the moment I work on both sites and I have to say I am really taken with the new one as it’s so clean and simple to use. Personally I like the Red colour scheme but there are now several colours to choose from.
We will keep you updated on progress but we are 98% complete in the office and are about to enter the testing stage before we release it to the Mods and Ops.



Maybe we should have a "Bon Voyage" ceremony to say goodbye to the old girl when we go and pull the plug on her?. I know we did in the office last time around 3/4 years ago!. For all her faults she has been a good site.
Let me see if I can post a few pictures of "Sammy" SH V3 for you to have a look at
Basically the new site will first go live to the Mods/Ops to use (next 3-6 weeks). Then It can be used for a time for all the members with the existing site. So when you log in here you can follow a link and use the new site instead of this one. After we are happy everything is AOK we will remove the old site and the migration will be complete.
We have been working on this for about a year now and the Mods/Ops that attended the last meeting at the office here all liked the new designs a lot. Rather than force a whole load of change on everyone in one go we have broken it down into pieces. The new logo, and search etc has been on here for some time now.
The new "look" and "feel" site is a big upgrade as a lot of the navigational and usability issues have been addressed. After that update section by section we will be making further improvements on an ongoing basis.
With the new site re launch scheduled for around a month, we are already looking ahead at a new profile section that will be updated after re launch.
Basically you will be able to customise your profile themes, colours, and personalise the look of your page.
Can you please post any particular types of themes that you would like to request here. For example Beach scene, Sunset, Rainbow, Lipstick, Glitter, A Christmas one, blah blah blah... lol We can then start work on them.
Thanks in advance
Just got back from an excellent night, everyone was really nice and we had a wonderful time.
Fantastic food and super company biggrin and the weather was kind in the end as well.
Thankyou :D
We have a site messanger being worked on ATM should be in BETA in the next few months biggrin
Exclude smokers option is now live under "advanced options". Anyone who has "completed" any of the smoking options will be excluded from the results. I suspect that a lot of people have not completed it in their profile though.
I dont think its intentional, let me check... if there is a way to do it then dont worry we can include it in the update in a few weeks.
The plan is later, it will expand to show you the adverts listed as well.
The age selection has a problem with it that we hope to fix today or Tuesday so that is already work in progress.
Smokers option will be put in shortly was on the list to include, but seems to have been removed for this release.
It is coming though very soon!
Over the next few weeks we will also be including Photo adds in it and removing the old search. You will also be able to save specific searches and be notified when new people match your search criteria biggrin
Its to get people used to it before we tart the place up biggrin
Im not a geek but one in the office just gave me the good news. :cheers:
Get ready for the Govenment to take your last few pennies. What taxes/Changes would you make?
Here is my mini budget
1. MPs expensis should be scrapped, no second, or third home allowances. No taxpayer porn films, no refurbished Holiday homes.
2. Caravan Tax, they just slow all the traffic down and get in the way. They cause conjestion and when they overtake eachother they are dangerous.
3. National service for all yobs! get them digging stuff and making baskets or number plates instead of getting up at 3pm and getting drunk LOL.
4. To stimulate the housing market I would force new development in certain areas to be at "below market prices" by granting planning and land sale to certain builders at maximum prices conditional on the above.
5. Reduce car tax, it should only be spent on the roads all this "gas guzzler" stuff is just an excuse to take more money from us. We all need a car so its nonsence to charge one vehicle more than another. If you drive a thirsty car you pay for that in your 80% tax at the pumps.
6. Force councils to empty your bins weekly, all this enviromental stuff is "Rubbish". Council tax up services down. Most councils only take the recyclable items they can sell for a profit...money...money...money.
7. Ban speed cameras, statistically they do no good at all except raise money.
End of April I think the 21st its on the wickipedia.
Then it will be followed by 18 one hour episodes.