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If i'd get that cash I'd give it to my parents for bills.

EEEK

The friends list could be a great thing. I agree on the idea that if you find an interesting author, you will want to find out who they associate with. This could lead to unknown talented artist getting more views and more fans. I say you should implement it.

I did the MS150 last year to the beach its a fun time

Do it. It's cool:3

At 7/14/08 03:24 PM, TomFulp wrote: All the money goes towards fighting MS.

REBEL AGAINST THE MAN.

We really do need a friends system.

I never know when people are online or not.

Just because a site has or plans to have a friends list does not mean they are or ever will be anything like myspace or facebook. I do have both, but rarely do I use them for anything other than responding to PM's I get from people I know.

Having a friends list here would be much different. I have to agree; the userpage is pretty much a dead end. If I want to see if one of my friends has posted an update, I have to find their name via search or type the name in the address bar. Having a friends list is a good way to check up on some updates or to see if they're on.

I say go for it.

I like the idea of a friends list, it would be interesting to have and make it easier to see what people are up to.

Congrats to Mr-Furball, my chances are slimming.

D:

I don't think a friend's feature is needed. I view my co-author list as my friends list, and someone's user page is only a dead end if they have nothing submitted. If you add friends, then more people will be less inclined to actually submit material.

When ever i go to someone's page, i click on some of their flash. If i liked it, and they have co-authors, i will click on their pages and view their other flash. I have seen lots of interesting flash that gets overlooked this way.

Do it. Newgrounds has nothing to use. Hardcore users will stay here regardless.

I would personally love to see the Friends feature. Do it Tom!

As if anyone would actually care who your friends are anyhow.

I like the idea of a Friend's Feature. We already have a CONTACT list for PM's so why not have a Friend's feature. It's just bumping up from what you already had.

Yay for friends list.

At 7/14/08 04:59 PM, TomFulp wrote: Some of the other features we had in mind were:
1) Allow Authors to PM-blast users who have them favorited.
2) Notify users of blog posts by their favorite authors.
3) PM notification instead of (or in addition) to email notifcations of new submissions.

I'm totally in for these. PM-blasting would be an awesome way to get views and listens. I'd totally love an opportunity like that. Although if you were to implement those features, that management system is a must- I, for example, would love to get notifications about new flashes and tunes from my favourite artists- but blog posts, not so much. etc, you know this

I think you need to seriously consider these features. These kinds of features = :D , no exeptions

Well, I still like the idea of having a "recent viewers" box.

Sounds like a good idea, I'm down with it.

Yay, friend requests.

At 7/14/08 05:26 PM, sqrage wrote: Friends is cool, but only if you add me as a friend, Tom. :[

It should be like Myspace where Tom is your first friend ;)

Yep thumbs up for a friends list from me! Would promote more animations as friends would check other friends flash movies!

Can only be a good thing!!

The friends option sounds really cool. I've been seeing way too many "cool people on Newgrounds" lists lately. Also, cool that you mentioned corky52. I've found him to be very helpful when I talk to him. :)

At 7/14/08 03:56 PM, Black-Ops wrote: Eh, not going too crazy about the idea Tom.

Top artists like JohnnyUtah, Stamper, etc. will face the worst of it, as they have numerous fans who all want to be best buds with their favourite flash author. And will they be accepted? Of course not. More spam ensues:

"WHY WON'T YOU ADD ME JOHNNY"

I can do without it, and I'm pretty sure that artists (not necessarily JohnnyUtah) could do without it too.

Now, there's always the chance that you'll go on regardless, and I'm prepared to accept that, where others won't. But please, reassure us that this isn't going to be a cock up. Tell us how it's going to make Newgrounds better.

my "friends list" will be staying permanently empty, I sure as hell don't need THAT awkward situation

however I'm sure a bunch of you will appreciate it

I would enjoy the friend feature. It might be leaning a bit towards a socializing site thing, but I don't think it'll hurt any. It's not the system that makes Myspace, Facebook, and others hard to get along with, it's the users begging for your friendship, demanding you to add them, etc. I think there are a lot more friendlier and kinder people on NG.

I'm not too keen on the friends idea. If I wanted a social network to keep up on my NG pals, I would use MySpace or Facebook. I've always considered NG to be somewhat casual/professional. Since this site is ultimately a showcase for artists and programmers, I'd prefer that you keep it that way. If you'd like to adopt some of the features that sites like LinkedIn use, that might be interesting.

Personally, I feel that more effort should be focused on features for those who actually contribute to the NG community, or to reward those who produce outstanding content.

:-)

Congrats Mr-Furball

congrats Mr-Furball. i could use 100 bucks i would be lucky to win but i have never really won anything before

At 7/14/08 05:08 PM, TomFulp wrote: Well here's one example... A newcomer to the site watches something by Zekey. He doesn't know anything about NG, doesn't know anything about Zekey... But if Zekey actually used the friends system (and who knows if he would), that newcomer could get turned on to guys like Bug and RTIL... A whole sub-community within NG that isn't obvious to someone who doesn't browse the site regularly.

I sure hope I make Zekey's "top 8" ;-*

It's a lot different from Myspace because on Myspace, everyone is pretty much a pile of shit and you don't care who their friends are.

lolz

But when you find an interesting artist on NG, you are curious to know who they associate themselves with and what other talented artists might be doing similar stuff, or stuff that's just as cool. etc.

If we are flash artists, would it be most wise to try to keep our best friends as flash artists as well? I mean, most of the people I talk to on a regular basis make flash, but just curious if that would be the most ideal thing to do. We should be trying to create rings of talented flash artists, and not a circle-jerk of users gloating about who has the most friends, right?

congrats Mr-Furball. i could use 100 bucks i would be lucky to win but i have never really won anything before

At 7/14/08 03:26 PM, Techno wrote: Friends list would pwn.

OBJECTION! A friend's list would OWN!

I see what I did there.

so what is ms sometell me and it would be easier if you did it on my post