ill accept friend requests from anyone. I'm all for the community!!

i think the thumbnails that show up should be randomized.. the whole idea of em i think is to get people acquainted with a new artist.. kind of like user of the day but on a more concentrated level... i would get bored of going on my account and seeing johnnyutah and stamper on my top 5 friends all the time

HI JEFF!!!

Tom is already on everybody's friend list..wait wrong site.

:: Just kidding Mr.Fulp its a great idea and I definitely welcome it.

At 7/14/08 03:24 PM, TomFulp wrote: Speaking of friends, for a long time now we've had a completed front-end of a FRIENDS system for NG. It's been sitting on the backburner, awaiting prioritization for the more complicated back-end code. I've always had my fears that people would see it as a step towards NG becoming a bunch of MySpace vomit, but overall we all like the idea of being able to link up to eachother. Right now a user page can become a bit of a dead-end, but with a friends list, there could be more paths to branch off into. What does everyone else think? Does the idea disgust you, or do you agree that at the end of the day, it would be a welcome feature?

Hmmm... while this an intresting Idea I agree some people my take as some myspace crap, BUT it would help out artist who are working togather and maybe inspire unity amoung newgrounds user. It our job to make sure it doesn't turn in to a myspace knock-off. But either way Myspace aint got nothing on NEWGROUNDS, LOL!!!!! I thnk people would be driven away from using Newgrounds a social networking site because Newgrounds aint the friendliest place I know of.... just don't make it so that people will treat it as Myspace by keeping people from setting up galleries of their summer vaction crusie or the time they went to the movies. THEY CAN DO THAT IN THEIR FLASH!!!!!

It'll only get like mySpace vomit if you allow total customization of the userpage. I think the buddy list is great idea.

good idea, Mr. Myspace Tom.

At 7/14/08 03:55 PM, JimmyDallas wrote:

At 7/14/08 03:46 PM, TomFulp wrote: We considered the Friend / Fan thing, where you can be someone's fan and if they reciprocate, you become friends (like Digg, which I THINK still does that)... But then it makes the FAVORITES system feel kinda redundant. Some day we'll get it all optimized for maximum whateverness.

I have a legit question about the favorites (authors).
Is there like a chance that you can get like an update on when your favorite author(s) upload a new flash or collab movie? Something via PM or email.

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You're kidding, right? That's been an option for a long time (over e-mail). Make sure your account options are checked to receive NG news updates and you should be set.

At 7/14/08 10:58 PM, Zerok wrote: It'll only get like mySpace vomit if you allow total customization of the userpage. I think the buddy list is great idea.

u guyz like my orange BG with semi-transparent 00FF00 windowz w/ MCR playin? LOL!!

At 7/14/08 10:58 PM, Zerok wrote: It'll only get like mySpace vomit if you allow total customization of the userpage.

Oh lawd no. the dicks would be all over the place!

The friends list sounds great! If we do go through with it, I think your portal buddies should automatically be added to your friends list.

Friends list? Hmm... Maybe if there was some sort of special interactions when you have friends, like referring them to interesting threads or something of the sorts.

At 7/14/08 11:21 PM, sumidiotdude wrote: I think your portal buddies should automatically be added to your friends list.

When I first started using Newgrounds, I thought the portal buddies system was just like a friends list. :p

I'm all for the friends system for Newgrounds, just as long as you DON'T have a "top friends" list in the profile... Now that would be too much like MySpace. Though I do dig the idea of seeing if a user is online or not. Rather than have a top friends list, you could just have some kind of "online friends" list, then have a link which allows people to see a list of your friends in alphabetical order. That'd be swanky.

With regards to the "friends system" you've got on the backburner: slippery slope, Tom. I agree that the userpage is sort of dead-end-ish right now, but this site has something superior to what MySpace and Facebook have, and I think that that is what Newgrounds should capitalize on. The "buddy" system thing could open up a lot of really nasty doors. I come to Newgrounds to get away from that trashy stuff. If anything needs to be added to the userpage, it should be some way of emphasizing the flash/music content of each user. Maybe a new way of browsing userpages? Maybe a way to make peoples' pages more unique as a way to express themselves/express their media (categories/cliques of users?)? I dunno. It's up to you, and not up to me, thank God.

For the longest time I wish NG had a box where your favorite artists new videos appeared in. Like the subscribed box on youtube.

The friends list could be good, but would also be nice would be an enemies list.

The Friends idea is a bit Myspacey yeahm but we're all whores anyway so it's good.

NOOOOOOOOOOO you fagged up newgrounds 4 life now! I swear this is....

I like the idea.

yeah its cool sorry for the last post

At 7/14/08 03:24 PM, TomFulp wrote: What does everyone else think? Does the idea disgust you, or do you agree that at the end of the day, it would be a welcome feature?

Would that be request based, or do you just select from a list of users?

I'd add the friends list as long as the user has the ability to hide his list if they wanted to.

Friend system would be awesome!!!

seems like a great idea! if i could find the friends to add

Hmm, a friends list... lets see...

Doesnt sound too bad..... but its worth a shot, if it gets too myspace-like we can always get rid of it right?

Tom, I've been coming to Newgrounds since the problems of today were yesterday, and All I could do while I was here was Club a Seal or Beep Jesus. And though I haven't been the most active member of NG, I wouldn't know where to start making a flash, I have watched New Grounds evolve.

MOST OF All I've watched it grow and without losing it's Identity or Soul.

I think a friends link would be great. Just keep it simple and to the point, postings and links to submisions is all you need. If you allow phots limit it to one or two, Just keep it NG.

Your Ever-loving Molevolent Bastard -in need of a better job...
Balder PS: I have a bacheolors in Art and Marketing, Just in case ; |

definite yes to friends list from me. i like the idea of promoting people i have worked with or admire.

You should do a poll or something to vote for the freinds system thing, but still use the weighted votes on the polls, becuase higher level people probably would know wats best for newgrounds. then if voted on, let them vote on wat features they want so the people can decide wats right for newgrounds. i hope u at least take this idea into cosideration, and keep on improving newgrounds

Friends would be good but It should not be called 'top friends'!!!

i wouldnt think the friends option would make it myspace trash, id love the friends section

This is an excellent idea bro... TOP NOTCH!

Friends list welcome, but dont take it too far and turn NG into Myspace.