wow newgrounds is so rich to give out so much money per day!

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?

Of COURSE do it. Right now having a friends list is just about useless. Make the feature worth something and make it easier to stay in touch and jump around.

I'm all for the change. Go nuts.

What are the odds on Tom having the biggest Friends list?

Orr would you Tom do the Tom of myspace thing and be friends with EVERY user?

I Would Lurv Friends That Would be so cool! :-D

I'd enjoy a friends system like that. It would make it easier for me to keep up with my favorite NewGrounders.

whens my turn

I really like the idea of the friend system. Don't suppose you could give us some more info on it. Is there a limit to the number of friends you can have? Or can you have unlimited but only five names display? Wheres the website and aim link gone to? Will friends receive PM updates to news posts other friends make? Etc.

I hope this site doesn't end up like a "MySpace" or "Facebook", that would be horid! But I like the idea of the Friends list but wouldn't it just be the same as favourite artist list thou?

How about a fan system?

pretty much the same thing, but it SOUNDS BETTER!!

For the friends system, that's quite interesting idea, just make it that way that people wouldn't "abuse" it and get 200 friends in to their list a day, a limit of something like 30 people perhaps?

It's just so annoying how I get friend requests every frikkin' moment on YouTube and because I'm a lazy person, I always "accept" them, because the people who tried to become "friends" with me might get annoyed or rather pissed off.

Well, the heck I'm complaining here?

It would be the community to decide how to use it, I would keep my list quite short and clean.

A welcomed feature Tom!

so it seems like, going through this thread that most people would like the friend system if:

a.) it connected to your favorite authors list

b.) the list was randomly generated of the people you've added as opposed to the "top ones"

c.) if it somehow also showed blog and cartoon updates

sounds like a shitload of work to me

I generally dislike MySpace and similar things, but I thing that the friend system would be a welcome addition to NG. However, there should also be an option to deactivate the receiving of friend requests at a point, because I'm sure that some artists would get quite annoyed after receiving 100 requests daily. Also, I believe that the favorite/fan system should be separated from this, since you shouldn't need to get the artists permission in order of being notified when he submits anything new on the portal.

Please don't add friends Tom.

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?

Not at all, I think that it is correct that the userpage can be kind of a dead end for people.

It would be nice to see.

Future come.

At 7/14/08 03:24 PM, TomFulp wrote: Corky52 is a hardcore user and has made some helpful/interesting posts. Some of these include a list of NG clubs he is a part of and a Newgrounds Exercise Program. His latest post outlines some of the guides he has written, as well as his friends and goals here on NG. It was a fun read and kinda inspiring. :)

Corky is defiantly going to be a mod in a year, yup....just wait, you'll see!

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?

Between a yay and a nay i'd have to go with the yay, to be honest.

Awesome Corky got noticed! And the friends thing seems pretty sweet.

At 7/14/08 07:19 PM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: "Top Friends" is a horrible name for it.

I vote you call it "Affiliates"

that sounds much cooler.

or minions ^_^

At 7/15/08 07:20 AM, smc316 wrote: Between a yay and a nay i'd have to go with the yay, to be honest.

I have another comment to add.

It says next to one of those names that that person is online, are you planning on adding a (Online)/(Offline) thingie in everybodies profiles? Cause that would be awesome to tell if their online or not.

I like the idea....

I love the friends idea. In fact, I sent a PM to you last year (I think it might have been post redesign, although I'm not 100% on that) about it.

I would have nothing against further feature additions . . .

I like it, but don't go overboard with linking sh*t like how do that in your posts.

I can't WAIT for that NG Buddy System!!!!!!!!!

And thanx for posting the news!!!

Not really to keen on the idea of a friends list... It does make it a bit much like myspace.. I guess it wouldn't be a bad thing though..

hmm..? I'm not sure, its sound like a good idea but..hmm?( I need to make more friends!!)

Friends system would be pretty cool, probably

The friends list is a very bad idea but everything else is cool.

This friend feature is certainly what ng has been lacking, it'd be great to at least know when your favourite artists or friends are online so pming would also benefit, please dooooo it Tommmmmmmm!!

At 7/15/08 07:47 AM, smc316 wrote:

At 7/15/08 07:20 AM, smc316 wrote: Between a yay and a nay i'd have to go with the yay, to be honest.

I have another comment to add.

It says next to one of those names that that person is online, are you planning on adding a (Online)/(Offline) thingie in everybodies profiles? Cause that would be awesome to tell if their online or not.

That's the biggest thing that I wanted to see. Something that tells me whether a person is online or not without having to check the forum page. I wouldn't mind something on everyone ones profile that told me if they were online or not, whether you are friends with them or not.

That's a lot of or nots.