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Rasbelin
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Tampere (Tammerfors), Finland
Nov 1999
time: 07:28
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I was just recently thinking about Apolyton, its services and features, when I encountered the question about its perfection and what might be missing or what could be different.
The key question is if Poly is already perfect as it is. Well, IMO it is already getting close to perfectionism with it's large coverage of all Civ titles, frequent news updates and alive fora. All that earns Poly 4-5 stars in my books, but not yet 100% perfect. Undoubtely no site will ever reach that, but yet you can get closer.  Is there something I miss or would like to see improved? We do see many scattered threads, but really no brief and well detailed wishlists, which could maybe be useful for the owners, Markos and Dan. I do have some wishes which IMO would make Apolyton better from my point of view. To mention a few:
- Try to get the less trendy Civ, Civ II, CtP, CtP2, SMAC and Alt.Civs sections more up-to-date by improving with new fresh material (not files), kill off dead links and in general fix any outdated information (not old news items, of course).
- Improve the Directory with even more files and keep it tidy. Also improve the links sections as suggested by me sometime last year. Minor pointer: a few days ago I couldn't find Red Front in the Civ II section. Maybe it would be worth to add it? (Okay we do have SL, but I already by that time had found it on CFC).
- Seriously concider the previous proposal of donations and sponsored memberships. The reward gained in exchange doesn't have to be that great. People are already willing to throw in a fee dimes for the current service. Pop-ups and more banners to pay for the increased bandwith consumption by a growing site won't be what people like. It will only make people go elsewhere. Some additional measure could be to team up with some firm (note: not speaking of game networks).
- On the forums you could make a small, but still nice improvement. Change the custom avatar size limit from 80x80 to e.g. 100x80 or so, as that wouldn't change the width of the postbit, because the avatars would still be 80 in width. Or maybe do that a sponsored membership feature.
But still as it now is, Poly is already nice.
What do you others miss on Poly or would in general want to see in the future?
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DanQ
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Emperor of Apolyton, Ruler of the Here and Now
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Ontario, Canada
Aug 1998
time: 00:28
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quote:
Originally posted by Asuka
- Try to get the less trendy Civ, Civ II, CtP, CtP2, SMAC and Alt.Civs sections more up-to-date by improving with new fresh material (not files), kill off dead links and in general fix any outdated information (not old news items, of course).
- Improve the Directory with even more files and keep it tidy. Also improve the links sections as suggested by me sometime last year. Minor pointer: a few days ago I couldn't find Red Front in the Civ II section. Maybe it would be worth to add it? (Okay we do have SL, but I already by that time had found it on CFC).
- Seriously concider the previous proposal of donations and sponsored memberships. The reward gained in exchange doesn't have to be that great. People are already willing to throw in a fee dimes for the current service. Pop-ups and more banners to pay for the increased bandwith consumption by a growing site won't be what people like. It will only make people go elsewhere. Some additional measure could be to team up with some firm (note: not speaking of game networks).
- On the forums you could make a small, but still nice improvement. Change the custom avatar size limit from 80x80 to e.g. 100x80 or so, as that wouldn't change the width of the postbit, because the avatars would still be 80 in width. Or maybe do that a sponsored membership feature.
But still as it now is, Poly is already nice.
What do you others miss on Poly or would in general want to see in the future? |
First things first: Apolyton not perfect? How dare you... let's see now, a 1% -- no, no, 2% -- post count reduc...  
Seriously now...
RE: POINTS #1 and #2 ABOVE
To carry them out, we are in need of more interested, available and dedicated volunteers. Markos and I are most grateful for the all the work that has been and continues to be carried out by site volunteers past and present, but even they have to rest now and again. I also hear that at least most claim to have a life outside of Apolyton... what's up with that? 
If you would like to volunteer, please email me. Be certain to include what you are interested in helping out with, why, and any applicable knowledge/experience that you believe you can bring in carrying out such and related capacities.
RE: NUMBER #3 ABOVE
We like to see people donating to cover site costs "indirectly": that is to say, by purchasing products via our various affiliations, e.g. Amazon, Chip&Bits, and our CafePress store. Why? There are several reasons, but the primary one is that you get something we trust that is in value in return for your contribution and therefore, of course, does not fall under the definition of a donation. We like this and we believe you do too.
That said, we understand that there may be those that for whatever reason are not interested in either the products and/or the providers that we have partnered with to offer the goods in question. Others still may also or in addition to this want to donate an exact amount that is more or less than what is offered by our current arrangements and/or be more certain exactly how much of what you pay goes towards covering site costs and not to our affiliate partners. For these reasons we have and will continue to not rule out donations as an option, but it is not something we are looking to implement at this very moment.
As for a subscription service, yes, it has been discussed in the past. If it were to be implemented, it would only apply to the forums here and no, it would not restrict access to the content/discussion of the forums. Certain features, e.g. the ability to browse the forums without ads, would be included in such a package. It is however due first and foremost to the overhead involved in such an implementation that this process has been halted for the time being. Preliminary plans have already been laid out into what can at least be described as a draft plan that can be reviewed at a later date.
RE: POINT #4 ABOVE
The answer is still no for now.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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Aramis
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Not where I was tomorrow, nor will be yesterday.
Dec 2002
time: 23:28
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Might I suggest . . . er . . . uhm . . . doing away with the titles after our monikers? Seems a bit, well, elitist, and . . . er . . . silly .
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22-05-2003 11:15
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I can't see any. 
A free download of Candle'Bre would awesome too! 
Next you'll be wanting +1 for it, too…
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