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MarkoH01: Almighty wise cat you seem to now in which way this forum is broken. Could you please tell me a safe way to post hyperlinks or is there none at the moment? I am asking because I still have an OP that looks like crap because of my hyperlinks and it once looked quite good. If there would be a way for ME to fix this (I know that it would be better if GOG would do it but ...) I would love to know it.
Mr GoldBar has found a workaround for posting multiple links in the same row:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/multiple_links_in_a_line_workaround

Also, if you intent to bold or underline a word that contains a link, bold/underline the whole link and not just the word. For instance, if you want to recommend someone to buy from Humble Bundle, you would point him to:

Humble Bundle

and not

<span class="bold">Humble Bundle</span>
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MarkoH01: Almighty wise cat you seem to now in which way this forum is broken. Could you please tell me a safe way to post hyperlinks or is there none at the moment? I am asking because I still have an OP that looks like crap because of my hyperlinks and it once looked quite good. If there would be a way for ME to fix this (I know that it would be better if GOG would do it but ...) I would love to know it.
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Grargar: Mr GoldBar has found a workaround for posting multiple links in the same row:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/multiple_links_in_a_line_workaround

Also, if you intent to bold or underline a word that contains a link, bold/underline the whole link and not just the word. For instance, if you want to recommend someone to buy from Humble Bundle, you would point him to:

Humble Bundle

and not

<span class="bold">Humble Bundle</span>
Thank you so much for this!
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GR00T: I'll just say this: if you consider the percentage of users that actually use the forums as opposed to all the other choices of social media, this would make a pretty ill-considered 'PR stunt'.

p1881, you can be as cynical as you want (and I don't blame you), but if you think the six of us are just a bunch of GOG sock-puppet sycophants, nothing we - or anyone else - can say will change your mind. I doubt even GOG could say anything to sway your opinion. It's actions that count, so it really remains to be seen how GOG behaves going forward. We're waiting with bated breath alongside you and everyone else.
I have too little information to confirm that those 6 are something like that.
All I can do is dissect the OP playing devil's advocate and look into the different comments in here that are getting evoked as a result.

But you're right: the only thing that counts at the end of the day is what GOG is doing in the near future and if they tackle glaring issues like this very forum amongst others.

Though the cynic in me feels inclined to make a bet against an appropriate forum in the near future.
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p1881: I have too little information to confirm that those 6 are something like that.
And yet with the same lack of information you assumed the OP was just PR likely ghost-written by GOG because the grammar is too proper and the language too sophisticated. Not to mention your comment implying none of us were capable of critical and logical thinking.

Perhaps that's just the cynic in you, but I'll tell you I was personally highly insulted by that and was debating whether or not to even bother replying at all.

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p1881: But you're right: the only thing that counts at the end of the day is what GOG is doing in the near future and if they tackle glaring issues like this very forum amongst others.

Though the cynic in me feels inclined to make a bet against an appropriate forum in the near future.
For what it's worth, I'm rather cynical myself and am also wondering about this upcoming new forum software - how long it will take, what it will look like, and whether or not it will address the majority of our complaints about the current forums.
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GR00T: ... how long it will take, what it will look like, and whether or not it will address the majority of our complaints about the current forums.
♪ ♫
In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find
...
♫ ♪

(scnr)
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GR00T: ... how long it will take, what it will look like, and whether or not it will address the majority of our complaints about the current forums.
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toxicTom: ♪ ♫
In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find
...
♫ ♪

(scnr)
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you

yeah, pretty much :P
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toxicTom: ♪ ♫
In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find
...
♫ ♪

(scnr)
... a firm behind?
... a bottle cap rhyme?
... a Trump with a hump?
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p1881: I have too little information to confirm that those 6 are something like that.
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GR00T: And yet with the same lack of information you assumed the OP was just PR likely ghost-written by GOG because the grammar is too proper and the language too sophisticated. Not to mention your comment implying none of us were capable of critical and logical thinking.

Perhaps that's just the cynic in you, but I'll tell you I was personally highly insulted by that and was debating whether or not to even bother replying at all.

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p1881: But you're right: the only thing that counts at the end of the day is what GOG is doing in the near future and if they tackle glaring issues like this very forum amongst others.

Though the cynic in me feels inclined to make a bet against an appropriate forum in the near future.
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GR00T: For what it's worth, I'm rather cynical myself and am also wondering about this upcoming new forum software - how long it will take, what it will look like, and whether or not it will address the majority of our complaints about the current forums.
Well it's my point of view being 1. a cynic who 2. plays devil's advocate and 3. who doesn't know any of those people involved.

For the sake of discussion: play devil's advocate while using the point of view of someone who rarely uses the forum and who doesn't know the people involved who just stumbeled upon the OP by chance.
If you do it properly you should be able to have moment of realisation that the OP indeed does look like a PR-stunt.

About implications: I myself despise them because they leave too much room for interpretation so I try to be as specific as possible.
Post edited November 03, 2017 by p1881
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p1881: For the sake of discussion: play devil's advocate while using the point of view of someone who rarely uses the forum and who doesn't know the people involved who just stumbeled upon the OP by chance.
Here's the real question: the fuck does someone who rerely uses the forum and doesn't know the people in question care about something that is clearly directed at and involves the active forum community? That's like me suddenly showing up on twitter or some other social thing I don't use to randomly insult some users who said something positive about GOG :P
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p1881: If you do it properly you should be able to have moment of realisation that the OP indeed does look like a PR-stunt.
The Devil's Advocate isn't one who takes an opposite view, but one who researches the subject well before arguing why you shouldn't do it. So playing the Devil's Advocate without knowing the subject is not doing it properly.
Not specific to this case, just a general comment about what the Devil's Advocate is supposed to do.
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p1881: If you do it properly you should be able to have moment of realisation that the OP indeed does look like a PR-stunt.
That's fine, and I don't argue the point that you saw it as a PR stunt. But if you read the thread, you should have realized fairly quickly on that there was more to it than that.

Regardless, I certainly wouldn't make the assumption - PR stunt or not - that the person who posted it wasn't actually capable of crafting a post using proper grammar and (as you put it) 'sophisticated language'. I tend to not assume people are morons until they prove otherwise.
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p1881: If you do it properly you should be able to have moment of realisation that the OP indeed does look like a PR-stunt.
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JMich: The Devil's Advocate isn't one who takes an opposite view, but one who researches the subject well before arguing why you shouldn't do it. So playing the Devil's Advocate without knowing the subject is not doing it properly.
Not specific to this case, just a general comment about what the Devil's Advocate is supposed to do.
Please stop writing so sophisticated ;)
(Sorry, I could not resist)
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Fairfox: \‾ (`-` )
(Taht's a salute.)
:D

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Fairfox: Even when drunk, mah nose remains a perfectly perfect color. It's also! cute as a button! Taht is not red (just hoeful).
Oh my God, those are the best! Exactly how buttony is it, say on a scale of 1 to 10?

(I don't care how hoeful it is, but if you were to judge that you'd obviously have to reverse the scale (just ask Sandra). Don't know about hopeful though.)
Post edited November 08, 2017 by Lemon_Curry
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