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What would you like to see improved on LowEndTalk?
We're in the process of upgrading LowEndTalk to a newer version of Vanilla, and I wanted to get some feedback from the community.
We're sticking with Vanilla because I think it's an essential part of what makes LowEndTalk unique. I have no interest in turning LET into another generic forum.
We're also keeping the familiar Classic desktop and mobile experience as the default, with some light modernization and polish. For those who prefer something more modern, we'll have alternative themes available.
While we're working on the upgrade, I'd love to hear what you'd like to see improved. New features, bug fixes, quality of life improvements, things that have annoyed you for years, whatever comes to mind.
Already on the list is improved search, light fixes to existing UI bugs, improvements to polls, etc.
What would make LowEndTalk better for you?
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ServerVerify directly integrated into the sidebar and an AI chatbot to ask about providers reviews summary and maybe how to impress a specific polish sysadmin femboy..
There should be a web scraper in the sidebar that pulls together and organizes deals from across the internet, making it easier and faster to find the best offers.
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don't forget the $7/year subscription to unlock those AI features.
Actually new idea lets add a 200usd donation button so that if companies dont pay enough for the provider tag the users can donate to fill the empty wallet
We want a list with all providers actually have tags. How much money flooding in a year by a table.
Make some goodies like grocery pins or let stickers.
Since serververify create a site that looks for deals, so we wont need to click every thread in offer zone.
That is an EXCELLENT idea, make it 20usd a month to acces LET AI features to maxx your deal hunting
Right, make all users pay $200 instead of the providers
LowEndTalk Battle Pass
More quality control and less shit posts
A way to hide posts, like the Ukraine war one, or the 'post your invoice number for double the spam' type. Or at least the ability to select which categories I see when I open LET.
And also there are stuff you cannot do on mobile, like deleting a draft or finding the rules. For that I need to switch to the desktop site and it's a pain on mobile.
yeah some way to have your favorite categories always on top, instead of the most newly replied thread
an update button to see immediately new posts.
being able to hide/ignore users/threads/categories.
using the full width of my browser window.
i'm actually pretty happy with let like it is. not a ton of bells & whistles. comfortable.
i guess you could peek at the custom scripting that's been popping up for ideas too.
Make it so a user can tick a 'low quality post' box when they are posting something of low quality and give everyone a 'filter out low quality posts' option in their profile.
Concierge subscription that supports the forum but includes one chicken for a year from the supply given by the providers. I mean imagine 15$/20$ subscription with 1/1/10 idler included. (Price recurring for the first 12 months obviously)
Much less shit-posting (~clear & actually enforced rules) and a mandatory (for admin/mod) short explanation in closed threads and banned users (on their profile page) incl. if applicable duration of ban.
And maybe, just an idea, a new tag like e.g. "contributor" for users with less than 20% of shit/nonsense/irrelevant (for a thread's topic) posts, plus some way to ignore posts from the "megathread" gang (meaning mostly shit-posters, not all of them).
And I would add to that nick coloring when your profile is less than week/month old. Especially during BF or some drama threads.
And separate flag for mjj's
And mandatory @FAT32 fruit quizzes each month. I loved these
@jbiloh What about a ranking or good/bad system for sellers?
Kinda like how on eBay you can see reviews if the seller is good or bad.
It doesn't have to go into actual reviews but maybe stars.
negative would show 5 empty stars and (-75)
good would show Up to 5 "full" stars and day (75)
the 75 would be the amount of people.
Although would need some kinda of captcha on it so people wouldn't sick their bots on it to pad the ranking system.
Just my 2¢
The footer could need an update.
Maybe also get a shitposter tag for the annoying shitposters.
or you only allow members with at least X comments to give that review. I would rather trust a genuine member that is active on LET than the flooding reviews by MJJs.
It would be nice tho, to see how others feel about a provider here more easily.
we have a tendency to dogpile though and it gets out of hand quickly. sometimes i read new offer threads and genuinely cringe at how hard we're working at making vendors feel unwelcome. i'd be willing to bet your next paycheck any ranking system would end up the same way and really isn't that what sites like .. i forgot the name, the new benchmark/review site jb put up, isn't that what that's all aboot?
edit: serververify i meant, sorry!
Thinking of buying OnlyVerified.
Less toxicity
And to add a tad on top of that I would say for your "X" comments. I would make it something like 100 comments or even not a round number. Maybe something like 129... Something strange and makes no sense.
So that way the bots that say "good luck with sales" or comment for double thing makes it harder and as you said the genuine members actually can leave reviews.
I mean if I can make it through on here given the scrutiny I went through. In a way it kinda helps weeds out the people that just trying to make a quick buck or scam people.
I know it sounds mean but we all see it in the "FraudRecord" https://www.fraudrecord.com/
Add a directory of of hosting providers and their representatives!
That would be the biggest QoL improvement for me. I hate seeing a Patron Provider tag or Host Rep tag and having to dig through their posts to find out who they represent, and I hate remembering that a provider has a presence here without remembering which user they use. After all, not all companies called
ExampleHostuse the handle@examplehoston LET.Close the forum, sell it.
One thing I would really like to see improved on LowEndTalk is the amount of unnecessary drama and negativity, often coming from the same handful of people, some of whom even carry Veteran tags.
These same individuals seem to show up in almost every thread, constantly bashing, complaining, or turning discussions into arguments over anything and everything. It creates a very negative atmosphere and makes LET feel increasingly toxic rather than a welcoming community.
I think the moderators need to do a better job regulating this behavior, regardless of how long someone has been a member. Having a Veteran tag shouldn't give anyone a free pass to constantly stir up drama. If anything, veteran members should be setting a better example.
I'd love to see LET return to being a place where people can have productive discussions without the same individuals constantly bringing negativity into every thread. I'm pretty sure the moderators and regular members know exactly who I'm talking about.
I'd had created something manually months ago but never launched it.
I'll work on something better and automated.