Profile posts - what's the point?

[Stuart Wright]

What is the point of profile posts?
They tend to get confused with private messages and lots of people share private personal information on them (such as name, address and phone number).
I have never used them and don't understand their purpose.
Can anyone help?
Thanks.

 

[Miacommunity]

As i know, you can disable it.

 

[Stuart Wright]

I think just set No to everything here for the primary usergroup and not make any overrides in other usergroups.

 

[🔥Iggy🔥]

i am guessing it is supposed to be like a social media aspect....although something about it feels like a disconnected place i wont tend to go...i know you can search profile posts or check the whats new page and view a list of every single 'like' thrown in the mix...not sure what they could improve about it exactly, but i understand your sentiment...

regards

 

[tajhay]

Agree. It's rather pointless.

 

[Stuart Wright]

I've removed all permissions to use it after asking whether anyone uses it and nobody said they do.

 

[Cooking Ketogenic]

Would be a cool feature if it had some sort of wall like FB and you can see the profile posts of ppl you follow

 

[Cooking Ketogenic]

Maybe a "What's on your mind" type box at top of https://xenforo.com/community/whats-new/profile-posts/ would give it a more wall type feeling and make it seem more useful

 

[Kirby]

Would be a cool feature if it had some sort of wall like FB and you can see the profile posts of ppl you follow

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[Cooking Ketogenic]

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Yeah I ment more interactive though. a way to start a new profile post on it, etc

 

[RobParker]

For us it's just people moaning at each other publicly over why they gave each other negative post ratings

 

[drastic]

Would be a cool feature if it had some sort of wall like FB and you can see the profile posts of ppl you follow

If we had this, my fans would actually sign up and participate.

I can't get anyone to sign up. Literally, no one.

No one will leave social media unless it mimics social media. They are stuck in the mindset.

 

[Alpha1]

It's a Facebook wall without wall features. Which is kinda pointless. Having these features would help:

Show "X is typing a reply"

Currently XenForo tells us whether others have posted a response while we're composing our reply. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a little window above the quick reply box that tells us who all / is typing a response currently? Many messengers do this and I think it's quite awesome.

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Lack of interest - Automatically load new replies

When someone posts a new reply that you are looking at, XenForo automatically loads a message that a new reply was posted. The user needs to click to make it visible. Please add a function to automatically load the reply. This is much more intuitive and is what people are used to on social...

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Lack of interest - Post profile statuses with colorful backgrounds

On Facebook you can add a background image to your text post. Explanation here: https://www.howtogeek.com/309214/HOW-TO-CREATE-FACEBOOK-STATUSES-WITH-COLORFUL-BACKGROUNDS-OR-LARGE-STICKERS/ To liven up our profiles, it would be nice to have the same feature. Here's how it could work: Add a...

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Lack of interest - Your Newsfeed Widget

The Your Newsfeed function is rarely used, but offers some interesting content if the member follows enough people. Because the displayed content is very relevant to the member. It would be nice to display a widget with the latest X entries from Your Newsfeed. It would be useful to have settings...

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Implemented - Profile Covers

Members are used to adding profile covers as all other social media networks offer them to upload their own covers to profiles, it also adds extra customization per profile. Let users be able to upload profile covers and have the ability to position the cover just like in the avatar editor Have...

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An argument can be made for the sharing of posts to your profile, as that would make profile posts more interesting. But it would also rival with bookmarks. So I have not posted a suggestion for that yet.

Having stickers could also liven up profiles.

 

[Alpha1]

And these would also be nice to make profiles more interesting:

Implemented - Support attachment for profile post

Please support attachment for profile post and profile post coment to serve members better.

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Lack of interest - 'Add Content' button on profile

On my profile I can see an overview of my content. For example media or resources. But its not possible to post new content from the same page. This confuses members. It would be intuitive to have a button that would allow you to post media if you are looking at the media tab. Or resources if...

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Lack of interest - Display Number of reports on Profile Statistics

My members are asking me for the number of accepted and rejected reports to be displayed on profile statistics. This allows them to see if the reports they submit are useful or not. We give trophies & promotions for valid reports done and as a result we have a large number of members helping...

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Lack of interest - Display number of reports about this member

If the sidebar block in a report would also display the number of previous reports about the member, then it would be easier to spot problematic users. If this would also be displayed on profile and member card, then this would make things easier for moderators.

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Lack of interest - 'Like' a profile field

If members would be able to Like a profile field, then this would be used a lot. For example. Member X starts a new job and sets their occupation to 'XenForo Addon Developer' Member Y and member Z like this. It would enhance the social aspect of XenForo. Similarly I think the same would be...

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Permission: 'Can View Others Profiles' and 'Can Post to Others Profiles' (limit bad members)

A common approach for members who keep misbehaving is to put them into a sin-bin* usergroup which limits their permissions. An important factor is to only let them view and reply to their own profile, but not post to others profiles or view others profiles. Currently you can only disallow all...

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[Alpha1]

And this one:

Lack of interest - Post Stickers from editor

Stickers are a nice way to liven up social forums, profiles and conversations. Pretty much all social media has stickers. Example: https://www.howtogeek.com/309214/HOW-TO-CREATE-FACEBOOK-STATUSES-WITH-COLORFUL-BACKGROUNDS-OR-LARGE-STICKERS/ It would be nice to have an editor button to add...

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[gogo]

My ideal profile post is:

1) Only the profile owner can start a new thread, it's his profile after all.
2) The profile owner can choose whether or not to display any replies/comments by other people by default

Otherwise it's like a private backyard opened to public.

 

[DigNap15]

Yes I dont like them either.
Only a few of my members have used them, to talk to another member.
They can use personal conversations (messages) for that.
I was on another forum as a member, and I used to see some, but never saw the point of them

I think I might turn the option off, its one less thing to think about.

 

[RallyFan]

It's a throwback feature to forums of old.

Used to be like the "Update your Status" kind of thing, before User Titles took over.

It is funny on boards its enabled on though to see people treat it like Conversations, and then get caught out when they've shared something they shouldn't have (like a highly racist/bigoted view on something) and yet take the morale high road elsewhere..

 

[beerForo]

It's a throwback feature to forums of old.

It's more like a stripped-down modern feature. On FB you can post from your page and everyone sees it. On XF it gets lost, and you can't even upload an attachment.

I wish it had: Attachments and better integration.

 

[RallyFan]

It's more like a stripped-down modern feature. On FB you can post from your page and everyone sees it. On XF it gets lost, and you can't even upload an attachment.

I wish it had: Attachments and better integration.

I think it's biggest problem lies in that it's largely hidden away and hence tougher to moderate.

Seems to get used a lot by spammers if they sign up (as well as Conversations).