I'll volunteer to get the special ME ID numbers, but I may have to fake first season Angel codes until the DVDs come out, since I didn't tape all the shows then.

Most episode guide sites have the codes with the episode numbers.

Certainly not a high priority, but as someone who just bounces on the "Read New" button, would it be possible to add a way to be automatically subscribed to new (non-NAFDA, non-spoiler, non-adult) threads?

Certainly not a high priority, but as someone who just bounces on the "Read New" button, would it be possible to add a way to be automatically subscribed to new (non-NAFDA, non-spoiler, non-adult) threads?

Either that, or a 'subscribe' button (edit: or link) in the thread.

Either that, or a 'subscribe' button in the thread.

Nah -- that wouldn't work. If you use Read New all the time, you won't ever even see the new thread unless you know a new thread is coming and go look for it in either Home or your profile. For my part, I remembered to go hunting for a new Natter this morning, but I frankly have no idea whether the Farscape thread ever got created or not. If it's there, it has never once crossed my radar.

One thought, although it's harder to code, would be a dialogue you'd get the first time you hit Read New after a thread's been added; something like "A new thread (title) (slug) has been created. Do you want to subscribe to it?"

but I frankly have no idea whether the Farscape thread ever got created or not. If it's there, it has never once crossed my radar.

It's there, BTW.

It's there, BTW.

I figured it would be; as a non-Farscape watcher, I've just never made much of an effort to look for it -- but the point is, especially for people who use the Message Center rather than Buffistas Home as their default screen, having to go someplace else to hunt for new threads that may or may not be there isn't a great solution.

See, I like the idea of a subscribe button in the thread, since it wouldn't make you go into the Profile page to subscribe. But it's no big deal.

would it be possible to add a way to be automatically subscribed to new (non-NAFDA, non-spoiler, non-adult) threads?

This would be tricky. It would mean adding a currently non-existent field that says whether a thread falls into any of those categories.

One thought, although it's harder to code, would be a dialogue you'd get the first time you hit Read New after a thread's been added; something like "A new thread (title) (slug) has been created. Do you want to subscribe to it?"

That's a great idea, but you're right that it would be difficult to code. It would mean that for every user, in addition to a list of subscribed threads, there would need to be an associated list of "seen" threads. It would also add processing time --- every time you hit Read New, the server would have to check for a new thread.

How about when a new thread is created, something is automatically posted in Bureaucracy?

Would a simpler solution be to announce it in Press? And assume everyone reads Press? When I am on a time constraint, I always still read Press, Beep Me and Bureacracy.