october updates megathread (last updated: 21/10)

malmon · 2026-10-15T01:08:16+00:00

I also was kinda serious about the notification idea ^^' Ain't nothing like occasionally reminding someone that something's happening to keep them coming back~

clare · 2026-10-15T01:10:50+00:00

COUPLED yeah thats p much the main issue, there's no real reason to use a forum over discord except for personal preference.

malmon will look into it ty

malmon
i kinda agree but not sure it should be positioned where it is currently. i do think first poster avatar is kinda useless info though.

malmon i think the features to get notifications from thread replies and stuff are in place already but not sure i can just go and set them up for everyone. maybe i can bulk email and have some sort of reminder to review the notification setitngs

malmon · 2026-10-15T01:14:12+00:00

clare i think the features to get notifications from thread replies and stuff are in place already but not sure i can just go and set them up for everyone. maybe i can bulk email and have some sort of reminder to review the notification setitngs

Isn't it a thing you can make the browser do? i.e. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Notifications_API/Using_the_Notifications_API

clare · 2026-10-15T01:16:14+00:00

malmon ohhhh my bad i thought you meant notification emails. yeah that'd be good to add, will add to my list.

COUPLED · 2026-10-15T01:19:07+00:00

clare I think community is easier on forums. i think that's a valid reason anyway

edit: easier in these of as a whole I guess. i get it's easier to just join a server. do you know what i mean? idk if im explaining myself

clare · 2026-10-15T01:23:38+00:00

COUPLED yeah i kinda get it. its easy to start and join servers on disc but for them to feel like a community is kinda hard.

COUPLED · 2026-10-15T01:24:27+00:00

clare yeah that's exactly what i mean

COUPLED · 2026-10-15T01:43:11+00:00

https://lewd.sx/d/3433-random-thoughts-thread/4597

another idea xd

clare · 2026-10-15T02:05:43+00:00

COUPLED should be a lot easier to add something like this again and have it not suck with the new backend :>

Dontmindme · 2026-10-15T16:35:12+00:00

clare Reminds me of the Chatango boxes on Fansub websites. Good times.

clare · 2026-10-16T00:33:05+00:00

DMs have been reworked into a live chat in the bottom right corner of your screen.

we had something similar aaaages ago back on MyBB, and i loved being able to instantly welcome new members and start chatting. not really sure why i removed it tbh.

the thread list has also been redesigned. it now shows an avatar for the person that last replied instead of whoever posted the thread

ty to @COUPLED & @malmon for the suggestions

more coming soon :>

have any feedback or ideas? let me know!

malmon · 2026-10-16T18:01:39+00:00

Maybe the site needs something to force a refresh when any significant changes have been made. Like none of this stuff showed up for me until I hit F5, whereas normally I'd click on the banner.

clare · 2026-10-16T22:04:03+00:00

malmon will do, good idea

clare · 2026-10-16T23:04:04+00:00

there is a new anime section (powered by myanimelist).

with it you can track anime (or sync it from another service: MAL, kitsu, or anilist), or start discussions that are linked to the anime/or individual epsiodes.

you can now set up desktop notifications (under settings), these can be turned on for either new DMs or new notifications.

there's a few background changes that are less noticeable:

the site will now detect when you're on an older version of the CSS or JS and refresh accordingly
categories page now has some styling, it was a mess before
some seo stuff
some server settings changed so that assets load quicker.

malmon · 2026-10-17T00:08:05+00:00

Oh wow the anime thing is a neat idea! Will have to check it out in more detail tomorrow.

Can confirm the refresh worked too ^^