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Posted by john June 24, 2008 in the Group The ChinesePod Inner Circle .
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clay says
June 24, 2008
im so in
click me
caughtin says
June 24, 2008
:) me too..
sanp says
June 24, 2008
me in too too
henning says
June 24, 2008
Cool!
Will the contents from goulnik's 88news be transfered over to the new group section? That is one of my favourite supplemental resources.
guolanusa says
June 24, 2008
I second Henning's motion about goulnik's 88news!
cassielin says
June 24, 2008
我有些不明白，这个是“群”吗？
我们能在这个“群”里做些什么？有什么功能？
boran says
June 24, 2008
Cassie, 很好的问题. I would like to know too. Other than identifying users with similar interests (which is a good idea), I'm not sure what new features are available to a group.
I suppose I could try joining the ChinesePod Inner Circle group to see what new features are available but I'm afraid I might not be cool enough to be accepted - I fear rejection!
changye says
June 24, 2008
Hi cassie,
My hunch tells me that the new feature would develop into a kind of matchmaking service. Join quickly!
auntie68 says
June 24, 2008
Uncle changye! Cassie doesn't need any "matchmaking" assistance, what she needs is a BIG STICK to swat away the small army of (surplus) great guys who admire her and would like to be her guy... especially the ones from her CPOD fanclub group.
cassielin says
June 24, 2008
oh, boran, yes, you should try to join.
changye, matchmaking service? are you kidding me?
cassielin says
June 24, 2008
oh, auntie68, you are here.^_^
thank you for your nice words, I am so shy now!
changye says
June 24, 2008
Sorry, I was just forgetting that not all the people had gloomy younger days. I WAS a guy who was swat away when I was young........
cassielin says
June 24, 2008
oh, uncle changye, actually you remind me a good and interesting topic that I thought to post before.
kimiik says
June 24, 2008
Auntie,
In this context, I would use a word with a lighter Freudian connotation : BIG BROOM
auntie68 says
June 24, 2008
Oh my, you're right. ;-)
cassielin says
June 24, 2008
what's the difference between Big Stick and Big Broom in this context?
Sometimes I can get the main idea from you guys' comments, but I don't understand some words' detail meanings.
cassielin says
June 24, 2008
auntie68, uncle changye and our poddies, have you ever heard about “相亲” before?
I hope our dear Amber can do a lesson about this “相亲”topic , I wonder what foreigners think about that.
About 相亲xiang1qin1, which means that your parents or your relatives introduce some good guys or girls that they think might suit for you， and then you choose one that you like and try to 交往（date first and then marry later）
changye says
June 24, 2008
Unfortunately, I was actually swat away with a stick, not a broom!
bazza says
June 24, 2008
Is this topic inside the group then? Are they not a member only type club?
jamestheron says
June 24, 2008
I'll disagree with Kimiik. I see nothing wrong with the words "big stick" in this context. It's often said that attractive and popular girls will have to fight the boys off with a big stick. (Of course, we're assuming all boys have less than honorable intentions.)
An example: As the parent of a 12 year old girl, I'm concerned she will have to fight the boys off with a big stick.
There is a popular slogan from former US president Theodore Roosevelt about speaking softly, but carrying a big stick. It essentially means you need to be humble first, then stand up for your self and be ready to defend and take some more aggressive action.
wonglungsek says
June 24, 2008
Hope to join the inner circle.:) 請加我。：）
bazza says
June 24, 2008
I notice you can have a public or private group, not too sure what the difference is though.
john says
June 24, 2008
henning, guolanusa, and goulniky,
Goulniky's 88news posts will definitely be imported. This was a consideration throughout the Groups discussion, and we have certainly not forgotten about all of Goulniky's hard work.
We're still testing out the Groups and getting feedback for now.
john says
June 24, 2008
Bazza,
In public groups, posts also show up on the Community page.
In private groups, you have to go into the group to see posts, and you can only do that if you're a member.
man2toe says
June 24, 2008
Awesome intergration.
lostinasia says
June 24, 2008
Um... not sure if it's just me, but something has gone wrong with Clay's first post, because when I go to the Users Conversations page EVERY new post is indicated with "I'm so in &ndbs", and it says Clay is the most recent poster. It also gives the wrong number of posts, although the time of the most recent post is correct.
When I click through to the conversation, it's fine.
Something is messed up with the programming somewhere. This is true only for User Conversations; Lesson Conversations are fine.
I see this in both Firefox 3 and Safari.
bazza says
June 24, 2008
I think we do with something that says "This post belongs to group: ......" and links back to the group.
john says
June 25, 2008
Lostinasia & Bazza,
Yes, you're both right, and we are working on both issues already. Thanks!
excuter says
June 25, 2008
To come back to the stick/broom thing...I can´t imagine our sweet little cassie swinging a big stick above her head and hitting someone...but it´s not hard to imagine her mom standing before her doing that with a broom in the given context ;-)
@ 甜芳 the "Freudian connotation" in this context becomes clear if you know that a mans sexual organ which shall not be named here... sometimes is called joystick etc. ...I better stop here...I guess the explanation attempt was illustrative enough...
bazza says
June 25, 2008
I'm not sure she'd need a stick. ;)
john says
June 25, 2008
We're planning on changing the avatar that shows up on the Community page from the posting user's avatar to the group avatar.
In addition, when you go to that post, there should also be some indication that it's part of a group.
On another note, should public groups require approval of new members?
bazza says
June 26, 2008
I think it's better if new members are approved, because if you need to remove someone they won't be able to join again. It would helpful if moderators could also managed members or at least approve new ones.
kimiik says
June 26, 2008
Cpod policy ?
If someone posts a thread or a comment with video or audio, what's the Cpod (Praxis) policy on copyright violation ?
excuter says
June 26, 2008
@ Bazza,maybe your right... ^_^
john says
June 27, 2008
bazza,
Yes, you're right... There's also the issue of group abuse by spammers, and we need to be careful of that.
kimiik,
We will look into that as well.
wolson says
June 27, 2008
I am so out there that I must be in something! I hope it is not that mass of dog poo ...
bazza says
June 27, 2008
How come my group now says -1 posts on the main groups page? It's gone to the bottom of the most active list now. :P
bazza says
June 27, 2008
It's -2 now, looks like every time I edit music genre post it subtracts another one.
bazza says
June 30, 2008
Please can you try and fix this?
adii says
June 30, 2008
Hi Bazza
We have the technical staff working on this issue and will fixed it as soon as possible.
bazza says
July 1, 2008
Oops, I guess you can't use forward slashes in a group title.
bazza says
July 3, 2008
Please can you fix my English / Chinese / Polish group? Rename it to English - Chinese - Polish if possible, otherwise just delete it.
adii says
July 4, 2008
Hi Bazza
I will ask the technical staff to rename your group.
pinkjeans says
July 4, 2008
Hellooo...I noticed that you guys have changed the lesson page number listing format and it now goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...106, 107. I'm not sure if this was in response to my email requesting easier navigation to old lessons, but it seems to have made it even more difficult (Adii, did you get my email?). From the latest lessons page, I can now only go back 2 pages at a time, clicking on the page number just before the dotted line and it takes me forever to find page 42, for example. Once I've done that, there is also no easy way to go to the next lesson or previous one, which is why I've also requested page arrows to take you from one lesson directly to the next or previous. Sorry for sounding so demanding....I love CPod, ánd I'll love it more if navigation is improved.