Ferret Girl 2,642 December 11, 2012 Share December 11, 2012 (edited) Every day that we come onto this wonderful site, we see the little section for birthdays of that particular day. I almost always give a quick glance to see if anyone I know is having their birthday, but also almost always forget to click the view all birthdays today button. I am unsure of what method is used to choose which five people will be shown all day, but what I am suggesting, is that there be a randomizer of some sort. That way, on days with say, 15 birthdays, everyone will be on the front page at one point or another. I realize this isnt really a big concern, I am just throwing out the idea. Edited December 11, 2012 by TheBronyHeart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bari 7,023 December 11, 2012 Share December 11, 2012 I completely support this idea. When it was my birthday, they had to click show all just to see... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade 15 December 13, 2012 Share December 13, 2012 that sounds like a great idea that way ponys won't be sad if we dont send a message to them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azura 1,107 December 13, 2012 Share December 13, 2012 They should just show the entire list of people since the maximum about of birthdays would only be around twenty. My Signature Shop!-=-=-=-=-Art Collection!-=-=-=-=-A Signature Tutorial! Also known as "Cloud Chaser". My Ponysona, Azura. Avatar & Signature by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcity11100 772 December 14, 2012 Share December 14, 2012 It's probably based on something like who joined first to who joined last or something like that because I joined when there was roughly 350 members on the site and that was a while ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapi 215 December 14, 2012 Share December 14, 2012 It's probably based on something like who joined first to who joined last or something like that because I joined when there was roughly 350 members on the site and that was a while ago. That's how it worked for today's birthdays, the first one in the list joined the earliest, the last one is the latest. I think it'd be fair to have a randomizer, it would give everypony a chance to appear on the front page, even if they're the newest member! "No, I am not going to run, I am not going to hide, I am going to take a stand and fight!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Girl 2,642 December 14, 2012 Author Share December 14, 2012 That's how it worked for today's birthdays, the first one in the list joined the earliest, the last one is the latest. I think it'd be fair to have a randomizer, it would give everypony a chance to appear on the front page, even if they're the newest member! Well, if that is so, then that presents a disadvantage for many, especcially as you said, new members. I just skiimed ahead to my birthday, 6 people have birthdays on that day, so I am just getting knocked off the list. I also checked and none of them have been online either in a long time, or were only online to make a few posts and never be heard from again., or have been active contributors to the forum. This just furthers my point for a rotator / randomizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,527 December 14, 2012 Founder Share December 14, 2012 I'd agree that tweaking the birthdays hook is in order, with the sheer number of birthdays MLP Forums has these days. It's a pretty reasonable suggestion. It is not exactly a high-priority task at this time, however, so while Scootacool and I will certainly keep it in mind, there is absolutely no ETA or guarantee we can provide on when/if this can happen. Just wanted to give the acknowledgment that some great ideas were presented here that I can see us implementing at some point. 1 Avatar credit: robinrain8 Signature credit: Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubz 300 December 14, 2012 Share December 14, 2012 Could there not just be a 'view all/view more button' that instead of leading you to another link, shows you the full list right there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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