Ferret Girl 2,642 December 11, 2012 #1 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 #2 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 #3 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 #4 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 #5 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 #6 Share December 14, 2012 On 2012-12-14 at 12:57 AM, Simcity11100 said: 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 #7 Share December 14, 2012 On 2012-12-14 at 11:09 AM, Kapi said: 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 ✨ 8,528 December 14, 2012 Founder #8 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 #9 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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