If you could change one attribute of Hashkafah.com that is not member or moderator related, what would it be?

Bigger PM box.

Nested quotes.
Having edits not gobble up whitespace.

Ignoring certain forums.

the ability to post a new topic and choose from a drop-down list where it should go (instead of having to go into that forum and clicking new forum).

Like Creative expression...

Nested Quotes (we used to have them)

The ability to open all new threads in separate tabs (I don't know if that is possible from the server side).

Recentered member rankings (or the addition of new categories). There are many Gedolei HaDor now and the post requirements are too low....

Better statistical/demographic analysis of polls...

Allow Flash embedding

Extended smileys

Hookers and Booze

The problem with nested quotes is that people are too lazy to remove the fourth and fifth unnecessary nests, and the pages become extremely long and annoying to navigate.

A welcoming committee so newbies feel right at home and start posting.

Nothing.

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I voted other but now I changed my mind and think that there should be a way to change my vote since that would be a new feature.

Awww.


Awww.

they already let 300 - too many for me...


I liked that feature


I do it in FireFox all the time.

But you should have the option of enabling them instead of having to go back to the original post and requote it manually.....
I agree it shouldn't be the default....

You know what would be cool? A shoutbox!

I suggest a new category of "Nosi Hador" to be given to K-Reb.


Wasn't that supposed to be Brianna?

G-d forbid...

pin the instructions for getting into the BYLR in Member Corner.

Make it easier to archive messages.

Increase upload memory space.

The opening post excluded suggestions that are member related.
That said, I think that's an excellent and outstanding suggestion that I believe can go a very long way to helping to solve certain problems and that can facilitate growth of h.com if implemented correctly.

Or individual threads.

PM room I have enough of.

What goes under "new feature" and what goes under "other" ?

You know...that's the juicy stuff. No one really cares about anything else...

Oh...here's a good one: Let us use CAPITAL LETTERS in the topics!

1. More frequent reminders about the opportunity to donate to h.com through the PayPal button.
2. Change the name of the Eretz Yisroel subforum to the Medinat Yisrael Reishit Tzemichat Ge'ulateinu subforum
3. Take the Misc. Advice & Help subforum out of the upper level forum and put it in the Misc. Advice & Help forum where it belongs.

I thought you were for diversity on this board.

Hence the dunce smiley. It wasn't a serious suggestion*. But just keep in mind refusing to call it Medinat Yisrael is a political statement as much as calling it Medinat Yisrael.

* Neither was item number 1. But item number 3 was serious.

Hence the smiley smiley. Eretz Yisroel is neutral and all encompassing. MYRTG leaves out a reasonable chunk of the Jewish world. A person refusing to say MYRTG may be political, but not a forum geared at Jews from all over.

Do h.com donations count toward one's tzedaka obligation?

This is true. But the refusal to even name the forum Medinat Yisrael [as opposed to EY] illustrates a point I had started to make a few days ago and did not pursue, that h.com is not only a Jewish discussion board, it is specifically an Orthodox Disucussion Board, with terminology and points of discussion that are just plain bizarre and irrelevant to the non-Orthodox, and hence the participation on this site of almost exclusively [I guesstimate 90%] the Orthodox or previously Orthodox or Orthodox-wannabee.
I would go so far as to comment that not only that, but the site is very much skewed to the Rightist perspective of that Orthodox perspective.
Only on an Orthodox Discussion Board would there be any sort of hava amina to call the forum davka Eretz Yisroel.

I'm not complaining, I'm just making an observation.


Why wouldn't it if organizations like Hachnasas Kallah count?

But the term Eretz Yisrael is far more inclusive. Medinas Yisrael is a specific political entity that has existed for a mere 60 years. And many of the discussions in that forum have little or nothing to do with the Zionist Entity but DO refer to EY... Even according to the most farbrente Tziony there is an appreciable difference between EY and MY. So maybe "Israel" stam would be appropriate but I don't think Medinas Yisrael is....

It would be like making a forum to discuss New York Jewry and naming it the "Brooklyn forum"...

And I agree that H.com is from a largely Orthodox perspective, I don't see how anyone could argue otherwise.....

Edit: "points of reference". That was the phrase that was eluding me.


You're right. "Israel" would be the best choice, I think.
To belabor the point, no non-Orthodox talks about "EY", as in "I'm planning a trip to Eretz Yisroel this summer", or "what do you think about the situation in Eretz Yisroel". That's strictly Orthodox terminology. Anyone non-O would say, "I'm planning a trip to Israel" or "what do think about the situation in Israel"? That's an example of what I mean by H.com being from Orthodox terms of reference.

[Athough I remember my secular grade 7 English teacher* who talked about going to "The Land", which was a direct translation of "Ha-aretz", as in "aliyah la-aretz"].

That said, again, let me emphasize that my suggestion to change the name of that subforum was not serious - I was pushing an agenda rather than making a serious suggestion. I was, however, serious that the Misc. Help & Advice subforum should be moved down to the Misc. Help & Advice forum.


*Renata Podlog. I loved her.

2. An opening poster should be able to go back and edit his or her thread title.

3. A board feature where all the admin/mods can be contacted at once privately other than:

a. reporting a post
b. sending the same PM to all "seven" of them

Although I suppose a member could PM one of them and request that the PM be forwarded to all the admin/mods or posted in one of the mod forums. So never mind. Scratch that suggestion.

When a poll is edited, it should be reset completely, not half and half so that previous votes don't count and revoting is impossible.

Thirded.

mosheshmeal
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I second this.

What?

WHY WOULDN'T IT IF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HACHNASAS KALLAH COUNT?

Are you saying supporting h.com = Hachnasas Kallah... where ones receives the interest in this world and the principle is repaid in Olam Habah?

You give me too much credit. I merely meant that h.com facilitates marriages just as Hachnassas Kallah does, although perhaps more so, since Hachnassas Kallah only picks up the ball already in motion, whereas h.com facilitates people meeting each other in the first place. If that's not a good place to park one's tzedakah funds, I don't know what is.

Thank you. I guess your answer to my question is down below. I thought you were saying that hachnasas kallah is not a legitimate tzedakah.


[So does that mean you would support shidduch organizations? ]

Okay, I started donating money to h.com.

Me, personally? Maybe. But that doesn't mean I would consider it tzedakah. All I said is that if one considers Hachnassas Kallah to be a "tzedakah" for ma'aser purposes, then I would think one would need to similarly consider h.com to be a "tzedakah".
Personally, I have my own cheshbonot about what I consider to be tzedakah, whether I support or don't support the institution notwithstanding. To me, tzedakah means giving money to poor people. How every torah true organization became equivalent to a poor person for ma'aser purposes is beyond me, although I have my theories.

Hachnasas kallah means anything to do with marriage?

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I was talking about Hachnassas Kallah in Toronto which is a wonderful organization, and worthy of support, that aids families who are unable to provide weddings that current societal gashmiut standards dictate.

So you think that because of the fact that h.com can facilitate marriages it falls under the same category as the Hachnassas Kallah of Toronto?

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Yes. In my opinion. "Tzedakah" today has come to mean supporting organizations that facilitate mitzvah observance. In my humble opinion, that clearly includes h.com. Just ask Shaina Nechama if she thinks h.com is a force for good and is a catalyst for torah, chuppah and ma'asim tovim. Just make sure you've got one of those blanket things on your shoulder in case she spits up on you.

Let's make h.com a 501(c )(3) organization, so that donations will be tax deductible.

Awww. I just asked her and she said 'Yes'. But she didn't spit up.

Bezalel it was very kind of you to donate. Ditto to others who have donated but might want to remain anonymous.

Interesting. What does she think of mechitza-less simchahs?