Can we have a message board

As one of housing lover I did spend a lot of time on decorating my houses

I once found a player stood at the door waited for me just because she wanted to tell me my house looked amazing lol (She was so lucky I did log in that day

And I also love to visit others house randomly, when I saw some really good ones just wanna say wow that's so nice to them(but most of the times they're not online)

So if there's a message board as interior furnishing, will that be great? Any thoughts?
(Also need chat restriction to avoid advertisements )

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Too lazy to make a new thread to ask for the same thing

Can we get a message board in 4.1 or 4.x plz SE

Or like a guest sign in thingy where they can leave a nice little note or something. That seems really nice.

Been requested a couple times, still wish we can get it. Maybe let the house owner decide what remarks to be display in case of trolls.

I'd love it. I'd have fun running around to every house writing a short message.

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Originally Posted by Heliantheae

I'd love it. I'd have fun running around to every house writing a short message.

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My words exactly! If such a feature was to be implemented, I would actually want to visit people's houses and leave a comment or feedback of sorts.

Though, I also worry that a feature of that sort could be misused, and that is a part to keep under consideration.

I think a guest book furnishing item would be awesome! That way, folks who are worried about the more negative aspects of the community could avoid it completely by not having that item, and those who do want it can have it.

This suggestion comes up once in awhile. I think most people like they idea, it just has to be restricted to pre-selected messages to avoid abuse. The history would have to be stored somewhere too and we know how square is about storage. ;D

I visited a new house near mine who had plants ready to harvest. So I simply checked the ownership board (every house has one) & sent a tell to the owner. Quick & simple as they were online. If they had been offline I'd have just noted their name & sent it when I saw them online. No new features needed.

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

If they had been offline I'd have just noted their name & sent it when I saw them online.

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That's why we need a message board lol

A guest book idea would be really great. To avoid bullying and rudeness, it could be a list of pre-set phrases to pick from, like "Your yard is pretty" or something, instead of just letting people type whatever. I dunno, but it's a nice idea.

There's one issue & I know it seems absolutely trivial but I guarantee that there'd be a HUGE outcry by certain parts of the community. That issue is longevity. If they move houses they'll want to keep the existing comments. Worse still, they'll want them to be permanently stored & should the game last for, say ten years (!) that could be an immense amount of data that really has zero use but has to be maintained & kept error free.

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

There's one issue & I know it seems absolutely trivial but I guarantee that there'd be a HUGE outcry by certain parts of the community. That issue is longevity. If they move houses they'll want to keep the existing comments. Worse still, they'll want them to be permanently stored & should the game last for, say ten years (!) that could be an immense amount of data that really has zero use but has to be maintained & kept error free.

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Are you thinking about this seriously? Lol

Then let's cancel 4.0updates and raids and blablabla caz that will cause extra maintenance for sure

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Originally Posted by Arthur_Gwen

Are you thinking about this seriously? Lol

Then let's cancel 4.0updates and raids and blablabla caz that will cause extra maintenance for sure

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Yes I am. I don't know if you read my post wrong or are just taking things to the extreme because I certainly didn't mention anything even remotely related to what you just posted. As for maintenance, come here or on Reddit after maintenance & watch the complaints that rise EVERY time because people don't like the downtime. People complain about everything.

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

Yes I am. I don't know if you read my post wrong or are just taking things to the extreme because I certainly didn't mention anything even remotely related to what you just posted. As for maintenance, come here or on Reddit after maintenance & watch the complaints that rise EVERY time because people don't like the downtime. People complain about everything.

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Okey then, here's some common sense

Text content occupy the least space, even a webpage online game built 10year ago has massage board for houses(yeah I did play such a game

And since I do know a little bit programming, I'm going to tell you message board system is one of the most basic practice for beginning programmer which means, it's extremely easy
Longevity? Space? Let's say they ll store all massages in all data centers in one server for 50years, the space that take is much less than a trail update.

So I really don't know what re you talking about

And if space was REALLY a problem, they could do it like the history on the Market Board; only so many entries can be displayed, and then the old ones are overwritten to make room for the new.

To prevent trolls from filling up the book with junk entries, you make it so that a player can only enter one message per set period (24+ hours), and players on the owner's blacklist can't post.

You stop gil spammed by setting requirements to post--say, maybe the same requirements as to own a home (level and GC rank).

I meant stop gil SPAMMERS, but darn autocorrect got me, and can't edit on mobile...

QoL improvements for forums on mobile, please?

I don't think it's worth me continuing to respond as you don't appear to understand how the system works. It's not a simple HTML page, nor is it a collection of text stored in an ASCII file. It is a set of dynamic databases that have to be constantly available to all users at all times with minimal latency. The reason we can't have many things is due to how data is transferred between the servers & client (amount, frequency etc), a housing log is one of those. Unless, of course, you'd like to give up something in compromise.

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

It's not a simple HTML page, nor is it a collection of text stored in an ASCII file. It is a set of dynamic databases that have to be constantly available to all users at all times with minimal latency. The reason we can't have many things is due to how data is transferred between the servers & client (amount, frequency etc), a housing log is one of those. Unless, of course, you'd like to give up something in compromise.

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My point is, can we stop worrying about a huge mmo game programmers' ability

What you're concerning about is not the point
You pay, play the game, give some suggestions that's all that was what I tried to tell you when I said"are you thinking about this seriously" at the 1st time I replied

I'm not the type of person who love to think about how chefs make the plate and stop ordering the plate if I THINK that may cause extra work for them
I'll pay, give me the plate idc how they make it

They announced a company message board years ago with housing but it never came about.

I would love it!! I have been waiting to commendate my neighbor on his decorating and how it matches mine perfectly for a long time, but I never seen to find them online. I think we play at diferent timezones ( because their garden is updated frequently so he is not taking a break ). If the coding takes too much resorces, then how about we use the moogle letterbox system or something similar? The only difference is that you would be able to send the letter to someone not on your friendlist ( blacklisted banned of course ) and problably not be able to send any itens.

This is such a cute and lovely idea, I really hope it's implemented some time in the near or distant future. (Preferably near.) I'm sure they'd have to have some sort of list of blacklisted words or phrases to avoid trolls/harassment. Kind of like what you would see in Club Penguin and other games of that sort? Typing in a blacklisted word wouldn't be allowed to be sent.

Too lazy to make another new thread

Can we get a message board SE plz

Would be nice! I like visiting other houses and a nice note for their time spent decorating would make their time worth it

Pre-set messages can only help so much. People will find a way to abuse it!
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Originally Posted by Beckett

Pre-set messages can only help so much. People will find a way to abuse it!
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Board owner has the right to delete/manage all messages would solve the problem I guess lol

They announced a free company board back when housing was to initially be released but it never materialized.

Ward problem solved now let's continue to ask for message boards lol

I would love to see house guest books!

It would be nice, but i am concerned if we will get RMT spam on those boards :x

It could be done in a bit like How Streetpass greetings are done on Nintendo.

"So, How do you rate me?
...OK I guess.
Fantastic"

And then a homeownver could see a little counter with the number of times their home has been rated as fantastic (without listing the less than great ratings number).

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Originally Posted by Yuumei

It would be nice, but i am concerned if we will get RMT spam on those boards :x

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Set the message board to lv50+ players only might work