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Andrew Shuttleworth started following the problem "My feed is Garbled" in twitterfeed.

Andrew Shuttleworth started following the question "This method requires a GET error" in Twitter.

Andrew Shuttleworth started following the idea "Showing proportion of software use by platform" in Wakoopa.

A comment on the idea "Broadcast a message needs a facelift" in Ning:

Good point. I hadn't thought of this, but it would be nice if there was an easy way for people to reply. – Andrew Shuttleworth, on April 22, 2009 07:41

Andrew Shuttleworth marked one of Greg's replies in Ning as useful. Greg replied to the idea "Broadcast a message needs a facelift".

Andrew Shuttleworth marked one of Sean's replies in Ping.fm as useful. Sean replied to the idea "Ping.fm should set up service for updating (new) Facebook PAGE status".

Andrew Shuttleworth asked a question in Ning on April 10, 2009 16:23:

Allowing people to leave comments without registering

Over at www.mobileinjapan.com, we are using our site as a public news and information site as well as a community site.

It was recently brought to our attention (*) that it would be useful for non-registered people to be able to comment on blog posts. I was first against the idea as I thought about the spam, but then I realized that we do want to get comments from people who for whatever reason may only visit the site once or occasionally. Most blogs, even the major ones, just require a name and email address and optionally a URL. If necessary a captcha could be added to this list.

From our perspective it would increase the content, value and traffic of the network if people could comment on blog and forum posts without having to register.

* http://www.japaneconomynews.com/2009/...

A comment on the idea "Gist within Gmail?" in Gist:

Have you seen what Xoopit are doing with their Facebook Gmail integration. This is exactly what I wanted! http://blog.xoopit.com/2009/02/xoopit... – Andrew Shuttleworth, on April 08, 2009 19:07

Andrew Shuttleworth replied on April 05, 2009 11:34 to the problem "can i use japanese in posts?" in Ping.fm:

I found a solution. Posting to FriendFeed and getting FriendFeed to post to Twitter works. HelloTxt say they are working on a solution: http://twitter.com/htxt/statuses/1456...

Andrew Shuttleworth replied on April 05, 2009 09:49 to the problem "can i use japanese in posts?" in Ping.fm:

I tried HelloTxt and Twittermail as well. They both have the same problem. Is this some problem at Twitter's side?

Andrew Shuttleworth replied on March 27, 2009 07:02 to the problem "can i use japanese in posts?" in Ping.fm:

I posted in Japanese from Gmail and it came through as mojibake in Twitter

Andrew Shuttleworth replied on March 17, 2009 00:48 to the problem "No Auto Linking of URLS in Blog Comments" in Ning:

Some of the other parts of Ning (from memory, the forums and group discussions) also have an editor with link option, but actually it's not necessary to manually do the link as URLs are auto-linked.

This behavior is inconsistent so confusing. Would much prefer to have auto-linking.

Anyway - not such a big issue.

Andrew Shuttleworth marked one of Bryan Guido Hassin's replies in Poken as useful. Bryan Guido Hassin replied to the question "Why to disclose username/passwords?".

Andrew Shuttleworth replied on March 09, 2009 06:01 to the question "Facebook Photo posting without Status update?" in Ping.fm:

I agree. Having a status message posted when adding a photo just creates annoying duplication. Would be nice if this was handled better.

Andrew Shuttleworth started following the question "Facebook Photo posting without Status update?" in Ping.fm.

Andrew Shuttleworth reported a problem in Ning on February 26, 2009 19:24:

No Auto Linking of URLS in Blog Comments

On other parts of the site URLs seemed to be auto-linked, but not in blog comments. Is this a spam prevention measure or just an oversight. It's confusing to have an inconsistent policy, especially as blog comments can't be edited.

Andrew Shuttleworth reported a problem in Ning on February 20, 2009 10:56:

Adding Text and RSS to Group Page - Problem with rights

Even as an Administrator of a Group I cannot add Text or RSS feeds to the Group page. I either have to be owner or have to set up a new role.

I want to appoint Admins to different Groups and don't want to have to mess around with Roles every time.

Is this a bug or by design?

Andrew Shuttleworth replied on February 12, 2009 09:10 to the idea "Email Digests" in Ning:

Wow. Looks like I spoke too soon! There is actually a 'Notify' link at the bottom of the Forums and Group discussions pages e.g.

http://www.tokyo2point0.net/forum
http://www.tokyo2point0.net/group/pyt...

I also see that you are automatically subscribed to some sort of notifications when you join a group. Will wait to see what I receive.

I wonder if these features were added with the recent updates???

I think these settings should be integrated into the Email Settings page as it's too easy for users to miss:
http://www.tokyo2point0.net/profiles/...

As an aside, it also looks like there's move towards merging groups discussions and forums going on. Look forward to seeing progress on this front too.

Andrew Shuttleworth started following the idea "Broadcast a message needs a facelift" in Ning.

Andrew Shuttleworth shared an idea in Ning on February 12, 2009 07:19:

Changing Interface Language

Ning has done a great job of offering different language offerings to moderators, but I know that many, many people want to run multilingual communities and it's not ideal of the language is in one or the other.

It would be amazing if Ning changed the interface language depending on browser settings or user selection. This would be a huge boost to the www.tokyo2point0.net community I run. At the moment I have created a new language file with both Japanese and English, but I've a long way to go in adding the translation and it's not an ideal solution.