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Hello everyone,

👻👀🐪🐅 We have just finished one more major release of Similar Worlds.

[b]• Nested Replies / Direct Comments[/b] 💬
This was one of the most requested features, so we have now taken priority to complete this.
You can now reply directly to a comment on a Story or Question, and your reply will be nested to that comment. Just click the "Reply" link below the comment you want to reply to.
Only the users on that nested thread will receive notifications. As usual, you can stop notifications at any time.

[b]• SW-Questions, the new Questionator[/b] ❓
Our new Robot has been around for a while now.
SW-Questions posts several questions a day and it's actually getting some very cool answers!

This robot may sometimes reply to members. Were you one of those lucky people, yet?

You can find SW-Questions here - https://similarworlds.com/SW-Questions

[b]• Mute Users[/b] 😶
Blocking users will prevent them from messaging and adding/following you, and that may not be always the best choice.
So, we have implemented a new function to Mute users.
Muting users will prevent their posts from appearing to you, unless you visit their profiles.
Muting does not disable comments or private messages.

You can mute up to 500 members, just like blocking.
VIP users can mute up to 5000 members and block up to 5000 members.

We have also made a panel for [c=#BF0000][b]Taking a Break[/b][/c], explaining the various methods you can use against a user.


[b]• Easier to Write a Story or Ask a Question[/b] ✏

We have made it easier to make a post.
We added two new buttons in the homepage, so it should be straight forward to begin typing a story or a question, without having to think about what group or category the post should be in.


[b]• Lots of other Improvements![/b] 🔧
As usual, we keep working every day to improve our site.
- 3 new Categories for Questions:
• Life
• Technology
• Similar Worlds
- Set an image as Profile Picture from the Manage Photos page.
- Upgraded all the icons on the Similar Worlds website.
- Show the unread Notification counter in the page title.
(making it easier to know you have notifications, if you are not focused on the SW browser tab)
- Notification sounds now work on Mobile and on browsers without Flash.
- Lots of other technical improvements and fixes as we find or our members report to us.


Thank you for your support and we hope you stay with us.

We are constantly listening to your suggestions, so please keep giving them to us, as they are very important to the future of Similar Worlds.

Very kind regards,
Nuno
Darci ·
[c=#003BB2]Great work guys! As always :) The 'taking a break from someone' actually seems interesting and useful even though I never block unless it's really necessary. Keep it up! [/c]
Carissimi · 70-79, F
Nuno, I just noticed that on nested replies, a person's username automatically appears when I click on reply. This is great! No more spelling out long username's so the person knows who it's for.

Yesterday, someone blocked me because they thought I was replying to them, when I was actually replying to someone else, so with this automatic username these kinds of misunderstandings won't happen.

Thanks!! 🙂
[c=#BF0080]Even though we could reply to a comment if other people did then it got confusing unless you put the actual username. This is fabulous. 😄[/c]
Carissimi · 70-79, F
@pinkrainbowkisses: Yes, it became very confusing when several people were replying. I replied to an abusive comment, and a lady thought I was talking to her and blocked me.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
Nuno, I just noticed the reply feature is also on every comment box. Thank you. Now we can reply directly to any comment. Cheers. 👍
diablesse · 56-60, F
Thank you for your continuous efforts to improve the site. Nested comments was what was missing to make this site awesome. Great job you guys and, once again, many thanks for making SW just a wonderful home for so many of us.
hami1091 · 41-45, F
Was so happy to see the nested comments one of the major things in my opinion, that this site was missing. 👍
As always, thanks for your (and your team's) effort to make SW better and better!
I have a suggestion. We should be notified when someone directly replies to our comments.
Nuno · Admin
Hello,

We will soon release a few improvements to Nested Replies, and that includes the notifications you are missing. :)

Thank you,
Nuno
ManicMicah · 22-25, M
Thank goodness.
Sweet 👍
[b][c=#BF0080]Thank you, SW team![/c][/b]
👍
Thank you for what you have built. I'm a real happy customer, but I would like to know if the follow'n three things are in the pipeline...
1. A notepad, with the same format'n as the post'n boxes. We could cut and paste poetry and stories, that take a few days to work on, without use'n another app or site. I love the edit'n tools that you've given us for small fixes.

2. A place where two people can share a seamless conversation.

3. An alternate badge. I'd like to show people I support SW, but I've noticed that people seem to have a funny reaction to the VIP notion. That suggestion actually comes from three people:)
Thank you, again, for all you do. Beth 🌷
PS... a daisy would be nice... or a little star... a tiny one :))
Nonamefornow · 51-55, F
Wow! Great stuffbyou have there! I feel excited to experience all this updates. Thanks to all you guys!
JustNik · 51-55, F
Nuno - do you guys still say someone's the bomb? Cuz if they do, you guys are the bomb! 😉😄👍
ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
Thank you so much! I'm so happy to see nested replies!
CatLady · 36-40, F
I really like this website. Thanks for all your efforts!
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
Thanks to you and your team! You are really doing a great work! 👍
SW-User
You guys have made a good site even better with the update. But there might be a problem with nested replies, has anyone else noticed if you heart someone's reply on a nested reply you can exit out of the question/story back to the main feed, then go back into the story/question and you can re-heart their comment and it counts it again and again?
Very cool.. Thank you guys (very exciting too)
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
Thanks for all the hard work!
marsbar · F
Fantastic job! Thank you!! 😊
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Awesome work guys!!👏🏻
[c=#BF0080]Excellent job, as usual. 😄[/c]
pdqsailor1 · 61-69, M
Can you consider adding a search feature to the site

Also being able to search by view count or hearts or replies would be most valuable

And - having a featured story and question would be helpful.

Thanks,

pdqsailor
Cinnamon · 31-35, F
Fabulous work SW team! I just noticed the "nested comments" feature when I got a notification for one. That really will make a difference. Thank you for everything you are doing.
ManicMicah · 22-25, M
This is so AWESOME, thank you so much! I've been waiting so long to reply to others! I love you guys for making this site an amazing experience!
Carissimi · 70-79, F
Great work, Nuno! I'm not hearing sounds on notifications. Maybe, I need to turn it on somewhere...my phone or settings.
Jessa29 · 36-40, FMod
@Carissimi No it's on the notifications page when you click on the bell.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
Heck, Jess, I'd forgotten – or didn't know – about clicking on the bell. Both are ticked, but it says enable sounds on important notifications. How do I know what's important?
Jessa29 · 36-40, FMod
@Carissimi It's ok lol. Idk really maybe the more comments the more important?
Cinnamon · 31-35, F
But wait! The nested comments thing seems to have a short limit? I can reply to a comment and the commenter can reply to me but I don't see an option for me to reply to their reply?
[c=#BF0080]Yes, the newest goes first I think.[/c]
Cinnamon · 31-35, F
Oh wait now my reply is under yours where it should be. Learning curve :)
[c=#BF0080]Don't worry I couldn't figure it out at first either lol.[/c]
BitterSweetPotato · 31-35, F
Awesome job!

I just hope soon we will be able to create groups on SW, I am also hoping once the complete user profiles are there, it will be easy for us to see who is online and who is not.

White boards and gestures are nice features, they help you keep in touch with people , they just make it easier, they also help you express things to others..
Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
Thank goodness you're back!
CrocodileCookie · 22-25
good work 👍
loykhtn · 61-69, M
Where's the FAQ/ Help?! At least tell me about any format tricks for comments and stories. How do you include someone who's commented as a linkname?
Gentle153 · 36-40, MMod
An official FAQ isn't available yet, but you can find mine at http://real-people.net.

Linking names is not yet possible. You can only include a link to their profile if you really want to make it easy for others to visit that.
Blodyn · 22-25, F
It's a very well organised site. But I wish to leave. How do I delete my account?
Jessa29 · 36-40, FMod
Hi you can email the team at support@similarworlds.com and request that your account be deleted.
Blodyn · 22-25, F
Thank you so much for your reply. It shows that you care. But I don't want to leave. It's just that there are so many male users who send inappropriate posts and messages. It wasn't like that at the beginning. It was so nice to have interesting people chatting together. And I know we can block all male users if we want and I like we can do that but there are also some really nice men who reply to my stories. And I don't want to lose their messages. But also I don't want to be constantly blocking people. Do you understand what I am trying to say. And thank you for your help and support. @Jessa29:
Andrew · Admin
[b]@blodyn[/b]: Hello,
Thanks for choosing to stay on Similar Worlds.

If you would like to [b]prevent messages from male members from reaching your inbox (and not be notified of them)[/b], I suggest doing the following:

1) Visit your Inbox: https://similarworlds.com/messages

2) Click on the "[b]Filter Messages[/b]" button, which should appear on the right of the screen, or below your messages (depending on your device).

3) Select the option "[b]All Male User[/b]s" then press "[b]Save[/b]".

You should no longer get alerts of new messages from male members.

The messages they send still can be found in your "[b]Message Requests[/b]" page however: https://similarworlds.com/messages?requests=1

Kind regards!
second2018 · 31-35, F
Curious as to progress and priority making available photo albums that can be offered for viewing to membership and selective friends.
gothicbeautystar · 31-35, F
yeah the sound doesnt really work
Nuno · Admin
Ok, so I believe they are working for you.
They will only beep for important notifications and if you are not using Similar Worlds (but Similar Worlds is open on your browser).
gothicbeautystar · 31-35, F
which ones are considered important?
Nuno · Admin
Replies/Comments on the stories/questions (there may be more in the future).
please , allow users to create their own groups , otherwise , some posts will always be not completelly adapt to the current groups
Carissimi · 70-79, F
I just changed my profile pic using from the album feature. It was instantaneous. So easy. Thanks a lot guys. 👍
Jessa29 · 36-40, FMod
@Carissimi I'm glad you like it :D
frankthetan · 41-45, M
How do you create a new group
Jessa29 · 36-40, FMod
██ Create Groups
The team may eventually allow the creation of groups, but this feature needs a lot of thought and discussion before being released.

If creation of groups is allowed freely, we may end up with many duplicate and misspelled group again. Members may also label the content rating of a new group incorrectly in that case, which caused a lot of problems in the first days of SW with adult groups appearing in the non-adult areas.

The team has different ideas to secure the creation of new groups properly. They may allow some setup where members can suggest new groups for creation, and SW staff would have to approve these groups manually. Otherwise group creation may be limited to certain groups of members, such as Admins, Staff, Moderators, Helpers, and Trusted Members (those with a high reputation).

In the mean time members can use the group search and make use of the large variety of groups already available.

Suggestion without feedback: Do not require group names to start with "I ".

Updated: 2 month(s) ago | Sources: Andrew / Haylani / Nuno
Direct link: http://real-people.net/features#feature19
Sunlover91 · 56-60, F
Nice work! Any idea when the app will be available?
bj2016 · 22-25, M
Nice just asking when will the app be released
bj2016 · 22-25, M
What about a app for this site
bj2016 · 22-25, M
When is the app released
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SW-User
Nice work. You guys are making a great site even better.

 
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