Hi,

Apologies that I hadn’t noticed this forum thread earlier.

We are getting video uploads, so I don’t see an issue with people being able to add videos to the site.

I do know that the processing bar doesn’t always load correctly, but the video is still processing in the background. So, even when it uploads and then goes to processing (which it does twice), it may stay at 0%, but it is still processing the video.

If you just wait, it should eventually take you to the next part of the process, where you can choose a thumbnail.

I can see that you have now successfully uploaded a video, so hopefully the issue has resolved itself.

c00kie
FF Team

Story formatting has been requested, but it hasn't been added as of yet. Hiccupx is currently away, so I can't ask directly whether this is still something we plan to implement or not. At the moment, though, formatting can only be used with BBCode in the forums.

Hope this helps,
c00kie
FF Team

Hi,

Sorry I missed this. It was posted in the general forum, so I've now moved it to the correct forum and can answer your question.

It's not a bug as such. What's happening is that when someone sends you a message and then their account is deleted or banned, all of their content is removed along with the account.

The issue with messages is that they're also linked to the active account of the person who received the message. Because of that, the message can still appear in your inbox, but when you try to open it, the actual content has already been removed because the sender's account no longer exists. That's why you see the standard "Item not found" message that appears when content is no longer available.

I do think we could improve this by removing those messages from the inbox completely when the sender's account is deleted or banned. It would make things much clearer and avoid having messages sitting in your inbox that you can't actually open.

It would just need to be added to the site's work schedule, as we're always busy working on different improvements and fixes. I'll speak to hiccupx about it and see if we can get it added to the list.

c00kie
FF Team

Content here is created and uploaded by our users. We don't ban AI, but we are looking at how we handle it because while AI can be a useful tool for people to use, we also don't want the site to become flooded with AI generated images, stories or videos.

AI is obviously still relatively new, and it's now very accessible and easy for people to experiment with. Naturally lots of people are going to play around with it and share what they've created, and that's fine.

We've already introduced an AI filter/tag in the photo section, and we'll be bringing the same functionality to the stories section. This will allow people to filter AI generated stories in or out, depending on their preference.

The aim isn't to ban AI but to find a sensible balance that allows people to use and share AI content without it overwhelming everything else on the site.

Hope that seems like a fair solution to all.

c00kie
FF Team

Hey!

Thanks for the suggestion! It's something I've also been thinking about for a while, especially adding a like system. I think it would be a nice addition and I agree could help make discussions feel more active.

Will poke hiccupx about this one, and see if there's a way we can add this into the work schedule.

Thanks,
c00kie
FF Team