If you are new here please visit https://forum.cimmarian.com
It's 100% free and the first 50 sign ups will be automatically promoted to Trust Level 1 which come with more features to utilize.
As like anything new it needs some adjustments to allow for better usage this being said try to note that the forum does support other features like wiki style posts instead of normal posting. So keep this in mind if you try to edit old posts. These types of options are set to keep things clear and clean instead of misleading when re-visited etc.
Forum Changes
S3 bucket and Cloudfront CDN
For those who don't know S3 is a content bucket this means when you upload something to the forum it goes to our server bucket instead of the direct server. This allows for after uploads and downloads especailly when given a location which is when the CDN takes over to allow you to see files at a faster rate.
- 1 Terabyte Bucket with International CDN
Edit times
This seems to confuse users why you "Can't" edit your own post after a certain amount of time. The purpose of this is to have clarity and moderation. So if someone edit their post after it says get reported we would need to pull up an older post. Or maybe it's a well trusted post and their account is used to edit links or upload malicious files. Anything can happen and editing the same first post every week is not it's purpose and in the future we may allow payed users to edit with a much larger window.
- You can edit your post as a new user for 48 hours instead of 24 hours now
- After trust level 2 and above is earned you can edit your posts within 30 days
- Future supportive users (payed) will get 1 year+ edits
Local Language
Though we don't support communication outside English we do however attempt to aupport UI language. When you are outside an English speaking country you can set your language to be in your native language. Note that this is to help you navigate not to make or speak non-english in the forum.
- Can set your navigation and UI to your native language
Title Length
Title Length is a confusing situation as the idea is to provide information in your title but not make it nonesense. This have been edited to let users make smaller titles if they just want to share without the need to type a sentence as it's title
- Forced title length changed from 15 to 4
Max consecutive replies
This might seem counter social but the idea here is to negate spam and knee jerk hate replies. Many users might want to reply with .gif or one word even just plain insults which is normal for comment sections or chat rooms. This we want to try and avoid so the limit will stay but will be made larger.
Note: These are replies back to back and is not applied to the topic owner.
- Consecutive replies limited set from 3 to 5
Max links, Media and Attachments
New users will be given a max links posted per topic creation or reply. This is to help limit advertisements, spam and clutter. No one wants to see a wall of .gifs, twitch clips etc showing the same things over and over especailly if in the nature of a spam so this is created to help limit this.
- Max links per post set from 2 to 5
File size cap
As like any indie community and creator management of servers adds up. So as much as I would love to provide a larger file size to compete with things like Discord Nitro etc. I will be limiting file size to 10mb for the time being with direct uploads.
- Max size limit set from 4 to 10
- Max Attached files per post set from 4 to 10
Security limits set lower
This sounds bad but this is not about passwords etc. This is about posting. Some users copy paste or drag and drop quickly causing the automation to think they were spamming or a bot. This edit is to make it so it's less likely the automation will catch you as a bad actor while the community grows.
- Fast typing set from 3 seconds to 1 second
- Silence user set to Medium instead of High
Header and Navigation
The forum is set to show categories first and the latest topics, The drop down is now set to show more suggestions when typing to help you see what you might be looking for.
- When searching or typing in the categories / tags it will now suggest up to 10 already existing to help you utilize the proper posting locations.
Tags limit and Creation
Tags are a mess on most platforms and it's hard to maintain them without limits. Their purpose is to help you organize what you post and to help others find this. For example you can post about a RPG build and utilize tags like Tank, DPS, Solo Build, Game Name. This will help users to find Tank builds under a RPG game they like to play and even talk to you about your build.
- Tag limit set from 5 to 6
- Tags can be created by trust level 1
Email Digest
This is just an email that is sent out to help users know what is being talked about or if anyone is talking in their favourite topics etc. This has been moved from weekly to monthly to help avoid spaming users.
- Digest set from weekly to monthly
