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MemeStreams server move complete |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
7:36 am EDT, Jun 25, 2009 |
If you are seeing this message, you are using MemeStreams on the new server. Enjoy! Let us know if you spot any problems. (Seems faster to me...) MemeStreams server move complete |
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RE: Decius and Rattle have reached an impass |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
2:30 pm EDT, Jun 20, 2009 |
As Nick has decided to air our dispute publicly, a response is obviously in order. On many levels this makes sense, because the consequences of this disagreement effect the entire community, and because an external perspective might be helpful. With that, I thank you for taking the time to read about something that you shouldn't have to get involved with. I'm sorry that we have not been able to resolve this between us. Nick and I are equal partners in Industrial Memetics, the corporate entity that owns MemeStreams. This is reasonable because we've both contributed approximately equal amounts of time and code to the project. However, since the beginning I have born almost all of the financial responsibilities associated with operating the site. The two primary servers belong to me, I pay the monthly hosting costs, I pay for most of the domain names, and I file the tax returns. At the heart of this disagreement is the fact that I've never bothered to write off my expenses on our corporate tax return. The reason is that in order to write them off, I'd have to account for them accurately, and time and effort associated with doing that isn't worth the money to me. A couple years ago Nick decided to put advertisements on MemeStreams. I was opposed to this decision from the outset for two reasons. The first is that you can directly extrapolate the amount of money you are going to make from the amount of traffic you get, and we were not going to make a lot of money. The second is that any money we do make must be reported on our annual tax return, thus generating the paperwork nightmare that I have been trying to avoid. Against my objections, Nick proceeded. At the time he believed, for some reason, that we were going to make more money than we were going to make. We concluded that we would not book the revenue until we actually received money from Google. In some respects it was an experiment - how much would this bring in? As I predicted, it brought in next to nothing. After several years we have not generated enough revenue to reach the minimum amount that prompts Google to cut you a check. However, we have generated some revenue. Obviously, at some point, we're going to have to take receipt of it and book it. It would be my preference that we simply take the money, do the paperwork, and shut the ads off so that we don't have to deal with this anymore. Nick doesn't agree. He has recently become very concerned about dealing with this now and dealing with it in his way. In April, he started the conversation off by proposing that we take receipt of the money from Google, and spend it as follows: Part would go to registering the corporation in the State of Maryland (where Nick lives). Part would go to Nick's wife (who is a C... [ Read More (0.3k in body) ] RE: Decius and Rattle have reached an impass |
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Search engine problem fixed |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
12:08 am EDT, Aug 11, 2007 |
The search engine problem has been fixed. To continue to gloat about our conviction to the MemeStreams cause I want to point out that some of this was fixed using the ssh client on my Sidekick while driving from Atlanta to Nashville. Search engine problem fixed |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
11:49 am EDT, Mar 12, 2007 |
We are doing a test of Google Ads on the site. These are only going to stick around if they generate enough revenue to be worth it. Feedback is welcome. Google Ads |
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MemeStreams Update: Now More Sexy! |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
11:02 am EST, Jan 11, 2007 |
"The pictures make it sexy." The above quote was Decius's first comment after seeing Friendster back in 2001 when we were already underway coding the initial version of MemeStreams. I can now say with authority that we qualify as "sexy". MemeStreams now has both image and video display capability.This comes with several improvements to the way messages are edited and displayed. In addition to inline display of images using the img tag, we have also added the HTML tags u, center, and pre, in addition to the already existing support for b, i, and a. blockquote can be used as blockquote, bq, or quote. When pre is used, any HTML tags within are escaped, so you can now display snippets of code and other previously impossible text without losing formatting. For instance, here is an example of an image tag: <img src="http://kradmeme.local/meme_tail.gif" alt="Optional description"> Image tags can be justified left or right using the align attribute so text wraps around them, such as the image in this post. All implemented tags support standard HTML attributes to the degree we support the attributes. When posting, the interface now displays error messages in realtime about formatting problems above the edit window. Eventually we will have this functionality include better information about to what types of HTML is allowed and how it can be used. In general, the system will display posts better and more uniformly. It is no longer so ridged about spacing after quotes, posts will now display properly regardless of if you have a newline after a quote or not. Characters such as > and < can now be used in posts without being part of an HTML tag as well. Any Google/YouTube/Revver videos that are primary links will be displayed automatically at the top of the post. Videos can also be displayed inline with a tag like this: <video url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2f4heaG288" alt="Optional description"> We will add other video services as we become aware of them. Let us know if there is a service you would like us to support. We would like to single out Acidus for praise. His help made this update happen. We are very excited to have him actively involved with MemeStreams developlment. His work is present in several aspects of this update, such as the on-the-fly picture resizing and the realtime post validity checking. Be sure to tell him how much he kicks ass. We have never worked with anyone better when it comes to web security and javascript. Be sure to tell terratogen he kicks ass as well. For years now, he has been providing us with with all our graphic design needs. You can see his work in the site's logo and the various graphical icons used throughout the site. As always, if you encounter any problems, let Rattle or Decius know. More information and site updates are on the way. MemeStreams Update: Now More Sexy! |
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MemeStreams Update - User Weblogs Page & Session Tracking |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
12:18 am EST, Dec 5, 2006 |
The User Weblogs page has been updated to include pictures and more information. There is a link to hide details that gives the old view of the page. The session tracking has been updated to only see users and guests as present on the site if they have viewed a page in the last 15 minutes. Online status is noted underneath user pictures if users are online. MemeStreams Update - User Weblogs Page & Session Tracking |
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MemeStreams Update - Improvements to pictures and search |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
12:33 am EST, Dec 2, 2006 |
Further tweaks to the picture system have been made. Any pictures posted from this point forward will be higher quality. We may go through the existing posted picture and improve their quality as well.. Improvements have been made to searching. The search box on the upper right side of the screen is now contextual. Searches will be preformed on the content you are currently viewing. If you search from a user's blog, the search results will be from that user's blog. If you search in the agent, you will search the current group of users being viewed. Searches can be widened to the entire system at any time by clicking the "Search MemeStreams" button. More performance tweaks to search are on the way... As are more picture capabilities. Sometime in the next few days, pictures will also start to appear in other pages on the system. Enjoy! MemeStreams Update - Improvements to pictures and search |
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MemeStreams Update - Social Network |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
10:32 pm EST, Nov 29, 2006 |
The Social Network section of the site has been updated. It now only produces graphs and statistics using data from the past month. The stats are more informative and include pictures. The graphs are not pure noise. The Most Recommended Users page remains not quite as useful There is still much room for improvement, but that portion of the site is actually useful now. MemeStreams Update - Social Network |
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MemeStreams Update - New Profiles & Pictures |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
1:33 am EST, Nov 27, 2006 |
We have begun pushing out a series of upgrades to MemeStreams. Some new features will be working their way into the site over the next few days. We are pleased to announce that user profiles have gotten a much needed makeover. Among the changes, is the ability to post pictures. Currently pictures are only displayed in user profiles and on user blogs. As we start rolling out more features, pictures will appear in more places. Enjoy! MemeStreams Update - New Profiles & Pictures |
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MemeStreams Privacy Policy Changes (Draft for public review) |
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Topic: MemeStreams |
5:07 pm EST, Nov 25, 2006 |
The following is a draft of the new MemeStreams Privacy Policy. We will leave this up for public review until Tuesday. We would very much like to hear your feedback before making it official. If you don't have any objections, we would still like to hear a "looks good to me comment".. We want to make sure that we have full community involvement in crafting any site policy. There is little change in substance and spirit between this version and the current privacy policy. This rewrite is mostly to clarify things, be easier to read, and have the necessary statements in place to satisfy requirements for working with advertising partners. MemeStreams is designed to enable you to share information with other Internet users about web sites you find interesting. All of the information collected by the system is intended to be published, except where specifically noted. If you are concerned about the information you publish, we recommend that you publish your weblog under a pseudonym, and do not recommend web sites you do not want other people to know you are reading. Any information that you publish on your weblog or in your profile is available to others. The people who run this site are concerned about privacy rights, and will make every endeavor to protect information that ought to be private. We will attempt to protect you, and inform you about how you can better protect yourself. Your email address is private: MemeStreams makes you verify your email address when you create an account in order to be able to post. We must verify your email address because MemeStreams can be used to generate outbound emails. We will never sell your email address to spammers or share it with third parties. However, if you choose to publish your email address in your profile or in posts, others can obtain it. Your click-through data is private: MemeStreams collects information about the websites you've visited from other user's weblogs. This information is used by our reputation system and search engine to improve results. We will not intentionally provide this information to any third party. This website uses cookies: All users of this website are issued cookies. These cookies are used to associate transactions with user's accounts, as well as to gather statistical data on our visitors. This statistical data is used to gauge the size and nature of our readership, as well as target advertisements on the website. Third parties, such as our advertising partners, may also set cookies. This website uses Javascript: MemeStreams uses Javascript to provide a more powerful end user experience, as well as to deliver advertisements and collect statistics. This website will not work properly unless Javascript is enabled in your web browser. Disclosure of statistics... [ Read More (0.2k in body) ] MemeStreams Privacy Policy Changes (Draft for public review)
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