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[LutiChris]

Birthday thread is "important thread"

Are birthday's really important? On an individual basis they can be. I personally don't feel that way since everyone that is alive has birthday's it's nothing really notable or special to be proud of. Some member's aren't even mentioned in the birthday thread because they don't post and aren't recognized in the community. But this is why we have member of the month. Birthdays always (discounting the fact if someone was born on a leap year) come consistently every year with nobody really surprised by that fact some may have memorized the occasion and becomes pretty mundane when you compare it with other topics (based solely on the same drivel that one would see on every post such as the Count to 123456 Thread)

Important discussions regarding questions, contests, and community progress should be notable in the front page.
Not birthday's that happen to all of us aren't helpful and don't provide anything but praising a user who we all probably admire based on said accomplishments or friendships or whatever.

If you deem birthday thread as important then by all means post in the thread. Everyone says the same thing and nothing of value can really be provided to us except the fact that it's their birthday.

Stop being lazy ... Is that realy hard to do? Just 1-2 and you are there.

yes this is pretty trivial, as it's only 1 or 2 clicks away. But saying we are lazy is nonsense. Even though the ones that are for the update (myself included) suggest BP to fix it on his own initiative, This would barely make a difference if he makes the changes or not but the fact that he said on page 2 that he really doesn't mind says he's okay making the changes. Even though this issue is really is small, listening to inquiry and criticizing the way things are done should be a concern for the admin and some mods. Making it convenient for users is much more efficient anyways. We're still going to have to do an additional click but really. This shouldn't actually be considered work so its silly to simply say we are lazy in that sense. The stance that you are holding is exactly that, not doing anything is lazy. Well, not really... since you're actively engaging in the topic.

Remember when commisions were a good idea?

Implying that it's not important because nobody posts.
I can't speak for everyone but my income is important to me and commissions revolve around income when someone wants something and shouldn't be regarded as unimportant. Plus its a community thing.

As far as commissions go I would just do it by pm, since nobody posts there. That's just my recommendation but i still think its somewhat important to have the thread there in case people don't know whether to pm a user or simply write out there requests. I don't see it as extraordinarily significant, we could do away with whole section for all i care. well now that i look back... the information BP set is informing any newcomer who wants to send their requests via pm or by thread should understand some type of standard when dealing with important information like contracts, time frames and responsibilities. It's a nice guideline to look at and others can use this outside of LFE.