Just want to share an idea that crossed my mind.
The moods in msn messenger change according to the emoticons you use.
Would it be nice to see something like this for standard forums? I think it's a quite unique idea to let a bot check the smileys you use in posts, and adapt your mood-rate likewise, and then change your avatar picture which is located at the same server.
Or maybe just an extension to mybboard for example, but I don't have much experience with that.

Anyway, it would probably waste way too much traffic

Yes but optional...

Hmm. Nice idea but it would be quite hard for them to make that work

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Originally posted by chris4
Hmm. Nice idea but it would be quite hard for them to make that work

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And what about posts like yours? With multiple smileys?



What would you do for this post?

Don't worry: I'm not trying to put you down. I'm just making people aware of the problems.

What about msn messages with multiple smileys? Just count all the smileys individual.

Example:
= mood -2
= mood -1
= mood +1
= mood +2

You could also have multiple categories, so you can log the times specific emoticons will be used. i.e. when someone uses a lot, his avatar could be changed into a shy version. Same for  .

Or like a love-category, counting

i do think its a creative and unique idea, however i wouldn't want my picture changing, so definintely optional this should have been posted in Forum and Website bit btw

and what about emoticons in posts etc...

I like the initial idea though, it would be original for a forum. But the way it works on MSN Messenger isn't a good way to let it work on a forum....

It could be done much easier also, just an easy accessible setting somewhere (top bar?) where you can select your mood. And the mood would show somewhere in the box where your avatar is (not replacing the avatar).

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
But the way it works on MSN Messenger isn't a good way to let it work on a forum....

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Yeh I like CookieRevised idea.

Maybe there could be 3 options.

1st Option - Disabled [regular avatar]
2nd Option - automatic mood change
3rd Option - (as said above) choose your mood from dropdown menu.

With Dynamic Display Pictures, they react to your emoticons

You are forgetting one thing...this doesnt work as msn does...When you make the emo in msn, the ddp gets all smiley and bla bla...
Now in forums, when you post and put the emo, it would change ur avatar in every place u had posted before, so where u posted would become ...got it?

Solution :

User A posts in thread AA...So, in that post, in thread AA,his avatar remains Forever...1 minute later the same user A posts in thread AB, with the emo...so like in thread AA his avtar will be forever...

Now i dont think that'd be a good idea..phearps a field, bellow your Post count, Reputation, Age, Sex, Joining date and status, saying, POST MOOD = , , or anything

I understand the problem Johny, but the mood avatar could just show the 'current mood'. And of course it could show an 'average mood' of for example the 5 latest posts.

It still wouldn't work decently.... Like I said, they way it is in MSN Messenger can not be copied to a forum, it will never work that way...

btw, and I can be in a very bad mood, while still posting a message with to someone in a friendly thread....

And also, reacting on emoticons only enlarges the urge of people to post message with a lot of useless emoticons...

what about a drop down box under each post which lets you choose from a list of moods.

Thanks for your positive critisism!

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
btw, and I can be in a very bad mood, while still posting a message with  to someone in a friendly thread....

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
And also, reacting on emoticons only enlarges the urge of people to post message with a lot of useless emoticons...

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Originally posted by saralk


what about a drop down box under each post which lets you choose from a list of moods.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

It could be done much easier also, just an easy accessible setting somewhere (top bar?) where you can select your mood. And the mood would show somewhere in the box where your avatar is (not replacing the avatar).

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