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Johnny English
I was chatting earlier with another TT'er who is also into motorbikes, same kinda style as mine, and he lives close-by. We only made contact because of a casual comment about the weather changing and being good for biking.

So it occured to me that it would be good to have some way of ticking a box or someway "joining" a club within TT that indicates you are interested in some area. So sub-clubs might be for example:

1. Chess
2. Snowboarding
3. Computer Games
4. Spanish
5. Parachuting
6. Badminton
7. Star Trek

They need to be a little specific - no point in having clubs for "beer" or "travel" 'cos everyone wants to do that.

Or am I being thick? Obviously searching discussions can throw up your interests but I might wanna go parachuting one day but have never posted in a relevant thread to date.
Editor Bob
New feature. See: TT Member Interest Groups
tinap
Thanks Bob. Way to go! I love it.

Tina
Paul
I thought we all knew what we shared? A love for reading the Daily Mail and agreeing with everything that Jeremy Clarkson says. wink.gif
Johnny English
It's a very emotional moment for me. (sniff) My suggestion has been implemented by he from above... EB.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank EB, my agent, my family, and all those that still had faith in me as a young TTer. Even through the bleak times, the dull threads, the tedious postings and the busted internet connections I knew this day would come.
tinap
You forgot the infamous "you like me, you really really like me", from the acceptance speech of Sally Field.

Happy for you dude, but realize you have now had your 15 minutes of fame and will live the rest of your life in obscurity. Ah, the pain.
Tom17
Ahhh nice one! Thanks Bob!
bonydebbie
Errrrr no F1. How can that be missed durin da season?
SleeplessInMunich
Bonydebbie, you are able to add new interests to the list if they aren't already there.
UrbanAngel
I was perusing the new interests list and stumbled across group sex. I clicked on the title (curious) and saw there were three people added. What a perfect number. Any news? You could make this the first meet from the interests list!
papa_geno
UrbanAngel, and of course they are all males, which doesn't preclude such a meet-up, of course, but may not be what they had in mind.
Editor Bob
The member interest groups page has now been updated to accommodate members living in different parts of Germany. Currently there are only sub-groupings for those in Berlin, Munich, and Frankfurt (where our largest readerships are) but more can easily be added as need be.

And coming soon, a new facility to easily PM all members who share an interest.
drw
While people living in Garching technically do not live in Munich, I think that they should be counted in the Munich category for the purpose of interest groups.
eurovol
More girls need to sign up in the group sex category. Golems is probably getting a bit worn out by now. tongue.gif
Johnny English
WTF??? Yeti and Me have been chucked out into someplace called "Elsewhere" for motorbiking???

That's bloody charming. So next people that organise a group for Munich bikers will skip us out. Sounds even worse than living in buggering Berlin or summat. At least in Berlin you belong... but Yeti and me might as well be in frigging Romania.

Elsewhere. Now I live in buggering Elsewhere with my Nowhere Wife and Unknown Kids.

It's enough of a cross to bear living a wee bit in the sticks, but if Landsberg was good enough to lock Adolf up for a few years then it is good enough for us.

Friggin Elsewhere. Riding my friggin unbranded motorbike. Kicked out of the friggin Toytown. I am now officially sulking. Elsewhere. We are being disrespected.
Editor Bob
QUOTE (Johnny English @ Dec 11 2006, 11:54 pm) *
Any chance of getting the nearby Bavarian towns included in the "Munich" grouping?

Sure thing. Landsberg, Allershausen, and Augsburg are now already included in Munich. An improved system for including all nearby towns will come soon.
Johnny English
Thanks. Once more my futile life has some slight meaning.
Bell the cat
given that there is group sex and polyamory, why have gay, lesbian and bisexual been missed off?
Whisky-Emporium
Great to see so many interested in Whisky.

Maybe some would like to come along to my whisky evening on Friday? wink.gif
Owain Glyndwr
because no-one has suggested these groups yet. It is up to us members to suggest the interest groups. If you wish to add these interest groups, then do so!
Bell the cat
okay, I see you can add it yourself so I have
Malt-Teaser
Great Feature Ed. Bob.

Meanwhile, check out some of the associated discussions listed under "Pool" laugh.gif
Malt-Teaser
I know I sometimes suffer from fits of not seeing things, but where do we find the link for the Member Interests page on the site?

No, not in this thread, I mean on the site.
I couldn't see it on the Home Page or under Chat Forum, or up at the top of the page ...
Topsy
click on the red "xtra" link up at the top - interest groups is the second one down in the miscellaneous section
Malt-Teaser
Aha, thanks I found it now.
GreenTea
How much is this feature actually used? I just checked out a few groups that I know would be of interest to specific TTers, but they haven't subscribed to them. Is it that people aren't aware of this feature, or that they just can't/don't want to be bothered?

Also, the "Related chat forum topics" list seems to be of limited usefulness, if it just automatically lists any topic whose title contains the name of the interest - irrelevant topics can be included, and relevant ones omitted. Would it be possible to allow interest group members to add their own links to relevant threads?
Johnny English
Never underestimate the apathy of the great british public. I also used to be apathetic but now I can't be arsed.
DDBug
I can't remember which interest groups I signed up for
Bell the cat
QUOTE (GreenTea @ Dec 12 2006, 7:07 pm) *
I just checked out a few groups that I know would be of interest to specific TTers, but they haven't subscribed to them.

I thought it was a brand new feature only launched today? Give it time ...
Keydeck
It's been there a long time, BTC. Possibly just made region specific recently.

Ah yes.

QUOTE (Editor Bob @ Mar 27 2005, 2:47 am) *
New feature. See: TT Member Interest Groups

QUOTE (Editor Bob @ Dec 11 2006, 5:30 pm) *
The member interest groups page has now been updated to accommodate members living in different parts of Germany. Currently there are only sub-groupings for those in Berlin, Munich, and Frankfurt (where our largest readerships are) but more can easily be added as need be.

And coming soon, a new facility to easily PM all members who share an interest.

So there you have it. It will be possible to use it to contact various groups. A nice little idea.
drw
QUOTE (GreenTea @ Dec 12 2006, 7:07 pm) *
How much is this feature actually used?

I have seen it used once or twice to contact people with a certain interest.

The visibility (and probably use) of the Interests feature could be increased a lot by including it in Toytown search results.
Bell the cat
QUOTE (Keydeck @ Dec 12 2006, 7:34 pm) *
It's been there a long time, BTC. Possibly just made region specific recently.

should have checked the date of EBs post. In my solipsistic way I read it today and assumed it had been posted today. Doh!
Editor Bob
The interest groups feature was introduced back in March last year. But there were a number of technical problems with it so it wasn't fully promoted. In fact, it has lain hidden, unlinked, and neglected for the last six months or so. Now the feature is (finally) being brought back to life.

As for how much it is used, there are statistics on the bottom of the interest groups main page. They currently read:

QUOTE
603 members have registered 4904 expressions of interest in 183 groups

As for drw's suggestion of including interest groups in the site search results, that's a good idea. They're now included. See for example: search results for "magic".

And as for the list of "related topics" not always being accurate, well, that's because the system is automated. Sometimes it works really well, sometimes it does't. For example, the related topics under the Yoga group are all highly relevant - all 15 of them. Other groups, however, are less relevant. This is just like Google search results - they are never going to be perfect. They're good enough though.
Wheel
Are interests going to show on people's profiles? I notice there's a new link to the interests matrix but it would be good if registered interests showed up automatically.
Editor Bob
No current plans for that. Maybe one day, but not anytime soon.
GreenTea
QUOTE (DDBug @ Dec 12 2006, 7:30 pm) *
I can't remember which interest groups I signed up for

At the top of the "Member interests" page there's a button "Load my interests". Enter your username and password, and click that button, and the list will be displayed with your interest groups highlighted. smile.gif
Memo
Is it no longer possible to view the members of an interest group? When I click on the group, the whole interests list load again.

Or am I being too dumb?
Editor Bob
The interests pages have been screwed up for a few weeks, I'm afraid.

Too many people used it and the database tables are now overloaded. The code needs to be refactored. Dunno when this'll happen.
Lavender Rain
Is there a designated TT interest group for jerks who want to coalesce with like minded members? laugh.gif
sjkiss
Does anybody else have problems with the intereset group feature? I can't seem to get it to work. I'm using Safari on a Macbook. Everytime I click on the name of an interest group, the page just reloads. The "load interests" and "save interest" functions don't seem to do anything particular at all.
Memo
The answer is two posts above yours...
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