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Idle curiosity having never considered it before. What does it mean?
It seems that free members = black and blue (they probably deserve it 😉). Full members = either black and green, black and red or all black. Ish, I may have this wrong. Random? Secret code?
Secretly hoping black and red isn't code for 'the mods think you're a knob'!
It’s based on how many likes you get…
It's like karate belts innit.
They signify which arguelumpian tribe you belong to, so when the great STW war breaks out you know who to attack with bombers, whose shoes you should wee in, and whose lawn you should hammer frozen sausages into. Just always remember it is against the Geneva convention to kick anybody's back doors in.
Just posting to see what team I’m in!
Team digital but it looks more turquoise on my phone.
Thanks Mark!
good idea.
Blue??? It’s Teal!
That's a wild duck not a colour!
"They signify which arguelumpian tribe you belong to, so when the great STW war breaks out you know who to attack with bombers, whose shoes you should wee in, and whose lawn you should hammer frozen sausages into. Just always remember it is against the Geneva convention to kick anybody’s back doors in."
What if you're colourblind?
What if your colourblind?
And the numbers under the logo in the margin on the left, I've only seen 1, 3 or none so far ?
The thing above the number. Not sure it’s working for non paying members yet.
And the numbers under the logo in the margin on the left, I’ve only seen 1, 3 or none so far ?
I bumped your up by tapping the ST logo 🤷🏽♂️
Thanks, Leffe, but where’s the like button ?
The multicoloured sprocket jobby next to the username!
It's grey and does nothing 🙁
its only for paid members right now - to be extended once its established its works without bugs
Surely that's the wrong way round? The peasants should be beta-testing it for us. At least that way we get some value from them.
Please be red !!
What's my colour? Oh, yeah.
I’m only posting to see what colour i am and if I’m a number
You, are number 6
So I think the colour of the ST logo directly to the left of your username is your membership status, the grey one to the left of that is the 'like' button and the number directly below the grey logo, if any, is how many likes that post has gotten?
Teal? surely duck egg blue?
Incorrect, according to the Dulux colour chart, it's 'marine splash'.
It follows the trail classification guide. Green = Novice -> Black = Well ‘ard
Gonna need to think of a new category to get Orange super gnar trails covered off too
Can I get a hoyeah?
Thanks, Leffe, but where’s the like button ?
"It's behind you!!!!"
Looks like you are now heheh.
I'm colour blind, I can't tell who's what anyway 🤷♂️
scotroutes
Full Member
Surely that’s the wrong way round? The peasants should be beta-testing it for us. At least that way we get some value from them.
Lol, that made me chuckle, you evil sod.😁
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I thought the logo colour scheme had been around for quite a while, or have I gone through some kind of time vortex?
I thought the logo colour scheme had been around for quite a while, or have I gone through some kind of time vortex?
You're right, it's been around for a good while. I just didn't know if the colours were significant so thought I'd ask. It's just the 'like' feature that's new.
What if your colourblind?
colOrblind
ok I never knew this
Considering many people subscribed to support the magazine (even if they don't read it from cover to cover) it seems a bit of a waste of resources to differentiate users further. Is this is pre-cursor to yet more content hidden away behind subscriber paywalls?
To be honest I think I'd have preferred it if the money was spent on content or fixing the problem where posts take 2 minutes to complete after hitting submit.
Teal? surely duck egg blue?
I only do it to get the black logo, so it worked on me.
Considering many people subscribed to support the magazine (even if they don’t read it from cover to cover) it seems a bit of a waste of resources to differentiate users further.
This isn't a new thing, it was done absolutely ages ago.
it seems a bit of a waste of resources to differentiate users further.
I can't imagine having a different coloured icon depending on membership category uses many (if any) resources? I'm maybe being a bit naive as I'm not in IT, but surely once the code is written to allocate the icon to a membership category it happens automatically?
Is this is pre-cursor to yet more content hidden away behind subscriber paywalls?
As the colours have been there for yonks, it seems not.
It will be Avatars next 🙂
I can’t imagine having a different coloured icon depending on membership category uses many (if any) resources? I’m maybe being a bit naive as I’m not in IT, but surely once the code is written to allocate the icon to a membership category it happens automatically?
They pay someone 6 figures to individually colour in each one.
On a really expensive Mac.
They pay someone 6 figures to individually colour in each one.
Someone has to pay for Binners Greggs habit.
I can’t imagine having a different coloured icon depending on membership category uses many (if any) resources? I’m maybe being a bit naive as I’m not in IT, but surely once the code is written to allocate the icon to a membership category it happens automatically?
The tech team have to colour in each one individually before the post shows up. This also explains the delay after posting.
Yeah, but it's not the time it takes the tech team to do the colouring in that is the real waste of resources, it is the fact that they use fresh hamster blood to get that perfect shade of red. Every time a "print and digital" subscriber posts, a hamster dies, leaving less to power the servers hence the delay in actual posting.
I can’t imagine having a different coloured icon depending on membership category uses many (if any) resources? I’m maybe being a bit naive as I’m not in IT, but surely once the code is written to allocate the icon to a membership category it happens automatically?
It still takes time to plan, implement, test, roll out to production. No one works for free so this is money pissed down the drain by a company which - genuinely no offence intended - has reminded its subscribers multiple times over the last ten years of the precarious financial state of the publishing industry outside of Murdoch's pet favourites.
So it doesn't bring anything but simply serves to drive a wedge between subscribers and staff. Genuinely don't see the point.