Hello admin, I had a thought as I was browsing the tags.

Admin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Yah agreed... I think I just put it all in one column for now. Thx

To combat "trolls and baiting", can we have a "dislike" button?

Admin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Just FYI

@admin Can you shed some light on how our 'compatibility' is measured?

Admin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Sure click the "heart" icon on the profile page (it will show how it's done)

To combat "trolls and baiting", can we have a "dislike" button?

Admin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Happy to get members' opinion on this as we already have it 90% implemented but holding off for now. Our fear is that "don't like" become more political instead of the goal to find what is the most useful (perhap "best") comment to a post. E.g., not liking what someone said doesn't mean that it's not a good answer. We're thinking "dislike" should be more "bad/weak answer". My current thoughts is to have a "dislike" button but not show who dislike the post NOR the # of dislikes. However, it's used if someone wants to sort by "likes". Thoughts?

What is this site?

Admin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Hi Jeff - I checked out your login and think I improved the default search results for you. Your profile says you're open to men and women and I think that made the search have problems. There's 62 people within 50 miles of you... yah not much, but still, we're a niche site. A.

So when I was at Unemployment yesterday I was eavesdropping on a clutch of lesbian Latinas.

Admin comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Ok, I added text formatting to the FAQ page.

It appears that this site is like a lot of other personal sites.....

Admin comments on Jan 10, 2018:

First, my apology for not clearly reading your post. I investigated it and it appears Carol marked her profile as "Paused". I guess my point was that we did have a real member reply to you... which is better than other sites (and we're free). I did use your account and improved the message when you go back to the messenger. Best wishes and good luck!

@Admin what's going on with the insane volume of multi-posts?! Making the site unusable!

Admin comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Send me some links... we just updated code today for editing comment replies perhaps it caused bugs. Ironically, about 10 minutes ago I pushed code that should prevent identical comment replies by the same member on the same comment. Happy to fix.

So when I was at Unemployment yesterday I was eavesdropping on a clutch of lesbian Latinas.

Admin comments on Jan 10, 2018:

This "issue" was that one paragraph started with 4 spaces... which tells our parser to format it with courier font (complexity) sorry. We should write a better doc sometime soon.

It appears that this site is like a lot of other personal sites.....

Admin comments on Jan 10, 2018:

1 > 0 :)

Admin, can we please have a single thread where all posts chronologically go so that there is no ...

Admin comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Yes, click the "Everything" link in categories. Is this what you mean?

Anyone else as surprised as I am that there are so many Atheist Republicans on here?

Admin comments on Jan 9, 2018:

This post is a good example of what we're trying to AVOID at agnostic.com. The post is attacking ANOTHER ATHEIST for their political affiliation instead of realizing how important it is that we get MORE atheist Republicans ... or more Republicans turning atheist. Atheist Republicans need as much encouragement as we can offer even while disagreeing polically. They are an oppressed minority within their party. No need to ostracize them here, no? BTW, I'm not bashing you... I really like your comments in general. Just venting myself!

Does anyone know if we have any stats on the average age range of the members here?

Admin comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Oh man... we just put up charts on everything except that (see account -> questions page). Age range is new. We only suggest to make it as wide as possible :)

Should we consider our Admin as a kind of 'God"?

Admin comments on Jan 9, 2018:

We are just custodians to the members of the site. Civil servants.

Does the level system reward quantity rather than quality in posting?

Admin comments on Jan 9, 2018:

The system gives more points to better posts both directly and indirectly as other members interact with them. We still have some ideas to improve it. Yours?

Today, everyone in my apartment building got handwritten note from a Jehovah's Witness in upstate ...

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Perhaps if they included cookies...

Is Agnostic.com a left wing echo chamber?

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Hope not a chamber.

Is Agnostic.com a left wing echo chamber?

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Hope not a chamber.

Are you familiar with this website atheistcensus.com?

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

We just reached out to them to see if they'll promote agnostic.com BTW, we just put stats on our profile questions (see accounts / questions).

I am guessing the educational level in this group is higher than average. True or not?

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

For those interested, you can now see charts of question answer breakdowns (go to account/questions) page.

Trumps first year

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Hey everyone, please remember our guidelines about attacking others instead of their beliefs. Trump is a hot topic. Be constructive perhaps? Thanks :)

Looks like I am the only one here from the San Antonio TX area feels bad dang people here are so ...

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Can you tell me the steps you did to do the quick search? I logged in as you, clicked "Search" and got the following. (Happy to debug as other members might have similar "results").

Looks like I am the only one here from the San Antonio TX area feels bad dang people here are so ...

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Hmmm... we have 100s of members in Texas. Where do you see only yourself? Happy to fix :)

How did you find this place?

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

We have been around for about 4 months and just pasted 20k members. We hope to grow faster in a few weeks once we move to a bigger server. Thanks for joining!

New here

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Thanks for joining! We are trying to create a more positive community than other sites. We're stronger that way.

I was thinking it might be nice to be able to share worthwhile posts directly from A.

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Good idea. We have a basic one at the bottom of the page but it doesn't put the content of the "share" with the link. (on the list!)

So what's the algorithm?

Admin comments on Jan 8, 2018:

The heart on the top of each profile page to see how it is calculated.

Robots

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2017/11/17/atlas-boston-dynamics-robot-backflip-cnntech.cnnmoney How about these guys?

Someone just asked about the educational level of this group.

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

You're hired! hahaha :)

Can we please do away with the compliment button on the site.

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Ok, I just made a toggle to let you remove it from your profile page (see account settings for the toggle). Also, I removed it by default for new members (i.e., level 1). Should be live in a few minutes.

What is the red dustbin beside my comments?

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Lets you delete them.

I am guessing the educational level in this group is higher than average. True or not?

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

+------------------------+---------+----------------+ | title | percent | value | +------------------------+---------+----------------+ | What's your education? | 42.7 | College | | What's your education? | 17.4 | High School | | What's your education? | 16.7 | Grad School | | What's your education? | 10.7 | 2-Year | | What's your education? | 8.5 | Other | | What's your education? | 3.9 | Prefer not say | +------------------------+---------+----------------+

I wish the people on this site would stop being so political.

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Good point. I'm thinking of a "rant" section where we suggest members post "things to rant about" in a category so that other categories are more constructive.

America and abroad

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Spread the word! The red coats are coming... the red coats are coming...

@admin.

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

I think we created a bug in it yesterday when we were working on a "down" button (hidden for now) where users can click if the comment is off-topic/etc. Hopefully, we can fix the "like" popup list and count by tomorrow. Sorry for the bug. All "likes" are saved in the database correctly (seems like a front-end bug).

What's up with the "like/thumbs up" button???

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

I think we created a bug in it yesterday when we were working on a "down" button (hidden for now) where users can click if the comment is off-topic/etc. Hopefully, we can fix the "like" popup list and count by tomorrow. Sorry for the bug. All "likes" are saved in the database correctly (seems like a front-end bug).

How much longer until the chat function is available? Asking for a friend.

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

We have 1-on-1 chat now. Will be a month or two before we get some group chats going.

I absolutely love the level of thinking/writing on here, the provocative posts, in fact.

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Wise words :)

I resigned Match.

Admin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

We've found a few fake accounts here but it appears to be a tiny fraction of the signups. We hope that the leveling system here will vet members without the need for a $ verification system.

American Atheists National Convention - Easter Weekend - Anyone going?

Admin comments on Jan 6, 2018:

I plan to be there.

When you just need to get away Be a Giant armor wearing bovine.

Admin comments on Jan 6, 2018:

We're working on more intuitive categories... out in a week or so.

I am loving this site!

Admin comments on Jan 6, 2018:

Happy to hear! Thanks :)

I am loving this site!

Admin comments on Jan 6, 2018:

Happy to hear! Thanks :)

Today is my birthday, and I just realize Agnostic.

Admin comments on Jan 6, 2018:

Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you, HippieChick58 Happy birthday to you :) Ok, I've heard for "Forever 21" but "Forever 59" is a new one to me. But ok, you get your wish, you're now 60 on Agnostic.com :)

Was there a reason why you chose "Agnostic" for this site?

Admin comments on Jan 6, 2018:

Well, it came up on the roulette wheel. I think a common theme among our members is a desire to have clarity based on evidence. One of the first steps for clarity is to be able to say "I wonder". We hope that promoting the term "Agnostic" become helpful when we interact with religious people as it shifts the conversation from one about "belief" to one about "evidence other than gut feelings". This being said, we are also looking at other domains to become a portal into this site. For example, humanist.com

@admin - Bravo! I love the new home page! Is that what it's called? Good job and thanks!

Admin comments on Jan 6, 2018:

Thanks... we change a bit every day so I don't know what part you like but thanks :)

Why is this site a ".com" rather than ".org" or ".net"?

Admin comments on Jan 5, 2018:

The ".org" extension could be purchased by any organization just as a non-profit can own a ".com" (like we do). One of our purpose is simply to provide a nice space for people to interact. No ads, no prophet, non-profit. Welcome!

Well, if anyone is bored in the Janesville WI area is bored this evening, and looking for a ...

Admin comments on Jan 5, 2018:

Wow what a commercial.

Levels?

Admin comments on Jan 5, 2018:

There are lots of ways for you to earn points so your level will increase. Take a look at the "Levels" page at http://agnostic.com/levels for more details. The points/level system is just a way to help us reward active members by giving more access and perks to members as they increase their level. Don't get too hung up on the points/levels as they are mostly just a way for us to keep scammers away. Thanks for the question! You can read more on the FAQ page (see link at the bottom of every page).

Thank you to Agnostic.

Admin comments on Jan 5, 2018:

That song always makes me tear up. :) and :(

I love blogger and have used it with my senior mathematics students.

Admin comments on Jan 5, 2018:

Can you tell me more? How are labels different than tags?

How about a vegan category ?

Admin comments on Jan 5, 2018:

Suggest #vegan ?

Word of advice.

Admin comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Yes, good feedback. Flag those messages and we can better stop them. We are also working on filters to automatically disregard messages based on non-compatibility (dating only).

Wait how come spell check only works some times on this site?

Admin comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Spell check is a browser/computer function and not specific to this website. However, we've seen that it works sometimes here too. Let me know if you have a specific case. Thanks!

So hey this is interesting how long has this site existed? I just seen it today

Admin comments on Jan 3, 2018:

A bit over 3 months. Thanks for joining!

Does it seem like the categories are meaningless?

Admin comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Don't get too hung up on the points/levels as they are mostly just a way for us to keep scammers away. Thanks for the question! You can read more on the FAQ page (see link at the bottom of every page). Also, categories are a work-in-progress. We're working on a way to use a combination of categories and tags.

I joined this site because it was free.

Admin comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Welcom!/e

Anyone else here a Naturalist?

Admin comments on Jan 2, 2018:

What's your thought on Humanist?

Anybody Else Brand New To This?

Admin comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Awesome - glad you joined!

I have to admit I'm a little disappointed with how many people are on here talking about religion.

Admin comments on Jan 2, 2018:

This is only our 3rd month and we're evolving the way we are showing posts to steer towards the more positives aspects of community. One way we're considering is to have the posts be more tailored to the members (e.g., if you want to chat about religion, you see more religion oriented posts, etc). Thoughts?

I am pretty new to this site, but is christian slamming a normal part of things here?

Admin comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Our site guidelines / philosophy is against attacking people or peoples. However, there is a mix of emotions here about organized religions. We're working on ways to reduce the negative vibes and be more constructive. Thanks!

To boost numbers on this site I think we could possibly share it on our facebook?

Admin comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Hey, thanks for the shout outs :)

Why are we using hashtags, if no one looks them up, before posting?

Admin comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Just added ability to sort the top 200 tags by alphabetically and by most recent post. It's still a work-in-progress.

The admistration has twice denied a reply I made on the website.

Admin comments on Jan 1, 2018:

OK, sorry. Best wishes.

Why are we using hashtags, if no one looks them up, before posting?

Admin comments on Jan 1, 2018:

We will be adding a way to show tags as members type posts (below where they are typing) so they could see if the topic was already posted. Still thinking of ways to help merge topics... will need to give an incentive to a new poster to "bump" up an existing topic instead of posting their own. Perhaps have a way for members to make a sub-post under a similar question or we hook one under another.

I thought so she was free what is level 2

Admin comments on Dec 31, 2017:

I'll let others give their opinions on the levels but yes, this site is and will always be 100% free. Public service.

Where would you want to be in the event of a catastrophic event?

Admin comments on Dec 31, 2017:

Besides "Elsewhere"?

Typos (mine, not others') are an ongoing annoyance.

Admin comments on Dec 31, 2017:

yep, reply editing is approaching the top of the list :)

Is there anybody out there?

Admin comments on Dec 31, 2017:

Hey, try that search again. We had a "bug" that when someone didn't put in a city or zip and picked a distance, it would freak out and either put no one or everyone. Fixed now :)

Perhaps I am being paranoid, and I trust you all to tell me so if I am! But I have had a lot of ...

Admin comments on Dec 30, 2017:

Feel free to report posts that seem this way.

I've been here a few days, actually level 4..., whatever that means...?

Admin comments on Dec 30, 2017:

I took one of these online questionnaire and found that I'm a "Centrist". Shocking. The word "Conservative" (as well as "Liberal") are easy to vilify as both sides have debatable opinions on specific issues. Better to ask if there are people who have a opinion on a specific issue. While there are very few Trump supporters here, it doesn't mean that "Conservatives" are unwelcome. As our community guidelines say, we try to only debate issues, not people.

Why are posts being deleted?

Admin comments on Dec 30, 2017:

Yes, I know... "Admin, I asked this question WEEKS ago". Well, it took that long for me to get enough time to debug the issue (and fix it). Sorry for the delay and inconvenience.

What should we do with people and governments that persecute (even murder) Agnostic.

Admin comments on Dec 30, 2017:

Onward.

Is it just me?

Admin comments on Dec 30, 2017:

Beautifully said. We are taking action this week to get tougher and banning the few bad apples who are not abiding by our community guidelines. As non-believers, we have enough stress dealing with believers to get in swabbles. Thanks!

Does ontogeny recapitulate phylogeny?

Admin comments on Dec 30, 2017:

recapitulate? in what sense. Hello btw! :)

Your definition for atheism is wrong.

Admin comments on Dec 29, 2017:

Yes, both of our definitions are right/wrong. Just changed our definition from: "doesn't believe in God(s)" to: "has no belief in any God(s) or believes there are no Gods" What do you think?

White House intern flashes 'white power' sign with Trump | Daily Mail Online

Admin comments on Dec 29, 2017:

OK... what hand symbol is George Washington flashing behind the group?

Am I missing a "search by match percentage" option?

Admin comments on Dec 29, 2017:

Yes, it is something we want to code up. I have to think about the algorithm to do it as it's computationally complex to do a single pair of compatibilities. If you click on the "Heart" icon at the top of a profile, you can see how the score is calculated. I wrote a similar script decades ago to rank match classmates in high school for a valentine's day fund raiser. Yep, before geeks had cred. Will put this "on the list"... and perhaps let members vote on their favorites.

i have to figure out how to put my photo up. i think i will pray.

Admin comments on Dec 29, 2017:

and god said, "Click the upload photo button on the main page".

To site manager --Problem creating polls It appears that the option box to allow multiple ...

Admin comments on Dec 28, 2017:

Can you try again now? We wrote some code to protect the site from members posting duplicate content and it might have messed up polls. We tested polls now and it seems to work. Thanks!

Well, I guess my blathering about this and that earned me a 7. Woot!

Admin comments on Dec 28, 2017:

Cool!

Suggested threads

Admin comments on Dec 28, 2017:

Hi Kreig... spend a few hours trying to update the sort of similar questions. A few days ago I had to simplify the algorithm as the computer couldn't handle it. The underlying issue is that it's hard to balance "similarness" and "newness"... I totally hacked it now to merge both... so they now show sorta newish similarish questions... that you haven't commented on... and it shows which you viewed. Creepy huh?

How do we, as a community, deal with the inevitable trolls that show up?

Admin comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Nice question! We have several behind-the-scenes tools to identify bad behavior but we rely mostly on you guys. We just updated the "report" and "block" member code today so that it can be used to flag posts that are suspect. Also, if a user gets too many reports, we automatically require their content to be reviewed before it goes live... in a special queue. I'll make an "update" posts in the next couple of days.

Dear @Admin.

Admin comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Hi Kreig Thanks for the message. When someone blocks another, we see the "report" and take action. For KevinJohnson, we are contacting him today and give him his first and final warning and will delete his account if he does anything else disrespectful. One bad apple isn't worth the trouble. I will be writing some code today to revoke "level 5" privilege of getting comments live instantly if someone has a "block" in the last 14 days. It will also highlight for review any posts/comment they do. Fair? A

So... we obviously attract "others". How best to make them feel welcome?

Admin comments on Dec 26, 2017:

"Others" in the UFO sense? If someone is bothering, just let us know.

How do I reach Level 2?

Admin comments on Dec 26, 2017:

There are lots of ways for you to earn points so your level will increase. Take a look at the "Levels" page at http://agnostic.com/levels for more details. The points/level system is just a way to help us reward active members by giving more access and perks to members as they increase their level. Don't get too hung up on the points/levels as they are mostly just a way for us to keep scammers away. Thanks for the question! You can read more on the FAQ page (see link at the bottom of every page).

Any reason why I have Newton on my profile page?

Admin comments on Dec 25, 2017:

Yup, it's his birthday today :)

Suggestion for those of us from higher levels: rather than just giving us the ability to "approve" ...

Admin comments on Dec 25, 2017:

Good idea! I've been thinking of ways for higher level members to have more input on what shows up on pages. I'll try to add better checks for duplicate posts today (before I forget).

PERSONAL READING LIST FICTION, NOVELS, CLASSIC 1.

Admin comments on Dec 25, 2017:

Why so much Anne Rice? ... not familiar with her.

How to change the level?

Admin comments on Dec 25, 2017:

There are lots of ways for you to earn points so your level will increase. Take a look at the "Levels" page at http://agnostic.com/levels for more details. The points/level system is just a way to help us reward active members by giving more access and perks to members as they increase their level. Don't get too hung up on the points/levels as they are mostly just a way for us to keep scammers away. Thanks for the question! You can read more on the FAQ page (see link at the bottom of every page).

Agnostic.com is my cure for facebook. Love you guys.

Admin comments on Dec 25, 2017:

And we love you too :)

I like Christian music. Do you see a problem with that?

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

I wonder if anyone has rewritten lyrics of traditional Christmas music with secular themes. "Silent Night" is a beautiful song even with the Christian lyrics.

Hide Birthday feature doesn't work.

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Thanks for the bug report! Gave you 200 pts. ... and fixed it :)

I hate blocking people.

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Thanks MsOliver! BTW, We just pushed a way for members to see the people they blocked (so they can remove the block if they like). It's a new tab on the account settings... but only in the desktop version of the site.

I am an agnostic, but I'm also psychic at times. Does anyone else feel the same way?

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

I'm pretty good at calling a flipped coin... about half of the time.

wow I'm level 4 now bring on the goat man boss! lol

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Hmmm... maybe we should give away goats to level 4 members? Could come in handy if you're going to scape.

Why don't I see my 2 recently posted posts?

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Can you describe them more? we don't put everything on the main page.

The 'embed' function took away everything.

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Hi - I've been working on other things but read your question every day. We just made some more changes (hopefully improvements) on posting... maybe fixed it? If not, can you tell me more details? I'm a little confused.

I'm unable to reply to anything. When I press the reply button it highlights but nothing happens.

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Sorry about the delayed response - we finally figured it out and fixed the buttons. Can you test? Thanks!

Send Message and Send compliment functions

Admin comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Good idea for us to write a bit about it in the FAQ. So far, we've not seen any problems with people sending compliments/hellos in messages. Since we require some participation in the forum before people send messages,we've not heard of anyone being offended or felt uncomfortable. Thanks!