We've seen several mentions of the strict "censorship" that we enforce in the FS community. Censorship is not what is taking place however, there is an automated profanity filter that is causing this perception.
There is a feature available in everyone's settings tab that allows you to turn on or off the filter for profanity. If you turn it 'OFF', then you will see every profane thing written within the community.
You can access the settings tab by going to your blog, then clicking on the settings tab (second from the right) . The profanity filter toggle is located at the bottom of that page. Simply click on the 'Off' radio button and click the 'save settings' button and you will stop seeing the ####ing hash marks!
So none of over at the FOX HQ were ecstatic about the last redesign, but there were some interesting elements that we wanted to keep.
So, launching very soon is a new version of the blog directory.
Here's a quick rundown on the page:
Most Interesting Blogs. Every day or so, these three spots should turn over with the most interesting blogs of the past 24 hours. What determines Interestingness, you ask? Let's just call it special sauce... ;)
Most Popular Discussions. We've added links to blogs with recent comments as well as blogs with the most comments. Comment-spammers take note: we've added more mechanisms to prevent gaming the system!
Tagcloud. The tagcloud is dead! Long live the tagcloud! We've killed the page-as-tagcloud thing we had going on in part deux, and kept the best part: the hot topics. So the tagcloud on this page should give you a good snapshot of what's going on in the FOX Sports blogosphere at any given time.
Recent Posts. We brought back recent posts by category, and added an Other category at the bottom of the page for links to Soccer, Tennis, WWE, Gatorball, etc.
Soccer! There's now a Soccer index page for your MLS, EPL, World Cup, etc, enjoyment. I'll post the link to the page when it goes live.
We think it captures what we're trying to do here: provide a snapshot of what's popular, what's new, and what's hot in the FOXSports community.
Comments, constructive criticism, and suggestions are welcomed, as always.
