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Hey guys,

People have been asking for more secrets per post and asking why the subs post is closed and the subs post is filling up really fast and stuff and -- well ok anyway, we decided to up the secret max to 700 a week (starting with the submission post in an hour, which means you'll get to see them a week from now). Which means a couple of things:

A) potentially 100 secrets a post, yay (!!!111!/???/.../eta: HOLY CRAP -- take your pick)
B) we're limiting the file size to 600x600px from 800x800px to cut down on loading times for people (sorry if your secret is already made and ready or something)
C) ???
D) ~~wank~~ ~~profit~~ fandomsecrets

Anyone have any suggestions or questions or problems or anything before we put this into practice?

Note: these posts begin Saturday the 26th and on -- that is, the secrets submitted next week, not this week!

Note 2: If you can, avoid using imageshack.us to host your files! They tend to run out of bandwidth quickly and then your secret can't be seen. If you need other sites to use, tinypic.com and photobucket.com are two more reliable image hosts.

Note 3: It's not actually the dimensions but the file sizes of the images that matter the most regarding loading time -- we're just using the dimensions as a guideline because it's something everyone understands. If you could try to keep the file size of your image as low as possible (save them as .jpg/.gif, not .bmp/.png for example), that would help us out a ton. For those looking for file converters,

haruhiism recs this one here.

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1. Yes, please break the posts up into two groups. It's already a pain in the ass with 50 in one post- not because of loading times, but the amount of scroll I have to go through.

2. I wonder if there's a way to possibly regulate how we talk about secrets? Like "#36" as opposed to just "36"...because I use the find feature to look for replies to secrets I'm interested in, but I usually find timestamps. God help me if I'm looking for secret #1 replies. Not that I want to be a comment formatting nazi or anything but I think it'd be easier for everyone!

3. This is a shot in the dark but man do I wish there could be a rule against secrets no normal human being can fucking read. (Colors/size/fonts/etc that make it impossible to read easily??)

4. Also a rule against secrets about fandomsecrets those are so goddamn annoying. How many secrets must I read about people being scared of ending up in the not!secrets pile???

5. I think regulating the quality of given secrets a little more to deal with the "too many secrets wut" problem is a little better than "OPEN THE FLOODGATES WOOOO" but since it seems already decided to up the limit, I'm game, just split it in half plz. I'm not about to bitch about RP/shipit secrets or whatever, just. Simple things. Plz more secrets I can actually read without my retinas vomiting blood. Plz less pointless secrets about fandomsecrets that're like "oh no I hate the scrollbar on fandomsecrets" or whatever. Gladly take 20 more "ohno I ship Linebeck & Link i so guilty even though there's FIFTY OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME" or "FINAL FANTASY 7 SAVED MY LIFE" than that.

6. in b4 "lol anonymous poster's opinions mean nothing"

I agree with this anonnymous poster on all points but six, which is more a comment than a point. :)

Rules, rules, rules.. stfu anonymous nazi. :(

#1 - cry moar plz.

#2 - *rolls eyes and references #1*

#3 - in agreement there.

#4 - another agreement.

#5 - didn't you just say a majority of that already? the other part, who will be the fandomsecrets police to determine if 100 secrets a day, pass some nebulous test for posting?

#6 - persecution much?