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[case]

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.

Comments

[case]

Fixed

[ex-wut78.livejournal.com]

I THINK 600x600 IS TOO SMALL :(

[fangirlism]

*thumbs up* I approve!

[case]

I kind of just figured 800x800 = 640000, except we're gonna be having twice that number, so it'd be 320000 and the closest to that is 600x600? Uhhhhhhhh do you have a different size you'd like?

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

Want to bet we'll have a secret about how F_S now sucks because of the new size limit? :D

[pimmy.livejournal.com]

one... one hundred???

i dont know D8

[overstreets.livejournal.com]

FTW

If people can't fit a secret onto a 600x600 image, then they're obviously tl;dr ANYWAY.

[sirhellsing420.livejournal.com]

[cakemix.livejournal.com]

So will the over 600x600 secrets still be posted this week, or will they now be stuck in the 'too big' part of the post?

[case]

Still 50 a day this week, so they'll be posted, don't worry!

[haruhiism.livejournal.com]

A) You could break it up into two posts. Just post them at the same time. I doubt anyone would mind it too much, and it would help for slow connections if you do up the nymber of secrets.

B) I don't think it's the dimensions that are the issue--it's the actual file size. Maybe you should stress that people try to optimize their files as best they can. Of course, this might be hard since not everyone knows how to do that, but for those who know how to do it it would probably be a huge help. Seriously, secrets do not all need to be 150k or more. This site (http://www.jpegwizard.com/) is an online jpeg optimizer for people who don't have the software to do it themsleves.

[case]

It'll probably be less than that, I mean we supposedly have 50 now but it usually gets cut down to like 45 or something because of all the repeats/too big/etc stuff. So I'm thinking it'll realistically be around 90ish?

[ex-wut78.livejournal.com]

oh haha I'm dumb I just realized that if there's twice the amount of secrets, loading time will increase. I cant think of anything else really but even 800x800 was a bit too big.


I barely submit secrets and I'm not in charge anyway so it's not like you have to listen to me or anything

[flutingfrenzy.livejournal.com]

I, for one, welcome our new 360000-pixel overlords.

[downburst.livejournal.com]

AWESOME

[scootermcgaffin.livejournal.com]

A secret?

[hezul.livejournal.com]

Very seconded, on both counts.

[case]

Yeah, I know it's mostly the file size, but yeah, like you said, it's kind of hard to explain and enforce and stuff.

But the double post thing is a good idea! We'll keep that in mind if a single post ends up taking too long for people and doesn't work or something!

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm trying to win a bet easily here.

[haruhiism.livejournal.com]

Also, please ignore all the typos there. GOD, I need to sleep.

[stupendous.livejournal.com]

600x600? I'm all for it. That means anyone thinking about creating a tl;dr secret will either make it shorter, or use a tiny font which will make it easier to ignore!

[downburst.livejournal.com]

ALSO, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL PEOPLE TO STOP UPLOADING SECRETS TO IMAGESHACK, SINCE THOSE DIE SO QUICKLY?

[pimmy.livejournal.com]

I suppose. XD usually every day its like "hold on give me a while, it's secret reading time!"

[haruhiism.livejournal.com]

That's the only problem. Dimensions are at least one thing nearly everyone understands. Still, it might be good to give people a heads up about doing it if they know how. Not as a rule or anything, just as common courtesy.

Alright, awesome!

(frozen comment)

[case]

Done!