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11-11-2002, 09:06 PM
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11-11-2002, 09:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rochester, NY | | | I agree, that would be pretty cool. I'd also like to be able to search the gear field of users' profiles. You know, while we're wishing and all...
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11-15-2002, 11:48 AM
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Artist: Bee Basses, JAF Basses, Circle K Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | I'd also like to see this - we're starting to get a whole bunch of threads in BMAP about "Any musicians from ___________ on here?". A search would eliminate the need for these. |
11-15-2002, 11:59 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Yeah - but that relies on people filling in their location correctly on their profiles - and not stupid things like "Behind You!" or "Left Field"!! 
I've mentioned this loads of times - sometimes even the people asking - who's from " " don't even fill in their profiles!! And loads fo times people ask - where can I get this and don't have their location in their profile.
The only solution is to have say a pull-down list or menu of potential locations, which must be completed when people register - but I think this would be hard on Paul to enforce.?
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11-16-2002, 05:46 AM
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11-16-2002, 05:53 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | I think it's a good idea - but first you have to find a way to force people to put their correct location in profiles. If you can think of an easy way to do this then I think Paul should do it.
I think a lot of people would still always want to be anonymous and it's always going to be a worry to single women for example, or parents of young children, that if they give an indication of true location, then a potential stalker/abuser will work out the rest from phone books and clues in posts etc.
This is a genuine worry with the internet - anybody could be reading TB and picking off victims - this is something that has been an issue in child abductions in the UK. 
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11-16-2002, 12:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC | | | Well I'm sure that TB is anti-spam, thankfully. However, a short e-mail to all registered users could help. I had to use a valid e-mail address to get my confirmation code, so you know those are correct. |
11-18-2002, 03:54 AM
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I had to use a valid e-mail address to get my confirmation code, so you know those are correct. | Yeah - but email addresses give no indication of actual location. And what if nobody replies? What do you do then?
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11-18-2002, 03:55 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Quote: Originally posted by Eulogist
Well I'm sure that TB is anti-spam, | I think you are missing my point big-time there - there is a huge difference between getting some slightly irritating spam and what I was talking about - i.e. people being stalked or abducted by paedophiles!!
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11-18-2002, 08:12 AM
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Artist: Bee Basses, JAF Basses, Circle K Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | Well, perhaps not everyone fills out their location correctly, but I'm sure more people would if the ability to search by location existed.
On the whole, I think more people fill it in correctly, but I haven't exactly counted... |
11-18-2002, 12:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC | | | Hmm. Maybe we should have a required field:
Are you a stalker/killer or do you plan to be?
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11-18-2002, 03:12 PM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | i agree that there should be a "search by location" field - that would help in setting up get togethers as well as informing folks about gigs.
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01-10-2003, 09:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Brugge, Belgium | | | Good point JT.
I would also find it handy to be able to search the classified listings by location.
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01-10-2003, 10:57 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Quote: Originally posted by john turner
i agree that there should be a "search by location" field - that would help in setting up get togethers as well as informing folks about gigs. | But not if they put silly things like "Behind you!" in the location field!!
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01-10-2003, 02:54 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield
The only solution is to have say a pull-down list or menu of potential locations, which must be completed when people register - but I think this would be hard on Paul to enforce.? | Hi Bruce,
It doesn't need to be hard on Paul at all, he just needs to find a website with such a pull-down list on it, display the source code, and use copy and paste ...
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08-05-2006, 11:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Im just updating this request because i thought about it and searched (like a Good Boy  )
It would be great to do and i think even if some people were idiots then they just wouldn't be able to find out about the cool stuff.
I was thinking of a Sydney GTG and wanted to see if i could find all the sydney siders
If this is possible cool if not thanks for reading! |
08-07-2006, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by George Looney Hi Bruce,
It doesn't need to be hard on Paul at all, he just needs to find a website with such a pull-down list on it, display the source code, and use copy and paste ... | You missed my point - how does Paul force people to complete it - lose new accounts if they refuse to say....  and how do you know people will do it honestly - they usually put rubbish - they're just as likely to put somewhere remote and ridiculous like North Pole, just to show how clever they are... 
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