Would it be possible to fix the mood to the moment at which ones posts messages or replies? That way we could (for those members that choose a mood) place the message or reaction or post in general in perspective of the mood that this member had at the moment of posting. What I mean; that the mood stays shown linked to the posting itself and does not change when afterwards that member chooses another mood. (just came to this idea because I'm rather stressed/dens at the moment and I might have been less friendly than I normally am by asking a new member ) bluntly whether he " ever thought about completing his profile ". Now that is not the nicest way to draw a new member's attention to the added value of a complete profile. @femfan: I appologize for that.) thanks, Felix
I personally don't think that's a good thing. The mood chooser is supposed to show how you feel now, not days or months ago. If you speak to someone on the phone, or (like we used to do in the old days) write a letter, you don't indicate your mood of the moment. So why should this be any different? I could see people even misusing this - setting their mood to 'angry' and writing rude replies, then saying later, "Oh, it was just my mood at the time". I saw the post you were referring to, and it never entered my mind that you were being 'blunt'. Actually a good suggestion. When my mood changes, the old one becomes irrelevent; if I was depressed for a long time, then felt happy, I wouldn't want a string of posts littered around the site with "depressed" stuck to them, as a reminder of when I wasn't happy.
Yes, you got a good pint there also. I never looked at it like that, it could afterwards indeed be used as a sorry excuse to explain certain behaviour. And that is something it should definitely not be and was not my intention by my suggestion.
Ok guys - it seems as if you killed that cat yourselves;-) However - I will think of how to add mood symbols to post. Smilies is OK but perhaps being able to apply a specific mood would be handy...? Well, right now I will just give it a thought....-)
Knowing what it would take to make the mood "stick" to the individual posts, it sounds kind of complicated to implement and therefore not a change I would recommend making unless it was an absolute favorite idea..