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It’s time for a guideline change announcement! We’re making an addition to guideline #2, which currently reads: 2. Daily/Nightly Open Discussions: An “open” discussion will be posted twice a day, scheduled for 11:00 Eastern (08:00 Pacific) and 23:00 (11pm) Eastern … Continue reading Guideline Update: Open Thread Timing
It’s time for another State of the Avocado update! The format for this one will be a little different. We (the mods) felt that some of the rules and guidelines needed a refresher and clarification. So below, we are going … Continue reading State of the Avocado: Rules Deep Dive Edition
Good day and welcome back to Lutair’s Declassified Disqus Survival Guide. The Guide will give you a quick tutorial on to how to spice up your comments in Disqus. Chapter One: Images, Gifs, Videos Oh My! Images and Gifs: Example: Disqus makes adding images … Continue reading Lutair’s Declassified Disqus Survival Guide 3rd Edition
Can you improve paradise? Well, based on random comments that pop up on the OTs and SotC threads, there seems to be a general thought that you sure can. We’ve done the best we can to make this site as … Continue reading The Avocado Suggestion Thread
Alright, folks, for the new year we have two new guideline updates to announce! So with no further ado, they are: Guideline #11: Flag abuse. We want you to feel free to flag posts that break the rules or guidelines … Continue reading Avocado Updates: Two Guideline Additions
Based on upvotes, I’ve added pretty much all the categories that I thought were serious enough to be included. And there’s a lot. Here’s what we are looking at so far: 1 – Best Discovery – Media you have discovered … Continue reading Second Annual Pits: The Nominations
Content warning here: this post is about discussions of harassment and sexual assault, and while direct descriptions of those things will not be included, it could still be distressing. Because stories of harassment and sexual assault are in the news … Continue reading The Avocado and Harrassment/Assault Discussions
Image by Wen Shi Greetings everyone! There have certainly been whispers about this for a while but it’s time for the official announcement. With Giftmas coming to a close and the end of the year fast approaching, we are bringing … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Media Achievement for 2017 Announcement
First, some background on the Pits: The original categories thread The original nominations thread The winners So here we are at phase 1 for the second year of awards. Right now, I am just looking for suggestions for categories. No … Continue reading The Second Annual Pits: Categories
As we’re about to have our Avocado anniversary, it’s about time for another State of the Channel address. By which I mean…it’s time for another State of the Channel address! Before I get started, let me speak for all of … Continue reading State of the Avocado – 11/30/17
I just wanted to announce to everyone (well everyone who skipped the header) that this is our 1000TH THREAD! *Throws confetti* Now you might all be wondering how we are already at 1000 when the place has only been open … Continue reading Celebrating 1000 Threads at the New Site
Have you seen the wonderful Spotlights posted, and thought “hey, I can do that!” All you have to do to publish your thoughts and feelings about an artist is sign up to do a Spotlight! The sign-up sheet ensures we … Continue reading Spotlight Feature (FKA the Artist Spotlight)
