XF has addons for that stuff apparently. That was one of the things brought up over there. Not sure about the static first post, but the ignore stuff at least

not sure how others feel, but i always hated first post on every page. absolutely hate it. especially when the OP is three pages long :D

I don't mind it except for the tards that don't realize you shouldn't post a 5 inch long post

Well, you know what they say about guys with long posts...

I think on page two or after it should be automatically shortened , and images / embeds removed with a (....more) type of button to reveal the stuff. Theres a few dipshits that KNOW better that STILL insist on making the OP too ****ing long KNOWING it will be like that on every page. Morons. It is because of these few idiots that I would suggest the above...
Also, newer people that dont realize they can put things in spoiler tags or whatnot it gets old having to explain how to not to make an annoying OP.


my 2 cents

my theory goes like this. 'generally' when someone opens a thread the first time, they go to the op. now they have read the op, anywhere in the thread pages they click they already know the subject of matter of thread. not on vb, but smf, they had an option where the individual user could disable the original post beyond page 1.

obviously its not a deal breaker, just providing feedback :D

In a perfect world I'd have time to code things so the 1st post is collapsed on every page other than the first one. That way you could click a + to expand and read it if needed.

no worries, i know exactly how much time is involved. and i was a beginner.