This would be a good idea. I understand that some people might like short scripts, but if it’s around a minute long, I generally tend to not even bother with it myself. Those scripts aren’t worthless, but it would be pretty cool to be able to see the length of a script on a post without having to click into it. This is a good idea.
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You don’t have to be so dramatic, instead you can show positivity and just leave a like to scripts that you actually like.
Just gonna say it again…tags please for times like on porn sites. 0-10mins, 11-20…whatever works for here.
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But then he will still be mad. Then the 1 minute clips will be in his 09:99 minute searches
We all have ‘first time’ on everything.
People who just joined this community can prefer short scripts because it takes less effort to download and try them.
And if they start scripting, they usually start with short videos. They will get the idea of scripting by doing it by themselves.
It took me more than 24h to script a 20min video when I first started scripting. No watching Youtube, no listening to music, no eating or sleeping included. It was that hard to script when it was my ‘first time’ doing it.
If we take this subject to the extreme side, and start banning low quality, short scripts without understanding the creators situation, we will not have (or have less) new script creators. If that’s what you want for some reason, I really cannot understand you.
Yes, I do spend hours to script every single day. 7days a week, 365days a year. I try my best to deliver contents to this community and my supporters. And yes. My scripts can be short. But that usually happens when my supporter requests/commissions for a short script for a short video. I avoid scripting videos that are too short because I feel lazy doing that too often.
The reason why I started scripting this much was just because people appreciated my work. Even when they weren’t that good at all. I was motivated by those nice comments, learned new technics and tools to make my script better and got suggestions for the next video to script as well.
This only happened because someone decided to script a video and post it. If you really want this community to be greater, we should not just block certain types of scripts just because you don’t like it. Someone likes it. Someone would even pay for it.
I can always decide to script only for my patrons. But there are people out there looking for a free script from me. I am not just gonna stop scripting because you don’t like it.
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I agree with the sentiment, but it’s a larger problem than that. The issue with this forum-style sharing is that it is extremely limited in getting your preferences to the front as well as keeping track of what you downloaded, viewed, or losing scripts that were posted while you were away for a few days/weeks.
If we could solve the above it’d be much better - I just don’t know who is going to put the time in to do that and I don’t have the ability/time to do it myself.
I hate short scripts; but I just click on them to get them out of the feed and ignore them.
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I only want the pov section (wide angle no shake); they average about 90 seconds per position.
You would be banning much of the content I am after or would ever upload.
Looping has its use.
Wouldn’t more content = better community = more scripters = more scripts in future?
I am new here. Someone said something about the site needing to be more organized and I think this might be the larger issue. For now, I have given up on finding content because its confusing/ disorganized, or maybe it just me… I’m just going to try scripting some of my favorite video sections. 
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You can it’s called looking at the video length or most script makers put the length in the discrimination already he isn’t talking about organizing the script he just wants them banned out right
While i dont agree with the premise of this post, i would agree that having posts tagged with a length would prove useful like 5+, 15+ or 30+ minutes etc.
This is also something that has been suggested in the past
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The problem is that the tag limit is way too low so it wouldn’t really solve the problem and instead could make things worse. I agree that the organisation on this site could be a bit better.
The worst thing is people not filling out the details of their script, like length, video source etc.
I will just drop it here, the discussion died some time ago. Maybe you could express your opinion (without flaming) here instead:
While I understand the frustration, this topic could’ve been made in more civilized manner. There is no reason to ban people because they share short scripts.
I will suggest that there are 3 aspects to this problem.
- Input - How does the length of the script get set in the database?
- Display - How does the length get displayed in the topics list?
- Filter/Search - How does the filter/search capability incorporate the length?
Each of these is a difficult problem to tackle. An ideal solution would be one that balances the value of all 3, rather than prioritizing one over another. I don’t have any insight as to what the backend of what Eroscripts looks like, so I’m going to throw out some possible solutions based on speculation.
Solving issue #1 - How does the length of the script get set in the database?
I’m going to assume that Discourse provides some sort of scripting capability or API. I’m also going to assume we can add a field to the topics database for “Length”, and that it will default to null. Here is what the algorithm might look like:
- Check that the post is in one of the script categories. If not, Length field stays null.
- Parse the text of the topic for “Length: ” or “Duration: ”. Attempt to parse the time that follows that text. If the parse is successful, enter that length into the database and done. If not, continue.
- Open each attached funscript file, and parse the field “duration:N” where N is the time in seconds.
- If there is only a single funscript and it successfully parses the duration value, that value gets set as the length for the topic. If it is unsuccessful in parsing the value, then the length for the topic remains null.
- If there are multiple funscripts with the same duration value, enter the value as the length for the topic. If there are multiple funscripts with different durations, the length for the topic gets entered as an value that indicates multiple lengths are present in the topic. (e.g., “-1”)
The goal of this algorithm is to end up in 1 of 3 states. You either have a null length, a length value, or a value to indicate multiple lengths are present in the topic. The outcome of this solution should be the Length field in the database containing either null, -1, or a time value.
There are some potential difficulties with this algorithm. Paid scripts will be more difficult, as the funscripts themselves are not usually available within the topic. Those would have to rely on the topic creator to properly include a “Length: ” somewhere in their post. There is incentive for them to do that because when someone is going through the topics list, seeing a timestamp will look more professional and will also draw in people specifically looking for those lengths. Devil’s advocate is that by not including the field, they might get more clicks because people have to do a little extra work to figure out how long the script is. Another difficulty is if the “Length:” cannot be parsed because of misspelling, using a different word, etc. Lots of potential pitfalls happen when you try to parse a specific keyword from community-driven content. This could be overcome with a very thorough parsing algorithm that catches misspellings, etc, or it could be overcome with some clever scripting during the post that will warn the author when the length field is not found or able to be parsed correctly.
Solving issue #2 - How does the length get displayed in the topics list?
This one is likely the most technically challenging to solve. Looking at the Discourse site, I’m not seeing any examples of where they’ve updated the topics list to include custom data. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s impossible. Here are a few ways we might be able to do it.
Method 1 - There might be an API that allows us to add custom data to the topics list. If so, we’d only need to pull the Length field from the database and display it in a new column in the topics list.
Method 2 - We could build a hook into the database that when the length is entered, the title is updated to put the time in minutes at the front. So a topic titled “TheObsidianGeneral is a dummy” would be updated to look like this: “{3:42} TheObsidianGeneral is a dummy”. (I don’t suggest we do this method, as it involves modifying the actual title field in the database.)
Method 3 - Similar to method 2, but this would be done at the UI level. The underlying database value for the title would not be touched. When it comes time to display the title in the topics list, the Length field is added to the front of the title text after the title has been pulled from the database and right before it gets displayed.
Method 4 - Display the timestamp in the bottom-right corner of the thumbnail. This is my personal favorite, but could also be the most tricky to implement. Basically when the thumbnail is getting pulled from the database, or when it’s getting drawn, we throw some processing in there that overlays the timestamp based on the Length field.
The goal of solving this issue is making it possible for someone to see at a glance of the topics list how long a funscript is, so they can make an informed decision on whether to click it or not. This will allow people to visually filter out lengths that they are not interested in.
Solving issue #3 - How does the filter/search capability incorporate the length?
In theory this should be pretty simple. Assuming we have some sort of scripting ability or access to the API, we should be able to update the filter/search capability to include parameters based on the Length field. Depending on the community’s preference and the ability of the developer, we’ve got a couple different options:
Option 1 - Minimum and Maximum length fields in the advanced Filter/Search options.
Option 2 - A slider for minimum and maximum in the advanced Filter/Search options. (More difficult to implement and less precise, in my opinion.)
Option 3 - Checkboxes for predermined lengths. For example, <3 mins, 3-5 mins, 5-10 mins, 10-30 mins, 30-60 mins, >60 mins. You could check each box you are interested in.
If I had my way, I would go with a magical option 4, where we have min/max fields when you’re doing an advanced search, and then the checkboxes for if you’re filtering.
If you took the time to read all that, thank you! As we approach this problem, I think it’s important that we keep an eye on the end goal: a solution that will balance the importance and feasibility of each aspect of this problem.
I already mentioned that this community unfortunately has some individuals who could be labeled as idiots, setting unrealistic expectations and making demands that are completely unreasonable.
These few individuals are ruining what is otherwise a very pleasant community by engaging in abnormal and disrespectful behavior.
I took an extended vacation over the past few months and traveled around the world. Beforehand, I had prepared several scripts and got them ready for uploading. The reason not a single one of them appeared during my vacation was a comment like this. I don’t remember who wrote it, but I also don’t really care. Comments like that can quickly sap someone’s enthusiasm for the community. So, please consider your choice of words more carefully and reflect on the way you present yourself here.
It’s been emphasized numerous times that the demand to ban people for posting short scripts is utter nonsense. I fully endorse this viewpoint.
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The reason not a single one of them appeared during my vacation was a comment like this.
In other words, if we’re determining bans based on impact on the community, the only ones who should be banned are people like OP.
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think there should be a away to filter out shorter scripts from feed or from search; kind of like a time range search feature. yea but agree don’t remove them form the site. Its just sometimes ya want longer, some times you want shorter.
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i dont think a ban should be done but maybe a tag for short scripts? i think ones shorter than 30 seconds are more ridiculous to be honest
thanks i wanted to know what they said too lol
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The quality of this community is not damaged by allowing people to share short scripts.
It is damaged by you posting this kind of garbage. Or, the other day, a complaint about animated content.
You’re showing the worst kind of entitlement there is, which is that you want an entire group of people to be held to the standards of your personal taste. Grow up, and if you can’t handle being among others with different tastes than you, just go away. I’m pretty sure the community will manage just fine without you.
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What the heck ? :o
For anyone fancy a video duration tag here’s a discussion worth contributing:
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