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Site Updates for 2026!

Surgery
Gastric_Bypass
Date
Oct 08, 2012
Start Weight
295 lbs
Goal Weight
150 lbs
Currently
205 lbs
Progress
62%
Hey everyone! Merry Christmas!!
I just wanted to let you know that we have someone helping us make some updates and improvements to the site.

We're currently working on:

1: Badges (little trophies that you'll see under users names based on different achievements they've earned by contributing to this site). Right now they are just a fun way to show who the site's bigger contributors are. But we plan on putting out real rewards some time this year around the badges.

2: We are working on a built in progress bar to show members Starting weight, Goal weight, and Current weight. When a user updates their current weight, the progress bar should automatically update. This will be a work in progress until we get it right.

3: We're implementing a better Spam blocker on the site. We had tons of spam last year that we had to manually remove every day. The new spam blocker is catching most of it, but I still see 2 or 3 posts a day getting past the blocker.

And then we have a few other minor things we're working on. But we would love to hear any input or suggestions you all have! This group has been going for a long time, and it's great to have so much useful content already available for new members and new bariatric patients.
 
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Hey everyone! Merry Christmas!!
I just wanted to let you know that we have someone helping us make some updates and improvements to the site.

We're currently working on:

1: Badges (little trophies that you'll see under users names based on different achievements they've earned by contributing to this site). Right now they are just a fun way to show who the site's bigger contributors are. But we plan on putting out real rewards some time this year around the badges.

2: We are working on a built in progress bar to show members Starting weight, Goal weight, and Current weight. When a user updates their current weight, the progress bar should automatically update. This will be a work in progress until we get it right.

3: We're implementing a better Spam blocker on the site. We had tons of spam last year that we had to manually remove every day. The new spam blocker is catching most of it, but I still see 2 or 3 posts a day getting past the blocker.

And then we have a few other minor things we're working on. But we would love to hear any input or suggestions you all have! This group has been going for a long time, and it's great to have so much useful content already available for new members and new bariatric patients.
I'm so happy about the spam blocker getting better!+
 
We're also getting rid of the PICS tab at the top. That feature was used for people to post their Before/After photos and then have them stored in that location. Instead, we're now going to have a Before & After forum specifically for this. This will be easier for members to comment and talk about the photos, but the main reason is because it will help speed up the Speed of the website. We're trying to cut down on the load time of the website, since it's been pretty slow lately.
 
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