Here we go!!! After more than ten very productive years, Fast Eddie is stepping down as the administrator of TV Tropes. To Fast Eddie – Thank You! And on behalf of all of us here, cheers to a happy retirement.
Without further ado, the new Administrators are myself (drewski) and my good friend itcdr. We are youngerish TV addicts, movie lovers, gamers, web developers, and entertainment junkies with a ton of passion for the TV Tropes project and one general goal – to make this site insanely awesome!
So, what does this mean for the community and site?
- Wiki policy: No policies are being changed. We share the values and commitment to an open, informal, breezy and fun wiki.
- Forum policy: No changes.
- The staff: The mods are staying as they are, including keeping all their current powers and authority. We will continue to work with the Mods and the Troper base as always.
- The tech wish list and site development: Coding will no longer be a one-man labour of love, so more headway can be made on fixing bugs, developing new features, and generally polishing the wiki. This may take a little time to get going as we dig through several hundred thousand lines of code…thanks for that Fast Eddie…but we will get there!
Also, if you haven’t already seen the announcement - which is probably impossible - we launched a campaign on Kickstarter to accelerate new developments on TV Tropes. Check out the campaign - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvtropes/the-tv-tropes-revitalization-project
- to learn more about our plans and how you can contribute - and see the awesome rewards for your help.
Please share your questions, comments, concerns and love below.
edited 30th Nov '14 1:38:24 PM by drewski
Always 3:00am in the Filth
Oh wow.
Well, farewell Fast Eddie and /salute. Will he continue to be involved at all with the site?
Welcome to our new admins as well.
Edit
As a whole, I'm happy with the site layout. Mobile support will be handy. The ads on the site are still some of the least intrusive I've seen, the ones I have problems with are because Flash ads are getting more intrusive across the net.
One organizational issue I'd like to see expanded/better implemented would be the trope relationships. The daughter/sister trope concept seems unexplained and barely utilized.
edited 30th Nov '14 1:54:29 PM by Rotpar
"But don't give up hope. Everyone is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall shoot you." - O'Brien, 1984
Let's Hop to It!
Wow, that certainly is big news. Warm regards to Fast Eddie and welcome the new leaders!
I just backed the Kickstarter for $5. That may go up depending on if things go as well for me as I think they will in the next coming couple of months.
They are still involved in troper capacity, at least. Won't share more information for privacy reasons.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Mweheheh
Will the new mobile site have a mobile-friendly image uploader? I'm in.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Pittsburghmuggle
I'm annoyed I can't donate from PayPal. I'll donate, but it will be a few days. Amazon doesn't accept Pay Pal.
edited 30th Nov '14 1:53:55 PM by pittsburghmuggle
"Freedom is not a license for chaos" -Norton Juster's The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Pug Queen
Goodbye fast Eddie. He shall be missed. ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
Part-Time Omen of Death
It'll be interesting to see what comes of all this. I'm hoping for some changes for the better. 
Let's Hop to It!
pittsburgh, you don't by any chance have Paypal's debit card, do you? They'll accept that.
Woah.
Thank you Fast Eddie for all your awesome work over the past decade! 
Pittsburghmuggle
"pittsburgh, you don't by any chance have Paypal's debit card, do you? They'll accept that. "
I do not. I'll have to change that.
"Freedom is not a license for chaos" -Norton Juster's The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
I'm quite happy with the design as it is now ^^; do you think there will be a way to go between the two designs?
The Protomen enhanced my life.
I'm going to donate soon, mostly because this seems to be the best hope for the badge shop to return. And if everything gets all shiny and new and such, well that's nice too.
Maybe now we'll have a proper quote functionality!
Very exited to hear about this. I can't give any money, but I could give a bit of time.
Thanks Eddie for running this website.
I'll be advising against a quote button, fer sure.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
How about ads that dont hijack my mobile device? No, I do not want to play Game Of War or some Candy Crush type game. Unfortunately, every new tab I open in tv tropes redirects to the app store.
edited 30th Nov '14 2:06:30 PM by Snippyshelf7
More like giant cherries
Some thoughts after reading the Kickstarter page. I don't think the automatic reciprocal wicking will work out because a lot of times you need different text for the works page and examples list entries. Also, sometimes a trope is worth listing one and not the other.
Anyway, have you considered making the site code open source? That way you could get extra volunteer help with development.
Hopefully this means TV Tropes will finally be moving to HTTPS as well.
edited 30th Nov '14 2:08:22 PM by storyyeller
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
A switch between the old and new navigation sounds plausible.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
How long do you think this update will take? I'm very excited to see what will happen!
Farewell Fast Eddie, and thank you for bringing us this fun website. Your work will not be forgotten.
More like giant cherries
Unfortunately, every new tab I open in tv tropes redirects to the spp store.
If you're being redirected to the app store, it's likely malware on your device. I'd recommend going into app settings and disabling everything suspicious. Also, turn on Verify Apps if you haven't already for some reason.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
Cool Dude
Considering how haphazard the coding of this place acts at times, that techlist/site development is the best news I've heard all day. I for one welcome our new youngerish trope overlords.
We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)
Reproduction is not the meaning of life.
Goodbye, Fast Eddie. I hope you enjoyed those 10 years you won't get back ;)
So...yeah. I'm fairly satisfied with how the site is right now, but I suppose you can always improve it. Good luck!
Also HOLY FaCKING SHeT!!!!!!!
He/Him
I'll donate tomorrow, when I get paid again. Due to my recent complaints about video ads, expect $25 from me.
Also, farewell Eddie. You have created a hell of a thing here, and that will never be forgotten
My troper wall
Here we go!!! After more than ten very productive years, Fast Eddie is stepping down as the administrator of TV Tropes. To Fast Eddie – Thank You! And on behalf of all of us here, cheers to a happy retirement.
Without further ado, the new Administrators are myself (drewski) and my good friend itcdr. We are youngerish TV addicts, movie lovers, gamers, web developers, and entertainment junkies with a ton of passion for the TV Tropes project and one general goal – to make this site insanely awesome!
So, what does this mean for the community and site?
Also, if you haven’t already seen the announcement - which is probably impossible - we launched a campaign on Kickstarter to accelerate new developments on TV Tropes. Check out the campaign - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvtropes/the-tv-tropes-revitalization-project
- to learn more about our plans and how you can contribute - and see the awesome rewards for your help.
Please share your questions, comments, concerns and love below.
edited 30th Nov '14 1:38:24 PM by drewski