After 13 years of dedication [mention=123] is now Admin on HF. He's been a top-tier Staff member. It was time he was promoted to Admin with additional permissions and duties. One of which will be helping with Deal Disputes. Because Admin group has extra perms anyone dealing with Dispute really needs admin permission to view private data such as PMs, Convo's, and logs. He now has that and more.
Round of applause for a great guy.
This should also free up some time for me to work on other matters. Great things are coming for HF this year. We're looking forward to all the new features we will be bringing to you.
Welcome back to the Hack Forum News. Where we keep you up to date on the weekly events and news happening on site and around the world. If you have never heard of the Hack Forum News, don't worry, we have you covered. We are a team of members from the Hack Forums community who are journalists and writers, and we are here to keep you in the loop of the changes around the site and the events happening around the world.
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This week we saw a small update to user avatars across the forum. When avatar file sizes were increased to 150KB yesterday, it was also realised the display size in threads had never been updated after the original jump from 100x100 to 120x150 quite some time ago. This has now been corrected meaning avatars displayed on posts will properly match the full 120x150 dimensions and new upload limit. This change will allow members to make better use of higher quality images and smoother animated avatars without losing detail in thread view. With the updated sizing now fully reflected across posts do you think you will be changing or upgrading your avatar? Let the team know in the replies below.
We are looking for community feedback on a possible new feature for the forum, an official mailing list / newsletter for members. The idea would be a opt in weekly email covering things like hot threads, important announcements, community highlights, and other useful updates from around the forum. The goal would be to keep members informed, while also giving users an easy way to stay connected with what is happening around the forum. Would this be something you would sign up for or do you usually ignore solicited emails altogether? Let the feedback thread know your thoughts in the replies.
We have seen a small behind the scenes adjustment to the forum by minifying two of HF’s custom JavaScript files. The change reduces the overall loading size by a decent amount, helping improve performance and page load efficiency across the site. Everything should be working as expected, but with any optimisation update, there is always a chance of unexpected behaviour. If you happen to notice anything unusual involving tabs, conversations, or notifications, please report it in the original thread.
Crack the seed V4 is almost here with $250 of SOL locked inside a wallet up for grabs. Starting 7 days from now participants will receive 12 riddles one per day for 12 days, each of the riddles reveal part of the wallet seed phrase. Once the final riddle has been solved the race is on for the first participant to unlock the wallet and transfer the SOL claiming the entire prize. Applications are now open for the next 7 days with the wallet being posted in advance using Trust Wallet. If you think you have what it takes to crack the seed first head over to the original thread and claim your spot in the challenge.
As a suggestion has been made to include the Forum stats from the board statistics we have added a few changes as seen below. The layout may change in the near future but we will see.
Future editions will include bytes volume, Quick Loves, completed contracts, contracts. Below I am adding the current values to allow us to have a starting point for future editions within a spoiler.
A valuable preservation project for HF history. [mention=574588] put together an offsite archive covering hundreds of HF News editions, thousands of events, notable threads, awards, group activity, contributors, and more - all searchable through a clean web viewer. It's an impressive project when you realize how much old community history could disappear without efforts like this.
A thread that says out loud what a lot of people quietly feel. [mention=5238577] opens up about feeling lost, stressed, and unsure what the point of everything is, and the replies turn into a surprisingly grounded discussion about purpose, money, social pressure, faith, mental health, and finding direction. Members share different ways of looking at life, from building a plan to cutting down on toxic social media loops. Not every good thread needs a perfect answer - sometimes the value is just knowing you are not the only one thinking it.
A relatable discussion about the strange post-2020 atmosphere many people still feel. [mention=4746120] points to the social, mental, financial, and cultural shifts that made life feel more isolated, more algorithmic, and more exhausting than before. The thread touches on rising prices, short-form content, weaker real-life social habits, nostalgia, and whether technology has gone from being a tool we use to something that uses us. This thread captures a feeling most people have noticed, even if they explain it differently.
A simple question that turned into a collection of life lessons from different stages of experience. [mention=5607021] starts with the idea that people cannot be expected to understand what you want or need unless you say it directly, and members expand from there with advice about ownership, family, money, relationships, bad habits, regret, and self-respect. Some replies are serious, some are classic HF, but together they make the thread feel honest. Every answer says something about the person giving it.
A travel thread with the usual HF mix of recommendations, warnings, and humor. [mention=4453301] asks for five places to visit during a 30-day first trip to the United States, looking for casinos, mountains, nightlife, beaches, and nature. Members suggest places like Miami, Las Vegas, California, Hawaii, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Olympic National Park, Seattle, Tahoe, NYC, and Texas - while also warning about customs, electronics, and not turning a vacation into a legal problem. Chaotic, useful, and very HF at the same time.
A thread about literacy, comprehension, and how difficult serious discussion becomes when people cannot process nuance. [mention=4931690] brings up adult literacy statistics and connects them to bad opinions, online arguments, scams, weak attention spans, and the way people mistake short clips for real understanding. The replies move into a wider point about education, dopamine-driven content, and why long-form explanations often get dismissed as "essays." Harsh title aside, the core discussion raises a real problem: comprehension is becoming one of the biggest filters between people online.
A practical thread about first jobs and the lessons people carried from them. [mention=5628973] asks members what their first work experience was like, whether it helped them grow, and what younger people should avoid or look for. Replies include hardware stores, grocery stores, pizza shops, customer service, accounting, fast food, and the usual regrets about wasting early paychecks instead of saving or buying Bitcoin. A good reminder that even low-paying, stressful first jobs can teach discipline, patience, and how people really operate. My take - consider everything as a stepping stone. You won't get stuck there forever, life is a marathon.
Writer - [mention=3929084]
GROUPS FOR SALE AND SOLD
Succubus group is still listed for sale by [mention=3604010]
This weeks Song Of The Week: Daft Punk - Around The World
Writer - [mention=5458992]
The Cost of Waiting
Many people spend years waiting for the perfect moment: the perfect opportunity, the perfect plan, the perfect amount of confidence. The problem is that perfection rarely arrives. Most successful people started before they felt fully prepared and figured things out along the way. Progress comes from action, not endless preparation.
Advice of the week
Don't wait until you're ready. Start, then improve as you go.
Quote of the week
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
— Confucius
I'm curious from HF members if I started an official Mailing List / Newsletter (email) for things like Hot Threads or other information and the email was weekly would you be willing to be on the list? Or do you just ignore solicited emails?
Avatar sizes were increased yesterday to 150k. A long time ago avatars were increased from 100x100 to 120x150. However, I just noticed we never changed the display size in threads. Sorry about that.
So now the avatars on posts match the size of 120x150 and 150k limit.
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