Update on Message Boards Pictures Feature

Hi, folks. I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable weekend. I just wanted to fill you in on what is coming soon with the AOL Message Boards.

If you recall, I mentioned that we were going to have the ability to embed pictures in the AOL Message Boards. For those who tried it in Beta, it worked really well, but several concerns were raised regarding the potential for abuse. Considering the risks and benefits, we decided to require the use of AOL Pictures for allowing images on the boards.

Integrating images on the boards with AOL Pictures will make it incredibly easy to embed pictures in your messages and also allow us to effectively manage pictures that violate AOL Terms of Service via AOL Pictures. Many of the beta testers suggested that the boards should integrate with the AOL Pictures product, similar to AOL Web Mail; we agree and put a hold on pushing this feature out to production.

The board team is busy making the boards work smoothly with AOL Pictures. They are also working on various back-end maintenance such as monitoring and bouncing misbehaving servers, processing bug reports and other international compatibility issues.

That's not all, these features are also coming soon:

Spell Check
Ability to remove messages yourself
Ability to edit messages after being posted
Sticky posts

When I have more details about these features, you'll be the first to know on the blog. I apologize for not covering the details on this earlier, but you can always let us know what features you like (or dislike) in the comments below.

Tags: AOL, Message Boards, Features, Pictures, Photos, Safety, Coming Soon

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