thedude's Advice

• Why are people so mean?
  We have "report abuse" links all over the site for just this reason...and yes, people who are "mean" regularly get dealt wtih. It's not FunAdvice if we get swamped with mean people :) Personally, I'd rather things get slightly "over reported" tha...
  
  
• Job websites
  Monster.com / careerbuilder.com / linkedin.com / hotjobs.com / jobster.com ...those are some of the most well known job related sites. Craigslist.org is a really good resource for jobs as well.
  
  
• Is it possible to go from a size 3 to a size 1 in 20 days?
  Hm, you're in the US, and my wife wears size 6 jeans...I thought women's jeans sizes were 0, 2, 4, 6, etc? Either way, if you're trying to lose weight, you need to focus on exercise & diet. Do a lot of cardio, eat veggies & fruits, whole grains, mak...
  
  
• Making a cartoon of yourself
  Jibjab.com has a service that will make you into a cartoon, there is also befunky (befunky.com) that seems to offer this service.
  
  
• Merging cells
  On our site? You can't, at least, not yet, as we're still working on the technology to enable people to have personalized profiles. If you mean another site, then you should have specified :)
  
  
• Brother is going through a divorce, how to help?
  Problem is, the US courts always side with the mother, even if it's "wrong" ...if you can catch her with her hand in the cookie jar in some fashion, breaking the law, etc, then your brother might have a better chance of getting custody. At least, th...
  
  
• Advisor?
  http://www.funadvice.com/advisors If you read the upper left there, that's one description. And if you read through past questions (try using "advisors" in the site search, in the upper right) and you get tons of info.
  
  
• Problems with FA?
  That problem happened to a lot of members, *however* I thought it was fixed...hm. Can you fun mail me: when it started how many times it's happened what internet browser you're using if you get the "email bounced" message when you login And, ...
  
  
• How to change font size on myspace?
  Use CSS eg, font-size: 12px, or 14px, etc, to get the size you want.
  
  
• Just wondering... (100%)
  :) I did read all of that (and if you read the "about" page, you'll note I'm one of the founders / owners) and yes, we have moderators (we call them advisors, just to confuse people) and this helps a great deal. The "report abuse" links also help...
  
  
• Can't add friends through Fun Mail
  I just added you as well... if it you click the link & I'm not added to your friend list, please copy / paste the fun mail message & send it to me via fun mail. And tell me what browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc) so we can fi...
  
  
• Diet pills? what happened?
  1) You're underage 2) We can't diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or give proper medical advice here. Locking this, talk to your doctor.
  
  
• Email confirmation?
  If the email doesn't arrive, you can contact us (link in the bottom of the page) and we can approve your account manually. Also add support at funadvice dot com (as email address) to your safe sender list to make sure emails arrive in your inbox, not y...
  
  
• Why wont it let me edit my own answers/questions
  Questions = you can't edit after people answer it (b/c people were deleting them, changing them completely, etc, which ruined the question). Answers = you have a short window when you can edit it following the posting of the answer...for comments, h...
  
  
• Every time I ask a question!
  Ah you may have been online when we were doing an update...we need to fix the screen so it's more clear when we're pushing new code live.
  
  
• Old for this site?
  I'm 31...my wife (another co-founder) is also 31, and the other co-founder of the site (esconsult1) is 42...;) So you're definitely not the oldest member here. My mom is a member (58) and several friends of our family, etc are members, average age i...
  
  
• Delete inactive profiles
  Interestingly enough, we had a member come back a few days ago that hadn't been on the site in 2 years, upload a photo, and ask another question. We do delete members with bad data...however, if we removed all the inactive profiles, then people who ...
  
  
• How to approve people?
  ..you can also change your profile settings to have the invite arrive via fun mail instead of regular email.
  
  
• Difference between static web site and dynamic website?
  Static = HTML, dynamic = built with some sort of scripting language that enables it to carry information to & from the server, such as using cookies, ajax function calls, php, ruby on rails, Perl, C#, JSP, asp, asp.net, etc.
  
  
• How do I get my pics of somebody else's myspace account? (100%)
  You'll need to contact myspace, prove it's you in the photos, and give them a list of pics you'd like removed.
  
  
• Now I dunno how to add a post in my question.
  Well the problem is, none of the management teams knows russian ;) So, you could be saying all sorts of inappropriate things and we'd have NO idea what you said. Which would be bad :) Hopefully, you see the logic in that. Among the advisors & man...
  
  
• What can I do to get her to get one on here?
  Tell her... 1) how fun the site is (I think it's fun, but I'm biased) 2) that we have features like photo sharing (you can restrict photos to friends only) profile comments, groups, questions / answers, photo rating, etc 3) We have 94K members now, ...
  
  
• Computer help!
  If you didn't empty the trash can yet, you can open it, (double click to open the view of the files in the trash) and then drag & drop them back to where they belong. :) I have a mac, too, and I love it.
  
  
• Pregnant again
  Wow, you joined the site over 2 years ago, thanks for coming back. Well...college can be hard, but if you get very organized & have help from your family, you can do it even with kids. If it were me, I'd keep the baby...I have two kids myself (7 & 6 ...
  
  
• Mole problem!!
  Only way you can get rid of a mole is to get it removed by a doctor...it's not that painful from what I understand, but it may leave a small scar.
  
  
• How do I turn a picture of mine into a URL?
  Right click, "copy link location" and there you go...
  
  
• FunAdvice help!
  It goes to your inbox, eg, your email account, by default. You can edit your profile and then have the notice sent to your fun mail if you like. Either way the notice arrives, you just click the "approve" link, and they'll be added as your friend.
  
  
• What is valentines day?
  The day to celebrate your love...with a significant other mostly, but also family, friends, etc. That's what valentine's day means to me.
  
  
• How to become a ticket broker?
  Seemingly, to become a ticket broker you work out a deal with the larger ticket company to then resell tickets. So try ticketmaster or similar.
  
  
• What was the most inaccurate version of pi?
  In most equations, 3.14 is acceptable for using pi.