What's New on the Forums: July 3, 2026

Greetings to our family,

Over the past few days, we've introduced several improvements, new features, and bug fixes to make the Ancient Forums better for everyone.

Here's what's new:

Expanded reaction support

We noticed how much you enjoy using reactions, so we’re removing the reaction limit per post. You can now use all available reactions, just like on our VT chat platform. We also improved the response speed for reactions, so giving reactions should feel faster and smoother. We also changed how reaction pills work: you should now double-click or press and hold a reaction pill to see who reacted.

Improvements on notifications

We now show all given reactions when you receive a notification that multiple people reacted to your post. We also made the notifications page faster and improved notification links, so when you click a notification about your message, you should now go directly to that exact message.

Richer content overview

You can now select both languages in the new content widget on the home page. It also saves your preference, so you won’t lose your selection when you leave the site. We also added support for thread prefixes, so you can now see them in places like anonymous questions.

Better and faster search

Since the forum launch, we’ve been working hard on search. We’ll keep improving it, but with this update, you should now be able to search the forums faster. Your results should also feel more reliable, and some errors you were getting should be gone. We also improved the Find mode, so you can now find threads or messages from a specific user more easily.

Ignore option returned

After requests from our members, we’re bringing the ignore option back. You can now ignore another user if you don’t prefer to see their posts. Just go to their profile and open the options dropdown to find it. Please note that this feature may not be available for certain users.

Improvements on message editor

We’ve been working on making the new message editor more reliable and smarter. As we keep improving it and gaining more confidence, we’ll release more editor features. With this update, we’re adding a dozen improvements that should make the editor faster and smarter. Draft errors, attachment upload issues, and some editor dropdown problems should be resolved now.

Improvements on schedule block

We improved the schedule block so you can see it one hour before a scheduled ritual starts, and it will disappear shortly after the ritual begins. You can also now see which Guardian or Clergy member is hosting the ritual.

The updates are not over yet. We’re already working on more improvements, and you’ll see more changes coming soon, including:

If you experience any problems on the forums, or if you have suggestions and opinions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. You can share your feedback under this thread or contact us on the VT platform.

Thank you for everything and may the Gods bless us all!