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[yawetag]

mstaylor, on 26 September 2011 - 07:51 PM, said:

yawetag, on 26 September 2011 - 12:07 AM, said:

Sounds good to me. In fact, I'll take a bit of the work and post as many as I can find. If it's possible for me to get your list of feeds, I'll set up my own and filter it away from here, then post only the ones that are applicable.

Of course, this also means others can post all they want.

So you would leave the section, just 86 the RSS feeds. I would read it then.

That's my idea. It would drop the number of crap stories, but still put in relevant articles.

The other solution is to go through all the current feeds and make sure they're set up to go to the queue first. However, this still adds work to the moderators to filter through the queue. By making it an open forum, where any member can post a story they find, the quality would improve and the work to do it diminishes.

[ukce1861]

If the news feeds are a lot of work, I'd say drop them. While I do usually look at the forum, the value provided is pretty low given the work it takes to provide it. I like the idea of keeping the forum for users to post links in.

Warren, as to your original question, I think the forum's great. I really appreciate the effort you put in to this and I can't imagine how much work it takes.

• What are your least favorite things about the site?
• I don't like the adds on the right-hand side. They push everything down really far and make the page long. Is there a way to minimize the Premium Membership ad in particular. I''ve already signed up for the Premium Membership and if others haven't, I doubt seeing it every day is going to change that.
• What are your favorite features?
• I like that if I haven't read a topic it stays bold, even if I leave the site and come back.
• What are your least favorite features?
• Sometimes, even when I read a topic, it still stays bold. Not really a big deal, but a minor annoyance.
• The reviews and articles don't seem to be well integrated with the rest of the forum. Oftentimes a new review or article will be posted and I don't realize it for quite a while. I realize they're posted on the far right but I guess I just don't notice them. Is there a way to create a separate forum for them so they show up better?
• Any other constructive criticisms you may have?
• Keep up the good work!

[sdix00]

ukce1861, on 27 September 2011 - 08:54 AM, said:

• The reviews and articles don't seem to be well integrated with the rest of the forum. Oftentimes a new review or article will be posted and I don't realize it for quite a while. I realize they're posted on the far right but I guess I just don't notice them. Is there a way to create a separate forum for them so they show up better?

Agree

[mstaylor]

What are your favorite features?<li>I like that if I haven't read a topic it stays bold, even if I leave the site and come back.



I very much agree. I have been on boards that if you didn't all the new stuff in a section, switched to another section, on that site, it would drop the bolding in the first section.

[Thunderheads]

I would like to see 2 features .........

1)

I'd like to see text from a response in a thread I'm subscribed to when I get an email alert. This way, if I don't have time, or dont' want to pull the entire site (thread) up, I can quickly read what someone responded. If I'd like to respond, THEN I can click and go to it, but...if it's for an FYI purpose,...boom, I can just read and move on. It's a nice feature. It happens when you get a personal message, but not when someone replies ...it used to be that way.

2)

I'd like to be able to UN-SUBSCRIBE from a post without going to the site and going into my SETTINGS, etc, etc, etc..... You used to be able to un-subscribe from the email sent to you that someone responded ....click, ...it's gone ...and your'e unsubscribed. Very convenient

[Umpire in Chief]

Thunderheads, on 10 October 2011 - 01:30 PM, said:

I would like to see 2 features .........

1)

I'd like to see text from a response in a thread I'm subscribed to when I get an email alert. This way, if I don't have time, or dont' want to pull the entire site (thread) up, I can quickly read what someone responded. If I'd like to respond, THEN I can click and go to it, but...if it's for an FYI purpose,...boom, I can just read and move on. It's a nice feature. It happens when you get a personal message, but not when someone replies ...it used to be that way.

2)

I'd like to be able to UN-SUBSCRIBE from a post without going to the site and going into my SETTINGS, etc, etc, etc..... You used to be able to un-subscribe from the email sent to you that someone responded ....click, ...it's gone ...and your'e unsubscribed. Very convenient

Great observations -- noted.