| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | calsbricks  | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 12:46 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
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Just like to add that our forum has all the functionality of this one as well
as the ability to edit, add attachments, conduct polls, plus more and its free
software - phbbs forum. It took our web guy an hour or so to get it installed
and me about a day to learn all about it (and I still don't know all there
is to know) […]
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Take a look at http://forum.bricklink.com/ ….
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That is a more up to date forum but as we are not either users or interested
in stud.io we don't see it.
Does prove they can do it if they want to, but that also shows where their focus
is and it isn't the classic site.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, Nathan123 writes:
| | It seems the forum isn't getting the same kind of community involvement as
it once did. It is fairly common to see less than 100 messages per day and I
had to go back to July to find a day that had over 200. The way the forum works
right now it can be very frustrating and time consuming finding posts of interest
as even new posts get buried quickly under 2 or 3 more active posts and that
makes it difficult to participate in the forum if you do not have the time to
browse or search through it. In terms of utility the bricklink forum is not as
easy to use and enjoy as say brickset forum. There are a lot of good parts of
the BL forum but I feel it is largely being ruined.
My suggestion is that when a post is responded to the post itself moves to the
top but it doesn't show up as a new message, so if a post is made and has
10 replies it will still just look like one post on the forum. I would also like
to recommend that certain categories get put into a different area apart from
the forum so maybe for example buying and selling, inventory change requests,
and sales posts could be seperated from the rest so they don't bury the rest
of the posts out there and stagnate the forum.
The goal would be to allow more people and ideas to participate in the community.
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There are certainly some improvements to be made - pinning posts, notification
/ subscription plans, ability to edit or completely remove posted material -
but most of what you are asking for here can already be done.
First, the BrickLink Discussions Forum is actually many individual Forums all
joined together, including hidden Forums backstage for our community admins.
If you don't wish to read everything, start on this page and read only what
interests you:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageTopics.asp?utm_content=subnav
Second, you can customize the Forum to your exact specifications, including viewing
each thread without the replies. You can also block certain Forums (e.g. sales
posts). See the settings on this page:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageFilter.asp?viewFrom=P
I've never seen a Forum with this level of user customization, and I believe
most members don't even know about these options. Try out these suggestions
and see if that helps your impression.
I have been reading the Forum consistently for over 10 years, and I've noticed
that like rainy and dry periods with the weather, Forum participation ebbs and
flows with time. And if by "community involvement" you mean people like Foster
and Dan/Jon beating each other up on a regular basis, that sort of behavior isn't
tolerated anymore.
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Hi Russell and thank you for your comments on this topic (which isn't ours)
as you can tell.
Just like to add that our forum has all the functionality of this one as well
as the ability to edit, add attachments, conduct polls, plus more and its free
software - phbbs forum. It took our web guy an hour or so to get it installed
and me about a day to learn all about it (and I still don't know all there
is to know)
The Bricklink forum and messaging system , as you know, are well out of date
and whilst most of the regular members love this archaic piece of software (and
we have a liking to it as well), newer users are used to much richer applications.
There are lots of things that are more important than the forum and as you have
said in many comments here development time is at a premium whilst the company
determines which direction(s) it is going to take for the future. Might not be
a bad idea to keep the members informed - I know that kind of contravenes current
policy but it would engender a lot more respect for what is happening or about
to happen.
I have been a member for a long time now both as a buyer only (3 years before
we became a store) and nearly 9 years as a store, and feel, like most, that we
are kept in the dark about what is happening with the site. As for earlier times
and forum discussions/debates etc, we remember most of them - but again most
of those members are no longer involved with Bricklink. We get PM's from
some of them from time to time when they read something on the forum and want
an insiders view (Not really sure why they believe we have an insiders view but
still). It is nice to hear from them and we try to comment on what they are asking.
Life, forums, business , relationships are all about multi-directional communications
and this site is no different than any others. Keep your customers happy and
you will grow and prosper - give them cause for concern and you will not see
the real benefits you are looking for, regardless of the dir4ection you choose
and we all kow no one can do it on their own.
Bill & the Team @ Calsbricks.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 01:28 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, Nathan123 writes:
| | It seems the forum isn't getting the same kind of community involvement as
it once did. It is fairly common to see less than 100 messages per day and I
had to go back to July to find a day that had over 200.
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I love the way this old Forum works. Sorry if I am in the minority. I would argue
that the lack of community involvement is directly related to the management's
antipathy.
Jen
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+ several
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 16, 2019 12:38 | | Subject: | Re: HP184 onwards | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, axaday writes:
| | In Inventories, calsbricks writes:
| | The minifigs in set 75948 do not appear to have been inventoried yet and according
to the catalogue page it is not pending - is there a problem with these?
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I just ordered the set and reserved all the minifigs.
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Great - it is a very good set (In our humble opinion, of course)
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 16, 2019 12:37 | | Subject: | Re: HP184 onwards | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, axaday writes:
| | In Inventories, calsbricks writes:
| | The minifigs in set 75948 do not appear to have been inventoried yet and according
to the catalogue page it is not pending - is there a problem with these?
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They are all in one set. Just no one has done it. Do you want me to?
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Yes please, if you can - we are in the process of parting out several of them
(Sets)
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