| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Adjour  | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 11:50 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| LOL you are the OP.
Ok you changed my mind, we could use forum flair in addition to editing.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 11:47 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| | | The difference in size is probably why there could be hundreds of positive comments
and upvotes while being met with silence here. Here there cannot be more than
a couple hundred people looking at the BL forum for any significant amount of
time from day to day.
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Please don't get hung up on me saying "hundreds". Its just an example in
reply to the OP who is musing about why there isn't more traffic on the forum,
and wrongly, IMO, blaming it on the forum template.
You can't argue the fact that, like I said, "wholesome" posts are almost
completely ignored here. If people really want more forum participation,
then they need to stop treating other users they do not know yet like
they are stereo instructions and reach out and be friendly. It is my opinion
that the issues presented by the OP is not a template issue.
| | The issue in my opinion is that there isn't enough
interest to get more people using the forum
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This is exactly my point.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 11:43 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Adjour writes:
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I remember a regular member posting a very nice collection photo because they
were excited about finishing or near finishing it iirc. I think it got two replies...
On Reddit, that same post would have got hundreds of positive replies. […]
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On the other hand, 200 comments of “Good!” and “+1” aren’t fun to read either
 
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To you maybe, but to the OP posting something personal, I'm sure they would
be thrilled. 200 is hyperbole for this site, anyway  :p
| | I also believe that, as there are other forums that specialize in that sort of
posts, by comparison and by BL’s very nature, BL’s forum will always seem more
oriented towards selling/buying or cataloguing than MOCing or other news.
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Right, which is why I don't get these occasional "omg where has tHe fAmIly
GoNE?" posts I see on here occasionally. If people really miss a wholesome forum
that "used to" exist, they should be reaching out to new member and stop acting
like this is some sort of old timers club. (not everyone obviously).
Heck, look at this post and how many replies it has. Lol
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| Author: | maxx3001 | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 10:14 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, bje writes:
| | The captain has therefor cordially invited you to dine at the ship's main
table once it is upright and our onboard chef can manage to cook you dodo a la
efof.
Regards
Paid for by Pals Tours
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Excellent. You brightened my morning considerably.
Jen
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+1
Maxx
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| Author: | Nathan123 | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 10:08 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Adjour writes:
| | My personal opinion is the format is largely fine. I modded for years on a v
bulletin based board and the only real feature I miss is editing ability.
What I noticed is wholesome posts are largely ignored here. People posting mocs
or collections are almost completely ignored while drama posts create long chains
of comments
I remember a regular member posting a very nice collection photo because they
were excited about finishing or near finishing it iirc. I think it got two replies...
On Reddit, that same post would have got hundreds of positive replies.
I know personally I've had a few cool post ideas, but I know if it's
not negative or dramatic they will only be met with crickets.
Again, just my opinion
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The difference in size is probably why there could be hundreds of positive comments
and upvotes while being met with silence here. Here there cannot be more than
a couple hundred people looking at the BL forum for any significant amount of
time from day to day. The issue in my opinion is that there isn't enough
interest to get more people using the forum but the other problem is that if
more people were to use the forum it would become harder to use as posts would
get buried that much faster.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 09:48 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Adjour writes:
| | […]
I remember a regular member posting a very nice collection photo because they
were excited about finishing or near finishing it iirc. I think it got two replies...
On Reddit, that same post would have got hundreds of positive replies. […]
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On the other hand, 200 comments of “Good!” and “+1” aren’t fun to read either
I also believe that, as there are other forums that specialize in that sort of
posts, by comparison and by BL’s very nature, BL’s forum will always seem more
oriented towards selling/buying or cataloguing than MOCing or other news.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 09:37 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| My personal opinion is the format is largely fine. I modded for years on a v
bulletin based board and the only real feature I miss is editing ability.
What I noticed is wholesome posts are largely ignored here. People posting mocs
or collections are almost completely ignored while drama posts create long chains
of comments
I remember a regular member posting a very nice collection photo because they
were excited about finishing or near finishing it iirc. I think it got two replies...
On Reddit, that same post would have got hundreds of positive replies.
I know personally I've had a few cool post ideas, but I know if it's
not negative or dramatic they will only be met with crickets.
Again, just my opinion
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 09:36 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, bje writes:
| | The captain has therefor cordially invited you to dine at the ship's main
table once it is upright and our onboard chef can manage to cook you dodo a la
efof.
Regards
Paid for by Pals Tours
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Excellent. You brightened my morning considerably.
Jen
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| Author: | Hsousa | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 09:19 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, paulvdb writes:
| | In Suggestions, Hsousa writes:
| | Hello there, thank you for replying.
However I wanted to know if there's a way of, when clicking on a thread,
displaying the entire thread? There's an additional click on the "Entire
thread on one page" link every time I want to read a thread.
To rephrase, I want to open the foruns in "Compact" mode (done), but open the
threads in "Entire thread on one page". Is it possible?
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You can click on the text bubble icon in front of the topic title to display
the entire thread on one page.
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Cheers, that helped !
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| Author: | paulvdb | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2019 09:16 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Reforms | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Hsousa writes:
| | Hello there, thank you for replying.
However I wanted to know if there's a way of, when clicking on a thread,
displaying the entire thread? There's an additional click on the "Entire
thread on one page" link every time I want to read a thread.
To rephrase, I want to open the foruns in "Compact" mode (done), but open the
threads in "Entire thread on one page". Is it possible?
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You can click on the text bubble icon in front of the topic title to display
the entire thread on one page.
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