Adding more subforums - UPDATE - NOT CHANGING

[Pam]

I'm another who wants it left the same. If I could change anything I'd want threads started by ignored users to not show up in the thread listing.

[Kiva]

also, please leave the same. Price summed it up nicely.

I want to extend a 'thank you' for asking our opinion. It is much appreciated.

[$tevie]

It's déjà vu all over again!

[modelamac]

I guess I'd rather see it stay as is.

[haikuman]

Thanks for asking and thanks for listening . . .
I hope what your hearing is this:

"The reason the DM forum broke IMHO was due to the fracturing of the topics. The reason this forum works is due to the old recipe where topics feed off each other. It was the spice of intermingling topics that made it unique and special. It isn't broken, don't try to fix it."

:agree:

Rudie*(:>*

[$tevie]

If the idea is to make the Tips and Deals more prominent, then come up with something that people can use to make them stand out. Remember the old "OT" box on dealmac, which a user was supposed to check if their topic was OT? Well, that was a mess, but my point is that there is obviously a Phorum option to tag a post. So offer a "TIP" or "DEAL" or "RYF" option or whatever, so those threads are obvious to someone scanning down the page.

I don't see how making a Tips & Deals ghetto is going to increase the number of Tips & Deals being posted. If anything, it will likely decrease the number since folks who aren't here primarily for that content will ignore it, whereas right now we all see them whether we actively seek them out or not.

I can remember suggesting that this side NOT be called Tips & Deals from the git-go. It was obvious when the stampede occurred that this community is NOT gathering here for that specific purpose.

PS: did you guys ever visit the fragmented DM "deals" section? It was beyond moribund.

[Zoidberg]

Aw, come on. The whole reason this forum started was because of splintering at the old place. Now that that's died off, there's a call to do the same thing here?

Resounding No from me -- and it looks like I'm not alone, according to the current counts.

I said it before back there, and I'll say it again here: I like the forum as is -- like a cocktail party, where I can drift the room and pick up on conversations and decide if I want to be a part of them (with the heavy political arguing going on in the kitchen, i.e., "other side " ) .

Pam wrote:
I'm another who wants it left the same. If I could change anything I'd want threads started by ignored users to not show up in the thread listing.

Agreed. I think I asked about this once, but was told the software didn't support this kind of blocking.

[OWC Jamie]

+1 on wondering if traffic warrants more rooms

it's not like either room is generating three pages a day and topics are disappearing too fast

[PeterB]

Zoidberg wrote:
Aw, come on. The whole reason this forum started was because of splintering at the old place. Now that that's died off, there's a call to do the same thing here?

Resounding No from me -- and it looks like I'm not alone, according to the current counts.

I said it before back there, and I'll say it again here: I like the forum as is -- like a cocktail party, where I can drift the room and pick up on conversations and decide if I want to be a part of them (with the heavy political arguing going on in the kitchen, i.e., "other side " ) .

:agree: This. Zoid said it better than I could have.

[OWC Jamie]

billb wrote:
+1 on wondering if traffic warrants more rooms

it's not like either room is generating three pages a day and topics are disappearing too fast

otoh, a separate iphone/ipad room might make it easier for guests to use as a resource