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I like a joke just as much as the next person, but when a majority of the posts on a motorcycle forum are jokes, it's kinda annoying. JMHO.
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11-19-2011, 07:54 AM | #32 |
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When there's not much to read, I post jokes.
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Every time you change something on the forum it just makes it harder to get use to it. What was wrong with the old layout.
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11-19-2011, 02:19 PM | #35 |
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But can we still not have "jokes" show-up on the "Today's Posts"? This was a major complaint on the old forum and is still on this one.
If you could remove those from the Today's Posts that would receive almost universal approval from the membership
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11-19-2011, 03:05 PM | #36 |
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Or...when you browse the forum, look for every post, jokes or not. I've never used the "Today's Posts" thing. Rather take the time to browse thoroughly but to each their own. (Or to eat their own. I can never remember which it is.)
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Mike,
I PM'ed you this regarding our Regional boards, but will share the thoughts here with the group as well..... (What seems like) long ago on the old KawaNOW forum, the Regional boards played a much larger part in the overall forum...and were essential to the Regions themselves as a way to communicate with riders within your Regional states. Then fairly recently (a year or so ago), along came this "New Topic" link. Every post...no matter what board on the forum it was posted, went right to the top of the list. It was similar to how this board works....click on "today's posts" and voila....every post made today is listed....regardless of the board they were posted on. Posts intended for Regional members are commented on by members of every other region. That never happened before....as you had to actually go into another regions board in order to comment on their threads. When that "New Topic" link was formed, an unforseen casualty was that it resulted in the quick demise of our Regional boards. We still have them, but they have completely lost their relevance in terms of how they were intended. Posts made in Regional boards today are less than 10% of what they were, and since we are a National organization with Regional affiliations....I think it is paramount that we find a way to make our Regional boards relevant again. One way might be to keep any post made on a Regional board from showing up on the main board, period. Posts made in a Regional board should stay there...as it used to be. This will force members to actually go to their regional boards in order to keep up with whats going on there. This in turn will bring some unity back to the individual regions....something many of our members sorely miss...me included. This will become even more important as the VBA grows and continues to add members. It is hard to keep track of the hundreds of members who post on the main board...much easier to relate and get to know those on your Regional board. There will always be a need for the main forum board, but if the Regional boards are going to remain irrelevant, then we should consider doing away with them...JMHO. Many of us here would love to see them once again become the great unifying place they once were.
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There's just some things you have to live with. Personally, I would just not read those threads and skim over them. You can use the "Advanced Search" and pick which forums you want to see results from...but I'm guessing if skimming over certain threads is a hassle, that you won't want to go through the trouble of using the advanced search for new posts. But that is the way to do it. |
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I just thought it would be a good suggestion; but apparently you are not willing to make the change or cannot. Just saying...
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11-19-2011, 06:31 PM | #40 |
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That's what I'm saying, it's not possible/not an option.
If it's really a must, you can use the Advanced Search to essentially do the same thing. |
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Understood. That's too bad though...
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At least on this new board, when you use new posts you can tell at a glance where a post has been made.
Kris, I was one who agreed with you when you commented on the regional boards some time back. It would be good if they didn't show up on the new posts but, as Mike has said, that is not an option I think the only thing you can do is to keep using them. That's what I try to do. I know and have met many of the folks in the South Central Region and I always check there first.
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11-20-2011, 08:00 AM | #43 |
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If it is not possible then why doesn't the region leader board so up on the new topics?
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11-20-2011, 08:56 AM | #44 |
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I thought they all showed up. (?)
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