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Originally posted by Brandon Martus
Thats what I was gonna say..
anyway......soon..
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I guess what I am really suggesting is a mindset for the posters. I agree with the coming vb3 thread style, it will be easier to organize discussions. However, that doesn't mean the threads will be automatically organized because the software is updated.
Posters have to understand that they have a responsibility to keep their discussions in such a way that others can follow it. As it is right now, just in the example of the CE qualification thread, there are about 3000 words per page on average, and an average reading speed of about 250 words per minute, it will take about 120 minutes finish reading the entire thread, about 2 hours.
Now, imagine FIRST wants to see the reaction of the new rules, and come into the forum. It will take them 2 hours just to finish reading the entire thread. And even then, a lot of the time is spent reading the B category posts or unnecessary comments because someone didn't read in details. I am guessing the ones who keep up with the entire thread are the ones participating in them, and not any random readers who prefer to read rather than post, and doing that in their free time in periods of 15 to 30 mins during the day.
The CD forum is important for its participant, yes, but it is also important to lots of readers out there who don't post regularly. To be an effective place to share ideas, information, and thoughts, the messages need to be concise, as Andy Baker suggested. But I am also suggesting the entire thread itself needs to be clear and concise too. That's why I suggested a structure to it.
Take a look at an attempt I did to organize the information from the discussion about National Qualification 2 years ago:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...=&threadid=699
It was probably a waste of time doing such thing, but I felt a need to do it because the threads discussing the new qualification process became very large and confusing, making it very hard to keep track of what's said and what wasn't, not entirely unlike this year's thread.
Just a suggestion of course :-). But I feel the need to do it.