one suggestion to make this forum better

[Ken Leung]

Sorry for bugging you guys with all these questions. I figure since it's been a week since kickoff, and the initial energy/excitement have calmed down, its a good time to reflect on this week's.

If there is one suggestion you can make to make this forum better (whatever that might mean to you), what would it be?

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I think a really good idea to make this forum better was suggested in another location. I think there should be a short waiting period for newly joining members. It doesn't necessarily have to be a full five days, but at least 24-48 hours is fairly reasonable. That way they can get the understanding of things.

Other than that, I want to say congrats to CD on a build season flux well managed.

[Roland]

30px sig height limit

Edit: What is the use of a waiting period before posting on a site with all the forums visible to the public?

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Originally Posted by Roland

30px sig height limit

Edit: What is the use of a waiting period before posting on a site with all the forums visible to the public?

They are free to browse the forums. They just can't post for a certain number of hours. A lot of people on here have a habit of posting something a bit dumb on the first moment they register. I was most definitly one of them .

[sanddrag]

You can see my suggestion in my sig.

[Ken Leung]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

You can see my suggestion in my sig.

Thanks, but that's a suggestion for the members ;-).

I am looking more toward suggestions on how this forum can be modified to be better for the users.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

You always see "search before you post!"

What if a new member has no idea what to search for?

I think the forum police need to step down from their pedestals, and try to teach the new members how to use the forum, not just bash them for not searching before they post.

[nehalita]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

You always see "search before you post!"

What if a new member has no idea what to search for?

I think the forum police need to step down from their pedestals, and try to teach the new members how to use the forum, not just bash them for not searching before they post.

totally agree. i just joined today and it took me atleast 2 hrs to just get acquainted with it. 1/2 the time all i saw was "SEARCH BEFORE YOU ASK" but it took me a while to find the different categories, etc. and what a bunch of the buttons meant. i'm sure tehre are a bunch of options on here that even the pros aren't aware of. it'd be nice to have a tutorial or just a quick ppt briefly explaining each feature.

[Joe Matt]

Put a reminder on the top of every new thread page to make sure they search and include a link.

[nehalita]

question/suggestion (depends)

OK, I'm not sure if this is here already: is there a customized page when we sign in that tells us the pages we have recently posted in and a link to the thread? I've seen this feature in CC (college confidential - a forum like this about HS/college) and it's very convenient because sometimes it's hard to find the places we have posted in (or maybe it's just me because i am quite forgetful...).

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by nehalita

question/suggestion (depends)

OK, I'm not sure if this is here already: is there a customized page when we sign in that tells us the pages we have recently posted in and a link to the thread? I've seen this feature in CC (college confidential - a forum like this about HS/college) and it's very convenient because sometimes it's hard to find the places we have posted in (or maybe it's just me because i am quite forgetful...).

There is a way to do that.

Click your name.

Click "Find all posts by nehalita" (second from the bottom).

Enjoy.

[KimT]

A tutorial would be very nice. It definitely took me five days to figure out how to get to different forums without going through a message in the portal.

My searches, often as not, return nothing.

I spent about an hour trying to understand the whole reputation thing after I saw a post or two discussing it and got curious.

It's dumb things, but I've never encountered a forum laid out quite like this one, and though I don't mind trying to find out more, it's often not worth my time, especially during the build season.

btw - is there a way to mark threads you've posted in so you can see if people have responded, or do you just have to remember the name and hope that it will show up in the portal and/or a search when you come back to check? (ie now would be a helpful time for this feature) And please don't tell me to search. I wouldn't know what to use as keywords that are likely to show up, so that would be another useful tutorial to have. Thanks all!

Oooh! *Grins* I bet it's this subscribe button here. So I know now, but I'm leaving the question in here as an example of the processes not mentioned in the "read these first" threads, so far as I could tell.

-Kim

[NoodleKnight]

Even though it would be useless, a tutorial of some sort (maybe a flash animation like the link removed, or even just a simple html page) that would explain all important features of these forums would save the new users and old users a bunch of headaches.

[M. Hicken]

Ban those who whine. This is my second season with CD. and this year i have seen easily 10 fold the number of people complaining about how poor a job first is doing. If they think they can run this organization better, i dont think they deserve the privledge of using this forum, or any other team resource for that matter.


ok, flaming over

[Jay5780]

Originally Posted by NoodleKnight

Even though it would be useless, a tutorial of some sort (maybe a flash animation like the link above, or even just a simple html page) that would explain all important features of these forums would save the new users and old users a bunch of headaches.

I agree a little "tutorial" some sort may be usefull maybe it is something that has to be done before you post. I would think there is someone out there who could make a flaash animation or two with some moderator guidence. Parts of this like Searching could be a seperate movie in a FAQ.