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Greetings All:
I have stopped the following forums from showing up on the main site page:
AntiOnline's General Chit Chat
Site Suggestions
Oops! A Bug!
I'm removing the General Chit Chat in hopes to help spawn more security discussions, and that so users that visit the site for the first time don't get the wrong idea about what our true focus really is.
I'm removing Site Suggestions and Oops! A Bug! because, in reality, they really just don't belong on the main page of the site.
Good idea JP... I was wondering why there were no jokes on the front page :p
Good idea, cheers JP :).
LOL, this is the reason for the increased quality of posts...
excellent idea JP...now, will this post be on the front page? People might act a bit 'scared' if they only check threads on the front page instead of sifting through the others.
All in all, JP...great job.
[P.S. - Take out RollCall, man! Why/How they end up on the front page is still a mystery to me...]
Greetings:
Ok, this was a bad idea, I give up, you people win.
I should have known, that if these forums didn't show up on the main page, that people would knowingly post in the wrong forums just so their threads get more exposure......
Soooooo, things are back to how they were before, for now.
I still think it was a good idea JP, maybe there is another way? (don't know what it is, but I'll let you know if anything comes to mind.)
DjM
I liked the idea too, some people are just annoying
But I liked not having to wade through tons of joke threads to find something related to computers.
cwk9: Me too!
And of course I am one of the people who they're speaking of who posted in a different forum just to get it noticed, hehe...woops!
I liked the idea...but looks what happened...
Someone need to invent an "idiot" filter....
Just ignore all people using @, !, #, $ and *'s in their nickname Jim. That's 80%.
JP, couldn't you have the general chit chat forum show up on another part of the page, smaller? I'm thinking of just the topic and maybe the last poster above one of the menu's, either on the left or on the right. People will have their easy-to-link-to general chitchat forum, but it won't be that overwhelming to the rest of the page.
That was a good idea. Too bad.
I'm backing Guus's idea. :thumbsup:
I didn't notice, I always use the 'search for new posts' bit...
Here's what I'm thinking: Maybe have the Chitchat off of the main page, but assign a few moderators with the specific power to move threads from the 'real' forums to the chitchat forum.
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Originally posted here by Guus
JP, couldn't you have the general chit chat forum show up on another part of the page, smaller? I'm thinking of just the topic and maybe the last poster above one of the menu's, either on the left or on the right. People will have their easy-to-link-to general chitchat forum, but it won't be that overwhelming to the rest of the page.
Could also be a good solution, or maybe a combination of Guus and Terr's ideas ?Quote:
Originally posted here by Terr
I didn't notice, I always use the 'search for new posts' bit...
Here's what I'm thinking: Maybe have the Chitchat off of the main page, but assign a few moderators with the specific power to move threads from the 'real' forums to the chitchat forum.
JP, dammit!...Don't give up so soon. Your supposed to take charge...prevent things like this from happeneing. Stupid post in wrong forum, you say? Switch it to the right one!
Common',...that, imo, was a great idea. Thats why we all came here in the first place, isn't it?
Maybe you should just have the last 2 or three posts in each forum up, so you get a mix of what people are talking about....or maybe just one of each?
just a thought
I had a suggestion when he first took them off. It was here.
Here is what it basicly says
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Is there a way that you could put in our site options an option on which forums we can have shown on our main page? Like if I wanted General chitchat, network, newbie questions , ...etc...?
casper, I believe JP is working on something like that at the moment.
I think the forums removed should've been kept off the main page....
if someone posted it to the wrong forum so it gets on the main page, just delete the damn thread.
It is JP's site, and if he thinks that something shouldn't be put on the main page, that's his decision.. Quite simply, you follow the rules of the game, or you don't play...
The suggestions made by Terr and Guus are good temporary solutions until JP dazzles us with a new amazing feature to customize the main page...