Beasty wrote: » And I provided ample evidence in the relevant Feedback thread contradicting this.
Second Toughest in_the Freshers wrote: » What thread was that? If its the one that was started before Christmas, and locked two and a half months ago, what was the outcome of that thread? (I shouldn't feel apprehensive asking a question like this, but I do. And that probably says something more about the site, and the way it seems to be modded, than the odd few appeals being upheld)
intheclouds wrote: » Ah lads, why cant we just go back to this - so much info on screen! No ads!https://web.archive.org/web/20110505195603/http://www.boards.ie/
Faith wrote: » From my perspective, the forums I post in have gone from lovely and busy, to near ghost towns. Across the Food & Drink category, there have been ~50 posts in the last 24 hours. That's across 8 subforums. We used to have that many new posts per day in Cooking & Recipes alone! I'd love to merge all of the Food & Drink forums into one big forum. Who cares if you're cooking, baking or drinking? It's all consumption, it's something we all do every day. With the new re-org, I couldn't find my own forums if I wasn't subscribed to them.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Another thing, there are too many topics/fora/sub fora on here it is impossible sometimes to find anything of interest even if you have a topic in your head. Just try it sometime.
kneemos wrote: » A lot of them could be amalgamated,it would probably make them more interesting also.
Faith wrote: » The thing that really frustrates me is the concrete thinking in Boards HQ. It's like they can't possibly look at a situation in more than one way. For months (years?) we've had posters complaining about new layouts, and all HQ ever respond with is "Well, yeah, but this is how we're doing it". They've poured so much money into this redesign that they're terrified to admit they were wrong, so they're plowing ahead with it despite vocal, reasoned opposition. Yes, things change and move forward. Yes, maybe there's a better way of doing things. Yes, some people will just get used to the changes and stop complaining. But every time they change something, they refuse to backtrack. If even 5% of active users leave the site after a significant redesign that they don't like, that adds up very quickly and very noticeably. Ireland is small. There is a saturation point for a site like this. Most people who would be members, are members IMO. Nobody is looking at the cost/benefit analysis of the changes. If redesigning the site will cause an extra 1 person to register per day, but 2 currently active users will leave per day, then it's not working. It's better to hold their hands up and say "We f*cked up. We got too focused on the details and ignored the big picture. We're going to fix this" than just blindly and single-mindedly refuse to admit the mistakes and continue making things worse.
KERSPLAT! wrote: » So much this. As was pointed out before, so many posters, mods and cmods, in this thread and others, are providing constructive feedback but it doesn't seem like it will be taken on board. They'll plough on until it's too late.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Fear of saying something out of line (moderation policy) is killing this place.
KERSPLAT! wrote: » I'll call this out for what it is, bull.
Toto Wolfcastle wrote: » I don't agree that moderation is killing the place, but there are certainly mods who take moderation way way too seriously. There are mods who suck the fun out of the forum by enforcing the 'no off-topic posts' rule completely with no room for a bit of common sense. I don't think this is done out of badness, just eagerness. And if you're a new user who happens to post in one of these forums and the first reply you get is from a mod giving out to you in bold, why would you bother to come back? It also pushes existing users away. I post almost exclusively in one forum these days, but I used to at least read a lot of others that I don't go near now.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » I'm obviously the only poster here who has been banned a few times. By one mod too. har har. For What? Long time member too. And never a bad word to say about anyone. WTF.
KERSPLAT! wrote: » This isn't the place to go through your posting or account history. If you feel you've been carded or banned unfairly there's a process to follow.
gandalf wrote: » The re-organisation of the forums was botched. I still use the legacy skin which thankfully has the old top menu.
We are supposed to be a community where we can discuss things rationally amongst ourselves. No need for closed doors imho.
Calhoun wrote: » Well I haven't gone into that thread in quite a bit but let's get defensive straight off the bat.
