Threads in each section that ask for daily posting
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 8:11 am
In the past there was a SOTD section and one either took part or didn't. It was assumed that that section would almost continually show a post that wasn't read because folks posted their SOTD there. But more importantly, the other sections only showed activity when something of potential value was posted in them. Personally, whether or not I took part in the SOTD section, I KNEW that there might be something of value in the other sections when they were highlighted to show posts that I hadn't seen.
Today we have the SOTD gear threads in every section where folks can redundantly post about their soap, then post about their blade, their brush, everything that's used for their shave. That makes the highlighting of a section, when there is something that might be of value in it, completely without value. In the past I would scan to see if there was anything that had been posted (of value) that I needed to read. I could do that because the section would be highlighted for me. Now EVERY section is highlighted every time I open the forum. The result? I don't have time to open up each and every section just to find that the SOTD has been spread over the entire forum, so I basically open nothing to look inside.
I can't be the only person who does this, or maybe I am. Anyway, having perpetual SOTD threads spread throughout the forum makes showing me what sections have posts that I haven't read of no value. It's like having the "check engine" idiot light perpetually lit in the auto'. Eventually one just ignores it completely. That's where I am with the highlighted sections telling me that there's something contained within that I haven't seen. I know what's there... it's the blade of the day, soap of the day, brush of the day. So I open nothing.
There is a place for that and it's called the SOTD section.
I find the forum much harder to use effectively, and basically I don't take part anymore. Am I the only person who doesn't have the time to manually sort through the various sections to find out what highlit section actually contains something requiring action or of interest? Not just the latest SOTD that is redundantly listed all over the forum?
Two exceptions to this, unless I'm looking for an item to purchase... "general" and the shave university don't have thread that are perpetually added to making those the only 2 sections that I come here to check. The idiot lights on those sections still have value. I'm not suggesting that a daily "check in" is added to those sections to make them of no value as well.
Anyway, I've been putting off writing this for quite some time but I just couldn't put it off any longer. I find myself not taking part and that's not why I joined here.
Thanks for reading this anyway.
Today we have the SOTD gear threads in every section where folks can redundantly post about their soap, then post about their blade, their brush, everything that's used for their shave. That makes the highlighting of a section, when there is something that might be of value in it, completely without value. In the past I would scan to see if there was anything that had been posted (of value) that I needed to read. I could do that because the section would be highlighted for me. Now EVERY section is highlighted every time I open the forum. The result? I don't have time to open up each and every section just to find that the SOTD has been spread over the entire forum, so I basically open nothing to look inside.
I can't be the only person who does this, or maybe I am. Anyway, having perpetual SOTD threads spread throughout the forum makes showing me what sections have posts that I haven't read of no value. It's like having the "check engine" idiot light perpetually lit in the auto'. Eventually one just ignores it completely. That's where I am with the highlighted sections telling me that there's something contained within that I haven't seen. I know what's there... it's the blade of the day, soap of the day, brush of the day. So I open nothing.
There is a place for that and it's called the SOTD section.
I find the forum much harder to use effectively, and basically I don't take part anymore. Am I the only person who doesn't have the time to manually sort through the various sections to find out what highlit section actually contains something requiring action or of interest? Not just the latest SOTD that is redundantly listed all over the forum?
Two exceptions to this, unless I'm looking for an item to purchase... "general" and the shave university don't have thread that are perpetually added to making those the only 2 sections that I come here to check. The idiot lights on those sections still have value. I'm not suggesting that a daily "check in" is added to those sections to make them of no value as well.
Anyway, I've been putting off writing this for quite some time but I just couldn't put it off any longer. I find myself not taking part and that's not why I joined here.
Thanks for reading this anyway.