Is it time to reorganize?

[3Ts]

I just go to "new posts" like most folks. I use the categories only when I'm looking for something specific or am going to post something.

 

[oldballs]

no................................................

 

[Jchonline]

Leave it the way it is.

 

[Xfaxman]

Eddie has really good comments. I do very much the same in terms of looking at "Today's Posts," projects, and brand-specific forums.

Maybe off topic a little, but I have seen multiple members comment that threads from "Friendly Politics" are nearly always appearing at the top of "Today's Posts." This is at least in part due to just a single user, who is flooding the FP threads with post-after-post-after post. It goes on day in and day out with rarely a break. Sometimes throughout 12 hours per day. That user averages maybe 75 posts per day, probably on a good day over 100. And exceeding 50,000 posts total now. Many of those posts are links to third party sites.

The reason "Friendly Politics" is at the top of "Today's Posts" is due to the activity in the forum.

Fact check on the user that posts so many posts per day, only 8.81. But that may be figured from the Join Date:

If the forum had a buffer that would disallow repeated posts in quick succession, it would be helpful. If there was a total daily limit, even something excessive such as 25 or 50 posts per day, it would help curb the flood. Regular members would not probably ever know such a limit even exists as I believe few people post a lot of things every day.

To deal with a user who is flooding the forum, you can put them on your Ignore List, or just scroll by. But that doesn't change these threads from being dominant in "Today's Posts" more than they probably should be. Every one of those "flood" posts pushes the topic up to the top of the stack. And inevitably, with these threads constantly appearing in Today's Posts, users see them, which tends to drive traffic to FP instead of elsewhere. Maybe you want that; maybe you don't.

I rarely read the "Friendly Politics" forum, so it doesn't bother me that it is so active.

But others must like it or it wouldn't be so active.

 

[Diggin It]

A "like" button because I like the idea but don't want to subscribe to the thread.

This is where a "like" button would be nice.

The L thing has been talked to death. We keep hoping it stays dead, but somebody always brings it back, like a Frankenstein movie. Or a Star Wars movie.

 

[Diggin It]

I joined the FP group for a day or two. Then disjoined it. No more FP posts now.

 

[4570Man]

I only use new post. Personally I think there’s way too many sub forums. Maybe like 5 are needed vs 50.

 

[Doofy]

My daily routine is...
1.) Log In
2.) Check "My Home" for updates to threads I'm subscribed to.
3.) Browse "Today's Posts".
So in the end, any changes to the sections probably wouldn't affect me that much anyway.

Exact same thing that I do. Works for me.

 

[MossRoad]

Why do you all subscribe to threads? I have never subscribed to any thread. I read all threads if they interest me. The ones with titles that don't interest me I don't read.

Take the big-wood-small-tractor thread, for example. I have nothing to add to that discussion or questions to ask, but I like to follow it to gain some ideas in my firewood gathering process.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/420383-big-wood-small-tractor.html

Rather than having to look through the new posts titles to see if anything has popped up in it, and risk skipping/missing it in the list, I just check the subscribed threads list and there it is.

 

[GeneV]

My daily routine is...
1.) Log In
2.) Check "My Home" for updates to threads I'm subscribed to.
3.) Browse "Today's Posts".
So in the end, any changes to the sections probably wouldn't affect me that much anyway.

Same here.