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Post by mrclondon on Nov 7, 2013 21:40:18 GMT
Before there are too many threads to make a re-structure time consuming, what are people's views on the sub-boards that have initially been created ? By sub-boards I mean the Lenders, Borrowers, General that appear in each main board (e.g. Assetz Capital). Do they add value ? or do they hinder being able to quickly scan for recent posts ?
Even before I was heavily moderated this afternoon on the offical FC forum, I was not keen on that forum due to its excessive split into sub-boards, and quite a few months ago there was a thread on the old independent forum about rationalising the number of sub-boards on that one.
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Post by chris on Nov 7, 2013 21:59:03 GMT
I agree to a degree with you, but equally understand those who like structure. I guess ultimately the community itself will decide with those little used boards eventually being merged or removed over time as people either decide that other boards are required or that they're simply unnecessary and the site is better without them. Ultimately we want this to be your site run by you for you, so whatever the user base wants should be what goes.
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Post by bugs4me on Nov 7, 2013 23:20:03 GMT
I agree to a degree with you, but equally understand those who like structure. I guess ultimately the community itself will decide with those little used boards eventually being merged or removed over time as people either decide that other boards are required or that they're simply unnecessary and the site is better without them. Ultimately we want this to be your site run by you for you, so whatever the user base wants should be what goes. I think it will automatically balance itself out. Those sub forums where there is little or no activity can easily be merged. But having a structure as it is now looks useful.
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Post by bracknellboy on Nov 8, 2013 11:37:52 GMT
I like some structure. I think separate boards for discussion about different platforms is good. After that, I'm not so keen on too much structure. There was too much on the indie board (or rather perhaps the structure there needed revamping to fit with the reality of how the forum usage had evolved). Breakdown by platform and then General is a pretty good starting point.
And we need to get forum posting rules set up and advertised PDQ. We also need a report to moderator button/function. Does this platform allow that. Its going to be absolutely key to the future of the platform to ensure that information gleaned in confidence from within a platform is not posted up here in a way that is 'traceable' to a company. The ability to report for moderation is critical quickly. I made a fair bit of use of that on the indie board (when appropriate).
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Post by bracknellboy on Nov 8, 2013 14:09:13 GMT
Actually I've now noticed that there are Lenders, Borrowers and General under each of the subboards. I think that is more structure than is required. I'd vote to 'flatten' that aspect.
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Post by alison on Nov 8, 2013 14:16:26 GMT
I agree.
Lenders, Borrowers, General is a bit over the top at the moment.
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Post by elljay on Nov 8, 2013 14:27:30 GMT
Some structure up front is definitely good - it can always be adjusted later on.
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Post by elljay on Nov 8, 2013 20:59:57 GMT
On second thoughts I agree there were too many levels, so I've deleted all the sub forums. We can add them back later if they're needed.
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Post by mikeb on Nov 9, 2013 21:53:57 GMT
I agree. Lenders, Borrowers, General is a bit over the top at the moment. Yes, I think these can be flattened. "I'm a lender, so I should post in the lenders section. But it's a comment about a particular borrower ... hang on, where should I post?" Followed by "Sorry, wrong room!" It's fairly rare that borrowers posted anyway, so it would probably be pretty lopsided.
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Post by kaya on Apr 15, 2017 8:45:14 GMT
It would be handy if the latest sub-board entry on the main page could also state the platform to which it concerns. At the moment you have to open the post to find out whether or not it concerns one of your own investment platforms.
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