Stop with all the useless sub-forums. Virtually no one posts in many forums, meaning virtually no one browses them, meaning the few posts that do go there just languish often unread. Plus it is really hard to determine the proper place to post. If your video card is not working on a motherboard in Windows 7 is this a post for "Video Cards and Graphics", "Motherboards", "Computer Help", "General Hardware", or "Operating Systems"?
I would look back over the last few months and eliminate any sub-forum with fewer than an average of 5 new threads/day. Merge them into forums with actual traffic so users get their questions answered and their thoughts seen.
For example, when I click on Power Supplies, I get on the first page posts that are 1 month old (that doesn't count the 6 stickies). That sub-forum just isn't used. Same goes for "Cases and Cooling" and "Peripherals" which all really belong in "General Hardware".
For example, what is the difference between SFF and HTPC? They are essentially one and the same with just a slight tweak in usage.
For example, the "*nix Software" sub-forum only shows 19 threads TOTAL in the last month.
Deleting the useless sub-forums would really help with making the site more clean, give more users more threads to view without having to click on dozens of pages, and give more visibility to new users who put posts in unused sub-forums then quit the site disappointed. And for the dedicated long-term posters, it would help us from loading a page 6 hours later and seeing nothing new (boring). I cut back my posting about 95% when all these sub-forums popped up since it is too boring to see nothing new and too tedious to click on 20 forums that might interest me.
Participated threads doesn't work, you have to use subscribed instead. It would be nice to just use subscribed for threads I'm currently interested in and participated to check up on all the ones I've, well, participated in.Great input so far. Keep it up!
Can you offer this in more actionable terms? What do you not like about how Tapatalk works with the forums currently? What would you like to see changed, specifically?
Make it like L&R in that it's not public as well?Add an area called the "Kitchen" where bad threads can be put. (Think "If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen" and use less moderation there.)
That way, when a thread goes off track it can be moved there to let people hash it out. Requires less effort on the mod staff trying to clean up childish messes and allows the typical trolls to exhaust themselves.
Just use the "new posts" thingy and you've pretty much got one forum with everything lumped in.If we had an upvote button i would spend my whole life(or maybe just a few minutes whatever it takes) finding a way to hack the system so i could upvote this eleventy million times. One of the HUGE turning points in the decline of the forums was when they added in all the subforums. Having them all together did mean you had to sort through more stuff to find what you were looking for but it also meant that you got way more eyeballs on your posts and so you got better answers to things .
Add an area called the "Kitchen" where bad threads can be put. (Think "If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen" and use less moderation there.)
That way, when a thread goes off track it can be moved there to let people hash it out. Requires less effort on the mod staff trying to clean up childish messes and allows the typical trolls to exhaust themselves.
Embedded videos
You're welcome.
Getting rid of thread that bypasses several forum rules just so that people can drive up their post count with one-word posts.
Stop with all the useless sub-forums.
I wonder if there's a way to do both...
Done.
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Oops. Meant trending not timeline.Just use the "new posts" thingy and you've pretty much got one forum with everything lumped in.
The "timeline" thing on tapatalk does this as well with the added bonus of an up/down vote thing if that floats your boat.
Better madmins
i dont like the idea of embedded videos. they need to load and make the pages much slower .. more so when people have less than stellar connections.
aggregate all sub-forums into one SUPER FORUM.
get rid of the weekly maintenance that is at one of the most prime times people use the forums. other forums much larger than AT don't even have to do things like that, or do it behind the scenes.
^^This lead to even more suggestions.
Why not allow them and be able to deactivate them in the control panel for other people with poor connection.
Why pay for the others with crap internet connection?
Done.
This request has been approved and is being processed. Due to the holidays, we expect the change will take place within a matter of weeks. Our objective will be the complete elimination of the downtime period, rather than a rescheduling. You may see another downtime or two before we are able to enact this change, but it is approved and in process.
Much appreciate everyone's feedback so far - please keep them coming.
If we had an upvote button i would spend my whole life(or maybe just a few minutes whatever it takes) finding a way to hack the system so i could upvote this eleventy million times. One of the HUGE turning points in the decline of the forums was when they added in all the subforums. Having them all together did mean you had to sort through more stuff to find what you were looking for but it also meant that you got way more eyeballs on your posts and so you got better answers to things .