Australian Politics Forum - Re-ordering of Member run boards

Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re-ordering of Member run boards Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:04pm I have a request to make of FD. The member–run boards should be re-ordered in descending order of number of posts. Why should Fermentations with over 2000 posts be much harder to find then Real Estate with 200 posts and no activity at all for five months? A new Mod for Real Estate seems a good idea too
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38851 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #1 - Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:13pm Goodness me! I have a reply button in Feedback. I guess that general ban on many Members here is over!
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #2 - Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:31pm So you going to use that there button for something useful?
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38851 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #3 - Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:34pm Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:31pm: So you going to use that there button for something useful? Do you have anything particular in mind?
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wiseguy Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 519 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #4 - Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:38pm Aussie wrote on Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:13pm: Goodness me! I have a reply button in Feedback. I guess that general ban on many Members here is over! Just you.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #5 - Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:38pm What thread is this? You think my idea is a good one?
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38851 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #6 - Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:43pm Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:38pm: What thread is this? You think my idea is a good one? Yeas, I do, but that won't count for much more than nought.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #7 - Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:53pm Oh well, see what happens.
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #8 - Nov 21^st, 2015 at 10:58pm When the vast majority of posts on a board are made by one person it renders the post count kind of pointless.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #9 - Nov 22^nd, 2015 at 4:32am You haven’t had a look lately. Thanks for confirming your bias tho.
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #10 - Nov 22^nd, 2015 at 4:58am Just a cursory glance at the fermentations board. Of the 20 threads on the first page. 19 have been started by the same bloke. Of those threads, 17 of them have the last post by that same bloke. See my prior post about the count being kinda pointless.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #11 - Nov 22^nd, 2015 at 5:52am Yeah, very cursory. Have a read of those threads. At least I try, and am succeeding, in getting interest and posts from the membership. Hell, from Soren to GreggaryPeccary they post in my board. Not that it is any of your business.
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Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards
Reply #12 - Nov 22^nd, 2015 at 5:56am

Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 21^st, 2015 at 5:04pm:

I have a request to make of FD.

The member–run boards should be re-ordered in descending order of number of posts.

Why should Fermentations with over 2000 posts be much harder to find then Real Estate with 200 posts and no activity at all for five months?

A new Mod for Real Estate seems a good idea too Grin

I don't really have a view either way what you say does seem reasonable but then I wonder how you would find some new topics or low use topics in this case. I don't know if it is possible but the ideal would be to be able to order the posts how you like - most recent / highest number / alphabetically. Probably not possible in the system.

Admittedly I have no real issue with how it currently works though I agree it isn't always ideal.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re: Re-ordering of Member run boards Reply #13 - Nov 22^nd, 2015 at 7:06am Well, yeah. There is a bit of work involved in the re-ordering the boards. Not that much. I just thought it might be a nice idea. Might help FD earn a bit more advertising income if active boards aren’t buried? Maybe all those HUGE boards dealing with Islam could be moved to the bottom?
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Reply #14 - Nov 22^nd, 2015 at 7:25am

I don't think it matters if the idea is good or bad to be honest.

The index is not all that hard to find things in. In my opinion (which is probably not worth much) this is more of a perceived status issue than anything else...

For my money, if any re arranging where to take place (and let's be perfectly clear here, I do not think it does) then surely the smart money would be listing things alphabetically - that's how most things are listed. Well, except for popularity contests I suppose.

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