Reason for moving B-Days to a special forum?

[RC45]

I understand there may be valid logic behind some more defined forums... but should birthdays be squirreled away like that?

I would have though that is one of the regular posts that you would want in the main spot light - I mean we take the time to wish folks - why hide the wishes away?

*shrug*

Just thinking out loud?

(hopefully we won't get too many sub-forums - can sometimes be a burden to check all the ones of interest, and you find people becoming more compartmentalized rather than generally interested and involved)

[Jabba]

Its just an idea really...if it sucks...they can be put back...thanks for the input RC...

[antonioledesma]

I'm with RC... I believe we're having too much forums and subforums, but hey... those are my 2.5 cents

why not having one and only forum???

[RC45]

Originally Posted by antonioledesma why not having one and only forum???

And call it "The Book of Lists".

With no search function, and 3 standard topic title choices..

Originally Posted by Jabba Its just an idea really...if it sucks...they can be put back...thanks for the input RC...

Yep - it was just random musing out loud.. Overall every change y'all have made to JW has been for the better...

(while on the topic of "changes for the better" - has the Video Upload service been disabled/changed/removed or is it just me and my screwed up PC that can't pull off uploading a teeny tiny video file?)

[SilviaEvo]

agreed with RC too. it gets to be a pain checking all of those sub forums

[666fast]

it gets to be a pain checking all of those sub forums

the "view new posts" button works quite well for me.

[Jabba]

Originally Posted by RC45 Originally Posted by antonioledesma why not having one and only forum??? And call it "The Book of Lists". With no search function, and 3 standard topic title choices.. Originally Posted by Jabba Its just an idea really...if it sucks...they can be put back...thanks for the input RC... Yep - it was just random musing out loud.. Overall every change y'all have made to JW has been for the better... (while on the topic of "changes for the better" - has the Video Upload service been disabled/changed/removed or is it just me and my screwed up PC that can't pull off uploading a teeny tiny video file?)

That will be a question for our Dan...

[No.1]

Originally Posted by 666fast it gets to be a pain checking all of those sub forums the "view new posts" button works quite well for me.

To a point.... when there is about 1000 posts to go through, it gets a bit silly.

The sub-forums may tidy up the main forums, but i don't think the B-days should have been moved.

And the breaking news section is also a little wierd being split into it's different topics... but hey, lets see how things pan out. We have to experiment... thats what makes it fun

[ZfrkS62]

all the new subforums is making my head spin i didn't mind b-days being in general chat personally. I think the Breaking news section is going to get a wee bit cluttered though.

I forsee alot of "wrong section" topics in the near future

[nthfinity]

i like the idea of putting up the B-day forum... it becomes limited really to those of the JW core members, and easy to just find that person's happy b-day, and re-use it...
i think of that like a little time capsul forum.

JW member breaking news seems a little more... limited in functionality to me...and also limited traffic, lets say 'subject: im getting married!!! or "my baby son was just born!!!' or 'i just moved in :-|" might only get fewer views/responses.

aslo, what then gets conglomerated into 'general chat' with so many subforums... mabey just rename it 'non-catagorized chat'

just my 2 cents
99.99% of everything here @JW has IMO been improving, and better then ever, so even with the gripes of some peeps, i think we ought to try it out for a month, and force the newbs into 'wrong section' talk (or mabey some core members)

[saadie]

i am with RC on this one ......... but if we can have someting interactive like umm a ' + ' button and when we click it a drop down thingy will open ... it will make life a lot more easier especially for 56k'ers

[ARMAN]

I think lots of people will not notice BDay topics if its not a gen chat, cause probable not all use "view new posts" as I didnt for a looooooong time and "dicovered" it after a looooong while, but most of people do come to Gen Chat.

I think too many forums will confuse alot of posters including me ops: so it will just add more work to the mods I think

[Jabba]

The breaking news section had been requested many times in the suggestions forum...seems like we might be moving the birthdays back though...

Originally Posted by RC45 Reason for moving B-Days to a special forum?

to see who complains

[TransAm]

I think they should stay in general chat, not that I am complaining or anything hehe