I've been thinking about this for awhile. Things kinda work ok around here so I haven't bothered to write it up. I do think it could be better though... my proposal would be to reduce the number of forums which would increase visibility and activity within a forum subject. It also allows good threads to not be missed because they're in a forum that most people don't visit:
Great Finds -> dont see a need for this
Member Auction Links -> realistically could just be part of regular classifieds ads
Reviews -> Should be posted in the section for what you're reviewing. Perhaps with a [REVIEW] prefix?
Ergonomics -> Post in the keyboards forum.
Other Geeky Stuff -> Its off topic.
I also have thought about the idea that we should do a separate for-sale and wanted forums to make it easier to sell through GH. Just being able to go into a forum and search for a term and get hits on people that are selling it vs. want it might make it a more popular place for people to post their stuff.
Anyway, just throwing my 2cents out there
Or people could use the forum like a forum and actually browse the subforums.
In my mind if you're looking for information on any of those things you listed above you go look in that subforum, that's why they are there, they help narrow things down so they can be found.
In the past we had members who would actually post great finds not just Ebay trolling.
And member auctions was created because classifieds auctions are against the rules (again many people don't seem to realize this place has rules).
And putting reviews in with everything else they'd get lost completely.
And the beauty of other geeky stuff is that it isn't off topic it's just not keyboard specific but still generally good information.
Off topic is just ramblings.
Not directed at you but I had no idea so many people didn't know how to use a forum because I've seen posts elsewhere from people who genuinely seem confused as to how to actually use this website.
This forum works like most any other forum I've ever used, maybe I'm getting old but a continuous stream of topics on a a single page where I have to use tags or filters to drill down isn't a forum.
Of course I have no idea how to use those newfangled things those other folks seem to think are better. Not really sure what to even call them.
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