What things don't you like about the Forum?
[blue]Greetings everyone,
I think there's a lot to like about the ISG Forum, but there's always room for improvement, and so I decided to do a survey to identify what it is about The Forum that the members do not like.
Every Forum rule or limitation is there for a reason, but there are no sacred cows, so this is your opportunity to let me know what bugs you.
This is a multiple choice survey, so you are welcome to select all of the choices that you believe are applicable. In addition to the survey, you are welcome to post your criticisms in the thread. Be cool, no personal attacks.
This survey is setup not to display your individual votes so as to encourage objective participation.
Thanks,
Jackson[/blue]
PM System -- The Navigation
Hi Jackson,
Congratulations, and a big thank you on a great job!
From the list of complaints you provided, I could not find any that applied -- just proves what a good job it is.
My only request is to make the navigation for Private Messaging easier. Right now, it involves 2-3 clicks of the mouse to get back to the "Main Page" of the PM area. <I wouldn't say that I "dislike" it at the moment, though.>
Other than that, I think I enjoy the "freedom" on the board very much, and also the fact that the level of monitoring you are doing is just nice, i.e. not too strict, not too loose.
Best,
Panya
The Forum is fine just the way it is...
that's my vote. if i was really nitpicky and had to point out a thing or two, then for me, it would be primarily the way serial antagonists are dealt with. a while, ago, i suggested the following:
"i know that in the past, you’ve relegated whoever you deemed to be the (a) serial antagonist to a separate thread. i don’t think that this approach is very fruitful, as shown by the proliferation of separate threads in many country sections. in addition to uselessly wasting bandwidth (and your money) and cluttering up the individual country sections, i think that many of the guys relegated to their own thread actually feel some sort of weird pride about it, which actually might even contribute to the problem rather than solve it. almost like a twisted sense of recognition.
i think the most effective way to prevent similar incidents in the future would actually be to downgrade senior members to regular members and ban regular members that violate the forum rules regarding serial antagonism. all of us can engage in heated discussions at times, but those who do so on a constant basis should have their posts reviewed again and re-earn their senior member status by actually posting useful information in accordance with the stated purpose of this forum. people that fail to provide actual information that helps others should certainly not enjoy the privilege of being able to instantly start, engage in, continue, further, or fuel flame wars. senior members who have made and continue to make contributions who abuse this privilege should be relegated to regular member status again until they improve their signal-to-noise ratio."
[url]http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showpost.php?p=424145&postcount=60[/url]
senior members that are relegated to regular member status would have a real incentive to comply with the forum's rules (rather than being allowed to go on posting with total disregard until the third strike comes) as they are stripped of their privilege of instant posts. if possible, maybe a special membership category could be created for these "yellow-carded" members so that jackson will pay special attention to their contributions in the future.
on second thought, a "newbie questions" thread in the individual country sections would be nice, too, as a central place for all questions posed by those that just don't rtff and that have been answered over and over again.
on a final note, yes, i do agree that the moderation delay for regular members' reports can be frustrating at times. i liked the old system, where senior members could suggest regular members for instant senior member status based on the quality of their reports. that way, those who make significant contributions to the forum in the eyes of their peers would get instantly rewarded whereas those newbies who only ask questions and comment on photos would still have to wait until finally achieving senior member status (and really, those members shouldn't complain in the first place).
but really, those are only very minor quibbles or suggestions on how to possible improve the status quo a bit. thanks for a fantastic forum, jackson.
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