Post by baza on Jan 18, 2017 2:30:48 GMT -5
I would like the moderators to consider shutting this "Introduce Yourself" thread down, and/or renderring it impossible to post on.
It has become a dogs breakfast. (Through no-ones "fault" I ought add)
What happens is that new member "trying" posts their bit on Nov 29 2016, and at that point in the forum summary "trying" appears as the last poster on the thread. "administrator" appears as the thread initiator.
So far so good.
However, if another newbie "MrPositive" posts their piece on 2 Dec 2016, then member "tryings" name disappears, and new member "MrPositive" name appears as the last poster on the thread. "administrator" appears as the thread initiator.
Then, if "SmartKat" puts a comment up on "MrPositives" piece, then "SmartKats" name appears as the last poster on the thread. "administrator" appears as the thread initiator.
And, if new member "gerry" posts a piece, then "SmartKats" name goes off and "gerry" becomes the last poster.
And then if "bbgirl" puts a comment on "SmartKats" comment on someone elses post in the group the picture just gets murkier and murkier. "administrator" appears as the thread initiator.
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Somewhere back in the dim dark past new member "trying"s piece is no longer readily found.
I have actually been back into the archive of the "Introduce Yourself" thread, and found names I had not seen before, and stories I had not read before. These contributors just got lost as subsequent posters on the same thread accrued and pushed them further into obscurity. As indeed will this post of mine. I will appear - briefly - as the most recent poster in the thread for a few minutes, mebbe hours, until the next newbie or existing member posts something on here.
Poor old "trying" and "MrPositive" who posted a while back will not be readily identifiable as ever having posted there.
Indeed, unless you happened to remember "trying" as having posted something at some point you'd not even know he/she had ever contributed.
Easy access to old posts is critical to get peoples back story, and back story is critical to getting a persons story in context.
Suggestion.
Scrub this "Introduce Yourself" thread and/or remove the ability to post on it.
Put a notice up welcoming people, and directing them to the appropriate thread folder (invariably the "Sexless Marriage Issues") of individual threads to post their story.
I truly wonder how many newbies have come in here, dropped a story in the "Introduce Yourself" mish mash, didn't get any responses (because subsequent posts pushed it backwards) and thought - geez, this group aren't very engaging.
PS - those names I have mentioned above are all actual examples.
Personally, I had not seen member "trying" or "MrPositive" or "gerry" before, nor have I seen them since. (which may well add to the point I am trying to make.
Anyway moderators, would you consider this suggestion at your convenience.
It has become a dogs breakfast. (Through no-ones "fault" I ought add)
What happens is that new member "trying" posts their bit on Nov 29 2016, and at that point in the forum summary "trying" appears as the last poster on the thread. "administrator" appears as the thread initiator.
So far so good.
However, if another newbie "MrPositive" posts their piece on 2 Dec 2016, then member "tryings" name disappears, and new member "MrPositive" name appears as the last poster on the thread. "administrator" appears as the thread initiator.
Then, if "SmartKat" puts a comment up on "MrPositives" piece, then "SmartKats" name appears as the last poster on the thread. "administrator" appears as the thread initiator.
And, if new member "gerry" posts a piece, then "SmartKats" name goes off and "gerry" becomes the last poster.
And then if "bbgirl" puts a comment on "SmartKats" comment on someone elses post in the group the picture just gets murkier and murkier. "administrator" appears as the thread initiator.
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Somewhere back in the dim dark past new member "trying"s piece is no longer readily found.
I have actually been back into the archive of the "Introduce Yourself" thread, and found names I had not seen before, and stories I had not read before. These contributors just got lost as subsequent posters on the same thread accrued and pushed them further into obscurity. As indeed will this post of mine. I will appear - briefly - as the most recent poster in the thread for a few minutes, mebbe hours, until the next newbie or existing member posts something on here.
Poor old "trying" and "MrPositive" who posted a while back will not be readily identifiable as ever having posted there.
Indeed, unless you happened to remember "trying" as having posted something at some point you'd not even know he/she had ever contributed.
Easy access to old posts is critical to get peoples back story, and back story is critical to getting a persons story in context.
Suggestion.
Scrub this "Introduce Yourself" thread and/or remove the ability to post on it.
Put a notice up welcoming people, and directing them to the appropriate thread folder (invariably the "Sexless Marriage Issues") of individual threads to post their story.
I truly wonder how many newbies have come in here, dropped a story in the "Introduce Yourself" mish mash, didn't get any responses (because subsequent posts pushed it backwards) and thought - geez, this group aren't very engaging.
PS - those names I have mentioned above are all actual examples.
Personally, I had not seen member "trying" or "MrPositive" or "gerry" before, nor have I seen them since. (which may well add to the point I am trying to make.
Anyway moderators, would you consider this suggestion at your convenience.