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tggzzz:

--- Quote from: soldar on February 25, 2024, 07:11:23 pm ---OTOH the main thing I am here for is the high quality content and there is so much crap around the internet that the forum software is the least of issues.

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Various "features" are used on other sites to attract attention. People that succumb to such misadventures are more likely to like the crap there.

Hence, although it doesn't logically follow, I have the (partially satisfied) hope that if we keep such misfeatures away then the crap will stay away.

soldar:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 25, 2024, 07:25:33 pm ---Various "features" are used on other sites to attract attention. People that succumb to such misadventures are more likely to like the crap there.

Hence, although it doesn't logically follow, I have the (partially satisfied) hope that if we keep such misfeatures away then the crap will stay away.
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I guess it is a matter of opinion and I do not think I agree. At least for me implementing those things would make the forum easier to use and more enjoyable and I do not think they would attract more crappy posters than we already enjoy. I think the way to keep crappy posts and posters away is with good community habits and good moderation but that is just my opinion.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: soldar on February 25, 2024, 08:16:23 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 25, 2024, 07:25:33 pm ---Various "features" are used on other sites to attract attention. People that succumb to such misadventures are more likely to like the crap there.

Hence, although it doesn't logically follow, I have the (partially satisfied) hope that if we keep such misfeatures away then the crap will stay away.
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I guess it is a matter of opinion and I do not think I agree. At least for me implementing those things would make the forum easier to use and more enjoyable and I do not think they would attract more crappy posters than we already enjoy. I think the way to keep crappy posts and posters away is with good community habits and good moderation but that is just my opinion.

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I don't see those features would allow me to do anything more or more easily.

The good community habits are, indeed, key.

Unfortunately I've been irritated recently by a several new prolific posters that, for example, prefer to waste people's time with questions that easily be googled. (They irritate other people too). I remember Eternal September, with displeasure.

soldar:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 25, 2024, 09:55:43 pm ---I don't see those features would allow me to do anything more or more easily.
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To each his own. I participate in other forums and I like it that I open the page and right there I have notifications for (1) quotes, (2) mentions and (3) private messages. I really like not having to go look for these things and i cannot see how this could bother anybody but, again, to each his own. I also like the mouse over thing where I can see at first glance what the post is about. Again, I cannot see how this could bother anybody. You do not have to use these things if you don't want to. I think pretty much every other forum has these features and I do not see that they degrade the quality.

And, yes, in every forum I visit, including this one, I have a few posters on my ignore list.

tggzzz:
Quotes? The "new replies to your posts" page does what I need: direct me to a thread I have previously found interesting.

PMs? Yes, necessary

Mentions? Quotes are better, since they contain the context and content.

I've only very recently added a few people to my ignore list. I don't like doing that. (And it doesn't work properly anyway).

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