You can post stuff, people can reply to what you post, (or ignore it) and generally speaking it appears in some sort of rough chronological order. This grand old forum manages just fine without avatars, signatures and all the other superficial flannel that other groups allow. So what if some of the new wording is harder to read? Get a magnifying glass or sit in the dark.
Sorry, but with great respect some folks clearly have too much time on their hands.
Completely agree Argy, the forum is absolutely fine as it is.
If it ain't broke.......etc, etc!
I think some people previously asked for things like up and down votes, but to be honest, all that seems to encourage is:
- People sucking up to others if they can get benefits on the site from doing so (some give 'premium' levels of access for free for the 'most popular/prolific posters' - not an issue here as its not a pay site or has different levels of membership [like a newspaper site]), and/or;
- People deliberately down-voting people they disagree with, often for frivolous or personal reasons, artificially creating animosity between site members and encouraging trolling and flaming.
I'd rather stick with what we've got, perhaps with a few tweaks here and there, such as:
- A 'Go to top' button for threads;
- A 'preview' facility before posting;
- Having longer threads limited to (say) 25 posts on a page and splitting them up into multiple pages (does that save on computer memory use, especially when viewing the site on a phone or tablet?);
- Being able to view all your own posts via your membership page to more easily find one rather than via the general search facility.
Just some thoughts of mine.
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