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Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« on: February 17, 2010, 06:27:00 PM »

Now, the site certainly doesn't seem to be having any activity problems so this isn't a "problem", rather an inconvenience for me (maybe others, which is why I make) concerning the board format.

I would suggest...

The Dresden Dolls
General Discussion (News, rumors, opinion topics)
History/Side-Projects (A topic for the S/T, a topic for Yes Virgina..., etc.)
Tours (A specific thread made for each date)
Street Team (I think one forum would be sufficient)

Other
General Discussion
Music
Film & Television
Literature (Books, comics, etc.)
Technology (Hardware, software, video games)
Questions

Huge DD-fan, love all of those I met, internet forum junkie yet I just find un-motivating to post here regularly seeing as how they're are so many individual sub forums to check, that it's actually a bit overwhelming.

The less sub-forums, the more activity. Also, I'd like to be able to have the typical 40 posts per page. As silly as it sounds, the more pages I see, again, the less motivated I am to click as it seems like an overwhelming amount of posts to catch up on.
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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2010, 06:30:31 PM »

Why not just click on Show unread posts since last visit?
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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 06:35:28 PM »

That wouldn't really help, personally.

Everything Else, Anarchy, Current Events, Grey Matters, Misc. for example should just all be "general" instead of 5 different sub-forums that need to be checked for essentially the same idea.

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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2010, 06:37:59 PM »

That wouldn't really help, personally.

Everything Else, Anarchy, Current Events, Grey Matters, Misc. for example should just all be "general" instead of 5 different sub-forums that need to be checked for essentially the same idea.
I won't call it "privacy" exactly, but I really like having the registered-people-only
aspect of Anarchy.  Beyond that, if some consolidation isn't an undue hassle, it
seems to me like it could be a good idea....
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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2010, 01:48:41 AM »

That wouldn't really help, personally.

Everything Else, Anarchy, Current Events, Grey Matters, Misc. for example should just all be "general" instead of 5 different sub-forums that need to be checked for essentially the same idea.


That was the way it used to be, then it changed - i didn't care for it, but now I've grown used to it and actually kind of like how I can go to the types of threads I specifically want to see, rather than sort through a bunch of random ones.

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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2010, 12:29:26 PM »

i get annoyed with loads of sub boards on forums, there too big and messy. in my oppinion
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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2010, 06:34:39 PM »

I support this thread.

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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2010, 09:25:58 PM »

the way this board is now is ok enuf

i prefer it be left the way it is

you can't make everyone happy with any
particular organization or re-org

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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2010, 12:41:44 PM »

i would prefer more subboards tbh.
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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2010, 03:29:22 AM »

Perhaps one for every month.
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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2010, 11:09:20 AM »

I think we should have many more micro sub boards of the sub boards and the sub boards of those until the shadowbox eats the entire web
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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2010, 01:48:43 PM »

I think we should have many more micro sub boards of the sub boards and the sub boards of those until the shadowbox eats the entire web

hmm, then the shadowbox would be eating itself!

what is really needed is forum software, so good,
that it presents and organizes the shadowbox the way each
person wants to see it

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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2010, 01:52:12 PM »

I think we should have many more micro sub boards of the sub boards and the sub boards of those until the shadowbox eats the entire web

hmm, then the shadowboxbox would be eating itself!

what is really needed is forum software, so good,
that it presents and organizes the shadowbox the way each
person wants to see it

Imagine if that was possible in other realms of life... ooo like reality goggles to morph everything to each person's ideal...

To present and organize reality the way each person wants to see it


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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2010, 01:56:07 PM »

I think we should have many more micro sub boards of the sub boards and the sub boards of those until the shadowbox eats the entire web

hmm, then the shadowboxbox would be eating itself!

what is really needed is forum software, so good,
that it presents and organizes the shadowbox the way each
person wants to see it

Imagine if that was possible in other realms of life... ooo like reality goggles to morph everything to each person's ideal...

To present and organize reality the way each person wants to see it

;D

one of the 'promises' of artificial intelligence and virtual reality

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Re: Suggestion: Cut down on sub boards
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2010, 06:38:44 PM »

^  yeah, I'll start holding my breath for that just as soon as they deliver the
jet-pack and/or hovercar I was promised for the year 2000... >:(
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