Search and read before you post, thanks

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Permalink Reply by cutifly on January 21, 2009 at 11:33am

You are one of the most active, you should be a moderator. How many word can be spelled from the word 'moderator' using the same amount of letters ?

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 21, 2009 at 1:22pm

agreed! there's like 4 million winter biking and gear discussions.

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Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on January 21, 2009 at 1:29pm

I agree - lets see more threads on the main page.

Is there a way to make forums "sticky" like chifg? that way the for sale, bike porn, or other frequently used and long running forums can have their space, with more time relevent stuff cycling through the main page
h3 said:

The gods moderators people behind this site want "community" to happen, and ideally a community is self-regulating-- I think it's great for users to speak up about things like this, much preferable to an 'authoritative' type playing mom/dad, as long as there's an effort made to avoid bruising any feelings in the process.
Two things come to mind that would help avoid this particular problem:
1) Appropriate subject lines-- e.g. someone starts a thread called "this is cool!" about a new bike lock, then someone else comes along and starts one called "cool new bike lock" because they (understandably) didn't know the other thread was about the bike lock
2) Ability to see more threads (like 20) in main list view (currently not possible due to technical limitations of the NING interface)-- for now it would behoove users to at least look through page 2 of forum topics before starting a new thread (this would have prevented the second thread about the mobile laser bike lane thingy, for example, because the original thread was very well labeled.)

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Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on January 21, 2009 at 1:54pm

I definitely know the thrill you're talking about. whoohoo, party time for gabe! I think that the solution to what you and julie are debating is like you said - specific thread topics. Like the goggles thread that was just posted, not just a generic topic like winter gear.

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Permalink Reply by Leah on January 21, 2009 at 3:45pm

Thanks Gabe for the reminder to search before posting! While h3 is right that we want to keep moderation to a minimum, I have added small reminders on the Add a Discussion page, to use a descriptive title and search before posting.

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Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on January 21, 2009 at 4:51pm

No, thrill is a perfect way to describe it. I wasn't being sarcastic at all. I don't get out much what with work, school, and homelife; so all this IS really great. Getting into a community is the best, and something I've missed for quite a while.

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GabeW said:

I definitely know the thrill you're talking about. whoohoo, party time for gabe! I think that the solution to what you and julie are debating is like you said - specific thread topics. Like the goggles thread that was just posted, not just a generic topic like winter gear.

OK. so "thrill" maybe wasn't quite the right word-- probably should have went with kick, buzz, adventure, delight, joy, pleasure, quiver, or tremble.

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Permalink Reply by Vilda on January 22, 2009 at 12:39am

I want to start this thread again with a different subject title and see if anyone notices! ;-)

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Permalink Reply by o0_dan_0o on January 22, 2009 at 11:41am

busybody!

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