#EdenUpdate - Forum Update - Suggestions Needed

1. Stickies so that important threads stay at the top. Examples would include weekly Rumble voting, Roundup, etc.



2. Somehow the ability to lock old threads that are no longer relevant. Specifically, I mean things such as old Rumbles. I don;t mean this for every poll, even the very old ones, I think there is still potentially some value. But occasionally things like a Rumble from a year ago, or EF should carry from a year ago pops up. There's really no need that I can think of for these types of threads to continue being open.



3. Is it possible to filter out the folders we see on the front forum page? For example, the current threads listed are from all folders. I would love to filter out the games because to be honest, there are too many and they clog up the page as bad as spam. I think they're fine for people who want to post in them, but I'd rather they not clog my listing up.



4. Minor, but the ability to click on the lightbulb and be automatically taken to the last post I read. less

I mentioned this to JR in his workshop, but the forum spot for "Favorite Contributors"



Okay, the way I've noticed that it works is you give a contributor a green heart. Then you can see the threads that they've posted in. You can even filter it to one contributor. HOWEVER, the last thread that they happened to post in is at the top, even if they were not the last poster. I'd like to see it that the last thread the contributor posted in is the thread that moves up top. If I wanted to follow the thread, I can mark the thread as favorite. To follow the contributor, their last post should be up top.



Does that make sense? less

I'm n+1'ing Kindred's suggestions as well, and one thing that might just be my preference, but I'd love to see the absolute date and time that a post was made, instead of it being very specific in the recent posts and so vague (1 year ago could mean 365 days ago or 715 days ago) in the old ones. Even just the absolute date, or even just the absolute month, could make the forums a little more enjoyable for me.



Thanks for asking us! less

The date and time can be seen if you hover your mouse pointer over the "18 minutes ago" (or similar).



The date/time appears as Eastern Daylight Time (USA) for me, which isn't that helpful to me (I'm not in that time zone). I like seeing that a thread was posted an hour/day/month ago so I don't have to add up the hours/days/months in my head. Maybe we could have both displayed somehow? less

I'd like to see a symbol (similar to the lightbulb+## that there is for new posts since you last looked at that thread) to indicate that someone's responded to something you said. For example, when ~Kris looks at the forums later, she will see a symbol (maybe a star? an arrow?) to show that someone (Antipova in this case) responded to her post. less

I've always been a fan of closing voting when a poll gets too old (3-6 months).



I'd kinda like to see comparative discussions gone too. With the formatting/linking options easier to use, I don't think they're that useful any more (I actually avoid most).



Note: I think the last year has seen the forums literally double in size. I know we were under 10k posts about a year ago. less

1. Stickies so that important threads stay at the top. Examples would include weekly Rumble voting, Roundup, etc.



2. Somehow the ability to lock old threads that are no longer relevant. Specifically, I mean things such as old Rumbles. I don;t mean this for every poll, even the very old ones, I think there is still potentially some value. But occasionally things like a Rumble from a year ago, or EF should carry from a year ago pops up. There's really no need that I can think of for these types of threads to continue being open.



3. Is it possible to filter out the folders we see on the front forum page? For example, the current threads listed are from all folders. I would love to filter out the games because to be honest, there are too many and they clog up the page as bad as spam. I think they're fine for people who want to post in them, but I'd rather they not clog my listing up.



4. Minor, but the ability to click on the lightbulb and be automatically taken to the last post I read. less

Okay... there's a tab in the forum for contributors that you've marked as "favorite"



In that tab, whoever you mark as favorite, all the threads that they've posted in show up. But instead of having the last thread that your marked contributor posted in, the one that's at the top is the last one posted in, in general. What I'm proposing is that the top of the list be where your favorite contributors posted, rather than the last one in general. Because if you want to just follow THAT thread, you can just follow that thread.



I know that a person you follow will show up on your wall; but people get buried so fast!



Anyway, here's a picture of the section of the forum, I hope it explains a bit better:







See where it says "Last Update?" That's not the contributor who is marked as favorite. That's the last time ANYONE posted. less

Great suggestions! One in particular that I have on my wishlist (similar to one you mentioned), is an expiration date for polls. That way the rumbles could officially close at a specific time. Right now there is no way to close a poll.



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What about personal features? Are there any features you would like to see on your own profile. OR anything else? This is a brainstorm session so go ahead and suggest anything you want. less

Great suggestions! One in particular that I have on my wishlist (similar to one you mentioned), is an expiration date for polls. That way the rumbles could officially close at a specific time. Right now there is no way to close a poll.



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What about personal features? Are there any features you would like to see on your own profile. OR anything else? This is a brainstorm session so go ahead and suggest anything you want. less

I like Kindred's suggestion of sticky posts.I think having some main subcategories would help instead of having one page with so many threads on it. I like being able to see a lot of threads on one page, but having the threads presented in a more organized fashion could really help with navigation and the overall forum experience.Perhaps we could implement some sort of personalized organization if we could select a category as a favorite category like we can do with favorite threads (which I use very often) and favorite contributors (which I seldom use). If I could go through the categories and select the ones I like to "watch" and avoid the ones I rarely participate in, there would be more targeted content and less sifting. Plus, the "All discussions" tab would still be available, so it's not like a contributor would be limited to their favorite topics. less

I wonder if either lowering the points value of starting a discussion or eliminating points would eliminate some of the repetitive posts. If there's no reward for posting yet another post on threesomes or dick sucking/cum swallowing or spanking, perhaps folks will look a little deeper for threads on the subjects. less