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Edited by Recon Number 54:
5/16/2014 4:23:28 PM
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Here's something that is probably going to upset some folks and perhaps blow some mings.
There is only 1 forum, and an infinite number of "sections".
Just click on "All Topics" at the top of the screen and you will see "The Forum".
Anything and everything else is simply filters based on tags. It's not a comfortable or intuitive concept, and people instinctively want to disagree with it, but the fact is there is no "offtopic" forum, there is no "destiny" forum, or any of the other subdivisions that members like to think exists. There are just #tags for categorizing posts.
[u]I've been a long advocate of adding the ability to the mute list to "ignore" #tags. [/u] That way, if someone properly tags their topic and it is a subject that another member doesn't care to see and has it in their mute list? They never see it.
This site, this community are all one big stew pot. The fact that many (if not most) of the members choose to see it as separate forums, each with its own membership? That's their decision, but it is an illusion. We're all here on one big forum and topics (when properly tagged) should allow each of us to decide what we want to see and what we choose not to see.
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A thread in a category in a forum in your [i]mind[/i].
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Didn't you once say that you would be adding appropriate #tags to threads that didn't have them?
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You're right. I did say that a while back. However, until there is an ability for members to hide/mute #tags, I believe that effort is wasted. If/when we ever get the ability to hide/mute based on #tags? I would gladly add appropriate tags to topics that were clearly #religion, #politics, and perhaps even other common "hot spots" of vitriol, disagreement and community disruption.
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Edited by Ling Lings Head: 5/15/2014 6:22:42 PM[quote]if someone properly tags their topic and it is a subject that another member doesn't care to see and has it in their mute list? They never see it..[/quote]So I'm helping him not get trolled by me. Instead, I thinks, it shouldn't be possible to post without an additional tag.
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Don't you [i]dare[/i] lump me with those in #support.
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Edited by Recon Number 54: 5/15/2014 6:48:36 PMThere is no "people in #support". There are just topics and discussions that fall under that category and are (hopefully) #tagged appropriately. For example, this topic. It's about the community, the forums, and member's thoughts and suggestions as to how to improve the site and forums for everyone's benefit. Being tagged #offtopic is not the best use of the tag. It should either be tagged #support (to bring things to our hosts attention) or #community in order to help people who are looking for this sort of discussion better find it and participate. Eventually, I think that I will retag it. But for now, we'll let it sit, gather some steam, and then retag it.
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[quote]catagory[/quote] Getting old?
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Corrected, thanks for pointing out the typo.
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No problem, baba.
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[quote]Eventually, I think that I will retag it. But for now, we'll let it sit, gather some steam, and then retag it.[/quote] You're like a dirty cop.
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If that's how you see things, you're free to have that opinion.
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Draw me like one of your french girls.
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[quote]Paint me like one of your french girls.[/quote] Fixed
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[quote][quote]Fondle me like one of your french boys.[/quote] Fixed[/quote] Fixed again
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Some people just don't grasp the concept.
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Like I said, it is a bit counter-intuitive, especially for anyone who has been using online forums for the past 10+ years. It's like managing files on your PC or in your mail program. Most people grew up creating folder after folder, nested folders, all labelled and organized and would then drop emails and files into what they thought was the best folder for it. But that method has its flaws. You eventually run into the "I know that I put it somewhere, but I don't remember where" and still have to dig and dig in order to find what you want. The move from a folder-fest to "put it all in one place and then use meta-data, tags, and keywords to then search for what you are looking for" is something that a lot of people just aren't comfortable making. I know of co-workers who have hundreds of folders in their email and thousands on their HDDs and they complain that they "can never find what they are looking for". I have like 4 or 5 email folders, and less than a dozen on my PC. Things get dropped into those large "buckets" and I use the PC's or email programs search function (or add-ins like Xobni or Live Inbox) to then find what I am looking for in seconds. It's a hard transition to make and a lot of people can't or won't make it. But when they do and once they are "over the hump" of getting used to it? They never want to go back.
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Seriously. I try to do what you first mentioned. Lump everything into a single location. I end up adding a prefix to the file names to sort them. Works great for when I do it.
