NewsBruin
09-03-2008, 03:13 AM
Okay, it's not an error or bug, however...
Is there any consideration to combining or redefining the non-sports forums? There's some overlap between
--In The News (I mean, about half of the fun/serious threads get their start from a news item.)
--Friends and Family (Most non-serious stories, I'd share with F&F, but are we talking about F&F who are in stories, or F&F on the board?...oh, I don't know.)
--Religion and Politics (This is the most clear-cut one)
--Miscellaneous (I mean, what doesn't fit in the other folders that would fit better in Miscellaneous?)
I'm not bringing this up to be a butt, although constructive griping is consistent with my behavior on other messageboards. It's just that it appears that half of the non-serious stories are in the F&F, and half are in Miscellaneous, with serious/non-serious stories posted in ITN. There's a lot of potential for overlap and that drives me (just me) nuts.
When I read messageboards, I usually dart for specific folders depending on my mood and what time I've got to spend, and I keep feeling as though I have to cover 2-3 folders to find a thread that could qualify for any of them. It would be like having football folders on "Wide Receivers and Quarterbacks," "The Running Game and Screen Passes," "Things the Quarterback Did," and "Offensive Plays."
I know that running a board takes effort, and from the design alone, I assume nothing was done easily or on a whim. If there's a better division of topics or a good rule of thumb to differentiate what should go where, that would be cool.
Is there any consideration to combining or redefining the non-sports forums? There's some overlap between
--In The News (I mean, about half of the fun/serious threads get their start from a news item.)
--Friends and Family (Most non-serious stories, I'd share with F&F, but are we talking about F&F who are in stories, or F&F on the board?...oh, I don't know.)
--Religion and Politics (This is the most clear-cut one)
--Miscellaneous (I mean, what doesn't fit in the other folders that would fit better in Miscellaneous?)
I'm not bringing this up to be a butt, although constructive griping is consistent with my behavior on other messageboards. It's just that it appears that half of the non-serious stories are in the F&F, and half are in Miscellaneous, with serious/non-serious stories posted in ITN. There's a lot of potential for overlap and that drives me (just me) nuts.
When I read messageboards, I usually dart for specific folders depending on my mood and what time I've got to spend, and I keep feeling as though I have to cover 2-3 folders to find a thread that could qualify for any of them. It would be like having football folders on "Wide Receivers and Quarterbacks," "The Running Game and Screen Passes," "Things the Quarterback Did," and "Offensive Plays."
I know that running a board takes effort, and from the design alone, I assume nothing was done easily or on a whim. If there's a better division of topics or a good rule of thumb to differentiate what should go where, that would be cool.