topic Re: More posters than ever! in Community Chat

Re: More posters than ever!

ShowMe — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:43:25 GMT

Have a feeling that some have changed their nic. I see where Ford did....... and have seen several others too.......

Re: More posters than ever!

BlingQueen022 — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:45:02 GMT

@ShowMe wrote:
Have a feeling that some have changed their nic. I see where Ford did....... and have seen several others too.......

I agree. Most of these posters I've never even seen these nics before. To me, this board is like starting over. 90 percent of the people here I have no idea who they are.

Re: More posters than ever!

wildcat fan — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:46:44 GMT

It's funny how some of the ones who are complaining about the new format are nics I've never seen in the past.

I've noticed lots of new names too. Welcome! 😃

Re: More posters than ever!

gardenman — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:51:58 GMT

I think many poeple tend to live on one forum, or only a few forums where they feel comfortable. The reformatting now has them looking around to see what else there is. Viewpoints had a bit of a bad reputation. I know several people who post on other forums here who would never go to Viewpoints. They felt it was overly hostile. With Viewpoints now rebranded as Community Chat, some of those who would never venture into Viewpoints may now be taking a peek.

Re: More posters than ever!

Mothertrucker — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:53:00 GMT

It's great to see people back..Many of us had to change our nics in the past for one reason or another...so what?

I guess maybe nicks mean more on an "anonymous" board, where that is all you have to go by, rather than on a board where you actually know people...maybe that is why people get, curious, even suspicious over a change in Nic...?

Re: More posters than ever!

occasionalrain — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:54:21 GMT

How can you tell how many are posting, there is no number of those signed in? How do you know the poster is new or just changed their name?

Re: More posters than ever!

Mothertrucker — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:10:20 GMT

Has anyone seen Crow.

Re: More posters than ever!

brownponytail80 — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:11:29 GMT

It doesn't seem like many at all to me. Many people don't post much because it's just not that user-friendly.

Re: More posters than ever!

chickenbutt — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:15:51 GMT

Seems pretty much the same to me, but I tend not to really keep track anyway.

Over the last few days they have made this board better and better. It's been nice that they have been so responsive and have kept up the improvements.

I just noticed this morning that I got upgraded from 'Super Contributor' to 'Valued Contributor'. How nice is that? Thanks, Q!

Re: More posters than ever!

traveler — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:18:16 GMT

Well, here's an old name.

Re: More posters than ever!

Mothertrucker — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:20:21 GMT

CB, what is the diff between "super" a and "valued"? I am still trying to figure the diff between "reply" and "quick reply"!

tam

Re: More posters than ever!

yock — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:20:29 GMT

I think you are right Gardenman. It's been a treat to see some names I didn't even think we're still around. We tended to box ourselves in I think. Wish some of the iPad features were better but maybe that too will happen. The techs have to have a thick skin to make us move forward or at least I hope that is the way we are going.

Re: More posters than ever!

Johnnyeager — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:23:38 GMT

I actually think that traffic is much slower than in the final days of the old Boards. Could be due to a lot of things and this retooling is still in a ramp-up phase.

I have learned the basics, so I can read and post a reply when I think I have something to add. A lot of the features are nice for those that appreciate such things, but I probably will stick to boring posts.

Oh, but I do think that the search function is very good. You can find old posts just using a key word, if you want to revisit something and can't find it.

It still isn't clear to me what topics are ok and which are verboten, so I've mostly been reading to learn. One thing is clear, the moderators are very, very active today on the Susan Graver threads; lots of deletions there.

Re: More posters than ever!

chickenbutt — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:23:46 GMT

@Mothertrucker wrote:
CB, what is the diff between "super" a and "valued"? I am still trying to figure the diff between "reply" and "quick reply"!

tam

Not sure, really, but I had a message about being 'upgraded'. ha! Who knew! I'm the wallflower who is so easy to ignore.

The Quick Reply is just a 'no-frills' posting box. No toolbar with choices, quoting, or emoticons - just post the reply and enter.

Re: More posters than ever!

momtochloe — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:25:38 GMT

@Mothertrucker wrote:
CB, what is the diff between "super" a and "valued"? I am still trying to figure the diff between "reply" and "quick reply"!

tam

Hi MT, "super" and valued" I believe come from the number of posts for a person (I am basing this opinion on the fact that I moved into another category this morning).

Quick reply is you can reply to a thread but you will not have the benefit of spellcheck or adding any bells and whistles to your reply.

HTH

Re: More posters than ever!

Mothertrucker — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:25:59 GMT

I could never ignore you! Thanks for the explain action..hitting quick rep,y on this one!

Re: More posters than ever!

Madame Cottontail — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:41:10 GMT

I am thinking it's more of new nics being seen. I can't retrieve my bunny~ acct. so had to pick a new name.

Wish they had a place to put a quote like the old signature line we had with the old board. At least there would be a place to identify yourself.

~bunny~ from 2010

Re: More posters than ever!

NickNack1 — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:42:40 GMT

Where is the Quick Reply button? I don't see one on my computer.

Re: More posters than ever!

brownponytail80 — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:43:55 GMT

Where's Noel?