Too many forums?

[ohno]

Is it just me or do others feel that there are too many forums on this website?. Too spread out?
I dont get a chance to trawl through half of them

[craigb]

Yeah, actually I agree with you.

I think the reason for it though is that Neil (bless him ) has just tried to accomodate members requests over the years for specific interest forums.

If I were God I'd cull quite a few of them.

[Zed]

i reckon its good - you can ignore the stuff you dont like - or just view new posts!!

cheers

[ozwinner]

Just do New Posts, as at the top of the page.

Al

[Dan]

I usually enter through a "getnew" search so I don't have look through individual forums. With the number of threads getting posted here though, I don't think it's a bad idea to have a bit of segregation, should make it easier to find info on a specific topic.

[bitingmidge]

It's not that there are too many forums, just too many people posting to them!

In many ways they are a victim of their own success, which is both good and sad (rather than bad).

There was a time when we could come back once a week, and be appalled that we had almost two hundred threads to read. Now that happens in an hour! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Maybe we need one more new forum just to come back to now and then for old time's sake!!

P

[dazzler]

I just close down the freakier ones with that elipsie arrow thing so I only see the ones I like.

I mean, dont go near those freaky boat builders, and dont
get me started on those weirdo whittlers

[outback]

I find I'm scanning the forum more, reading less, and replying even lesser. Great for Neil, I think :confused: but I agree this place is a victim of its own success.

[Wongo]

You need more time to get used to it. That’s all.

One more thing. Whenever you see a thread contains the word "Friday", don't open it. I repeat do not open it.

[Stuart]

I also check who posted the last thread so see if I'll bother

[bennylaird]

New posts is the way to go, read what interests you ignore the others, we all get different satisfaction and have a great group of moderators who sacrifice their lives for us.

Use it how you need to but do share when you can

[bennylaird]

I also check who posted the last thread so see if I'll bother

lol if it's BennyLaird ?

[bennylaird]

You need more time to get used to it. That’s all.

One more thing. Whenever you see a thread contains the word "Friday", don't open it. I repeat do not open it.

and step away from the computer

[Stuart]

Don't think it is too many people posting, just too many subjects that you want to talk about!!

[craigb]

It really depends on how you use the forum.

For instance, I don't do "display new posts" because then I'd have to scan a whole lot of stuff I'm not interested in.

The way I do it is to go to the forum home page and cherry pick those forums I'm intrested in. Within those, I pick the threads I want to read.

Maybe I miss some info but I figure that that's the price I pay for not having to scan stuff that I have no interest in.

If I were God, there'd be no more than 12 eparate forums.

Aren't you lucky that you have Neil instead.