Okay, some of you may remember, some of you may not, but in the "recent forum posts" list on the right of most pages, SCUK used to surface topics from the SCUK Inn when someone posted in them.
Mr Dunx one day decided to stop the SCUK Inn posts being seen in this list as it was stopping genuine topics from being surfaced, there were too many posts (which were strange ramblings like the singles thread etc).
I feel like it's now time to do the same with the "For Sale" topics, I have nothing against people trying to sell gear on the site, but it feels like the "recent posts" list is being choked by topics offering goods for sale rather than advice or genuine questions about the sport.
Thoughts, or has this topic already been hidden from the homepage by lots of things for sale?
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the FS stuff tends to be seasonal. it's just unfortunate that it'll happen at this time of the year when new browsers of the forum may be looking for advice, etc.
i don't know what the answer is. <-doesn't help you at all, does it?
After all, is that not the core purpose of the site?
Stop FS topics coming up on the community list as it does at present, but make a separate smaller list underneath that is purely dedicated to FS and Wanted topics.
That way, we don't get the important snowboarding discussion bit being polluted with FS topics but at the same time people can still try and sell their stuff and still get onto 'The Front Page' so to speak.
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I'm very lazy and only bother to look at the Recent Posts section. If there is nothing interesting on there then I close the site. And at the moment the interesting stuff is being rapidly bumped off by the FS's.
WFM, if SCUK took a commission from all sales, I'd agree, but for the most part I think newbies come here as SCUK is advertised as a portal for advice on snowboarding, not as a place to come pick up cheap gear.
I think a separate FS list could be good as then it'll solve the problem and still give people good exposure for the stuff they're trying to shift.
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but it is a useful service so FS deserves a place of its own
As I recall (and this is through recanted stories cos I wasn't around when it happened|) but the SCUK Inn stories were removed from the list because there were some fairly choice threads which were making SCUK look bad with it plastered on each page - was there an issue with search engines finding them? I dunno, but I'm fairly sure that it wasn't just the fact that Inn threads were burying other ones.
If I was a noob to this forum, I would mostly likely come to snowboardclub.co.uk, click on the forum button which will give me the list of forums available, then have a look from there - I don't think the recent threads list makes a difference. In fact if the list was replaced with another advert that brought more money in for SCUK maybe that would be of more use.
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you beat me to posting this hahaha
The FS posts do clog up the recent post feeds a bit but I think having a feed of FS stuff is important, I check it sometimes, it's good to see some interesting stuff that comes up occasionally without having to enter the forum menu..... and I use it to sell stuff too, as lots of us do, it's certainly helped me shift stuff.
Na, leave it as it is, or maybe double it to the last 20 posts instead of 10. I use it a lot as a guide to see if there's much happening.
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Plus i, as im sure most other people do, take advantage of the "Posts since last visit" link.
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That was my point, I've NOT been looking for gear and still been tempted by FS posts in the 'Recent posts' box!
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I like that idea. Probably dead easy to implement and should keep everyone happy.
I'm very lazy and only bother to look at the Recent Posts section. If there is nothing interesting on there then I close the site. And at the moment the interesting stuff is being rapidly bumped off by the FS's.
Ditto...can them off, it looks sometimes more like ebay than a snowboard forum.
anyone that cant find the for sale section under there own steam when they want it shouldnt really be allowed a snowboard anyway....
Now that I've got most of my gear that I'm happy with going away time and again, the sales section doesn't interest me that much bar a quick snoop every so often, but at first it was one of the main reasons I came here (along with advice). So the sales section definitely drives traffic which can only be good for SCUK.
The box itself has a lot of useless info on it anyway for me, do people really want to see the post count or the latest poster?
Perhaps, if possible, make sections to be included a user option on SCUK2 (if there's a similar section)
I like the FS posts showing up there, i never go in the for sale section, but if it pops up in the recent post sections ill always have a look and have brought a fair amount that way...
I use the Users Online to give me an idea of how busy the site is and I think it lends some credibility to the site for new users to see there 30-40 people logged on at any one time.
I feel the last poster is useful so you can check out posts that seem to have attracted the attention of mates/people-you-want-to-keep-an-eye-on and the quantity is useful to see how active a post is. I could hide all that and place it just on a mouse-over, but that's not obvious and means I have to wave my mouse around to get the info I want.
I've never used posts since last visit and very rarely go to the forum homepage.
A FS section would take up real estate on the page, which we don't want to do, as would increasing the size of the listing.
Hmmm... what to do?
The fabled SCUK2 will have a hub for all users and display to them posts about things they've said they're interested in, so better for finding things you might be interested in that you might otherwise miss. The trouble is that for everything else, there's no real way we can decide whether you'd be interested, so we try to show a selection to encourage you in a little further.
I think for the moment, I'll reduce the size of the Users Online scrolling box and increase the number of recent posts shown. Give me a few minutes...
Glad your making the section bigger.
EDIT: Ignore that, its much better now.
Glad your making the section bigger.
Apparently... although I'd have to go and find it...
All done. How's that?
EDIT: Ignore that, its much better now.
No, I didn't like the scrolling either!
I also shuffled the names of the users online, so Ace isn't always at the top!
EDIT: Ignore that, its much better now.
No, I didn't like the scrolling either!
I also shuffled the names of the users online, so Ace isn't always at the top!
You mean that was alphabetical? I thought it was a list of coolness
We do use it differently cos basically I access the forum via bookmarks that go straight through to the posts since last visit link!
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thats my bookmark. its generally the only thing i look at unless an item of news catches my eye.
as Dunx said everyone uses the site in a different way
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All done. How's that?
Spot on
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