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#395530 - 11/10/08 11:06 PM Re: Forum going away? [Re: MacBozo]
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What?

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Well, the village is getting their idiot back in January, so I suppose the Soapbox will be somewhat slow for a while anyway.
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#395532 - 11/10/08 11:08 PM Re: Forum going away? [Re: MacGizmo]
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There are a couple of Box denizens who will keep us entertained. whistle
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#395539 - 11/10/08 11:28 PM Re: Forum going away? [Re: MacBozo]
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FYI, here's where you can choose what goes in your Watched Forums:
http://forums.mactech.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/editforums

And here's where you then view those forums consolidated into a single list:
http://forums.mactech.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/myhome/tab/forums

Under link #1 I'm selecting everything except the Lounge, Feedback, and Politics. Then I'm bookmarking link #2, which should approximate the old General forum, as my main entry to the forums.
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#395552 - 11/10/08 11:43 PM Re: Forum going away? [Re: Nagromme]
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The only problem with to MANY forums is the "break down" in a conversation that then leads into a similar subject which thens leads you to another part of the forum ?

Believe me to many divisions is not a good thing
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#395592 - 11/11/08 01:21 AM Re: Forum going away? [Re: carp]
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I've seen that go very badly with a brand new forum that needs to gather momentum--and with older forums when momentum comes and goes. I always advise people not to split their forums until traffic is so massive that it's a problem not to.
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#395595 - 11/11/08 01:27 AM Re: Forum going away? [Re: Reboot]
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Too bad - this place is becoming overwhelming, like many others have done in the past... and disappeared altogether. It was perfect before ANY of the tweaking began. Now it's rapidly becoming a graphic eyesore and over-categorized mess.
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#395601 - 11/11/08 01:59 AM Re: Forum going away? [Re: Mississauga]
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I'll add my 2 cents as well.

There's FAR too many categories. There's no way I'll be checking them all out and that's too bad since I might miss something interesting.

Another thing, from my experience with other forums, having too many choices actually becomes confusing to newbies.

I belong to a very popular Canadian Mac forum which has kept things simple. They have one forum each for Mac/Apple discussion, iPod/iTunes/iPhone/AppleTV, a trouble shooting forum, a lounge area.

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