Crescendo Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 The default display options of the Flaming Cliffs forum are not configured properly. Look at the following image — this is what a visitor or new member will see when they visit this forum for the first time: Note how there only appear to be two threads in the entire forum! This is because the Display Options filter is set to "Last Day" by default. This setting filters out any thread that has not been posted in in the last 24 hours. I think most people will agree this is too restrictive to be used as a default setting. The "Last Day" filter setting creates the impression that the Flaming Cliffs forum is dead, because it results in informative and interesting threads disappearing prematurely from the first page (unless you have adjusted the filter yourself). Not everyone visits and posts in this forum every day, so it's likely that some threads simply 'disappear' before people get a chance to contribute to them, or before they even realise that that they've missed out on seeing an interesting thread. This process ultimately produces a chilling effect on the amount of conversation in this forum. I think this issue should be fixed by the administrator of this forum ASAP. Every other forum defaults to the "Beginning" filter setting. This filter displays all threads in the forum and gives people a chance to look for recent threads that they may wish to contribute to. There is no good reason why the Flaming Cliffs forum this one shouldn't use the "Beginning" filter by default too. It is in both this forum's and the community's best interest. Please fix this issue. . [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
ED Team const Posted January 21, 2014 ED Team Posted January 21, 2014 The default display options of the Flaming Cliffs forum are not configured properly. Look at the following image — this is what a visitor or new member will see when they visit this forum for the first time: Note how there only appear to be two threads in the entire forum! This is because the Display Options filter is set to "Last Day" by default. This setting filters out any thread that has not been posted in in the last 24 hours. I think most people will agree this is too restrictive to be used as a default setting. The "Last Day" filter setting creates the impression that the Flaming Cliffs forum is dead, because it results in informative and interesting threads disappearing prematurely from the first page (unless you have adjusted the filter yourself). Not everyone visits and posts in this forum every day, so it's likely that some threads simply 'disappear' before people get a chance to contribute to them, or before they even realise that that they've missed out on seeing an interesting thread. This process ultimately produces a chilling effect on the amount of conversation in this forum. I think this issue should be fixed by the administrator of this forum ASAP. Every other forum defaults to the "Beginning" filter setting. This filter displays all threads in the forum and gives people a chance to look for recent threads that they may wish to contribute to. There is no good reason why the Flaming Cliffs forum this one shouldn't use the "Beginning" filter by default too. It is in both this forum's and the community's best interest. Please fix this issue. Fixed. 1
Crescendo Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 Fixed. Wow, that was quick! Thank you, const! :thumbup: . [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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