The slow death of forums *see OP for Admin warning and update 28/02/18*

Owta Control

Think this thread has gone down the rabbit hole...
changing closed account names to numerics... getting rid of "chat" threads as it offends the eyes of minority who don't like seeing them on their feed,
Posters wanting boards to moderate the ignore feature instead of letting the individual do it themselves.... seriously....some amount of handholding and spoon-feeding is wanted by a few in here....this is the very reason why actual good suggestions get lost in the dross.

CelticRambler

Boards.ie is one of my few go-to forums these days, and I don't feel that I've suffered from any of the "problems" reported elsewhere (other than the site being unusable on my phone, but I that's OK because I rarely use my phone for th'internet.

Candie wrote: »

I think the too many forums thing is a definite issue, but I imagine quite a few of them would be less obscure and likely more frequented if they were easier to stumble across via a less dense menu system with more than four categories.

What I would like is the option to hide (sub)forums that I really have no interest in, never visit but that fill up the three pages of recent threads. I don't think there are too many forums (each to his own, and all that) but the presence of (e.g. from the home page right now) threads on Soccer, Golf, Athletics, Horse-racing, Vodafone, Rugby, Puzzles and Quizzes, Cool Vids & Pics & Links, MMA, Bank of Ireland, X-box, Fantasy Sports, more Fantasy Sports, more Soccer, Training Logs, Reality TV, Football Betting ... you get the picture ) is stopping me from stumbling across threads that might be worth looking at, and ...

Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »

Getting people to a forum is only half the battle and it's one that's also a double edged sword in my mind; if people see a quiet forum, are they going to be the one to get the ball rolling? If they don't get a response, will they persevere or just chalk it down as a dead forum and move on?

... even if it's a forum that I'm subscribed to, I don't necessarily see recent posts until a few days (or weeks) later, by which time the conversation has moved on, or the thread has already died.

Decluttering the list of recent threads would improve my chances of seeing and joining a discussion while it was still hot!

KERSPLAT!

tomwaterford wrote: »

Tbf it would be a good option to have when closing account to delete your posts etc

I'd deffo take it.....like obv be too much work to delete quoted posts etc....


but should be an option to delete all your history....they do it to the so called chore sex guy...with no problem

And ruin most threads you've ever participated in making some unreadable, and give every user that option?

Nope. Stand by what you post or don't post it.

I've said some ridiculous things I'm sure but I'll still stand behind them and could admit now that they were wrong.

This is another "if you want to kill boards in an instant, do this..." fix.

tomwaterford

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

This is another "if you want to kill boards in an instant, do this..." fix.

Tbf I do be selfish as if/when I close my account....I'd not be coming back (even to view)...so it would be like a bebo page for me,

Never looked at again

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Plenty other forums don't have such a strict time limit on deleting posts, or none at all. Presumably if someone's interacting with you on thread you'll be quoted, so it'll be reasonably clear what's happening.

If someone is doxxed or becomes aware they're a target for it in particular, having a "delete all posts" option when they're closing the account makes sense to me, particularly given that site management have been so spectacularly unhelpful in those circumstances, to posters who've contributed a lot to the site. Or were the posts from those accounts deleted?

If someone has an account with several thousand posts, and someone gets their hands on their picture or first name, it could be very easy to figure out roughly where they live or work, find them on social media etc.

There has to be a balance between arguing that anonymity is essential to the site and that measures potentially compromising that anonymity aren't negotiable.

Edit: sorry, got a call while typing that, posted unfinished post by accident.

Keira Thankful Target

Keira Thankful Target wrote: »

Plenty other forums don't have such a strict time limit on deleting posts, or none at all. Presumably if someone's interacting with you on thread you'll be quoted, so it'll be reasonably clear what's happening.

If someone is doxxed or becomes aware they're a target for it in particular, having a "delete all posts" option when they're closing the account makes sense to me, particularly given that site management have been so spectacularly unhelpful in those circumstances, to posters who've contributed a lot to the site. Or were the posts from those accounts deleted?

If someone has an account with several thousand posts, and someone gets their hands on their picture or first name, it could be very easy to figure out roughly where they live or work, find them on social media etc.

There has to be a balance between arguing that anonymity

I agree there must be a balance struck but people need to be responsible for what they post. There is no way I would put my photo in After Hours for example or disclose my name on a thread.

the_pen_turner

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

And ruin most threads you've ever participated in making some unreadable, and give every user that option?

Nope. Stand by what you post or don't post it.

I've said some ridiculous things I'm sure but I'll still stand behind them and could admit now that they were wrong.

This is another "if you want to kill boards in an instant, do this..." fix.

I agree.

a diferent forum I frequent had an issue with the way pictures were saved. some kind of software update destroys all pics that were in threads over 6 months old.
all threads that were effected are worthless because of it. some posters scoured the dark corners of the internet and their hard drives to find some and fix those threads. it took a lot of work to save maybe 5% of the threads. . that forum lost a lot of member over that and a lot don't bother posting projects and ideas over it. they felt that their contibutions were all wasted

if you gave member the ability to delete all their posts it would ruin all the past threads and make members reconsider if they should bother contributing at all if it can be ruined in an insant like that

gifted

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I agree there must be a balance struck but people need to be responsible for what they post. There is no way I would put my photo in After Hours for example or disclose my name on a thread.

Ah go on....lol lol

KERSPLAT!

Keira Thankful Target wrote: »

Plenty other forums don't have such a strict time limit on deleting posts, or none at all. Presumably if someone's interacting with you on thread you'll be quoted, so it'll be reasonably clear what's happening.

If someone is doxxed or becomes aware they're a target for it in particular, having a "delete all posts" option when they're closing the account makes sense to me, particularly given that site management have been so spectacularly unhelpful in those circumstances, to posters who've contributed a lot to the site. Or were the posts from those accounts deleted?

If someone has an account with several thousand posts, and someone gets their hands on their picture or first name, it could be very easy to figure out roughly where they live or work, find them on social media etc.

There has to be a balance between arguing that anonymity

If it's quoted then deleting the post wouldn't be much use. Go to a thread with a few hundred posts and put a few of the top posters on ignore and see how the thread looks... it will make zero sense, it would be unreadable.

You can see my obvious dislike of this suggestion but whatever about my opinion it's something I can never see happening.

If you get doxxed it's likely your fault... the more you post, the more info you give the bigger picture you paint of yourself. If I was to be doxxed I'd have no one to blame but myself. I do have sympathy for those who are doxxed and I've helped posters before as much as I possibly could in giving them a dig out and removing certain posts but the buck stops with the poster themselves IMO

Dan Jaman

tomwaterford wrote: »

Tbf it would be a good option to have when closing account to delete your posts etc

I'd deffo take it.....like obv be too much work to delete quoted posts etc....


but should be an option to delete all your history....they do it to the so called chore sex guy...with no problem

No way. I've seen the damage that can do to some forums when a poster who has contributed a lot over the years, gets something up his nose, throws his toys out of the pram and makes use of the nuke button on his account by deleting everything he's ever posted. Kind of sloppy of the admins to leave that option open, but perhaps they thought they were dealing with adults.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I agree there must be a balance struck but people need to be responsible for what they post. There is no way I would put my photo in After Hours for example or disclose my name on a thread.

There's also the issue that for some of posters who've been around a long time, they may have been less conscious of things like that in the past, essentially in a very different era of the internet.

I can see both sides of the argument tbh, but I think it's an option that should be there in some circumstances. I'm happy enough for a thread from five years ago to be harder to follow if it means that people who've been targeted by the likes of voat and have contributed a lot to boards feel better looked after.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

If it's quoted then deleting the post wouldn't be much use. Go to a thread with a few hundred posts and put a few of the top posters on ignore and see how the thread looks... it will make zero sense, it would be unreadable.

You can see my obvious dislike of this suggestion but whatever about my opinion it's something I can never see happening.

If you get doxxed it's likely your fault... the more you post, the more info you give the bigger picture you paint of yourself. If I was to be doxxed I'd have no one to blame but myself. I do have sympathy for those who are doxxed and I've helped posters before as much as I possibly could in giving them a dig out and removing certain posts but the buck stops with the poster themselves IMO

But it would mean that someone couldn't go to someone's profile and trawl through all their posts.

Keira Thankful Target

Keira Thankful Target wrote: »

There's also the issue that for some of posters who've been around a long time, they may have been less conscious of things like that in the past, essentially in a very different era of the internet.

I can see both sides of the argument tbh, but I think it's an option that should be there in some circumstances. I'm happy enough for a thread from five years ago to be harder to follow if it means that people who've been targeted by the likes of voat and have contributed a lot to boards feel better looked after.

Just to say I've no issue with people posting images and their private information in fact I've probably "thanked" a few of the posts but if they are then compromised a bit of responsibilty is needed. However I agree that times were different and certainly I was very naive regarding the internet when I joined boards.

dxhound2005

I have followed the thread from the start. I am convinced that no form of change will restore the missing 2.5 million posts. The fall is due to new technology, not internal Boards stuff.

But the thread title is far too pessimistic. There is no fear of Boards dying, when we still have something like 8,500 posts every day. I think it is likely to bottom out at around the current figures.

Ken.

Can I just say in reply to the Doxxing thing mentioned a little earlier. If at any time you think you may have been doxxed or someone is trying to contact you outside boards please pm a mod with the post in question or better still report the post(all mods of a forum see this). We can then remove any identifying material or the whole post. This is not only applicable to AH by the way.

I personally have removed at least 30-40 posts for people who PM'd me. One guy's posts were from 2005.

KERSPLAT!

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

If it's quoted then deleting the post wouldn't be much use. Go to a thread with a few hundred posts and put a few of the top posters on ignore and see how the thread looks... it will make zero sense, it would be unreadable.

You can see my obvious dislike of this suggestion but whatever about my opinion it's something I can never see happening.

If you get doxxed it's likely your fault... the more you post, the more info you give the bigger picture you paint of yourself. If I was to be doxxed I'd have no one to blame but myself. I do have sympathy for those who are doxxed and I've helped posters before as much as I possibly could in giving them a dig out and removing certain posts but the buck stops with the poster themselves IMO

I'd actually like to retract that paragraph on doxxing, the only one to blame for doxxing is the one doing the doxxing. I would advise posters to be aware of what they post to make it as difficult as possible though, and be aware that even that sometimes isn't enough.

_Dara_

Owta Control wrote: »

If you want to distance yourself... don't post again...it's that simple or at least change your habits....if you keep posting in the seem forums people will know who you are...as you well know.

Eh, don't direct your comment at me, buddy. I wasn't one of the users who wanted usernames wiped on request. That was very obvious from my post. If you're going to respond to a post, read it properly. Don't shoot the messenger.

2011

Beasty wrote: »

Turning now to some of the specific points raised:

Post 376 – mods to only be shown as mods in the forums they moderate

+1000, great idea.

Post 562 – mods should not moderate topics they have a personal interest in.

I am an electrical engineer. If I did not have this "interest" I would not have the technical understanding required to moderate the electrical forum.

However, I think that anyone (not just mods) that can gain financially / commercially from their posts should declare this type of interest. This has caused havoc on the Home Security Systems Forum where in my opinion some posters are commercially aligned with manufacturers and this is influencing they way they post. This, I believe results in certain products being pushed and competitors being undermined.

Owta Control

_Dara_ wrote: »

Eh, don't direct your comment at me, buddy. I wasn't one of the users who wanted usernames wiped on request. That was very obvious from my post. If you're going to respond to a post, read it properly. Don't shoot the messenger.

Never said you were...strange

the_syco

Discodog wrote: »

Totally agree. Mods should be told to watch out for this. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Hypocritical much? You say that some people should be allowed to have their opinion, but others shouldn't?

Jayop

Almost all of the issues in the contentious forums are down to mods being completely inconsistent, both with how they themselves react to 2 identical posts from different posters and also from how they react compared to the other mods of the same forum. The moderation in the football forum is an absolute disgrace to the site. You have mods posting wummy crap and then carding people for doing similar. The definition of "backseat moderation" is also open to interpretation. Calling people out who have been on the site for years doing nothing but trying to provoke a reaction is not backseat moderation. Some of the stuff I've been carded for there is laughable, while some of the stuff that I've seen others get away scot free is likewise laughable.

1) Ban the wums. Being told to report individual posts and them being actioned (they won't be) isn't any use when you have the same people over and over just staying within the boundaries of what's allowed while their intention of wumming and getting a reaction is crystal clear to all the users of the forums it happens in. If the mods can't identify these posters they're not fit for the job. Most likely they know rightly but protect them.

2) The report post button isn't fit for purpose. Every time I get carded it's most likely for reacting to something. Stupid I know but that's another point. I'm told over and over to use the report post button so for a day or so I do. I go back to look and not a single one of the posts has ever been actioned. This is everything from being called racist by one scummer in the football forum over and over that nothing happened about to the deliberate wumming, name-calling etc. The reason people react is because you might as well stick your phone up your hole as report a post. If you report something, especially something serious then the mod that reviews it should PM you their decision and what happened once they do something. Again, if this is too much work then get new mods or more mods.

3) The soccer mods should have a look at the GAA forum. A lot of the same people post in both but you rarely ever see any grief in the GAA forum because there's a certain standard that the mods and regulars uphold. If someone is behaving like a dick they will be told to cop on. It's not back seat modding, it's common sense and the forum is a much much better place as a result.


There's loads more, but it's all a waste of time typing it out as like always nothing will change, more people will quit the forum and the wums will win as that's the way the place has been going for ages. Sort those three things out and the place has a chance to be decent.

_Dara_

Owta Control wrote: »

Never said you were...strange

What's the the "as you well know" dig at the end then? And I've openly talked about having previous accounts. So it seemed needlessly antagonistic.

dxhound2005

Jayop wrote: »

Almost all of the issues in the contentious forums are down to mods being completely inconsistent, both with how they themselves react to 2 identical posts from different posters and also from how they react compared to the other mods of the same forum. The moderation in the football forum is an absolute disgrace to the site.

Soccer moderation got a good few mentions in this thread. More positive than negative.

Cookie_Monster

Muahahaha wrote: »

Can I make a suggestion about reviving the Politics Cafe....

thread in the cafe highlighting issues at the moment, similar to this one

sKeith wrote: »

I just have one little request. A while ago, a very simple and much liked by me, feature was removed. I have already asked for it to be returned, but am unsure that the people I asked undestodd what i was talking about.

I received your call for feedback and I may as well add it here again.

There used to be a link at the bottom of every page to https://www.boards.ie/


The line....
Copyright © 2000 - 2018 Boards.ie Limited (Hosted by Digiweb Hosting)

used to look like this...
Copyright © 2000 - 2018 Boards.ie Limited (Hosted by Digiweb Hosting)

Can this very simple feature please be brought back,

Thank you.

That would be nice, and at the same time, even though i realise the touch site is totally ****ed, if the thread page number / change arrows could actually consistently always appear at the bottom of a page that would be great. Now it's totally hit and miss whether they load.

Captain Obvious

Can I ask how Boards has dealt with EU developments in regards to the right to be forgotten?

Jayop

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Soccer moderation got a good few mentions in this thread. More positive than negative.

I'm sure the people that get away with constant wumming while trying to get others banned are very happy with it.

If you go into any match thread for a United game in which they don't win and think that's the result of good work by the mods then you're on a different planet to me.

the_pen_turner

Captain Obvious wrote: »

Can I ask how Boards has dealt with EU developments in regards to the right to be forgotten?

does that apply to fictional characters like us

o1s1n

Captain Obvious wrote: »

Can I ask how Boards has dealt with EU developments in regards to the right to be forgotten?

Closed accounts?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Captain Obvious wrote: »

Can I ask how Boards has dealt with EU developments in regards to the right to be forgotten?

Boards is anonymous, so doesn't come under that.

dxhound2005

Jayop wrote: »

I'm sure the people that get away with constant wumming while trying to get others banned are very happy with it.

If you go into any match thread for a United game in which they don't win and think that's the result of good work by the mods then you're on a different planet to me.

It's only one forum. This exercise is trying to get to the reason that overall posts on Boards have reduced by 2.5 million over the last few years.

I don't think any issues to do with moderation are the reason. I expect the same Wind Up Merchants were in operation in Soccer at the height of Boards' popularity.

_Kaiser_

Keira Thankful Target wrote: »

But it would mean that someone couldn't go to someone's profile and trawl through all their posts.

That could be removed/limited to your friends list pretty easily I'd imagine.. I tend to agree that some of the efforts some posters go through to attack others by trawling through posting history verges on either creepy or stalkerish.

Ditto the option of seeing who a user previously posted as if they simply asked for it to be renamed rather than closed it entirely.

Ken.

Captain Obvious wrote: »

Can I ask how Boards has dealt with EU developments in regards to the right to be forgotten?

I remember looking it up at the time and it only applies to places where you are named. I'd imagine the figures for people posting using their real names on Boards is as close to 0% as its possible to get without being 0.

Again I'll say if someone does name you on boards then report it to the local mods who will delete the post and warn the office cause its that serious its in the terms of use.

https://www.boards.ie/content/terms?site=desktop
5. What you agree to when joining boards.ie
defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights
(such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others
identify or speculate as to the identity of any anonymous or pseudonymous user


People have been site banned for outing* someone. (*outing is probably the wrong word)

Jayop

dxhound2005 wrote: »

It's only one forum. This exercise is trying to get to the reason that overall posts on Boards have reduced by 2.5 million over the last few years.

I don't think any issues to do with moderation are the reason. I expect the same Wind Up Merchants were in operation in Soccer at the height of Boards' popularity.

1) I just went over every mention of soccer in this thread and it's certainly not more positive than good.

2) This topic has been opened to include things that would improve the user experience in this post https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105861854#post105861854 so this is all very relevant. Politics fell foul to a lot of the things that the I complained about the soccer forum. AH's can too.

3) You clearly didn't read my list of complaints about the mods if you think that I'm blaming the wums. The wums aren't the problem. It's incompetent and inconsistent moderation that is.

dxhound2005

Jayop wrote: »

1) I just went over every mention of soccer in this thread and it's certainly not more positive than good.

2) This topic has been opened to include things that would improve the user experience in this post https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105861854#post105861854 so this is all very relevant. Politics fell foul to a lot of the things that the I complained about the soccer forum. AH's can too.

3) You clearly didn't read my list of complaints about the mods if you think that I'm blaming the wums. The wums aren't the problem. It's incompetent and inconsistent moderation that is.

In the end even if you got the perfect Boards, or other people got exactly what they want, it will not bring back the missing 2.5 million posts.

NollagShona

Im sick of all the basically racist dog whistling threads being left unchecked in AH

NollagShona

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Soccer moderation got a good few mentions in this thread. More positive than negative.

Really???

Owta Control

_Dara_ wrote: »

What's the the "as you well know" dig at the end then? And I've openly talked about having previous accounts. So it seemed needlessly antagonistic.

? No, I just said that if a poster is reregging then if they keep posting in the same style, in the same fora, then they will be easily spotted, and "as you well know was not a dig"...it was a mere nod to the fact you have been here before and you would know that it's true, is that a bit clearer?

Jayop

dxhound2005 wrote: »

In the end even if you got the perfect Boards, or other people got exactly what they want, it will not bring back the missing 2.5 million posts.

If the user experience is improved less people will drop out and more people could sign up. This is fairly basic stuff.

Beasty

Captain Obvious wrote: »

Can I ask how Boards has dealt with EU developments in regards to the right to be forgotten?

Everyone is responsible for anything they post here or elsewhere. Anyone can copy and paste anything in the public forums. And that's the point - it's public, and posters know that when they post. You may have the right to be forgotten, but your actions are not and cannot be eradicated. And that applies even if you post under your real name. If you post anonymously, what is there to be forgotten?

dxhound2005

Jayop wrote: »

If the user experience is improved less people will drop out and more people could sign up. This is fairly basic stuff.

The user experience is the same for me as it was five years ago, and ten years ago. Improving it for one person might be making it worse for others.

Ursus Horribilis

I can't find any mention of it within this thread but I'd like to have the option of hiding my username when browsing the site on the computer. I don't want anyone I know in real life to be able to see my username at a glance.

Jayop

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The user experience is the same for me as it was five years ago, and ten years ago. Improving it for one person might be making it worse for others.

I don't mean the user experience as in the lay out. I mean the entire user experience.

And in fairness something being the same as it was in the last 5 years as the place has lost millions of posts per year isn't exactly a good selling point.

Tell me how

These are way down the list of what could be done but seeing as this is an opportunity to give feedback. Also, might have been covered previously.

It's interesting that some posters are annoyed with what they see as racist threads running riot and some posters within those threads still see they're voices as being silenced. It is like broader society in this respect, you will have people from both ends of the spectrum and it is impossible to please everyone.

I wonder how many posters close their account and 2-4 weeks later regret it, could there be an option to select a 1, 4 or 10 week hiatus during which you could not re-access the site as well as the straight out option to close?

The app doesn't allow the option to unfollow threads which is annoying, it still shows posts from posters who are on your ignore list and it doesn't allow for easy insertion of url's or images which is also a bit annoying at times.

On some threads where they started with a specific question, I sometimes feel the person who asked the question is forgotten about very quickly as it is not clear when they respond to comments that they initially asked the question.
Could it be set up so that the starter of a thread would be identified as such when they subsequently respond. Maybe a simple text box above the icon showing when they are online in each post could indicate "thread starter"?

I dislike the responsive and touch sites (as much as I can tell the difference) and only use the legacy one as I dislike the amount of white space on the other sites. In my view you have to scroll or click much more to access the same information which I find annoying.

the_pen_turner

Tell me how wrote: »

On some threads where they started with a specific question, I sometimes feel the person who asked the question is forgotten about very quickly as it is not clear when they respond to comments that they initially asked the question.
Could it be set up so that the starter of a thread would be identified as such when they subsequently respond. Maybe a simple text box above the icon showing when they are online in each post could indicate "thread starter"?

great idea. . sometimes it is very hard to follow. identifying the OP someway would be great.
changing the colour of the box around the text could work. or some kind of button that would light up like are you online button

dxhound2005

Jayop wrote: »

I don't mean the user experience as in the lay out. I mean the entire user experience.

And in fairness something being the same as it was in the last 5 years as the place has lost millions of posts per year isn't exactly a good selling point.

I also meant the entire user experience. A lot of posts here are claiming that it has got worse, but my personal experience does not bear that out. In the main those posts have been complaints about moderation.

I simply do not believe that there has been such a fundamental change in moderation practices in my years here to firstly produce a very large increase in posts, and subsequently to see a sharp decline. The real reason lies elsewhere.

Jayop

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I also meant the entire user experience. A lot of posts here are claiming that it has got worse, but my personal experience does not bear that out. In the main those posts have been complaints about moderation.

I simply do not believe that there has been such a fundamental change in moderation practices in my years here to firstly produce a very large increase in posts, and subsequently to see a sharp decline. The real reason lies elsewhere.

The real reason lies in the fact that there's other options that suit people better that weren't around or as popular 5/10 years ago.

Twitter
Reddit
Even the likes of group chats on Whatsapp arev ery popular now

For boards to compete with those it needs to be better than what it is and inconsistent at times agenda driven moderation is without doubt the worst thing about boards right now.

John mac

Not having read the entire thread ,
my 2c .... i would love to see a proper search function.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I also meant the entire user experience. A lot of posts here are claiming that it has got worse, but my personal experience does not bear that out. In the main those posts have been complaints about moderation.

I simply do not believe that there has been such a fundamental change in moderation practices in my years here to firstly produce a very large increase in posts, and subsequently to see a sharp decline. The real reason lies elsewhere.

I have to echo this. Usually feedback threads are dominated by posters with complaints, gripes, dissatisfaction or demands for change. I'm here over 11 years and don't see many of the issues regarding moderation or thread closing as a hindrance to me. I also don't see a major change in them over that period. It cannot be denied that the fall in users has to have it's origins in the advent of other media like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit etc.
I usually stick to 6 or 8 forums and certainly 5 of them are very active. Many seem to think that AH is the busy forum and the opinions of it's regulars should carry more sway but Motors for example have more active users at this moment in time and most certainly rarely needs moderator intervention.
I know I'm rambling now but I honestly don't see Boards failing any time soon, as there is a steady cohort of users across many forums who post away happily and for whom the site simply works as it is.
Certainly some changes would be nice to see. I would welcome Moderators only showing as Mods when on their own forums, as it can be confusing not knowing immediately if they are speaking as Mods or not at times. There have been a few other good suggestions through this thread too.
But let's be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Please, please, please review the functionality of the touch site.

If I want to change posts per page, post a YouTube vid or embed an image, I have to switch to full site. I also didn’t know that this was now a site wide thread until I turned on the laptop (I rarely use it) this evening and saw the sticky at top of page. This doesn’t show on touch either.

On the topic of stickies, there are too many. What are your thoughts of having the charter as a button beside the thanks and report posts? It would free up space on main page and might even get more clicks and reads.

Also, +1 to whoever suggested having a rolling page 1 rather than existing setup. I sometimes go to page 2 but very rarely reach page 3. Ooo matron

Victor

I think dealing with the organised bigotry band-wagoning on After Hours is something that would be desirable. I don't see much such hatred on the internet (I know it still exists), other than on AH.