I suppose that’s one opinion.
Yes, it is just one opinion. Yours is one opinion as well.
But here is the reality of the situation:
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We are not moving away from Discourse. After running our community for the last five years and knowing the posting patterns, we think the way Discourse’s approach to a modern message board is well done. Like anything in life, nothing is perfect, but the pros and cons are taken and then a decision is made. We are open to improvements and new ideas, but not if they aren’t backed by numbers and/or if it doesn’t makes sense given the context.
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If you want your idea to be addressed the best way possible, then I recommend heading to the open source project’s message board and start a discussion there.
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I know. The decision has been made. In all seriousness, was the community involved in that decision at all? I didn’t bother with the old forums much because they were an even bigger pain in the neck to understand, navigate, and use, so I really don’t know.
I’ve seen how they deal with suggestions for feature they don’t like, and I know what a jerk Atwood is in general, so no thanks. In all fairness, my complaints are right where they belong. I use (and paid) WK – not discourse – so that’s where I will express my displeasure, when the mood strikes.
Thank you. This is exactly what I was trying to explain to him. I’m so glad the community agrees that dissent is allowed in the forums and is not something to single someone out for. It’s funny that this issue would be addressed in a completely different thread, and I would mistakenly end up its target. Those that have joined the brigade seem to think I am angry that leebo disagrees with my forum post here. I am not. It’s good to know, though, I am not the only one that gets indignant about someone that appears to be chewing someone out for disagreeing. I understand that is how I appear to you all, but it is in fact leebo that was doing this and he happened to show up here. The lack of context combined with my irritation at his passive aggressive behavior managed to fool you all into seeing something other than what was going on. I welcome “no i don’t”. Again. It was his response within the immediately previous context of earlier discussion that made such a response inappropriate and hostile.
That the point I was trying to make to him has now been made by several others is quite satisfying.
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Actually yes. When we first found out it was switching over we created threads discussing the switch and @viet did a very good job of trying to make it the best for everyone. It’s the reason that we have semi private forums instead of completely public. Yes, the decision was made by them, but then again, it’s their decision. I am quite impressed with a company that has gone as far as it has with this switch and doing the best they can to make the most people happy. (You can’t please everyone. Unfortunately.)
But… we didn’t pay to use the forums. You can have a free account and post on all the forums. Technically… the admins could have just made the switch and left us to fend for ourselves. They aren’t against suggestions, but… well… understanding on everyone’s part goes a long way in this regard.
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I like the fact that I can see the number of replies to a particular post. I click on that line and see the actual responses. I do not like re-reading the same posts when I scroll down to see other responses.
I run my own forum on SMF platform. It is nowhere near as attractive as this one. So I’m willing to spend more time with it and get to know it better. With the exception of the aforementioned irritation, I like it.
You’d almost think EskimoJo was agreeing with you. You’re the only one who thinks what I said in the other topic was some kind of egregious attack. It wasn’t, and any playful prodding of you on that account doesn’t rise to the level of egregious either.
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Why would they need to ask us?
No, they are not
You’re right, they should probably start charging you for using this forum.
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I agree with this. 同意する。
I feel the same way. Like if you’re in a rush and really just want to see the replies to one particular post, you can. Otherwise, you can read it all in chronological order. I personally find it handy.
I like options.
Discourse did, for some reason. They seem to think it’s “obvious” that if you’re replying to a person in a thread (even if it’s in response to a post way up in the thread) and that person was also the last poster, then obviously you were responding to the most recent post. Obviously.
Some of us initially reported it as a bug in the forums… but it was pointed out to be a “feature”.
It sucks, I think, but it’s true…