I agree with Mcdar. because of a few minority members, we are forced to suffer. I appreciate your low moderation Shawn. I don't think that al lot of the people would be here if the place didn't feel so relaxed either... I just have an issue with being restricted besause of some kid... My $0.02
It wasn't just him... it's been other members as well. Will probably work out some compromise, like it automatically appending the reply to the last post rather than the user specifically needing to edit it.
I understand where McDar is coming from in regard to his specific problem in regard to sleeping bag page experiment but for the most part it has been a welcome relief to me. Recently we have picked up an alful lot of chit chat with no SEO substance. I for one have been remiss in thanking people who respond to my questions because I hate to add to the trivia level. For all of you who have helped me and made inciteful comments I do appreciate it. Shannon
Shawn, Although that is "A" solution, it is not always appropriate to add everything to the same post. Do you mean to say that most posters in this forum are too ignorant to be able to use common sense while posting or to follow certain rules and/or guidelines? NOW Just as I was addressing Shawn, Smyrl posted something that I also wanted to reply to. They were NOT the same topic and would not be appropriate in the same post. This is to ackward to read or to follow, IMHO This is what Bob had to say regarding this in another thread... Shawn, Please reconsider...
Unfortunately yes, it does seem that way. Of course it's not a perfect solution, it really comes down to which is "less bad". The other option is to get a bunch of moderators to babysit everyone, which is what every other forum does, and I've never really been too keen on that approach... Forums that go that route inherently start having a feeling of separation and classes between users. No one wants to say anything that might piss off a moderator for example. Another option would be to send any additional posts to a moderation queue. If it's that important that it needs to be in a separate post, it could be done, but it won't be displayed until someone has time to look at it.
I think once members get used to it they will find a way around it, maybe Shawn can code certain members like McDar that are providing research to members an exemption from the restriction. I would say that would be a solution on a case by case basis where he could over ride the system for certain subjects like McDar's research.
I guess the "one more brillant idea" could be edited into the original post. Others seem to be aware of the problem that Shawn think justifies this "irritant", but I have no idea who was abusing what? But then I've been away for much of the last three weeks and haven't been very active.
Could and can, but we have a hierarchical thread system that makes that inconsistent... I've just had to reply to two people in one post, one of whom may never know (unlikely I know), unless they follow the path down the other set of responses. I like to respond to individuals with individual posts... seems like common courtesy and common sense.
It's just a bad idea, plain and simple, IMO... whatever Plan C and D are, they must be better than Plan A and the suggested Plan B is only slightly better. (unless Plan C is the quarantined post idea... that's worse)
As a moderator on a busy forum, I can understand both points of view. I read a post, answered the questions and gave my opinion, then realised I'd not answered another question, so edited my previous post... no problem. Now if two people posted two different questions, and you wanted to answer to both that's where it gets a little silly, basically you have to remember both posts and answer both questions in one post, and identify the answers to the two posters. It's a little more time consuming but I'm not going to loose sleep over it
I do not like it for the following reasons, I have put up threads that are informational threads, folks look at the threads but do not respond. If I want to add more to the subject matter for a better reference I can not after the editing period is over, here that is 48 hours. So that thread is dead in the water as for as becoming a research tool. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1220 The above thread has 208 views with no responses, so readers are reading it just to pick off the links. If I wanted to add more links to this thread I could not do it.
Good point Anthony. I had forgot about the 48 hours limit on editing. I can imagine it's difficult and frustrating for Shawn, and I agree totally about this commend on moderators. That is partly the reason why I left SEO chat, along with slow loading etc.
Can we pay you to go back WW? Just kidding.... Watch what you say, a lot of the folks here are from there, that is why I got socked so bad when I got here. I was banned there right before I got here, so that is why I was unfairly treated by some folks. I really do not care about all that crap, but it is just a bit of information. I am really a nice guy, right WW?
Your issue doesn't apply anothony... First of all the editing period is 24 hours (not 48 hours). The time before you can add an additional sequential post is 6 hours (not 24 or 48).
Well you should have told us this, the time limit is 6 hours, that still is not going to make some of these folks happy. It is alright Shawn, it is a rare moment to pick on you, you know I always enjoy that
Holy cow there Shawn, looks like you really stirred up the hornets nest. I think both sides have valid points. The only issue I see is from this example: I visit a thread that has more than one or two pages. I start reading from the begining. I see a post I want to comment on so I click 'quote' and make my comments. I go back and start reading from where I left off. Bam, I see another post that deserves a comment. I click 'quote' on this tread. Now what? If no one else has posted, I'm unable to make my comments. This is about the only issue I see that really stands out. Otherwise, I think most of the reasons mentioned for prohibiting sequential posting are valid. Shawn, is there any way to allow a sequential post if it's being created by clicking the 'quote' button and prohiting all others? Just my thoughts. Now I'll let you all get back to the rowdy brawl
I can see why you might feel that way but that's incorrect. Actually, only my side has a valid point...
Mopacfan does have a good idea, Shawn will solve this thing, he will code his way out of it, just wait and see. All Forums change, when they do folks always complain, some forums talk about new features just like we are here and they are added. So it will be resolved.