Thanks Kevin for Choosing this Forum Format

[mikethompson]

Sometimes you dont realize how good you have it until you don't have it anymore.

I recently joined a guitar forum so I could stop pestering @scloyd about guitars and notes, and I found a pretty active one. There are lots of members and everyone seems pretty good. The rub is that the forum is run on vbulletin which is completely different than here.

Its harder to enter posts, post pictures, and there are a bunch of features on here that the other forum just doesn't have.

I'm sure I will get used to it the more I post there, but the way this forum is laid is just so much more user friendly.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It still takes longer for me than the old format but now I can browse multiple sites and forums while waiting for this one to load.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I like this interface much more than the old. It's much easier to post pics, which is an important feature. Proof of that can be found in the "Now Smoking" thread.

 

[BROBS]

I think this format is super easy compared to other forums. I feel like people interact a lot more on here now. Also works on the browser without downloading an app no one wants (tapatalk). Vbulletin is a terrible format.

 

[mso489]

I'm somewhat low-tech, so once I got on here, I thought it was the most wonderful format in the universe.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It's very cool. I mean, I still have to look for things, but that is the story of my life at this point.
I have tried to join other forums about other things that I just never got the hang of, but this seems pretty straight forward.

 

[cigrmaster]

The only problem with site is the 2-3 second lag for pages to load. None of my other sites have this lag.

 

[tnfan]

The only problem with site is the 2-3 second lag for pages to load. None of my other sites have this lag.

Agree. Definitely a little slow to load. Otherwise no issues. It is a lot easier to navigate and post pictures.

 

[mikethompson]

Lightning fast for me on my tablet.

If the Great Update had been to vbulletin there would be a huge drop off in posting, I'll tell you that for free.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Wow, I think Kevin may be playing with loading speeds. I noticed that the site was down... for like seconds, and now it loads lightning fast. I bet it was a CSS problem.

 

[BROBS]

must have been some browsers because for me it always loaded in the blink of an eye.
using google chrome on mac.

 

[scloyd]

must have been some browsers because for me it always loaded in the blink of an eye.
using google chrome

Same here.

This is the only forum I'm on...one is enough for me.

 

[hauntedmyst]

This forum software is way better than the previous version.

 

[mikethompson]

I've found it! My screenshot of the old forum

 

[gamzultovah]

Here’s my observation on the new format, while it is easier and much more user friendly, the new format is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it is so easy to use on every platform and in every way (in my experience); a curse, because the floodgates have now been opened and some new members are bring with them bad habits they’ve acquired from being on other social media sites. I enjoyed coming to this site (post upgrade) because the community seemed small, mostly agreeable and tightly knitted...but now the trolls are pouring in. You can have a post (your post) shut down at a moments notice because some troll knows the rules and knows he can do it. In short, post upgrade, this site felt like visiting Alaska...now, it feels like visiting the Southern border in 2016.

 

[mikethompson]

You can have a post (your post) shut down at a moments notice because some troll knows the rules and knows he can do it

I haven't seen a big difference in the numbers of threads that get locked and black holed. For the most part the number of new members have added to this community and to the discussions. I'm sure if the redesign had been to vbulletin or some other format we would just become an echo chamber of the same members saying the same thing.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"I can browse multiple sites and forums while waiting for this one to load."

This speaks volumes for those who are unable to make sense of the new format

Granted, on the whole it's a massive improvement but otherwise needs to be looked into by those that have the capability to so do.

Regards,

Jay

 

[anotherbob]

Here’s my observation on the new format, while it is easier and much more user friendly, the new format is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it is so easy to use on every platform and in every way (in my experience); a curse, because the floodgates have now been opened and some new members are bring with them bad habits they’ve acquired from being on other social media sites. I enjoyed coming to this site (post upgrade) because the community seemed small, mostly agreeable and tightly knitted...but now the trolls are pouring in. You can have a post (your post) shut down at a moments notice because some troll knows the rules and knows he can do it. In short, post upgrade, this site felt like visiting Alaska...now, it feels like visiting the Southern border in 2016.

you think there are problems here that makes me think you must have a rich life and don't spend much time online. No one has thrown me any death threats (it's weird how quickly you get used to random threats of murder,, very weird) over here. And in most internet places I would have gotten at least three for liking Erinmore Flake so much.

 

[BROBS]

Here’s my observation on the new format, while it is easier and much more user friendly, the new format is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it is so easy to use on every platform and in every way (in my experience); a curse, because the floodgates have now been opened and some new members are bring with them bad habits they’ve acquired from being on other social media sites. I enjoyed coming to this site (post upgrade) because the community seemed small, mostly agreeable and tightly knitted...but now the trolls are pouring in. You can have a post (your post) shut down at a moments notice because some troll knows the rules and knows he can do it. In short, post upgrade, this site felt like visiting Alaska...now, it feels like visiting the Southern border in 2016.

so there was no one here before besides crickets? and now there is lively dual-sided discussion?

 

[woodsroad]

The true test of success is whether or not the OS change increased traffic, and whether or not the change is good in the long term for the continued health of the site. Site traffic pays the bills.