Max Fridman
Well-known member
Answer with personal opinions on a broad market approach, doesn't make sense.
The point is make something useful, improving what we have.
The point is make something useful, improving what we have.
Actually, I love that it asks what they want right out of the gate and see that as one of the features I definitely want to implement. They don't have to worry about selecting the correct thread type in the editor. They just say what they want to do and it puts them in the right spot. This basically assumes someone who knows nothing about Xenforo, just what they want to post. Your proposal, as far as I can tell, just switches back to the OOB Post Thread button which is kind of what TH is trying to get away from with this project.- Expanding on the point above, discussion threads, polls, questions, etc. could all be considered a "post" in the most basic sense. Rather than present the user will a wall of choices within the universal create button, this could probably be simplified to just "Create Post". The UI could then guide the user in creating the appropriate post type (for an example of what I had in mind while typing this, try creating a post on reddit).
Most people don't utilize status updates because there's no real incentive to use them. Same with forum profiles. Most don't come on the forum and the first thing they do is pimp out the profile.
Forums make the person secondary or even third and the content is more front and center.
These are interesting points, and I’ve always taken every opportunity to improve our community sense of “we are all in this together, like a big, but strange family”.The problem is I think, that forums haven't been able to keep up with social media in terms of user experience. Existing forum profiles are practically useless and outdated. Even on forums with better designs, it still feels like an outdated forum experience. In general, you visit one forum and it's experience, you've pretty much visited most forums of the same software and their experience.
What I want is an easier integration into ALL the social medias. We've got FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google but there's no nascent connection to TikTok, Instagram, and others. We need to do better in getting our users to be able to share our content elsewhere.
You really miss the point of the integration. It's not for me. It's never for me.After many years I have concluded that integration into social media sites benefits mainly the social media sites, not you.
Post on ScubaBoard ONCE and with a few simple clicks, you can share it to all those other platforms without having to redo all your work.
⬆ This right here.I've been into forums since the days of the old BB's and I will probably be with forums until my last breath, because they are the last bastion of hope for any kind of thought provoking and interesting discussions.
Very nice said.And as I've said many times here, people visit our forums, and the forums keep growing, because they are not social media, and are free of the hate, trolling, blatant advertising and misuse of our personal information, and have intelligent and critical conversations among friends.
Or maybe they are intelligent and thoughtful people doing their best to understand but the problem is not so much in the reading of it, but the way it is presented?Im going to out and say that a lot of people replying I dont think read the piece.
Not saying anyone isn't those things, but of course you know that and this is just another attempt to throw a jab. Good one I guess and point noted.Or maybe they are intelligent and thoughtful people doing their best to understand but the problem is not so much in the reading of it, but the way it is presented?
I did not think I was throwing a jab. Just pointing out that misunderstanding how something works can sometimes not always be the user’s shortcoming.Not saying anyone isn't those things, but of course you know that and this is just another attempt to throw a jab. Good one I guess and point noted.
Im going to out and say that a lot of people replying I dont think read the piece.
I've had to rewrite my reply four times now and yes, I have re-read the article you linked. Audentio's work is admirable, no doubt about it! Yet I don't feel it will ever fit every use case out there. That is my main point. It might work for some newer, younger forums out there, but anything long-established could find legacy members struggling to figure out how things work.Im going to out and say that a lot of people replying I dont think read the piece. There is nothing in here that says "Lets bow to social media". Instead, we learn from what works well while keeping what is special and important about forums true. There are too many quotes to grab but really, the focus is more on a ux, a product, an overall experience that needs to be improved dramatically.
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