- Jun 12, 2014
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I disagree. In fact, I think the entire message board should consist of one giant thread about everything.Problem with visitors seeing thread titles is that they are boring. A visitor’s interest in a forum will often be determined by glancing at the thread titles to see what’s being discussed.
We have a recruiting thread. That’s it. It’s the recruiting thread. If you are a visitor and click it for the first time you’ll see posts from months ago. You’d have to read for hours to catch up. However, if we had new thread titles for new developments, that would be enticing. “4 Star Tackle Verbally Commits!” where the first post is about the recruit in question is more enticing than “2024 Recruiting Thread” where the first post is a year old.
A DJ Lagaway thread where we comment on his 7 TDs in the first half is a bigger hook than having the info buried on page 147 in a generic titled thread.
A single game thread makes sense for the game itself, but a pre-game thread about our DL versus their OL creates more interest. If it’s all buried in the game thread, you don’t even know that particular issue is being discussed and you may not want to plow through 42 pages to find out what has been discussed.
If you want to tempt a guest to turn into a paying member, you need more, fresher, and narrower subject threads. Ox likes a tidy and orderly forum organized a certain way. He (and others) consume content broadly. He wants to read all the posts. Guests aren’t there (yet). They are more enticed by a buffet that makes it easier for them to sample small bites of the specific content they are most interested in.
I also thought the “lifetime membership” was kind of a joke. Too cheap for too much.
PF should be pay only. Not the place for lurkers.
Current lifetime members should get some benefit (maybe free membership but with limited ads?).
No nudity. Don’t need it.
I kinda like writing sh!t and fuchs. It’s part of our unique culture (along with mom jokes and TWSS). One change please— I hate that I can write ass and hole but if I make it one word it comes out as *******. Give us that word.
Alex.