Hi, having used this forums and noted some differences between these and AsiaoneForum, HWZForum, STDB etc, I think the main difference between this and the rest is the fact that the allowance extreme liberty over forum topics here (i.e. anyone can start/ 'own' a new forum board- there are at least 2000 forums by my estimate based on the 20 pages listed here) the downside of which being the lack of structure and organisation in these forums (unlike the rest described where forums are fixed, only new threads are started).
Ie, forums are ranked in terms of popularity and there seems to be a 'start page' where 'whats happening' is displayed.
Whilst accepting that this is a 'popularity driven' forum board, I'd like to suggest to the Admin and Mods that for these forums to continue attracting participants interested in productive discussions, then Mods would preferably have to be more involved and perhaps some functions added.
For Admin/ Mods:
I would first like to apologize for contravening your 'No Cont In Ex. Threads' rule, in relation to my new thread at 'speakers corner': 'Singapore application to Interpol hits brick wall', to which the Mod's action was simply to 'lock' and change in 'title' to 'Ionescu Case - ex thread'- which I understand to mean that my thread was locked because there already exists an existing thread of the same effect. Unfortunately, it took me a short while looking around before I finally used the search function to effectively repost my view in the thread 'Romanian diplomat's car in hit-and-run: cover up?' Under the 'news discussion lounge' board.
Apologies for my unfamiliarity, however, I believe that the Mods in other discussion boards (A1forum) are able to merge such 'misplaced' threads- (a 'moved' code appears next to the 'offending' thread). I'd like to encourage to the Admin here to maybe improve administrative software functionalities and to at least have a more comprehensive instruction manual about the manner of use of these forums with the Mods making more effort in mentioning the faults and rectification measures more explicitly before closing down threads
Admin Functionalities found wanting: viewer 'Report post', admin 'move post' function, close thread with some 'automated mod comments' etc which would make both the lives of users and mods better.
Thank you for your time and interest.
yOU consultant for sgf?
Originally posted by Dondontan:yOU consultant for sgf?