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Reduce the number of forums

hoverfly - London

8 years ago

I can't help but feel that there are way too many gardenweb forums and a large number of them seem to be more or less inactive. I'd suggest keeping only the more active ones and getting rid of the rest. Maybe add an "everything else" forum for threads that don't fit anywhere else.

The way it is right now, so many posts go unread because they're buried in forums that no one looks at.

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albert_135 　 39.17°N 119.76°W 4695ft.
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Without a view counter how do you know these forums are ''more or less inactive''? View counters are common on some better forums and the counts may be 40-400 per day with no activity that would be apparent without the counter.

I agree some mergers might be indicated. I.e. there were, and may still be, once three forums, aquariums, koi, and ponds that might function better as one. You were a bit shy in offering specifics.
snycal
8 years ago
Yes I vote to merge them and it's time consuming going through different forums looking for new activity. Maybe have a number that highlights next to the forum name that indicates a new posts?
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