Gavin1393
25-03-2013, 06:14 AM
Guys and gals
I know many of us including myself are at 'fault' with the following but can I appeal to everyones good nature and community spirit to try and keep the site nicely structured and to be mindful to not repost the entire conversation at every thread including pictures etc. unless previous information in the thread is pertinent to their posting.
The reason for the request is that often a detailed response is given to try and assist someone with a problem or issue that they are having and this gets posted on the forum only for someone else to post a funny comment (which is always appreciated!) but since it includes everything from the previous posts except the actual helpful post that provides the vital information, that beneficial information ends up on a previous page and no-one gets to see it including the person it was intended to help.
Also paging through pages and pages of exactly the same conversation but for the last line loses the structure of a typical forum. And again, where some have asked for help this may also end up unseen and therefore unanswered on a previous page. Being able to search for pertinent information will also be improved instead of having hundreds of posts to sort through most of which are identical.
It is probably also worth being mindful of the fact that the forum is a free service and the last thing we need is for it to be filled with material duplicated over and over again to the point where it either loses value or Pitbull is asked to pay for additional space.
As a community let's all make an effort when using the "Quote" function to post and retain only the information that is relevant. That way we all win?
I know many of us including myself are at 'fault' with the following but can I appeal to everyones good nature and community spirit to try and keep the site nicely structured and to be mindful to not repost the entire conversation at every thread including pictures etc. unless previous information in the thread is pertinent to their posting.
The reason for the request is that often a detailed response is given to try and assist someone with a problem or issue that they are having and this gets posted on the forum only for someone else to post a funny comment (which is always appreciated!) but since it includes everything from the previous posts except the actual helpful post that provides the vital information, that beneficial information ends up on a previous page and no-one gets to see it including the person it was intended to help.
Also paging through pages and pages of exactly the same conversation but for the last line loses the structure of a typical forum. And again, where some have asked for help this may also end up unseen and therefore unanswered on a previous page. Being able to search for pertinent information will also be improved instead of having hundreds of posts to sort through most of which are identical.
It is probably also worth being mindful of the fact that the forum is a free service and the last thing we need is for it to be filled with material duplicated over and over again to the point where it either loses value or Pitbull is asked to pay for additional space.
As a community let's all make an effort when using the "Quote" function to post and retain only the information that is relevant. That way we all win?