Post by Charles1952 on Nov 6, 2014 19:08:07 GMT -6
I admit it, I've gone crazy. We have the very basics of this place established, we've found the best posters in the world (well, English-speaking world), and everything is feeling fresh, free and comfortable.
Guohua and snarky412 are currently the staff. If you want that designation, ask any of us and we'll talk it over.
Now it's time to get to some work.
In yet another difference from TOS, this staff meeting is open to all the membership. Please contribute if you think it will help produce a better opinion. We have lots of topics to deal with, so let me start with a few of them.
1.) OK, guys, what are we going to do about the colors? Dear Mrs. G., have you found the combination you like best? Is this it? There are a few places where words which are links to someplace else don't show up as anything special. That might not be a big deal. I have just one vote out of 30. I'm inclined to say it seems a bit dark and makes me feel a little claustrophobic or something. An entirely different feeling comes when you look at the forum as a guest. Take a look and see what you think.
2.) I don't think the original structure of the forum with it's boards, sub-boards, and threads, is holding up very well. It's tricky to find things sometimes, there's some confusion within threads as we drift. Certainly, wandering all over the place is an essential for Duffy's Tavern, but soon we'll have umpty bazillion pages of conversation. That's why I split out the Juke Box and Gallery.
What about the other areas? Should we have more boards and no sub-boards, so that a click on the board reveals every thread in it? Or something else? I suspect we may have to move a few posts around to get them with similar posts, but if that's the case, we'll talk with the affected posters first.
3.) This is a tough one. A rewards system. Guohua, I know you like them very much. That's why we have the Hernando's Hideaway Plank Owner's designation. It's for people who post fifty times in our first month of operation. We have the ranks which indicate the level of posting activity. But I think that area is about complete. Now comes the tough call.
Do we put in a reward system in which someone, member or staff, can rate the quality of the post. This might include a thumbs up-thumbs down system, or points of some kind. I don't think we've reached agreement on that question yet.
So, let's start with those three and we can get to others a little later on.
Charles
Guohua and snarky412 are currently the staff. If you want that designation, ask any of us and we'll talk it over.
Now it's time to get to some work.
In yet another difference from TOS, this staff meeting is open to all the membership. Please contribute if you think it will help produce a better opinion. We have lots of topics to deal with, so let me start with a few of them.
1.) OK, guys, what are we going to do about the colors? Dear Mrs. G., have you found the combination you like best? Is this it? There are a few places where words which are links to someplace else don't show up as anything special. That might not be a big deal. I have just one vote out of 30. I'm inclined to say it seems a bit dark and makes me feel a little claustrophobic or something. An entirely different feeling comes when you look at the forum as a guest. Take a look and see what you think.
2.) I don't think the original structure of the forum with it's boards, sub-boards, and threads, is holding up very well. It's tricky to find things sometimes, there's some confusion within threads as we drift. Certainly, wandering all over the place is an essential for Duffy's Tavern, but soon we'll have umpty bazillion pages of conversation. That's why I split out the Juke Box and Gallery.
What about the other areas? Should we have more boards and no sub-boards, so that a click on the board reveals every thread in it? Or something else? I suspect we may have to move a few posts around to get them with similar posts, but if that's the case, we'll talk with the affected posters first.
3.) This is a tough one. A rewards system. Guohua, I know you like them very much. That's why we have the Hernando's Hideaway Plank Owner's designation. It's for people who post fifty times in our first month of operation. We have the ranks which indicate the level of posting activity. But I think that area is about complete. Now comes the tough call.
Do we put in a reward system in which someone, member or staff, can rate the quality of the post. This might include a thumbs up-thumbs down system, or points of some kind. I don't think we've reached agreement on that question yet.
So, let's start with those three and we can get to others a little later on.
Charles