How to make this forum better?

My thoughts:

Rep - It wasn't here when I first joined. I do kind of like it because I like the nice little messages I can send and receive with it instead of a post or a Pm

PM Characters - Yes more please. I sent a PM to a poster once that I had to split into 5 seperate PMs.

Expert Status - This one is tough. Yes people claim to be experts without much knowledge and yes people start following their advice, but that is the weight loss world beyond the forum too. This community is just a microcosm. The problem with a test is that there is all sorts of conflicting data and theory beyond taking in less calories than you expend. You can have experts with conflicting views that are both well-researched and reasoned.

I think some scheduled chats where a bunch of people can ask questions to "experts" would be awesome. I'd like to lose Cohen's too unless there is a big payout or something.
 
Yea, I was really joking about the test, lol. We couldn't do that.

There really is no way to go about trimming the real experts from the boobs.
 
The only way I think you can really trim the boobs is by rep and I don't mean the score. I recognize Steve and Tom as board exercise experts. Steve from his job and Tom from his own success. I recognize Trusylver to a lesser degree because she hasn't mentioned theory as much as Steve and Tom, but what she has told me was spot on. Anybody else who comes on the board and starts talking exercise, I may listen to, but I'll research what they say very carefully.
 
I never even noticed the diary stars until I read this, so I would say they are a waste of time!

I like the rep system, though. Not because of points or popularity, but like others have said, for the sweet little messages I can leave for people and hear from others.
 
One other thing that has always confused me is Weight Loss Groups and Clubs - combine 'em - I'm not quite sure what the difference is between the two but I really see no distinction...
 
As I mentioned in the HT forum, I like the idea of consolidating specific advice sections, such as the WL through Exercise and the Nutrition forum. The reason I would consolidate is because most of the boards, other than the diary forum, do not seem to be very busy and active. Consequently when I started coming here I would only go to the Diary forum because I thought the other forums don't have many new posts. I could be wrong but that was my perception.

IMO it would be very cool if there was one forum where everyone tended to go whenever they visit, aside from the diaries, where everyone can respond to specific nutrition, exercise and general WL questions or vent or seek advice about other issues, such as sabotaging co-workers or feeling funny at the gym or whatever.

I love this site, so the only other issue would be that its sort of hard being a new member around here as I remember it. I would post in my diary and no one would respond and it got a little discouraging. Sometimes it got discouraging if I posted in someone's diary and they didn't even acknowledge me at all. But what can be done about this..not much I would think. The good news is that once you make friends on the forum, you feel extremely welcome and you enjoy the rappor you have with people. But I can see how a sensitive person might have trouble sticking around long enough to find out how great it is here.
 
There are very few things I would change - I love the forum in general - and my things are little and petty - lol...

It would be nice to have more smileys or new ones - I know we just got some new ones or at least have the access to the ones in the chatroom available when we post on the forum itself...

I dont like the smiley limit in posts only because when you are quoting or multity quoting you need to go back and figure out smiles and erase them b/c you are over your limit and it is from them in other posts that you have quoted...maybe I am just smiley happy/crazy - lol

I really dont like how you can click on someones name and see where they are and what they are doing - lol - I came by this honestly...

and of course the length of the pm sucks...I hate havin to break them up in parts or condense what I am trying to say...

I like the rep for the same reasons everyone else does - althought I feel like the rep and the stars are a populiarity contest - it is nice to read the sweet notes from those giving you rep...

I also hate the word newb...LOL and agree with deleting inactive accounts after a certian time frame
 
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what the hell do you people write in pm's that 1000 characters isn't enough? brevity is a beautiful thing - succintness is a wonderful thing...

seriously - less words is more... :D
 
maleficent said:
what the hell do you people write in pm's that 1000 characters isn't enough? brevity is a beautiful thing - succintness is a wonderful thing...

seriously - less words is more... :D
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is the pm count 1000 words geeesh - well agian back to quoting - LOL...that count goes into your thread word count :doh:
 
maleficent said:
what the hell do you people write in pm's that 1000 characters isn't enough? brevity is a beautiful thing - succintness is a wonderful thing...

seriously - less words is more... :D
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some people need a lot of advice

i've had 4 part pms before
 
Oh and when writing a pm you need to have the person and the subject line filled in to veiw your post that is silly...LOL
 
Well, what about the New Moms section? No one really uses that. I mean anything new mom related could be posted in the "off topic" section. But other than that, most new moms are here to loose weight, so I think that section is pointless.

and I'm w/ cerella, i'd love to see a bigger variety of smiles :D
 
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