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from post #35 in this thread...



I thought we were supposed to see big changes in the first quarter of this year. I haven't seen anything yet. I hope no one is waiting for me to provide input other than what I have already made.

When can we expect to see the new look current forum?
Yes, CF has a new owner now.
And currently CF staff is being introduced to the new "look" of CF.
We have a test forum on another server.

All this depends on how and what the owner decides to proceed.

Clearly we are beyond the 1st quarter, but you know how these things get.
It is beyond our control.

Once we are on another horse, all these things, including Futuristic Forum could be looked at again.
 
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Doug, I fear that you are as a voice crying out in the wilderness. But I'm with you.
What the moderators and the decision makers have not heard with their mind being said it is not just the flaming/goading that is the problem but the disruption in continuity of a topic, when there are extremely opposing fundamental eschatological positions, operating in the same space, which the very basics have no commonality.

The moderators are seeing it as a flaming/goading issue - which there is that aspect for sure - because they have to deal with the reported posts. But from a futurist position - that is not the fundamental problem of mixing into one forum preterists, futurists, historists, idealist, and the far out.
 
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Yes, CF has a new owner now.
And currently CF staff is being introduced to the new "look" of CF.
We have a test forum on another server.

All this depends on how and what the owner decides to proceed.

Clearly we are beyond the 1st quarter, but you know how these things get.
It is beyond our control.

Once we are on another horse, all these things, including Futuristic Forum could be looked at again.

I could see getting rid of or consolidating about 50% of the forums at CF. Because a lot of the forums are social forums and not bible forums.

Eschatology on the other hand is at the forefront of Bible subject matter and is going to affect everyone in this world and in heaven. The other stuff in the social forums at this site is fluff, imo. But then again, I am not the owner of the site.

What concerns me is the kind of evaluation the new owner is getting reported to him.
 
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I could see getting rid of or consolidating about 50% of the forums at CF. Because a lot of the forums are social forums and not bible forums.

Eschatology on the other hand is at the forefront of Bible subject matter and is going to affect everyone in this world and in heaven. The other stuff in the social forums at this site is fluff, imo. But then again, I am not the owner of the site.

What concerns me is the kind of evaluation the new owner is getting reported to him.
What we would be doing is consolidating slow forums and removing empty forums.
All this depends on owners. Past owners wanted to keep it as is. :)
So, once we trim all this we would have a second round of trimming and consolidating and moving and some time later another round.

So what is happening with you guys, with tags and all is not a final decision.
It is a temporary fix to see how it goes.
Hey, it might work just fine, or we could change it further down the road.

It is better having more people in one room than few people in many rooms.

Consider the tags as the first round ... OK?

Thanks, :)
Ed
 
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What we would be doing is consolidating slow forums and removing empty forums.
All this depends on owners. Past owners wanted to keep it as is. :)
So, once we trim all this we would have a second round of trimming and consolidating and moving and some time later another round.

So what is happening with you guys, with tags and all is not a final decision.
It is a temporary fix to see how it goes.
Hey, it might work just fine, or we could change it further down the road.

It is better having more people in one room than few people in many rooms.

Consider the tags as the first round ... OK?

Thanks, :)
Ed
Right now I am just looking at is how soon is this tagged forum going to be operational?

As far as futurist only forum having enough participation (without any tags or safehouses), I don't see that as being a problem.
It is better having more people in one room than few people in many rooms.
Reduce the sum total, by eliminating the chess and let's jam and anime/manga forums, and creating a futurist only end times forum. And leave the current eschatology forum alone without the tag experimentation. Has the owner been reported that concept? If not, why not give the owner a choice?
 
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What we would be doing is consolidating slow forums and removing empty forums.
All this depends on owners. Past owners wanted to keep it as is. :)
So, once we trim all this we would have a second round of trimming and consolidating and moving and some time later another round.

So what is happening with you guys, with tags and all is not a final decision.
It is a temporary fix to see how it goes.
Hey, it might work just fine, or we could change it further down the road.

It is better having more people in one room than few people in many rooms.

Consider the tags as the first round ... OK?

Thanks, :)
Ed

Ed, go look in the Eschatology forum at your post in James's thread.... it is already on page 2 after only a couple of days, and because it is not on the front page no one is commenting and in most cases are even aware of its existence.

That's what going to happen when tags are implemented. A person is going to open a thread and it is going to quickly disappear from sight, with no-one commenting because people are unlikely to dig through pages of threads.
 
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Ed, go look in the Eschatology forum at your post in James's thread.... it is already on page 2 after only a couple of days, and because it is not on the front page no one is commenting and in most cases are even aware of its existence.

That's what going to happen when tags are implemented. A person is going to open a thread and it is going to quickly disappear from sight, with no-one commenting because people are unlikely to dig through pages of threads.
New Look!
 
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New Look!
...sigh. I don't know where to begin. Some text boxes too big. Other text boxes too small.

Screen name box too big. Screen name itself too big

I would eliminate the facebook, tweeter, etc line.
 
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...sigh. I don't know where to begin. Some text boxes too big. Other text boxes too small.

Screen name box too big. Screen name itself too big

I would eliminate the facebook, tweeter, etc line.
The site has been destroyed.

Why couldn't the decision makers just create a futurists only forum and leave everything else alone. You ruined my favorite discussion site.
 
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The site has been destroyed.

Why couldn't the decision makers just create a futurists only forum and leave everything else alone. You ruined my favorite discussion site.
I quit.
 
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Dougg don't quit please. Let the new owner realize how important a futurists forum would be for everyone. I believe that if placed easily on the CF page where everyone could see it, the forum would get a lot of action. I myself use a tablet instead of a computer when I post, so it needs to be user friendly.
 
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Dougg don't quit please. Let the new owner realize how important a futurists forum would be for everyone. I believe that if placed easily on the CF page where everyone could see it, the forum would get a lot of action. I myself use a tablet instead of a computer when I post, so it needs to be user friendly.
Well after a multitude of posts in the commentary thread on the new look - The software coordinator said an optional scheme was in the works, which by the sounds of it would be satisfactory to me. So I am going to give it a chance to see what the optional scheme would look like.

My question is to the powers that be reading this thread is - Could you please post in this thread your list so far of the "Tags" you plan on implementing in your alternative to giving us a new Futurists only Forum ?
 
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What we would be doing is consolidating slow forums and removing empty forums.
All this depends on owners. Past owners wanted to keep it as is. :)
So, once we trim all this we would have a second round of trimming and consolidating and moving and some time later another round.

So what is happening with you guys, with tags and all is not a final decision.
It is a temporary fix to see how it goes.
Hey, it might work just fine, or we could change it further down the road.

It is better having more people in one room than few people in many rooms.

Consider the tags as the first round ... OK?

Thanks, :)
Ed
Could you please provide your list of Tags that the moderator team came up with so far so far?
 
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Could you please provide your list of Tags that the moderator team came up with so far so far?
What we would be doing is consolidating slow forums and removing empty forums.
All this depends on owners. Past owners wanted to keep it as is. :)
So, once we trim all this we would have a second round of trimming and consolidating and moving and some time later another round.

So what is happening with you guys, with tags and all is not a final decision.
It is a temporary fix to see how it goes.
Hey, it might work just fine, or we could change it further down the road.

It is better having more people in one room than few people in many rooms.

Consider the tags as the first round ... OK?

Thanks, :)
Ed
Ed, since the site is going through a software change, now is the perfect time to give us our "futurists only end times forum?

Have the software coordinator create our forum in the structure I have laid out - and within that new forum, I will identify what Tags to make that forum be the place where all futurists will want to post.
 
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Folks, this is being reviewed by the Admins. :)
George, now is the perfect time to give us a "Futurist Only End Times Forum". Within that new forum, I will identify suggest what Tags to make that forum be the place where all futurists will want to post.
 
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George, I assuming that the software team is busy with all the comments received about the new look. One of those issues was there is to be coming a new scheme option with the user name to the left (the traditional layout) instead of the broad horizontal block of mostly empty space separating the posts.

btw, I was going to comment in the "new look" thread, but it seems the thread is closed or something, that after 36 pages of comments a person could go back through those pages and see that it is page after page of mostly white space (because of the user name block placement and signature block size). The 36 pages normally would have been about 4 or 5 pages considering the brevity of most of comments as one or two liners.

Anyway in the user name to the user name left scheme option - I would suggest placing that option in the "preferences" each member is given.

Please keep us advised as to the user name left scheme option. And to a "futurists only end times forum". We desperately need it. You can go to the current eschatology forum and see that it is basically a battle royale between preterists and futurists. Which if people want to partake in that - fine, but it takes away from true eschatology discussion.

That forum right now is basically arguing over what is eschantology (futurism) and what is not eschatology (preterism). Which is what the preterist want - to derail futurist discussion. The fox is in the hen house.

I don't think the idea of tags is going to solve anything. And I don't even understand how tags would apply in that particular environment.
 
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A futurist only forum?...that discussion is still ongoing?...I about have up douggie. if they haven't given us one by now. .they ain't gonna give us one man....let's move on and count our losses...:)

Unlesss you pester them so much that they get tired of you and grant your wish. ..Like the parable of that man who beg the king and got what he wanted because he wearied him so much...:)....good luck man
 
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A futurist only forum?...that discussion is still ongoing?...I about have up douggie. if they haven't given us one by now. .they ain't gonna give us one man....let's move on and count our losses...:)

Unlesss you pester them so much that they get tired of you and grant your wish. ..Like the parable of that man who beg the king and got what he wanted because he wearied him so much...:)....good luck man
Just a few posts back George95 in post #94 said it was under discussion. Maybe they have looked at what is actually going on in the current eschatology forum and understand our need for a separate futurists only end times forum.
 
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George, I assuming that the software team is busy with all the comments received about the new look. One of those issues was there is to be coming a new scheme option with the user name to the left (the traditional layout) instead of the broad horizontal block of mostly empty space separating the posts.

btw, I was going to comment in the "new look" thread, but it seems the thread is closed or something, that after 36 pages of comments a person could go back through those pages and see that it is page after page of mostly white space (because of the user name block placement and signature block size). The 36 pages normally would have been about 4 or 5 pages considering the brevity of most of comments as one or two liners.

Anyway in the user name to the user name left scheme option - I would suggest placing that option in the "preferences" each member is given.

Please keep us advised as to the user name left scheme option. And to a "futurists only end times forum". We desperately need it. You can go to the current eschatology forum and see that it is basically a battle royale between preterists and futurists. Which if people want to partake in that - fine, but it takes away from true eschatology discussion.

That forum right now is basically arguing over what is eschantology (futurism) and what is not eschatology (preterism). Which is what the preterist want - to derail futurist discussion. The fox is in the hen house.

I don't think the idea of tags is going to solve anything. And I don't even understand how tags would apply in that particular environment.

Aah.... the user name to the left scheme in place. Many thanks to the new software team.
 
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