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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: sharetheroad on October 29, 2011, 01:59 pm

Title: Rumor Mill is too cluttered.
Post by: sharetheroad on October 29, 2011, 01:59 pm
I manage several large forums and one thing I've noticed is how much traffic the rumor mill section gets. It's kind of a mess, but I think a few things might make it easier for SRF users to find/share information in that section.

The first page appears to be mostly stickies, new posts are quickly pushing threads to the second page. I think a couple easy steps could alleviate the headache that is browsing/managing the rumor mill.

Create sub-forums for Rumor Mill. ie.,

Forum - Vendor Products / Reviews

This is where SRF users can post product reviews, vendor reviews, and discuss the sellers on SR. Anything that is posted in here that
would belong in the corresponding sub-forums would of course be moved there. I also suggest only keeping a few concise stickie in this section. Obviously Guidelines being one, but if someone wants to maintain it have a Known Reputable Vendors post. Within that you can break it down to various product types/etc and links to their review threads.

Sub-forums within Vendor Products / Reviews

  Trolls / Scammers - Discuss the unsavory part of online transactions. Threads should probably be locked / unlocked based on scamming
activity (ie, if they're gone, no reason to keep the thread open). Maintaining a known good scammer list stickied would be great, but it's hard ass work. This section would work without it though, just with decent moderation.

  New Vendors / Introductions - Say hello, this section is pretty obvious.


,,,,, tl;dr version - the rumor mill is a fucking mess, do something to fix it!
Title: Re: Rumor Mill is too cluttered.
Post by: UCS on October 29, 2011, 03:29 pm
I completely agree with you sharetheroad. The sub-sections are a great idea for easy accessibility to the correct information. :)
Title: Re: Rumor Mill is too cluttered.
Post by: jesusjoints on October 31, 2011, 01:51 pm
Agreed
Title: Re: Rumor Mill is too cluttered.
Post by: phubaiblues on November 01, 2011, 05:37 am
I agree: rumor mill got way more popular than anyone probably thought...lets face it, the vendor reviews are probably most sought out threads, by buyers anyway...I don't even pay attention to feedback anymore, don't trust it, for all the reasons we all know...and even the rumor mill, you gotta have a bit of experience, know who to listen to, who has an axe to grind, and which sellers are selective with their wares, and which aren't....but yeah, split'em up...maybe have vendor/buyer ratings be a separate forum or something...