The General Chat Thread (2025)

Morning Glory said:
We have tried to respond to some members' discomfort regarding moving posts to new threads and we are now trying to leave clear links so people can see where they have been moved from as well as a link in the thread from where they have been moved. We also won't move things unless the subject really deviates from the title of the thread for a run of posts and/ or the deviation is interesting in its own right.
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I've been getting a bit lost too.
I totally see what mods are trying to do and see the reasoning behind it.

However ...

The method and results are often problematic.

The question is only partly one of where does banter have a place and where can it and does it wildly veer into banter hell? I like a bit of banter myself but 😅

First off tho, I'd like to point out that this is what has effectively killed a forum that was once lively and interesting. It became almost all banter all the time, personal bits, ailments, weather, recent eating out etc. That's fine but all in its place. There are many reasons people join forums.

But ...

I'm also seeing a big layout issue - as in how the forum is laid out , viewed at a glance and accessed. In graphics/techspeak it's also a UI/UX thing.
 
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Z-Cook said:
I'm also seeing a big layout issue - as in how the forum is laid out , viewed at a glance and accessed. In graphics/techspeak it's also a UI/UX thing.
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I've worked in IT support since 1997. In my experience most user issues are simply a case of not taking the time to read or learn the interface.

If you have any specific issues, here is not the location to raise them. Instead read through the various support sections of the forum

Site Support

Tips & Tricks for Using the Forum

The Media Gallery

and see if you find answers there. If you don't, then please raise a question under Site Support asking how something is done.

99.9% of the time there will be a reason why you can't do something a certain way, such as changing the font, font colour or size, which interferes with accessibility features for other members.

For example, links can be underlined by default in your display by changing there default style. That changes it for you and only you, because most members are happy with green text not underlined being links. But some want underlined and some wanted bold. One member even wanted external links in red and internal links on green. All of that is available, if you read up on how.

So please, just ask in the correct location, Site Support and someone, anyone including other members can help out.
 
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