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Post by chances on Aug 14, 2014 1:09:19 GMT
On the organizing sub-board thread, several people mentioned that there were too many sub-boards, and they didn't check anything other than 'General'. I usually check the general board and card making everyday. However, I realized that I never look at Project Life or Photography, even though I'm interested in both of those subjects! In addition, I notice that sometimes the boards are really slow. I wonder if everything was in one place if more people would see the threads and they would move faster. In fact, I've never seen more than 35 people viewing the GS board at any given time. Because we are such a small group, maybe we should merge the boards. What do you think? ETA: I wonder if there is a way to cross-list posts that may apply to more than one board. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 14, 2014 1:26:03 GMT
I think it would be a good thing to merge all of the scrapping related boards together. Some boards I almost never see anyone viewing them, and I visit here frequently through the day.
I personally hate having to scroll down so far to get to the general scrapping threads.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 14, 2014 2:02:37 GMT
I have mixed feelings about merging all the boards. I understand what people have said on the other thread about missing posts they might have wanted to read because they don't think to look in the sub-boards, but on the other hand it's kind of nice to have one place to go to look for something specific you're interested in. If all the boards are merged, that leaves everyone having to wade through many posts they may have no interest in whatsoever on the GS board and STILL miss that post they might have wanted to read because now it's lost in the clutter, maybe has an ambiguous title, etc., KWIM?
For me personally, I have no interest at all in doing Project Life because it's just not my style so I never look at that board and it saves me a little time not having to go through those posts. But for those people who ONLY do Project Life, it's nice that they have that place to go and know that EVERYTHING there applies. Now on the other hand, I do dabble in digital and I do some card making so I check those boards periodically. I'd love to start doing some mixed media projects at some point, but not until my studio is organized and all of my stuff is unpacked. It's nice knowing that when I'm ready to dive into that, ALL of those threads are located together in one place so I don't have to try to dig through what could potentially be THOUSANDS of old posts to find the ones that might pertain.
Does anybody else remember the heyday of scrapping when the boards at 2Peas were so busy that it was easy to miss half of the posts because they dropped off so fast? That was frustrating to me, much more frustrating than maybe having to look in one other place for something I might be interested in.
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Post by vickie on Aug 14, 2014 2:11:06 GMT
I personally kind of like the boards being separate. I read the GS first, then go to card making and stamping, then the others as time permits. At the old board I would see a PL thread and think, oh geez another PL thread and skip past. I think a separate board for PL and digital scrapping is good. I like it, that way if I am looking for something in particular it is easier to find.
I read Splitcoast stampers frequently too and I like the separate boards. I always look at Mission Organization at Splitcoast.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 14, 2014 2:32:14 GMT
I like the boards being sub categorized. I think separate boards for cardmaking, photography, digital, stamping, and PL are important because you are able to find a wealth of information on those topics all in one neat location. Those boards are places to ask specific questions relating to those subsets.
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Post by penny on Aug 14, 2014 3:04:48 GMT
I like separation because depending on what I'm working on, I'll go to that category... I get too easily distracted and it would be like Pinterest all over again if they were all together...lol
I think that some of it is maybe a learning curve - which category to start your thread in... Some questions, although you're asking because of a PL LO you're working on, aren't specific to PL and the OP would probably have more responses if they posted in GS...
I've never taken notice of how many people are looking at each category... It doesn't matter to me if it's 2 or 200... If I start a thread in card making but don't get any replies, I'd just start a thread in general and say, "I asked on card making, wondering if any of you general scrappers might know"... Unless - is there a way to change the category of a thread once you've started it? If there was, I'd just leave the thread as is, and edit/switch the category so it showed in GS...
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Post by FurryP on Aug 14, 2014 3:05:23 GMT
I personally hate having to scroll down so far to get to the general scrapping threads. That ^^^^^ |
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Post by oaksong on Aug 14, 2014 3:11:27 GMT
If I'm reading the stats right, there are about 200 threads on the subboards out of 950 total, so about 1 in 5 threads are on specific topics. Of those 200, there are many I would be interested in reading, but I don't make the effort to read every subboard. I would prefer it if the boards were all combined.
What if there were little icons to label the thread with their subboard category, but combine everything onto one board? That way those who are only interested in certain topics could see them easily, and the rest of us might come across something new.
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Post by cannmom on Aug 14, 2014 3:29:26 GMT
Some of the sub boards don't interest me and I never look at them. I guess if everything was lumped into one I would just scroll past threads on those topics.
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Post by tracylynn on Aug 14, 2014 4:01:04 GMT
I don't think they all need to be combined back into GS, but I think PL could be for sure. I think card making/stamping should remain it's own board for sure - it's not scrapbooking and there's a ton of good stuff in there that would be missed otherwise. I'm not a fan of the scrolling either, but I do not think everything should be combined back into GS for sure.
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Post by TracieClaiborne on Aug 14, 2014 8:00:28 GMT
I haven't been to the sub boards - I just stick with General Scrapping. I get confused easily.  |
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Post by houston249 on Aug 14, 2014 15:18:46 GMT
I like the idea of the sub- boards for reference instead of trying to remember what word I need to use for the search function or how I had a thread book marked.
Plus If I become a member or start a group it would be easier for others to find us intead of our group randomly popping up everyonce in a while on someone elses screen. We can always leave an announcement thread on the general board and btt up to the top a few times.
Maybe we can have a few agreed upon phrases to indicate action on another board.
Club-put title here
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Organization- put title here
Gosh remember how many threads wookiemouse organized for us? They all deserve a special organizational area here. Sort of a reference kind of thing. Not that we can't have new ones but those thread she did were a lot of work.
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Post by amom23 on Aug 14, 2014 15:33:34 GMT
Sub-boards are only useful if people read them. Personally, I really don't see the GS board moving fast enough to have posts get lost in the shuffle.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 14, 2014 16:48:48 GMT
Sub-boards are only useful if people read them. Personally, I really don't see the GS board moving fast enough to have posts get lost in the shuffle. True, but keep in mind that this forum is less than two months old, and look at how many posts there are over on NSBR already! These are the kinds of things that are easy to separate now when the forum is small, but not so easy to do down the road when there are many more members and considerably more posts. This is a really unique thing we've got here and I think it will only get more popular as more people discover it and start using it. |
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Post by oldcrow on Aug 14, 2014 19:24:14 GMT
I like having the sub-boards. I go first to stamping and card making and then to general scrapping. I don't go to the other boards because I don't do that sort of thing.
So if they were merged there would be a lot of threads I would just scroll on by based on the subject line. And there is a good chance I would not have time to go to page 2 - 3.....
Having them separate I can quickly see which ones I have read and which ones are new and which ones have new posts. I know I would miss many new threads and posts if they were merged. All of the sub-boards have less posts than the general board so it would be easy for such posts to get "lost".
And to add to the complaint of hating all the scrolling to get to what you want to see, I don't like the thought of scrolling for pages to find something that is of interest to me.
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Post by kcat on Aug 14, 2014 20:48:38 GMT
I like the sub-boards, as long as there's not too many. Things like photography and digital scrapbooking are nice to have set apart so that it's easier to find information on them without wading through the posts on traditional scrapbook supplies and such. I personally don't read any of the others, but I imagine the mixed media and card-makers appreciate those boards. Challenges and Project Life seems kind of in the same category to me, though I may be mistaken as I don't do either. A separate board for sharing layouts or links to galleries might be nice though, I miss the having the gallery at two peas to look though and it would be nice to have all the inspiration in one place.
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Post by st1tches1 on Aug 14, 2014 21:16:04 GMT
I personally hate having to scroll down so far to get to the general scrapping threads. That ^^^^^  |
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Post by Linda on Aug 14, 2014 22:59:43 GMT
I have mixed feelings - I rarely remember to read the sub-boards so having them merged back in would make it more likely I would see the posts.
I think some sub-boards make more sense separated out though - but I'm not sure I can identify which ones.
Maybe give it a bit more time and maybe have the lowest traffic ones merged back in?
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Post by anniefb on Aug 15, 2014 4:18:40 GMT
I don't really mind. I do visit several of the sub-boards regularly - PL, card making, digital and photography but I'm sure there's a way to make posts stand out if they're all or mostly merged back in to the general SB.
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Post by judyc on Aug 15, 2014 4:28:56 GMT
I voted to Merge, but I think what would be ideal would be for the poster to have to select a category (like P/L, General, Photography, etc.) and then the user be able to filter by topic if they wanted to. They could see one topic at a time, or all of them together. (This is how the Studio Calico gallery works, and it's a great feature).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2014 3:36:29 GMT
I wish there were zero sub-boards. I rarely check them, prefer having to look just at GS, and don't like having to scroll past all the boards, as others have said.
If I want to find threads on Project Life, i just search for that. The search function here is MUCH better than at 2peas where you could only search titles.
What about utilizing the hashtag feature? #ProjectLife #photography etc
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Aug 16, 2014 3:49:18 GMT
I would prefer not to have the sub boards either. If it's about scrapping let's see them all.
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 16, 2014 5:15:02 GMT
I believe that's what the admin said she planned on doing.
I personally could go either way. I think FSOT should definitely stay separate.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2014 11:16:22 GMT
Personally, I really love how there are separate categories here. It can get too confusing and overwhelming rummaging through all the posts looking for a specific subject I'm interested in.
On Two Peas, people were begging for a separate PL forum because they were sick of so many of those posts in the GS. And the PL'ers wanted one so it would be easier to locate. I'm so glad the Podmother listened and made sub forums for us here! Another reason why this place rocks!!
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Post by pamc on Aug 16, 2014 11:45:22 GMT
Either way is fine with me.
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Post by msliz on Aug 16, 2014 12:07:11 GMT
I voted to leave them separate. They all have enough traffic, given the size of the active community.
crazy4scraps wrote, This is a really unique thing we've got here and I think it will only get more popular as more people discover it and start using it.
I disagree, as we're no longer connected to a scrapbooking store, I think we can expect our numbers to stay small, and our posts to hang around on page one for awhile. But I also think there's something special about being a part of a small (mostly) hidden community. And I think that the regular users of the sub-boards feel that way too, even more so. I wouldn't was to take that away from anyone.
How about the rest of us just going to the sub-boards once in awhile to visit and see what we're missing? I don't do mixed media, but there's a ton of inspiration to be found there!
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Post by mamanay on Aug 16, 2014 13:29:06 GMT
I really prefer having all the sub boards. I check the for sale one every day.
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Post by sabriolet on Aug 17, 2014 15:36:16 GMT
I think if this board moved faster, or the other boards moved faster then separating them would make more sense to me. Either way isn't a dealbreaker for me though. I prefer them all in one place, but I am living with them separated with no great hardship.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 20:57:38 GMT
I'd like them to merge. The popularity of Project Life is dying down, there isn't that many digital scrappers and exclusive stampers. It seems like when I go to the general scrapping board there is usually less than 20 people viewing. It's even less on the other boards. I also would like general scrapping at the top instead of the sub boards.
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