Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 06:54     Subject: I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
If you don't like it, then leave. No one is forcing anyone to play on this playground. Like it or not, Jeff and Maria run it how they want to. It's not a democracy, and no one ever claimed it was.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 05:20     Subject: I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
OP, has it occurred to you that we would ALL like the most responses to our posts, that we would all like to post in OFF TOPIC and that it would be impossible to do so? That if we all followed your personal credo, the first page of Off Topic would host posts for about 12 seconds before moving them to the second page because it would be so crowded, and other forums would have about three posts -- because Off Topic would be filled with threads like "How can I find a good dentist" and "What should I name my puppy"

Jesus Christ, are you 14?
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 05:14     Subject: I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
I think that Jeff is like Obama, he wants to be Big Brother and likes to control content . lets see what happens to my post....
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 03:19     Subject: I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
I always click on "recent topics" first then my favorite forums....
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 01:39     Subject: I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
OP, if it makes you feel any better, I check my "favorite" forums first, and then click on "Recent Topics" and just read those titles, clicking on whichever subject line intrigues me. So don't worry that I won't see your issue. Swear to god, discovering "Recent Topics" was pretty much the best discover I ever made, aside from discovering this website. I mean, who KNEW those girls over in Beauty & Fashion were so knowledgeable! And those Fifty & Over people? They're so cute with their old people problems! I love Recent Topics.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 01:36     Subject: Re:I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
I use Recent Topics, so will see the thread/post no matter the forum. I like threads being moved to the correct forum; otherwise, nearly everything would be posted in Off-Topic.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 00:58     Subject: Re:I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lol this should be moved to website feedback.

Exactly!

I look at threads via Recent Topics, so I'll see your thread no matter where you post it. I'd bet many DCUMers use the Recent Topics feature...so just put your thread where it belongs!

Why do you think this complaint was better suited for off-topic than website feedback?

Do agree that sometimes a post could fit more than one forum and there's a gray area; if my post fell into that category and Jeff moved it, then I suppose I might post on website feedback with a request that it be returned. Can't hurt to (politely) ask.


No, most people do NOT look at recent topics or same kind of topics would get the same amount of traffic. You put a "how long did take you to conceive at age 40" on GP, you will GET much more answers than if you put it on TTC or infertility for example.

Or, if you ask for a restaurant recommendation in OT, it will give you more answers quickly than on the food forum...

And finally, if everyone is looking at recent topics, what is the point of having different forums? They are all mixed up on RT anyway....


Yes this is a good example. I did not post this thread in website feedback because I think early on when the new forums (I know it is'fora' but it sounds weird) were introduced, a couple of people complained but nothing changed. So I posted here because I generally like the variety of views in off topic and wanted to see if others felt the same way I did. I also never go in recent topics.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 00:46     Subject: I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
Anonymous wrote:I think Jeff makes an effort to put threads in the correct forums to people can more easily search the forums. 00:13, name threads were all over the place and with all of them in Expectant Moms, which is IMO where they belong since those are the people choosing/discussing/otherwise wondering about names, people can easily search to see if a name has been discussed already. It also helps keep multiple threads from going on in different forums - there was a "What is your mortgage rate" question in Off-Topic today where there is at least one of these per week it seems in the Real Estate forum and there now have been some in the new Money forum. FWIW I always use Recent Topics so I will always see things that way, and I do report things that obviously have a more suitable forum.


No one, or at least most people do NOT use the search feature on this site but use google instead. I wanted to know about Language Star and even though I *knew* I would have much more answers if I put it on GP and just googled and asked on camps, extra activities thread - whatever... I got a few answers. Fine.

Then someone else posted on OT about the same topic LS or Hope school for an adopted chinese girl.. and it went on and on for 4 + pages on Ot.

Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 00:29     Subject: I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
I think Jeff makes an effort to put threads in the correct forums to people can more easily search the forums. 00:13, name threads were all over the place and with all of them in Expectant Moms, which is IMO where they belong since those are the people choosing/discussing/otherwise wondering about names, people can easily search to see if a name has been discussed already. It also helps keep multiple threads from going on in different forums - there was a "What is your mortgage rate" question in Off-Topic today where there is at least one of these per week it seems in the Real Estate forum and there now have been some in the new Money forum. FWIW I always use Recent Topics so I will always see things that way, and I do report things that obviously have a more suitable forum.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 00:24     Subject: Re:I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lol this should be moved to website feedback.

Exactly!

I look at threads via Recent Topics, so I'll see your thread no matter where you post it. I'd bet many DCUMers use the Recent Topics feature...so just put your thread where it belongs!

Why do you think this complaint was better suited for off-topic than website feedback?

Do agree that sometimes a post could fit more than one forum and there's a gray area; if my post fell into that category and Jeff moved it, then I suppose I might post on website feedback with a request that it be returned. Can't hurt to (politely) ask.


No, most people do NOT look at recent topics or same kind of topics would get the same amount of traffic. You put a "how long did take you to conceive at age 40" on GP, you will GET much more answers than if you put it on TTC or infertility for example.

Or, if you ask for a restaurant recommendation in OT, it will give you more answers quickly than on the food forum...

And finally, if everyone is looking at recent topics, what is the point of having different forums? They are all mixed up on RT anyway....
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 00:19     Subject: Re:I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
Anonymous wrote:Lol this should be moved to website feedback.

Exactly!

I look at threads via Recent Topics, so I'll see your thread no matter where you post it. I'd bet many DCUMers use the Recent Topics feature...so just put your thread where it belongs!

Why do you think this complaint was better suited for off-topic than website feedback?

Do agree that sometimes a post could fit more than one forum and there's a gray area; if my post fell into that category and Jeff moved it, then I suppose I might post on website feedback with a request that it be returned. Can't hurt to (politely) ask.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 00:13     Subject: Re:I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
Agree op. The other day I posted about the name AURORA, asking what people think of it on GP. The next day I found it on Expectant Parents??!! I am not even pregnant - it was just "what do you think of this name" kind of thread.

Very annoying!
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 00:09     Subject: Re:I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
Lol this should be moved to website feedback.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2013 00:09     Subject: Re:I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
Yes this does suck. There are some things that have to do with sex--but i would really call them explicit--but they are very vexing but I'm not going to put them in the explicit forum. No one goes there. I don't anyway. Any way. very frustrating when the post is moved.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2013 23:58     Subject: I HATE it When My Posts Get Moved to Another Forum
I know how to read and know exactly which forum I want to post my question in because I am seeking input from a particular audience. I specifically avoid posting in some of the subject specific sections in order to avoid the slow traffic which often yields few if any responses. Is there anyway to avoid this? For example, if I want to know whether anyone has ever had an allergic reaction after eating an orange, I don't want the post moved to the food and restaurant or health and medicine sections.