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We need a general reply button...
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Yes, but more importantly than ANYTHING else is to fix e-mail notification. As the forum grows, it's impossible to keep track of what topics you've participated in. The workaround of including a particular topic in "favorites" isn't practical because you get an e-mail every time someone adds to the topic, rather than just a single e-mail stating that the topic has been updated.

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Yes, but more importantly than ANYTHING else is to fix e-mail notification. As the forum grows, it's impossible to keep track of what topics you've participated in. The workaround of including a particular topic in "favorites" isn't practical because you get an e-mail every time someone adds to the topic, rather than just a single e-mail stating that the topic has been updated.

I dunno about that, Alex.

That's more of a personal aspect, compared to general aspects of forum participation.

I immediately shut off 'posting notices' as quickly as possible, if they are ever turned on as a forum default (when joining, as a default).

This does not mean I don't enjoy participating in forums, I wouldn't be well over 15k-20k posts deep in forums, if this where not the case.

I return to and respond to forums at my own pace, not at that of other people's participation. Different prerogatives, I guess.

I, for one, could care less about people responding to a thread I have participated in. Mostly..this is due to the fact that the situations, in my case, tend to be so contentious, that I have to literally be ready to respond appropriately when I arrive, as it almost always resembles walking onto the site of disaster or war zone and having to deal with it. It has to be the right time and frame of mind. I get hammered, for the most part. Some might say it's due to my attitude, my thickly grown skin and logic tels me that it is more of a case of others being unable to see clearly, without their emotions getting in the way. As someone who prefers basic truths over emotional cloaking, this means most of my posts, to the tune of 75 to 90%+, are of a nature that causes others to 'see red'. This means every time I sit down at the keyboard at a forum, it is usually a pitched battle.

Let me put it this way: Every single person who knows me, from family to friends, has been taken to the very edge of their capacity to understand the true nature of reality. Then I attempt to haul them past their own self-imposed limits. They will not go where they have internally/subconciously decided to not go. But they can strike out and bite me. And they do. The closer somebody is to dying, the more I can speak truthfully with them.

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Oh yes. As for the post text editing window:

Please make it so there are twice as many lines of text (height) that can be seen. The window is too damned small. It's like trying to compose a book or read a book, one line at time. Ridiculous.

This is the smallest text editing window I've seen on any forum. Audiophiles are a babbleicious lot. Give them room to babble.

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And NO..I DON"T WANT TO PREVIEW MY MODIFICATIONS. I SIMPLY WANT TO POST.

Quit making me click 5 freaking times to make a simple post, dammit! It does NOT inspire folks to participate. It is not important that it may make your inner english teacher or publisher shake in their boots from the spelling, grammatical, and organizational errors. 99% of us can do without the extra complexity.

mmmmk?

IMHO, if you make the changes I'm speaking about, the forum participation should increase. Slowly, at first, but there will be a notable increase in participation, overall.

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Oh yes. I smell stage II coming soon to this forum:

Multiple moderators. Then it really takes off. The two go hand-in-hand.

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