[ptrikha21]

I don't need to be paid or even recognized for higher quality, it just feels good naturally.

Yes even I feel the same to a great extent !

[Cedric V]

The font is too small to read, and I need to pinch my eyes to be able to read any post here

Not arguing with your post but there is a simple answer to the size of the font. Simply press and hold down the "CTRL" key and tap the + key. Each time you tap the + key, the font size gets bigger. To return to the default size, simply hold down the CTRL key and tap 0 (the number, not the letter)

I know, that trick has been around for decades. But I also frequent a lot of other websites, so if I'd were to visit FC, I'd need to adjust this every time. This is a problem that isn't on my behalf, I don't need a solution for this.

Screen sizes have increased significantly ever since Forum Coin was online. Small fonts are frowned upon, google dislikes it, and it's generally known hard to read. Even now posting this reply, I need to squint my eyes.

[Netherrealmer]

People needs to diversify where to reply, People still stuck in BMW when all categories pretty much pays the same now. They also have habit to bury bee threads because they locve bumping 3 year old threads

[OldGuy]

People needs to diversify where the reply, People still stuck in BMW when all categories pretty much pays the same now.

I believe the biggest issue at this time is the extreme shortage of interesting new topics that will entice the members to even post a reply. They will reply to topics of interest and ignore the rest. There are only 146 topics even listed under the new posts link in the most recent 7 day display and half of them are old topics that have received a glut of replies that often repeat.

Nearly half of all who log in each day look around, find nothing new of interest and leave without posting anything at all. We all need new topics of interest in all forum sections just to find something that will attract attention and offer opportunities to post new content. It is a vicious circle of a lack of new topics and a dwindling number of members who even log in due to a lack of new topics.

Members need to make posting a new topic part of their daily site participation, even if only making a habit of posting one new topic every time they log in before they go on and contribute to existing topics. New topics are needed every single day and the only source is the participating members themselves. Posting at least one new topic at log in has to be part of the daily site participation from everyone to keep the lights on.

[Netherrealmer]

For some reason ptp users are not into mainstream stuff. We need to talk about mainstream stuff to get younger members.

[ptrikha21]

Getting new ideas is not a challenge.
You have got various news sites. Check out sections like Politics, Sports, Business, Travel for varied content.
If one has other interests, there is a lot on Fashion, Movies, Web Series, Animation Series, Relationships and lot lot more.
Today I found content in the form of Articles and a few other news.
So well, others can also put in some efforts and pitch in.

Yet if one does not wants to spend even five minutes in getting information, editing and customizing then we cannot discuss much.
We can only suggest !

[Netherrealmer]

Also reply on threads created this month not threads from 2013 where the author is either banned, quits forumcoin or already dead.

[OldGuy]

I don't need to be paid or even recognized for higher quality, it just feels good naturally.

Yes even I feel the same to a great extent !

I realize you know how well you are doing. Yes, if I happen to send out an award based on your achievement, yes, you are the recipient. They are small amounts just as an acknowledgment for your personal achievements, but the actual purpose for even offering these awards is not for you personally.

I am simply drawing attention to those who are valued members of the site by virtue of the high quality content you have been submitting as examples. The message is intended for all those who are driveling along with useless contributions in hopes they might somehow see they can do better if they can observe examples.

After all is said and done, 62.12% of all who contribute content are trailing along with reputation scores well below the site average. I suppose I could pick on a few of those and blister them with insults over the junk content they submit, but that might seem socially unacceptable as it could seriously affect their own self esteem. Pointing them out as turds crapping all over the site would make me enemy number one and would probably push Fergal to kick me to the curb for the hostility of it.

It just seems a better approach to lavish praise on those who are doing well as examples for those who don't seem to get it. Please don't be offended by it. There are many who just need to see some reason to do better themselves when they see your accomplishments.

[oldbuddy]

I don't need to be paid or even recognized for higher quality, it just feels good naturally.

Yes even I feel the same to a great extent !

I realize you know how well you are doing. Yes, if I happen to send out an award based on your achievement, yes, you are the recipient. They are small amounts just as an acknowledgment for your personal achievements, but the actual purpose for even offering these awards is not for you personally.

I am simply drawing attention to those who are valued members of the site by virtue of the high quality content you have been submitting as examples. The message is intended for all those who are driveling along with useless contributions in hopes they might somehow see they can do better if they can observe examples.

After all is said and done, 62.12% of all who contribute content are trailing along with reputation scores well below the site average. I suppose I could pick on a few of those and blister them with insults over the junk content they submit, but that might seem socially unacceptable as it could seriously affect their own self esteem. Pointing them out as turds crapping all over the site would make me enemy number one and would probably push Fergal to kick me to the curb for the hostility of it.

It just seems a better approach to lavish praise on those who are doing well as examples for those who don't seem to get it. Please don't be offended by it. There are many who just need to see some reason to do better themselves when they see your accomplishments.

A simple solution would be if you find a topic that is being beat like a dead horse, block any further comments. End of problem for that post.

[OldGuy]

A simple solution would be if you find a topic that is being beat like a dead horse, block any further comments. End of problem for that post.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I have already gone through the topics currently open for discussion and sent a list of topics older than 1 year and with more than 1000 posts to Fergal suggesting that very same idea.

As you probably already know, if you look at any of those topics and go to the bottom you can switch the sort order of all posts by user name. You can find pages of replies from the same members repeating themselves over and over for the half cent per post In almost all of them.

They rarely add much of anything new to the conversation. Unfortunately, most of those repeating members have reputation scores from 1% to about 4% indicating they are dumping in a lot of low quality content. Quantity does not equal quality. The site would be better off to just automatically close topics once they reach 1000 posts to forcefully end that practice. If someone really has something new of value to add to any particular old topic, a new topic can be added to replace the old.

The other side of that is to limit each member to no more than 10 posts to any single topic. You have already said enough by then and end up just repeating yourself.

[Netherrealmer]

make embedding easier. Other sites You just need to paste a Youtube video link and its automatically embedded. Embedding here is harder

[oldbuddy]

make embedding easier. Other sites You just need to paste a Youtube video link and its automatically embedded. Embedding here is harder

I don't see clicking a link to open the video in another tab as excessive.

[ptrikha21]

A simple solution would be if you find a topic that is being beat like a dead horse, block any further comments. End of problem for that post.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I have already gone through the topics currently open for discussion and sent a list of topics older than 1 year and with more than 1000 posts to Fergal suggesting that very same idea.......

May be having a separate section of "Archived" discussions for those older than 4 or 5 years can help.
After all, not many would take the time and effort to go and check "Archived" section.

[oldbuddy]

If everyone here would join different free advertising websites where people promote making money online and create a splah page that promotes Forum Coin with good solid suggestions why people should try it that they could run with some of the free credits they earn, they might bring in some fresh talent and maybe even make a few referral commissions.

If anyone reading this wants to extend themselves enough to try this, I would be willing to support them with a few thousand credits to join one of the sites I use myself. If even 10 members here brought in half as many as I have we would add 200 new members with a fresh outlook on posting.

[Netherrealmer]

I don't see clicking a link to open the video in another tab as excessive.

I talk about copying a small part of a link and putting it in the middle of this code: [YouTube][/YouTube], In other forums, Pasting Youtube link automatically embeds it.

[Spontaneo]

I am not sure if my ideas would be well received. Yet I have thought of a few measures that might help make FC better and also perhaps a better "ROI".

Revert to a maximum of 8 or 10 posts per day : May be someone might say : Hey I have 15 ideas today and you bring this 8/10 limit!! Yet I think sometimes with no limits, our tendency to post junk goes up.
Would posting junk help any of us?

Reward a very well written and composed article with extra points - at least 5 FC.
Now this could sound a bit socialistic but then I think the very ideas of Socialism and even Communism were never bad but the implementation could be faulty and this incentive could mean better articles being put out.

As a pilot and for 20 days, the Admin can manually check and ask people to desist from writing very short sentences like
"I liked it".

"That was good".

if something was enjoyable or good, then why not tell why it was so.
And well, outrightly ban "Have a Nice day" unless it is after a full paragraph.

Then, how do you feel like topics such as "games", which has been there forever?

[Carson20t]

People need to know that there is so much that we can get to benefit from this forum, it is rich with content about finance, personal development personal growth and entertainment. So if you like to be online a lot then forumcoin is for you. Forumcoin can also integrate microlikes so that people get to know that they can have double tipping.

[ptrikha21]

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Then, how do you feel like topics such as "games", which has been there forever?

Games are fine for fun sometimes. I too take part in them sometimes.
Yet for other topics, I believe that there has to be some basic seriousness.

[oldbuddy]

No forum is perfect for everyone all the time. If you feel the topics are drifting off center, then don't post or comment. Come back later and you will most likely find it better to your liking. At least you won't be adding to the polution.

[OldGuy]

No forum is perfect for everyone all the time. If you feel the topics are drifting off center, then don't post or comment. Come back later and you will most likely find it better to your liking. At least you won't be adding to the pollution.

Even better, if you are not finding topics of personal interest to comment on, try posting a new topic yourself. We always need new topics to replace older topics as they drop off to the archives. The new post link is all the way back down to just displaying 188 topics right now. Every member should be posting new topics as part of your site participation. There is no other source.