For the record - of those three, one was from a senior FT'er of more than 2,000 posts who stated clearly he knew he was posting in the wrong Forum and accepted that. I agreed with him on that, as did Randy, as did several others - not mentioned above.

Another was a light hearted comment to a poster well known to me, who has been active here since November 1999, who also knew he was posting in the wrong place. He omitted to mention he'd already asked his question to FT Admin - the obvious place to direct it, and Randy closed the thread after my post. In that thread I submit my reply was much more polite and friendly than that of Plato90s above it, but that comment is overlooked in SMessier's detailed log.

The thread starter, [a regular FT poster] despite being here for nearly THREE YEARS to this day makes it clear he has no clue where "OMNI" was moved to, hence his wrong posting in Buzz, backing up Punki's assertion perfectly, that NOT everyone ... long term members included, has followed or understood the changes of 14 months back:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/007519.html

And the 3rd I have no idea which one it was off the list above. Was it a response to a newbie, as neither of the 2 gentlemen above as remotely in that category. I suppose none of this matters if done politely? I regard all of the posters on this thread as senior members of FT. All of us on FT in that situation I really think owe it to Randy and the Moderators to gently steer NEW posters to a more suitable Forum if we see their post very early on. They cannot be everywhere at once.

As to FT Miles my personal experience is I almost never visit it. Yes I accept it is only a couple of extra mouse clicks away, but I simply do not go there for some reason - to any Forum there. No idea why, and perhaps others like Punki think the same ... I do not know.

Might just be my computer - but to post there requires typing FT name and password all over, even if I have just posted here. Is that occurring to everyone? I just spent 15 mins looking at Forums there that do not have a lot of names of posters that are very evident on Buzz, Community, Coupon Connection etc.

So on that quick look it does seem a lot of folks do not post there as much as they do in "Miles". For whatever reason. That is their choice, as it is mine, but it does seem to indicate other frequent posts appear to avoid that section of Ft for whatever reason.

Why does NOBODY ever use the "FT Events" special facility and calendar? Right now there is ONE FT event listed for all of September. It too is easy to get to -- there is a tab atop every page for goodness sake, but FT'ers have clearly voted with their actions. THEY TOTALLY IGNORE IT. They post their "Events" in Community.

http://www.flyertalk.com/new_calenda...calendar_key=1

"FlyerTalk Connect" is basically the same story:

http://www.flyertalk.com/new_calenda...calendar_key=2

Techgirl decided to start her non-official "Events" thread in Community to get around this problem. Finally, why does basically nobody add a photo to the Photo Gallery?

http://www.flyertalk.com/photosfr.shtml

There are only a few dozen from the last few years and only about 4 from the past 12 months. It is simple to do, we all have scanners and digital cameras pretty much, but like the "FT Events" - folks clearly do not like it or use it.

So not everyone finds it 'natural' to visit or post in "FT Travel". Or "FT Events". Or "FT Connect." Add me to all three lists.

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