I strongly support AoI. Why change something that's not broken and that we'd actually gotten used to? There are surely better & more important things for forum administrators to do than go about changing names in the name of standardization..?

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Oh, I see... standardization for the sake of organization is WAY worse than non-standardization for the sake of... an easy acronym?

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I think that in this case, standardization for the sake of organization is worse than non-standardization for the sake of convenience, familiarity, sense of community, more majestic sounding name, and easy acronym that's at the top of the list.

Convenience - I'm not seeing this - With either name, use MyFlyerTalk and bookmark the forum - convenient either way.

Familiarity - The posts inside the forum have not changed, only the name - the forum should still be "familiar" to regulars and visitors alike. And if anyone is having trouble getting "familiar" with where to find the forum, suggest MyFlyerTalk to them also.

Sense of Community - I don't see this either - The sense of community should come from the posts inside, not just the name.

More majestic sounding name - What exactly constitutes a majestic vs. non-majestic name? Where's the line between the two? I see two different three-letter acronyms - AoI, or IbA. Why is one majestic and the other not?

Easy acronym at the top of the list - Okay, I'll give you this one.

Are you a frequent reader and/or poster of Airlines of India?

Just curious.

Some of the smaller fora here are very different in feel than the larger ones, and have a greater sense of community. (There are larger ones which also have a sense of community, but which I feel to shut out others if they are not part of the clique or the established group. However AoI has always seemed to be especially warm and welcoming to newcomers)

That isn't an argument for retaining one name over another, but rather just an explanation of why at least a few may feel more passionate about the name of the forum.

Very well said exbayern. I couldn't have put it better.

+1 Well said.

+2 exbayern clearly understands our forum dynamic well.

Hi,

I've been a long time lurker of the AoI forum - I live in Germany, but I travel back to India often, and therefore I follow the forum a lot.

It is a very welcoming place, with a very good sense of community. I have always thought that the name helped foster that community - AoI has a very beautiful ring to it that just makes people feel welcome.

I can't say that same thing about the new name.

I request that the TalkBoard changes it back.

P.S (what exactly is the TalkBoard) I gather that they have the power to change it back, but I have never heard it before lallyr linked me to this thread.

No, I'm not, obviously... but if the forum's moderator (who I assume is a frequent reader/poster in the forum) is supportive of the name change and has specifically stated that it will not change back, why is that not good enough?

Why is that not good enough? Babu is a very nice forum moderator from what I've seen, but he is only one person, with his own personal preferences.

You can see clearly on this thread that lots of people (like me and PVDtoDEL, exbayern, zoonil, lallyr, Hyderago, Simz, snod08) all are not liking this change.

I don't know what this TalkBoard is, but I think that they should think about what the posters want - after all, the posters is what makes forum money from advertising and such.

We like it as AoI, and TalkBoard should change it back. If Moderator has power, then he should change it back. Leaving it like this I am not liking at all.

Are we demanding? Are we boycotting? All we are saying is that we preferred the old name. It had a better ring to it.

FT is a place where people can share their opinions which is what we are doing. It is not a society where a King rules so if the mod has said he is happy with the name he is not a king with final ruling powers. With all due respect your tone is not appreciated.

Let everyone have their opinion and then leave it up to the people that run this place.

Maybe we should demand if they are having such mean attitude and tone.

I make enough salary - I can set up a forum on airlinesofindiaforum.com or something - maybe some of you can help with English on site so it looks nice?

If these people will be so mean and disregard us like this, we should go somewhere else.

With all due respect bollyfan, I don't think this will be necessary. In the past, the administration of FlyerTalk has been very helpful, and I think they will be this time too. After all, we are happy in the AoI forum - no need for something drastic like this.

I just hope they will listen to us.

ok PVDtoDEL. You are posting a lot more than me, so obviously your opinion is having more importance.

Maybe I am jumping too far ahead (there is some such phrase in English, for
ज़्यादा गुस्सा).

The point is that these people should be respecting our opinion and not just doing their own thing. I am not seeing anybody supporting this name change except for that mean lo2e. So then why is it happening?

Regards,
Radhika