MOTION PASSED: Create a 'Points & Miles Blogs' Forum
Feb 15, 2014, 2:33 pm
#272
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Eloquently and succinctly put, Madame President.
The reality is that blogs are an entree into the points and miles addiction. A gateway drug, if you will. And with auto-link backing built into most blog software, that gateway often leads people to the harder stuff at FT.
FT has more to gain from talking about blogs than blogs have to gain from being talked about on FT. So let's put that talk a) where it belongs and b) front and center.
I can't think of a single reason NOT to move it. Can anyone else?
The reality is that blogs are an entree into the points and miles addiction. A gateway drug, if you will. And with auto-link backing built into most blog software, that gateway often leads people to the harder stuff at FT.
FT has more to gain from talking about blogs than blogs have to gain from being talked about on FT. So let's put that talk a) where it belongs and b) front and center.
I can't think of a single reason NOT to move it. Can anyone else?
Feb 15, 2014, 2:49 pm
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I concur, Sharon. Thanks for bringing this up.
Feb 15, 2014, 2:56 pm
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Feb 15, 2014, 3:14 pm
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Very precisely, where are you suggesting that the forum be moved?
Feb 15, 2014, 4:04 pm
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Looking at the Miles and Points category, the most reasonable location would be between Mileage Run Deals and S.P.A.M. Why do I say that? Because IMHO discussion of blogs is more useful that S.P.A.M but less useful than the other non-program specific subjects.
Feb 15, 2014, 7:47 pm
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I'll be the lone dissenter to the proposed relocation of EM&PR forum to M&P as it's not about M&P in and of itself but rather talking about those who traffic in M&P information and to me there is a difference between those two things.
MHO would be to leave it where it is but simply retitle the forum to more clearly convey it's content, Blogs & Point Resources for example, evaluate whether traffic has increased and if it doesn't then explore relocation.
Just MHO.
MHO would be to leave it where it is but simply retitle the forum to more clearly convey it's content, Blogs & Point Resources for example, evaluate whether traffic has increased and if it doesn't then explore relocation.
Just MHO.
Feb 15, 2014, 9:02 pm
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Somewhat off-topic: Why is the Phone Programs/Partners header still present under Miles and Points? Those programs died ages ago. I think the header should be removed.
Feb 15, 2014, 9:08 pm
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Feb 15, 2014, 9:15 pm
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Feb 16, 2014, 4:19 am
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I'll be the lone dissenter to the proposed relocation of EM&PR forum to M&P as it's not about M&P in and of itself but rather talking about those who traffic in M&P information and to me there is a difference between those two things.
MHO would be to leave it where it is but simply retitle the forum to more clearly convey it's content, Blogs & Point Resources for example, evaluate whether traffic has increased and if it doesn't then explore relocation.
Just MHO.
MHO would be to leave it where it is but simply retitle the forum to more clearly convey it's content, Blogs & Point Resources for example, evaluate whether traffic has increased and if it doesn't then explore relocation.
Just MHO.
Feb 16, 2014, 8:31 am
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MHO is that M&P should be kept solely for ways to earn M&P and that discussions of people who talk about M&P be kept elsewhere. If T&D no longer works as a moniker then updating it to something better may be due as is a EM&PR forum retitle but MHO is to at least consider rebranding before relocation which seems the quick fix. Just MHO.
Feb 16, 2014, 8:51 am
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MHO is that M&P should be kept solely for ways to earn M&P and that discussions of people who talk about M&P be kept elsewhere. If T&D no longer works as a moniker then updating it to something better may be due as is a EM&PR forum retitle but MHO is to at least consider rebranding before relocation which seems the quick fix. Just MHO.
But really, who actually pays attention to the forum headings? I subscribe to all of the forums I'm interested in reading in MyFlyerTalk, so I can't remember the last time I visited http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/index.php. The only time I care about what forum a sub-forum is in is when I'm trying to find one I don't normally visit, and in that case, you just have to think, "Where would it be most logical to find this forum?" And for that purpose, it makes much more sense that you'd find a forum talking about miles and points blogs in Miles & Points instead of Travel & Dining.
Feb 16, 2014, 9:37 am
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MHO is that M&P should be kept solely for ways to earn M&P and that discussions of people who talk about M&P be kept elsewhere. If T&D no longer works as a moniker then updating it to something better may be due as is a EM&PR forum retitle but MHO is to at least consider rebranding before relocation which seems the quick fix. Just MHO.
And to reiterate my reasons for the move:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22353407-post270.html
Cheers.
Feb 16, 2014, 9:53 am
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The only time I care about what forum a sub-forum is in is when I'm trying to find one I don't normally visit, and in that case, you just have to think, "Where would it be most logical to find this forum?" And for that purpose, it makes much more sense that you'd find a forum talking about miles and points blogs in Miles & Points instead of Travel & Dining.