Forum Proposal: Ask FlyerTalk
Sep 14, 2006 | 9:28 pm
#46
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That's a resonable point, but I'm not sure this would actually make any difference. We'd still counsel people to do a search first, and some portion will still ignore it. I'd love to hear ideas to correct that problem, becuase it is a poster laziness issue. But, like I said, I would imagine it happens just as often before as after AFT.
Sep 14, 2006 | 9:54 pm
#47
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I'd like to reiterate my support of this forum.
Sep 14, 2006 | 9:58 pm
#48
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Originally Posted by Doppy
I'd like to reiterate my support of this forum.
But there are some complexities that have to be considered.
I find the dialogue here very interesting and hope that we get some additional feedback from other FT members.
Sep 14, 2006 | 11:02 pm
#49
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While not necessarily opposed to the idea, I would think that time spent by more knowledgeable FTers in this forum would lead to lesser availability of those same posters in specific forums where program/topic-specific questions were being properly asked.
Reward those who query to the least? :-:
Reward those who query to the least? :-:
Sep 15, 2006 | 12:56 am
#50
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I think this forum could indeed be a worthwhile addition to FT; some explicit benchmarks by which to measure its sucess would be helpful to formulate
Sep 15, 2006 | 3:02 pm
#51
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Originally Posted by linsj
Robb makes some good points for AFT, but a big problem I see is this: Newbies and others will end up posting questions that already have a dozen threads in the appropriate forums. When these are moved to the correct forums, will they be merged into existing ones? Or will they end up duplicating threads already there? It's already time consuming when search turns up a multitude of threads to go through, many of which are repetitious.
This way, when someone does a search on a particular topic, there are fewer threads that will appear as a result, hopefully assisting the FlyerTalk member in finding the sought-after information faster and easier.