Proposal: Split UA into multiple child forums
Mar 13, 2009, 12:23 pm
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Mar 13, 2009, 12:28 pm
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Mar 13, 2009, 12:55 pm
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I'm still not sure you read the entire OP or the entire thread, because you are reading stuff into this that just isn't there. From your previous reply in this thread it was obvious you didn't read the entire OP.
I thought FT was supposed to be about miles and points. Since I can't seem to get that information in the UA forum anymore, I don't spend hours and hours sifting through the threads to get it.
And there's nothing in the proposal to stop any sort of posts. I'm just asking that they be categorized into sub-forums. one specifically for MP related threads and one for everything else. Or any split that separates the MP related posts and discussion from everything else, like was done in the Mileage Run forum.
-David
I thought FT was supposed to be about miles and points. Since I can't seem to get that information in the UA forum anymore, I don't spend hours and hours sifting through the threads to get it.
And there's nothing in the proposal to stop any sort of posts. I'm just asking that they be categorized into sub-forums. one specifically for MP related threads and one for everything else. Or any split that separates the MP related posts and discussion from everything else, like was done in the Mileage Run forum.
-David
But while FT is 'about points and miles,' ever since the very first days of FT it has also been about the flying/hotel/travel experience. My very first post on the United forum on May 13, 1998, at 9:19am (back when my name was my handle), which was among the very first posts in that forum ever, was about BOTH MP as well as the United experience.
To me, they are so intertwined that I think there would have to be, as I keep saying, Untied-type garbage to usefulness ratio before I'd want to ask the moderators to split the baby in half.
But, again, that's just me. There are 8 other TB members...
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Mar 13, 2009, 4:15 pm
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Gang,
We ask that people stay on topic. Some posts have been deleted that are not related to the member proposal.
William
We ask that people stay on topic. Some posts have been deleted that are not related to the member proposal.
William
Mar 13, 2009, 4:16 pm
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I know that I do not want to have to visit two different forums for information on United Airlines. I appreciate having everything United in one forum.
In addition, I am not a fan of subforums... it causes problems on showing newest posts on the front screens.
In addition, I am not a fan of subforums... it causes problems on showing newest posts on the front screens.
Mar 13, 2009, 7:49 pm
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what he said. ^
Mar 13, 2009, 8:01 pm
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Do you only visit one forum on FT today?
Why bother with forums at all? We can just post everything in one giant unsorted pool.
-David
Why bother with forums at all? We can just post everything in one giant unsorted pool.
-David
Mar 13, 2009, 8:03 pm
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Mar 13, 2009, 8:31 pm
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Mar 14, 2009, 3:17 am
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Mar 14, 2009, 10:44 am
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This is typically the first forum I go to when visiting FT and I've never had any problems with it. Sure, the same issues come up over and over again, but mainly because lots of people find them relevant. I agree with the two mods who posted as individuals above, it's not really a problem, leave it as is.
Popular forums seem to develop their own traditions. For example, the BA and BMI forums seem to accept threads about the UK in general for a few days and then move them to the the UK forum. I think the UA forum can tolerate a few minor quirks unique to it as well.
Popular forums seem to develop their own traditions. For example, the BA and BMI forums seem to accept threads about the UK in general for a few days and then move them to the the UK forum. I think the UA forum can tolerate a few minor quirks unique to it as well.
Mar 15, 2009, 11:07 am
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My two cents on the topic as a lowly forum participant. I use forums a lot, both here and other places. I don't see an easy way to disentangle the UA forum into two subforums without some other event (such as a merger subforum). Right now, if you wanted to break off MP talk, then I'd suggest 90% of the discussions would be impacted due to the fact that status impacts all interractions with UA. One could just as easily suggest a forum break of GS, 1K, 1P, 2P, 3P, GM, and "unenlightened". 
So my vote, No, not at this time. Perhaps dust off the old usenet voting rules and get a feel with a poll (with a separate hand holding one for the GS'ers of course
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BTW: Kudo's to the UA mods as they do an excellent job rolling things into the common topics.
So my vote, No, not at this time. Perhaps dust off the old usenet voting rules and get a feel with a poll (with a separate hand holding one for the GS'ers of course
)BTW: Kudo's to the UA mods as they do an excellent job rolling things into the common topics.
Mar 16, 2009, 12:37 am
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My two cents on the topic as a lowly forum participant. I use forums a lot, both here and other places. I don't see an easy way to disentangle the UA forum into two subforums without some other event (such as a merger subforum). Right now, if you wanted to break off MP talk, then I'd suggest 90% of the discussions would be impacted due to the fact that status impacts all interractions with UA. One could just as easily suggest a forum break of GS, 1K, 1P, 2P, 3P, GM, and "unenlightened".
There's always some overlap in some posts even today with the layout they have today. Does the walkway from domestic to international at SFO thread belong in the UA forum, or in the San Francisco forum? Do threads about the restaurants at the rotunda in the domestic UA terminal at SFO belong in the UA forum or in the San Francisco forum? Sometimes they are moved to SF, sometimes not. You can easily come up with dozens and dozens of examples.
If that's an issue, let's just get rid of all the forums and post everything in one giant pool. It's not a very good argument, just as having one giant pool wouldn't be very useful either. But that's basically what we have today in the UA forum due to the sheer volume of posts there.
Trust me, I already know this is going nowhere.
Basically people are afraid to try something new and say all kinds of things about how it's working perfectly as it is in order to justify it.
I'm afraid we're just going to have to agree to disagree.
-David
Mar 16, 2009, 1:16 am
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I'm not saying UA is perfect (or AA or the other airline/hotel forums), but truthfully I see zero reason to split UA into dif or sub-forums. So I vote no on this proposal.
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Mar 16, 2009, 1:26 am
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