[tctic]

Admins/Moderators:

Problems with Off Topic Posts

• Cluttered General E9x Talk section
• Increased work load for admins
• Many topics flagged as "Moved" to be seen
• Defeats the purpose of having sub-forums

Cause of Off topic problem

• Thread openers chooses the "General E9x Talk" section to seek maximum attention
• Other sub-forums do not attract adequate viewers.

Solution

• Increase viewers to other sub-forums to discourage thread openers from posting in "General E9x Talk" section in hope to seek more attention.
• Creating a customable page for each user such that topics that are generally of interest to a reader are always seen and not "hidden" from sub-forums that are not visited as often
• Ex. A user may choose to display all posts from the general forum and also all posts from the detailing forum in the customable page every time he/she visits the forum

Benefits

• Reduces work load for admins
• Tailor made page for each user to display all topics of interest
• Topics of interest to a user will not be left unseen when a thread is posted in a sub-forum
• Discourages users from posting in general E9x talk section to seek more attention
• An much improved version of the "New Post" link that already exist
• Posts from other Bimmerpost.com forums can be seen in once place. i.e. M3post.com topics can also be seen by the user if desired.

Limitations

• Difficulty of implementation
• Uncertainty in forum users acceptance to this new feature
• Will not eliminate all off topic posts