Yes!

This thread is doing nicely!

A grorg forum was already vetoed so it need not be quoted again.

Since there was an update in the "last post", I specifically looked here for new information but found nothing but a bump. Crying "wolf" will not help.


like a bump?

Courine - If you sign into "My Grid" (and have your profile set up properly) before going to the Forums, you will get many, many more listings per page. Otherwise, it thinks you're a guest and you get the default number of listings per page. I get 50 threads per page because I have it set to that in "my forum profile". The default I think is 10 per page - EXTREMELY annoying.

I'm not sure how many people realize that they have this option.

Also, you can try just looking at the threads for a particular forum. Many times I skip recent threads and just pull up chat room threads. If you're primarily interested in threads that reside in a particular forum, this bumps the signal to noise ratio way, way up.

This may help reduce your frustration level.

I know that your comments are directed at adding a new forum, but the root of the problem is the age of the forum software. As to that issue, the CA's have assured us that an upgrade for the software is on the "to do" list and may even be completed late this year. There are many improvements needed including pm'ing abilities (even though some people don't regard this as an improvement), improved filtering of posts based on your profile, etc., etc. Hopefully, they will also change the default number of threads per page too.

A more complete discussion is at Update forums to mvnforum 1.0 G.A or some other forum software

This system is so old it is probably optimized for dial-up users. Remember dial-up? I was digging in the yard recently and discovered a fossilized Hayes 9600 modem from Pleistocene era. It was right next to a full woolly mammoth skeleton - fascinating. Using dial-up must have been the cause of their extinction.

The adding of forums under the Community section shouldn't be a big deal and we might actually get that, but any software upgrades have to take a back seat - more like third row seat - to the projects of course. Don't know if you ever read anything in the forum software thread, but the software being used now is heavily modified so it will be a project unto itself to get it upgraded and working. That would take resources from the real work we all are dedicated to.

I don't like the idea anymore than you do. I did start this thread after all. But I understand the priorities and, all be it reluctantly, have to agree that the upgrade to the forum software is not high on the priority list.

In the meantime, I assume that the CA's and admins are considering adding a new forum for non-discussion chat room items such as games. If we don't hear anything more, we can always start bumping this thread.

There's no need to get upset. I didn't say we SHOULD start bumping the thread. AND, I haven't been griping about it. The previous posts never actually resolved the issue of whether or not it would even be considered. THEREFORE, I gave WCG the benefit of the doubt and assumed that y'all were in fact do just that - considering it.

The fact that the C&S forum hasn't gotten much use is irrelevant for reasons I've already explained. Therefore the comparison isn't appropriate. Further, I'm sure that C&S will get used as the membership grows and we get more people actively participating in the forums. Baring one's soul in a new venue is not an easy thing to do. Give it some time. You sound almost as impatient as me.