[Feedback] Stickies

[kturbush]

I am not one for making suggestions but:

Today after floating along on these threads for a while now, I finally learned about what a stickie is! Seems most people go straight to unread posts first and never notice the top parts of the posts. Is there a way we could get them more noticeable. I know I have missed alot myself by not seeing them, and the newer people here would probably like to see some good subjects. Just an idea!

[MelG]

Originally Posted by kturbush

I am not one for making suggestions but:

Today after floating along on these threads for a while now, I finally learned about what a stickie is! Seems most people go straight to unread posts first and never notice the top parts of the posts. Is there a way we could get them more noticeable. I know I have missed alot myself by not seeing them, and the newer people here would probably like to see some good subjects. Just an idea!

I'm not sure they notice them or not. I knew they were there because I remember reading about them in a few posts while they were being worked on. That was a quite a while ago. I very rarely read posts by going into individual forums. I'm always using the "unread posts". Interesting I see your point.

[Larry!]

On message boards that I've run/been on, we usually sent out a PM stating if something had changed, or if it would be a topic of great discussion/importance, directing them to the stickied thread with all the info.

[MelG]

Originally Posted by Larry!

On message boards that I've run/been on, we usually sent out a PM stating if something had changed, or if it would be a topic of great discussion/importance, directing them to the stickied thread with all the info.

Yes I do recall one or more moderators posting to let us know that a sticky had been updated. They've not been updated recently (I don't think). I'm not sure that newbies know that the stickies are there.

[Disa]

Don't updates to Stickies show up in the "unread posts"?

[Wolverine22]

Originally Posted by MelG

Yes I do recall one or more moderators posting to let us know that a sticky had been updated. They've not been updated recently (I don't think). I'm not sure that newbies know that the stickies are there.

Some mods and members mention in welcoming the newbies to check out the Stickies or maybe they missed kturbush. Try to look at the posts at the newbies to see and just remind them yourself if it isnt mentioned yet would be my suggestion

[Philip]

Thanks for the info. I do get kinda bored with the same thing all the time. Love this site, but like more info. Thanks for the post.

[MelG]

Originally Posted by Wolverine22

Some mods and members mention in welcoming the newbies to check out the Stickies or maybe they missed kturbush. Try to look at the posts at the newbies to see and just remind them yourself if it isnt mentioned yet would be my suggestion

Ok thank you :-)

I'm thinking this thread maybe made more people aware that they exist :-)

[Philip]

Could someone tell me a little more about joining groups, crab chat and such? I'm reading alot of posts, but I'd like more. You guys, and gals seem real nice and helpful, and I really appreciate it. Thanks again.

[Disa]

Okay, I just added a post to a sticky thread. Can someone tell me if it shows up in your "unread posts" link?

(I decided to be smart and try it out, then realized since I posted it, it wasn't going to show up as unread for me! It's getting late. . .)