MoreGreens
Forum Practitioner
Well, I agree. I was making a suggestion that I thought was positive, less one-sided than removing them and could reduce clutter for people who wanted a more stream-lined New Post.
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I think the point is that the original VF members have to scroll through a lot of stuff they have no interest in before they see anything that has a bearing on what they thought their forum was about.
Don't the sex and the old people's areas still exist? Couldn't the Lounge area be handled the same way? If you opt into the area, threads with recent activity show up when you click on "new"; if you don't opt in, you don't see the threads at all.
LOL @ "old people's area." That made me giggle. I'm not sure whether those are still around.
I sometimes am dopey about how all of these filters and options work, so opting in would basically be like signing up for the various threads?
I think so. I never opted into either, so no threads in there were ever visible to me.
I couldn't remember whether I did sign up (senior moment!), so I must have, because I could see them.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
I'm ready.What VF really needs is a debate forum.
I like reading the debate threads. I’m a weak contender so I’ll rarely participate. 
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I agree that having the chat thread and the other Lounge threads come up in New Posts is very handy. And for the record, every Veg*an MB I’ve been on had threads I had no interest in. I just scrolled right past them looking for something that interested me more. I honestly thought that’s what you do on message boards? Not every part of it will be of interest to everyone.
I think we need a group hug. I’m kind of a big mush and I get attached to people easily. So the chit chat is a way of connecting. My VVers are like my family and I already have my VF favorites so you’re stuck with me. Don’t try to hide out in the heavy/serious threads because I will come find you, lol. 
I like the chat threads and lounge- there should be plenty room for whatever people want to discuss on the variety of forums.
Why not the over 50 and other threads you have to sign up for?
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Well this whole thing is disappointing but whatever. I’m not going anywhere. I’ll figure out how to adapt but I’m sure I’m going to miss a lot of stuff.
We didn’t really give the merge much time, IMO, did we, before starting to change things? I think it would have been ok to let things slide for awhile to give us all time to acclimate. The last thing we need is more division. I’ve had enough of that over here, the last three years, with the political nonsense.
Group hug.
We didn’t really give the merge much time, IMO, did we, before starting to change things? I think it would have been ok to let things slide for awhile to give us all time to acclimate. The last thing we need is more division. I’ve had enough of that over here, the last three years, with the political nonsense.
Group hug.
Why would you miss anything?
All you have to do is opt into the Lounge once, and then everything will be as it has always been.
The difference is for people who don't opt in - they won't see the Lounge threads.
All you have to do is opt into the Lounge once, and then everything will be as it has always been.
The difference is for people who don't opt in - they won't see the Lounge threads.
I thought I would have to opt in to each thread. Kind of like, if I don’t know something is there, I won’t know to look for it. If it’s opting in to an entire forum with multiple threads that sounds easier.
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Sorry, I haven't been on since yesterday early afternoon.... I did not wish to suggest that any changes needed to be made and certainly not to have specific threads made irrelevant or harder to see or find. It is early days and I think that you should consider leaving it as is when you merged it and try not to make too many huge changes all at once (like losing the signature line etc). Having the email working again would be good as not having it means I didn't realize this converation has continued as it did.
It is wonderful that two groups of people who care about the same things have merged and absorbing differences is what life is all about.
Even though I may not participate in some of the chattier threads I do pop in and read them as it gives me insight into people and then it makes it easier to take their advice and suggestions in other threads.
I am thrilled that VV is here and so look forward to learning and sharing.
Emma JC
It is wonderful that two groups of people who care about the same things have merged and absorbing differences is what life is all about.
Even though I may not participate in some of the chattier threads I do pop in and read them as it gives me insight into people and then it makes it easier to take their advice and suggestions in other threads.
I am thrilled that VV is here and so look forward to learning and sharing.
Emma JC
We had a lot of newbies come on and yes, they did all ask the same questions and have similar issues and yet each was answered with patience as we were all there once upon a time. There have been a lot of people helped by other people's experience.
If you go back and look at @Lou posts over the months you will see posts that go into great depth to help newbies and people struggling and so much is repetitive and yet if we helped even just a few people then it is worth it. Some of us have the time to do it and understand that not everyone does.
Feeling part of a community is also so important and there are many different roles in a community so we each contribute in our own way.
IMO
Emma JC
