Confusion on sub-fora topics

[Persephone Emerald]

Lifestyles and Relationships should be renamed " Second Life Lifestyles and Relationships".

General Discussion sub-fora should also specificy general discussion of what? - ie. "General Land Discussion", "General Adult Discussion", etc.

Some new posters seem to be confused.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Persephone Emerald

[Luna Bliss]

I want a new sub-fora named "I was searching for God in 2nd life but sidetracked to YOuTube"

[Love Zhaoying]

I think the confusion is in part because most people think whining and moaning is posted in General Discussion, TMI Drama is in "Your Avatar", and pleas for dating help is posted everywhere, but if SL related goes in RolePlay.

I really like your suggestion of making the Sub-Forae more obviously Second Life-related by changing their Names to be more t!tularly topical.

[Wulfie Reanimator]

This is the most sensible version of the various "let's rename stuff on the forum" topics that have been created in the past week.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Wulfie Reanimator

[Love Zhaoying]

Perhaps it would be helpful to also add a blurb at the beginning of each Forum (or in the Forum descriptions) to include something about "..in Second Life..".

That way, if the person cannot / does not read the Forum header itself, the Description is also there.

Otherwise, we're going to need a "Dateing" Sub-Forum..

[PheebyKatz]

I think the People section gets too many "Let's All Diss LL" topics.

Not enough people talking or asking about how to do anything, just whining about how nothing is good enough.

Someone is having an issue with something, and people with over a decade of experience with SL try to help them, and they just tell everyone to naff off if they aren't going to fix it all for them magically somehow. They're playing "you can't help me, so hah!"

And a forum devoted to things like how to make an awesome avatar or where to find things to do inworld isn't the place to play games like "no, YOU'RE a troll!", or "you can't help me, so hah!"

In my opinion.

Edited August 10, 2023 by PheebyKatz

[Gabriele Graves]

On 8/8/2023 at 12:46 AM, Persephone Emerald said:

Lifestyles and Relationships should be renamed " Second Life Lifestyles and Relationships".

General Discussion sub-fora should also specificy general discussion of what? - ie. "General Land Discussion", "General Adult Discussion", etc.

Some new posters seem to be confused.

If it were possible I would like to see a banner at the top of the forum landing page and topics list that states "All posts and topics on this forum are purely for the discussion of Second Life".

After all, that is what LL have stated and seem to want.  The grandfathered topics are really exceptions and it still doesn't hurt for new people to think they should be SL related too.

[Gabriele Graves]

On 8/8/2023 at 7:32 AM, Love Zhaoying said:

I think the confusion is in part because most people think whining and moaning is posted in General Discussion, TMI Drama is in "Your Avatar", and pleas for dating help is posted everywhere, but if SL related goes in RolePlay.

I really like your suggestion of making the Sub-Forae more obviously Second Life-related by changing their Names to be more t!tularly topical.

Perhaps LL could coral rants, complaints and the sky is falling into it's own sub-topic.  Residents could then suggest they take it there if it's more than just a grumble and mods could move their posts over.

Edited August 10, 2023 by Gabriele Graves

[Persephone Emerald]

13 minutes ago, Gabriele Graves said:

Perhaps LL could coral rants, complaints and the sky is falling into it's own sub-topic.  Residents could then suggest they take it there if it's more than just a grumble and mods could move theirs posts over.

Absolutely. We need a "The Sky is Falling! - Complaints and Rants" subforum.

[PheebyKatz]

40 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said:

Absolutely. We need a "The Sky is Falling! - Complaints and Rants" subforum.

Seconding. And make it collapsible.

[CandyCole]

On 8/8/2023 at 7:05 PM, Love Zhaoying said:

"Dateing" Sub-Forum.

😬

.. Following an OCD episode, due to the above, may I just say that I barely ever notice section headings as I always enter via the tradesman's entrance.

aka. View New Content.

[Love Zhaoying]

4 hours ago, CandyCole said:

😬

.. Following an OCD episode, due to the above, may I just say that I barely ever notice section headings as I always enter via the tradesman's entrance.

aka. View New Content.

Fun Fact: One of the most popular threads was titled, "What are you listening right know?" for years, until a moderator apparently fixed it. This spirit is reflected in the still-living thread, "Take your shovel and feel it."

Consequently, I propose a sub-Forum where all thread titles must be misspelled, Spoonerisms, and/or malapropisms. Possible Sub-Forum title suggestions to include, "Second Laff and You", "Fatherly Anecdotes" (aka "Dad Jokes"), "Your Aviary", etc.

[Persephone Emerald]

6 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Fun Fact: One of the most popular threads was titled, "What are you listening right know?" for years, until a moderator apparently fixed it. This spirit is reflected in the still-living thread, "Take your shovel and feel it."

Consequently, I propose a sub-Forum where all thread titles must be misspelled, Spoonerisms, and/or malapropisms. Possible Sub-Forum title suggestions to include, "Second Laff and You", "Fatherly Anecdotes" (aka "Dad Jokes"), "Your Aviary", etc.

🤯 aghast emoji at the thought of intentional bad grammar and misspellings

 

[Love Zhaoying]

13 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said:

🤯 aghast emoji at the thought of intentional bad grammar and misspellings

Apparently, it gets people's attention! At least people who know how to use proper grammar and spelling.

[Sid Nagy]

I guess for some of us, we need a totally silent sub-forum as well. 
Saves a lot of reading time so we can spent more time in world.

[Love Zhaoying]

59 minutes ago, Sid Nagy said:

I guess for some of us, we need a totally silent sub-forum as well. 
Saves a lot of reading time so we can spent more time in world.

Ideal for email subscribers, because a "silent" sub-forum can use the MIME format.

[Gabriele Graves]

Maybe we also need a "I'm being Grumpy" sub-forum

[Perrie Juran]

Perhaps we could use a Gripes and Complaints sub forum that gets cleared every four hours like a sandbox.

[Love Zhaoying]

15 minutes ago, Perrie Juran said:

Perhaps we could use a Gripes and Complaints sub forum that gets cleared every four hours like a sandbox.

Is the poop getting scooped out, or just getting covered over with sand?

[Persephone Emerald]

35 minutes ago, Perrie Juran said:

Perhaps we could use a Gripes and Complaints sub forum that gets cleared every four hours like a sandbox.

19 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Is the poop getting scooped out, or just getting covered over with sand?

Ok,  now I'm imagining someone leaving poop 💩  in the sandbox at the Welcome Hub.  😆 

[Raindrop Drinkwater]

9 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Ideal for email subscribers, because a "silent" sub-forum can use the MIME format.

Excellent!