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Anyone else think the format here is archaic?
A simple format change is desperately needed: the first post should have each complete reply posted under it, with the ability to quote an individual if you want to respond specifically to something they posted.
Look at sites like www.AR15.com and try and emulate the format there if you want this board to become anything more than the meager browsing point it is currently.
Please don't take this the wrong way, this is meant to be constructive! 😁
A few points:
1. This has been discussed here before. Just look down a few threads for previous discussion on this topic.
2. The format here is intentionally different. There are other excellent phone sites that use the "standard" message board software, such as the excellent howardforums.com. The forums on this site would basically be redundant if they weren't different in some way.
3. There are advantages to this system. First and foremost is the hierarchical thread structure. That's the main difference, and all the other differences and trade-offs stem from that. Hierarchical means that each message in a thread is a response to one other specific message, like a "tree". I...
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So for italics, typing <i>this</i> will be shown like this. 🙂
It's educational, too - now you know some HTML! 😉
Here is part of something I posted in the Verizon forum earlier:
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Re: Next Gen VZW phones.
by snate Today, 12:32 AM
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PS. This post has reinforced by belief that this forum system is a little wonky. I originally posted at 10:48 am followed with a response by schnozejt at 10:53 am then by VZWguru at 11:04 am. I then responded back to both of them at 1:41 pm. VZWcsr replied, only to schnozejt, at 4:32 pm without appearently seeing the other posts. I am not saying this forum should be changed to be single-threaded but it should
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It should say "make it easier for people to see all posts"
This reminds me, has anyone suggested allowing people to edit their own posts? It might be a good idea although I can see problems with it as well so maybe not.