Forum update - 1 week with the improved Forum 2.022 - we want your feedback or questions

Turning the year into the version number ain't clever.

I would like to file a formal request for an audit on votes. I suspect unregistered voters are committing voter fraud and would like an investigation into this matter.

It is if it means no big update again until 2023 or after.

Boards are drastically better already.
The trolls might push back against the upvote/downvotes but it is a necessary system.

Great work letsrun!

Why was I banned impostoration?

Upvotes/downvotes are a game changer + the ability to filter non running threads out. This is the most ive been using the forums since like 2013-2014. Number of trolls have definitely decreased, people dont like to get mass downvoted (except for OozmaKappa). Its also way easier to get a pulse on what people are thinking with the voting.

I imagine your downvotes would actually be double to triple what they currently are if most registered users hadn’t already blocked you.

A LOT of fun seeing all the downvotes people like Rojo, M***o, Greg, and Jamin get

The sheer amount of votes my posts consistently get is impressive. For some reason my posts just motivate people to engage in our democratic process.

I am glad that you are quite pleased with how things are doing.

What's Rojo getting downvoted for? I've yet to take a downvote personally.

So you're not?

I'm trying to get some feedback here is the point. But on a personal level I think the boards are better.

Why do you think Rojo is getting downvoted?

Maybe the fact that people are getting downvoted for making empty accusations of doping will reduce the amount of them.

If you have evidence that someone is doping, let's hear it, but just throwing out the charge does nothing.

I emailed you feedback on 2/14/22. You probably never saw it.

It seems many poster are using the up/down vote rather than creating a post. That means fewer posts to get through. That is better.

I'm a fan so far. The upvote/downvote is basically just symbollic but helpful.

1) It shows that the RW trolls on this board are truly not the majority, they just post incessently

2) My blood pressure rises a lot less when I see a troll post and and that it has been a bunch of thumbs down. I feel less need to respond to record my disapproval, and easier to just ignore them. Trolls feed on the attention you give them, and now they are getting less.

3) to the trolls claiming upvote/downvote is "censorship" your posts are not getting buried and less visible, they are just getting booed, which is not censorship.

Wejo,

Here's my only suggestion/wish:

Somewhere on the front page, and it can be small and not prominently displayed, I'd like to see the original logo just for nostalgia.

Open image

So far, I like the changes. Adding downvotes/upvotes was a very good change.

Allowing an edit feature, even if it only gave you a five minute window to edit, might be nice, also. It sucks to realize you made a typo one second after you click reply, while realize you're going to have to reply again with a "* -----" correction, or prepare for the insufferable grammar and spelling-correction outcasts who cannot help themselves.

Getting rid of unregistered accounts would also likely help. Having registered accounts with made up screen names still allows adequate anonymity, without the troll-encouragement on steroids, which is totally unregistered accounts.

Allowing private messages might be good, too. For example, there are people on here that do coaching, or are looking for coaching. It might be nice to be able to exchange contact info without that being seen by some of the severely disturbed trolls that lurk here.

Finally, how about getting the occasional elite to do some live Q&A's, or at least write some articles with commonly asked training questions. That might increase the value of the site, while also improving its standing with the pro's it covers.