What do you want to see on LetsRun.com in 2017?

Los Soles wrote:

liker of like button wrote:

Add a "like" button for comments?

I *like* this. Also, I like the idea of a pm option for registered users.

This^ - simple right?

Probably less sexism and racism on the boards would be nice.

Speak for yourself. Too much running crap warps your brain. In life, it is helpful in social situations to be able to discuss more than one subject area to prevent the appearance of being running nerd.

Norman K. wrote:

For 2017 resolve to not troll threads and to stay away from non-running threads. I would like to see more posters taking the same approach.

Very insightful of how this site will proceed in the new year that my suggestion was deleted.

I had two suggestions, actually.

One asked to improve the search function to filter by subject, message and poster.

The other suggestion, which prompted the deletion but would be a sincere improvement, proves how thin skinned some people are.

'Week That Was' as a podcast. Include some athlete interviews where possible.

Add unlimited aliases for registered users, anonymous for not registered. The author of a post could look like this:

wejo (main)

wejox (alias)

wejxo (anonymous)

These could be the same person, the differences are:

- with aliases, users could hide their identity safely

- main would be sort of official

- anonymous can post, but other users would have the option to hide threads, posts and replies to/from these

whats wrong with adblocker? i see no ads whatsoever

how bout an 'athlete tracker'? A box or column w elite athlete names, what type or phase of training they are doing now, and what they are likely training for, if the specific races are not known?

more interviews with top runners present and past , men and women, about their training, workouts, how they peaked for key races

more female posters actually posting their pics

Good morning :-)

Goals: More Personalized Browsing Experience for Users, Less Work for Moderators.

Proposal: Two features to embed into a thread: 1. Follow and 2. Mute. Since we do not currently "sign in" to LRC, this would be set up per IP address.

1. Follow: Click "Follow" to move a thread into a "Followed Threads" box. An IP address may display X (10? 15? Some set, smallish number) "Followed Threads" at a time.

2. Mute: Click "Mute" to remove a thread from the individual's IP address. A Muted Thread simply disappears from the Feed for that IP address. A User can Mute an unlimited number of threads.

Rationale: What is offensive or trolling to some is entertaining for others, and it is frustrating for users to see a thread that they have invested time and thought into deleted. If someone wants to see only Running Threads, they can Follow their favorites while muting the others and cleaning up their Feed. If someone enjoys Political threads... you get the idea.

Thanks for considering, and thanks for a great site :-)

wejo wrote:

It's the New Year and a good opportunity to open it up to you all to see what you want to see from LetsRun.com in 2017.

What new things should we try and do? What should we do better? It's an open thread.

Thanks to all of you for making 2016 a great year for us.

Hire a woman as co-editor and forum moderator.

Bdkdudbd wrote:

I would like to be able to save good threads within the site and not have to bookmark every one.

This, 1000 times this!!!

Continue the original stories and keep Gault or find one more Gault-level writer so that your original content is shared outside of LRC.

Get Gladwell to submit original LRC content!!! Seriously, let him blend his passion for running with his passion for behavioral science in the form of original content.

Maybe invite others in addition to Gladwell to use LRC as a think-tank-blog for their original ideas - Canova (outside of the messageboards; your multinosrt interview with Canova was brilliant), Salazar's Salad-bar (kidding, but if read his posts! If they were good), any D1 coach, elite coach, or pro runner. Could LRC be a user-generated content site for invited individuals?

reader of mags wrote:

A box always in the same place that shows upcoming major track meets and races, something I loved in Track and Field News magazine.

This is the best idea I've seen. Also, only put running related threads on the front page. Tangential topics like coolhatgate or strava stalking a boy are okay.

Fix the mess embedly causes in an iPad.

Track down and post a copy of (either one of) Daniel Komen's sub-8 2 miles runs.

Surely there's some crowd sourcing leverage LRC can wield to find some of the great runs/races fans would love to see.

Disallow use of the word "libt**d" and similar slurs.

Registered users only.

Hire an editor.

Take a writing course. You guys of all people understand the value of coaching and instruction. Apply that to your business.

The home page is so dense. Let it breathe and make it a little more readable.

The yellow b/g should go. 1997 is long gone.

A Stackexchange style app could be cool.

A jump to first unread comment link. It's impossible to pick up where you left off on big threads.

A thread like this could be a lot more insightful if there was a simple way to add a +1 or similar to other ideas and suggestions. I tried to (mostly) not repeat others' ideas, but there are some of them I very much support.

How about you collate the ideas, make a poll of some sort and allow users to vote yay/nay on each ... that would give you a better idea of how many of your visitors would prefer to see or not see those items.