Suggestion Keep Props as the top billing
- Thread starter Lear60man
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Is the Popular Franchises really necessary? I can see it as a one stop shop, but now I have to wade through a lot of crap to find a prop-related thread. RPF and Ebay seem to be on the same trajectory. Let's add features that sound cool but end up hindering the user experience.
Is it really necessary?
Yes. It is and it is interesting that you see it completely in reverse of its intent.
For a couple of years now, the #1 complaint for the site has been "the site isn't up".... :lol
BUT, the #2 complaint is "my posts gets lost in a myriad of Iron Man posts" or "I can't keep up because the forums move too fast.
Anytime I talk to anyone about the site, this issue comes up.
We had a very large plan to combat this two years ago... that got sidelined by the whole hacking thing and we have never quite gotten back on track. With that in mind, we have taken another look to see what we could do slow things down and give people what they wanted and do EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of what you have posted.
Now, instead of having to "wade through a lot of crap," you can easily navigate to the things that interest you and ignore the things that don't. On top of that, we will see a HUGE slowdown in the main forums that will allow each thread more exposure and more than a flash in the pan before it is relegated to page 4.
We aren't adding features that sound cool. We are adding features that YOU, our members, have overwhelmingly asked for. It is unfortunate that you don't see it that way.
The Popular Franchise totally cleaned up the Costume Section. Before, you had to wade through a million Iron Man foam builds and all the unique / cool builds were buried on page 5 within an hour. Not saying Iron man foam builds arent cool......you get the point.
I think the props are still untouched, only the costume section was sectioned out. I could be wrong.....still sifting though.
ave4uevoli
Sr Member
welcome to the RCF! Actually, yes, I think that the prop section should be above the costume section.
I would love to see each Popular Franshise split into 'Props' and 'Costumes', but I'm sure there is a reason why it's all together .
Clutch. I just checked, Star Wars props are still in the prop section. Its just the Costumes that have been sifted / sorted. HUGE IMPROVEMENT. DEATH STAR HUGE.
Side note: for the first time in a year......There were more viewers in the Prop Section than Costume!!!!!!!! That probably means that the Franchise section numbers werent taken into the tally hahahah.
Art, I know the costumes getting top billing is probably just a computer glitch........haha.
Side note: for the first time in a year......There were more viewers in the Prop Section than Costume!!!!!!!! That probably means that the Franchise section numbers werent taken into the tally hahahah.
Art, I know the costumes getting top billing is probably just a computer glitch........haha.
Your "whining" has not fallen on deaf ears. Props are back at the top.
"RCF" just sounded terrible...
We were initially going to do this, but the more we thought about it, the less we could justify breaking it up and creating even MORE forums. We are still trying very hard to go with a minimum number of forums approach. The problem is that we hit critical mass about 2 years ago and had to do something. I have been dragging my feet because I wanted to do the other thing I mentioned, but since that is still quite a ways off, this is our best alternative.
This is just an oversite. We have almost 10 years of threads to cull through... can't get them all in the first pass...
Not so much. Anything that should go in the franchise forums will eventually be moved there and over time (much as it worked with pulling movie discussion out of the OT), people will start using the franchise forums as they should.
VilleLeskinen
Sr Member
Really just wanted to say THANK YOU ART! :cool The new sectioning feels so good. Now people just have to learn what franchises belong to Marvel and what to DC. Although the banner helps a lot. :lol
Edit: Whoopsie, was supposed to post this to the Annauncement about the sectioning...Yeah, props before clothes
Edit: Whoopsie, was supposed to post this to the Annauncement about the sectioning...Yeah, props before clothes
Man, I was accidentally going to the costume forum for the past 2 days because of the reordering, just came here to say thanks for shifting things back into their natural order in the forums list. :lol
Also, so far I'm digging the new breakout of the forums. It's still a learning curve as I go "Hmmm, I swore there was an Iron Man build in...OH!" but I'm getting the hang of it.
-Nick
Also, so far I'm digging the new breakout of the forums. It's still a learning curve as I go "Hmmm, I swore there was an Iron Man build in...OH!" but I'm getting the hang of it.
-Nick
You could go like the JY where threads have prefixes (FS, WTB, etc..). Similar to the JY you could first click the Star Wars Franshise button and get all threads, but then hit a 'prop' or 'costume' button to filter only those specific threads.
Unlike the JY, it would only work if the site REQUIRED you to select a prefix before starting a new thread, and prefixing all the old ones.
Wait... people are getting paid around here? When do I get my check?
