Open letter to Michael - Easy fix to aggravating problem on Daily Paul
As many posters are aware, the traffic on this site continues to increase. Because of this, forum topics frequently last less than a minute on the front page if no one responds to them. This is insane. Many of us post topics after researching info for hours, then spend maybe another 30 minutes writing about the topic. To see this work disappear into the 2nd page abyss after a few monents is very disheartening. We are then forced to either bump our own topic endlessly, which is annoying and time consuming, or else let it die a useless death.
Don't get me wrong - this isn't about the pride of having your topic on the front page, it's about keeping a coherent and consistent message going out to Ron Paul supporters. One day the front page is dominated with NH recount posts, then that's forgotten and the next day the dominant message is media bias, then the next day it's about vote fraud, then it's about contributing to FreeAtLast, then the message shifts to supporting the grassroots, then it's the blimp, then it's commercial ads. It's one big incoherent mess! There's got to be a better way.
There is. And it's pathetically simple. Simply add more forum topics to the front page. Right now 13 topics are allowed on the front page. That's a ridiculously low number for a site this busy. Most forums have 30 or 40 topics per page. There is no reason we can't do that here. There is always a ton of empty space down the right side. The front page could easily have at least 40 or even 50 topics. Slide down the "recent blog posts" and the "latest articles" and insert 30 or so more forum topics. I would also think about deleting the "recent comment" section - I'm not really sure of it's value.
Anyway, by doing this, important topics would never leave the front page, and our message and our efforts would become more consistent, instead of this constant jumping from one crisis to the next.
Later on, you could entertain ideas about separating the forum into sections for different sub-topics, but for now, I think my suggestion could be simply done, could be done immediately, and would solve a whole lot of problems.
Just my $0.02
Oh, and I'm sure I'm gonna be bumping this a number of times.
could work
It's not like we don't have room for it, but Michael does a great job with this site and I like it how it is.
I agree...reduce the size to just headlines...I'm a dailypaul...
Fanatic...but it's amazing how many times the same story comes up in 50 posts! It is starting to get hard to follow what is going on!
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Michael??? Have you seen this thread yet?
Please respond to me with your thougts on my proposal here, if you can. Much abliged.
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Yes please do this!
l just posted a topic a few minutes ago and it's gone already.
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Great ideas
Yes, Michael please increase the number of active forum topics. Cutting the number of allowed charactors in the subject title by 50% and slightly increasing the width of the column would also help greatly.
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It could also be the apache cache, if he's using apache.
it may need bouncing once in a while to free up cached files or perhaps memory. I'm guessing this happens when it disconnects us once in a while.
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What I would most like is...
to see a moderated forum to discuss RP and how best to move forward. Meaningful discussion of what has worked and how to improve. None of the baiting / inflamatory posts (such and thus poll left us off... SEND NASTY E-MAILS!).
I agree
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Live Free or Die - Amen to that
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Bump!
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agree with what you wrote
and I would also add that because topics disappear so fast, people post duplicate threads sometimes just minutes later!
If possible... I would like to see an improvement in the "search" feature. I for one try to do a search if posting a new article, video or whatever... to see if it's already been posted. If it has I just comment on that one instead.
And we definitely need to ENCOURAGE people to SEARCH first! Sometimes there are 5, 6 or even 10 posts on the same topic!
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why not just add more forums
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video forum
events forum
general discussion forum
ron paul in the media forum
grassroots forum
ronpaul websites forum
news forum
voting forum
then everyone can select their content instead of just having one centralized forum and 2 much less used forums
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What about some of these titles that I have been seeing.
Swear some of these people are plants the way the titles are worded. Or alot of negative people. People give up so easy...can't see out of their boxes I guess. It takes to look beyond and make reality happen.
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I agree with 99% of the suggestions
yep
Time stamp Possible
I am clueless to how these things work. But when things like donating come up, I would like to know if I am too late. people often say things like 20 minutes left. That means nothing if do not know when they said it.
Totally agreed
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David Cameron
And can we *please*
have a separate topic posting for the 9-11 conspiracy people? That way they can all discuss their various theories with each other about Ron Paul being a plant from the government, etc. with each other without disturbing the other posts.
9-11 truthers
are welcome here but should really avoid the topic at all cost and focus on helping Ron Paul Win.
There are 9-11 forums for that stuff.. this is Ron Paul country!
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Did you not see the last debate, how the moderator tried to use the 9-11 truth movement against our Hero to make him look foolish? How many times do we have to explain that any association or discussion of 9-11 on this website could sabotage our bid for the presidency? We are here to win the nomination. Capeesh?
David Cameron
I think that was kind of the point
It would by wrong, according to libertarian principles (free speech) to censor them or make them go away.
The suggestion was to give them their own "sandbox" to play in. (this is NOT to demean you "Truthers", it's a software geek expression for a separate workplace)
Yes it was to the Point.
The fact is, I support the "truth" movement. But it's a "no brainer" to see how it can/will and has already been used against us? Hello?? Let's take it to other websites for now, stay focused on winning, and try not to sabotage the hard work we've all done here.
David Cameron
Used against us by who?
Those who oppose or fear the truth?
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the format can be improved
Daily Paul Forum titles are now 4 lines and pushes recent topics out of view too fast.
Cut that to two lines and widen the cell 2 times current width.
Delete the minutes, hours, weeks on the Created and last reply,
abbreviate, min, wk, hrs, or time stamp, to use real estate wisely.
This would add two times the amount of titles without deleting any current info.
Good suggestion.
I suggest too that the administrator(s) who is(are) engaging in the reactionary deleting of sincere, truthful comments, change policy and act more intelligently. Just because a few of the self-appointed censors don't like true debate and sharing of ideas doesn't justify the site administration acting on the same policy and following the example of Fox News instead of Ron Paul. A truth ridiculed one day often becomes the guiding light the next. That's the way it's always been, and always will be. Is DailyPaul going to be a place where truth can be shared, or will it cater to the lowest common denominator and discard truth in the process?
Agree! Thank You!
Being new here I have found this site to be frustrating and very disjointed. We need to remember that alot of visitors here get an impression from this page. I think it needs to be much more positive and action oriented.
There is so much energy and talent here and great posts but they need to be organized into topics...General discussion, Michigan Discuss, Nevada, South Carolina etc... MSM discussion, Vote recount discussion, Advertising (videos, signs,print ads etc..) Positive canvassing stories suggestions etc. etc...
Positve news creates more energy for people to get involved!
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I agree
I never look at the "recent comments" or the "who's online". Prime real estate!
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good point
good point