Hi Samantha,

As for --Move threads when it makes sense for them to be in a different board.

I've noticed that there are frequently questions posted in Tell Us Your Story, that go unanswed for few of us check that board dailhy - shouldn't they be directed by monitors to the open forum or a more appropriate thread?

Also, what do the stats on usage reveal?  We're missing a fair number of previous posters and the traffic seems to be consderably lighter.

As for 'streamlined' experience, I DON"T THINK SO.  Best wishes, dj

Of course we posters couldn't see the number of views on the old board but I'm amazed too look at the number of views.  I think it shows a tremendous amount of people who probably never post.  I put a new post out there a few weeks ago and couldn't believe how quickly it hit 100 views.  It was less than 2 days. Some people probably hit it more than once but i was still impressed.

Kelly

Mags,

Since it's late on Friday, I'm not sure the admins will get back to you until Monday so I'm going to jump in here.  I'm not sure if there is a way to see when the thread was started.  However, when you go into a forum, there are 3 tabs at the top.  The Discussions tab is the right-most and it gives you the most information about the threads.  I like it because it tells you the author, the last poster, and the number or replies.  To the right of the tabs is an option to set that tab as your default.  That way it will always open that tab on that forum when you're logged in.

Another nice thing about that tab is that it will indicate which threads have been updated since the last time you logged in - well at least it does for the threads that you've read in the past.

While it doesn't tell you the original date of the thread or the number of pages, the number of replies gives you a bit of an indication.  I believe there will be 30 replies per page (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

I understand your request for people starting new threads and I've seen some that get far away from the original topic.  There are threads that are important to the patient when all information is in one place.  The transplant forum is the main example of that.  The people there go through a long experience and those threads tend to get very long.

Hope this helps,

Kelly

It's on the main page under communities.  I don't go there much but it's a page where people can post their backgrounds.

Samantha, I can see that a thread (to which I had responded) was moved from “Tell us your story” to “Living with HCL”. That was good of you and it has worked out for the best. But I want to know: do you alert the thread initiator to the move? I am worried that a newbie might easily get confused, possibly offended, if a thread of theirs disappears.

Mags, you’ve made some excellent points. It certainly behooves us long time posters to keep the site as friendly as possible.

Joe

There's an e-mail sent when a post reported as abuse is approved.  I assume there's one sent when one is disapproved, too.

Can't you just send an e-mail to explan a post has been moved, where to and why?