Post by: Gregg on June 13, 2007, 12:14:06 PM
Does the number of topics and replies reflect a real comparison of activity on our two forum cousins?
Ok, when the split occured, like, how was it done? All the topics dating back x number of days were divided up into the "correct" category?
I guess I'm a little suprised at the disparity. I thought it would be closer.
Post by: danf63 on June 13, 2007, 12:22:35 PM
Dan
Post by: Paddy on June 13, 2007, 01:07:55 PM
Post by: gunug on June 13, 2007, 01:08:45 PM
Post by: RobW on June 13, 2007, 01:15:23 PM
There wasn't a "carved in stone" date of what "recent" meant--we left it up to that person's usual sense of good judgement--as we did with which original posts were moved. After that, a few of the posts were moved back to the tech side, and a couple more tech posts may have been moved to the community side, IIRC.
We really weren't worried at that time on making sure it was "accurate"--we just wanted to get it started. As a result, trying to compare the two going by the total numbers is somewhat of a waste of time. However, if you really need to do so, and why that is might be a mystery to many of us
, you should probably pick a random date after the forums split, and count from there. And still, you'd have to decide whether or not to include older threads with newer posts, etc. And even then, I don't know if it reflects much of anything--but if it makes you happy, goferit. EDIT: Well, I guess in the time it took me to type, Paddy got it answered. (And I even tried to protect her identity in this post.)
Post by: Gregg on June 14, 2007, 07:41:27 AM
QUOTE(Paddy @ Jun 13 2007, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Gregg, I basically just moved "community" topics from the first page of the new Tech forum when we split the forums - it was nothing more scientific than that. Seemed somewhat pointless to move topics that were no longer seeing much if any activity.
Ok, so Technical topics and "OT" threads on page two were left behind in the Technical forum. That would account for some of the "skew" in favor of the Technical forum. Did the switch also "leave behind" the number of replies from OT threads that were moved to the Community forum?
Just curious, that's all.
QUOTE(gunug @ Jun 13 2007, 01:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It seems like topics are up much longer since the split; is there more per page now? I'm usually more interested in the community topics although sometimes I feel drawn to help someone in Tech or even have a problem of my own.
I'd say that's because it takes longer to
topics to the second page since new ones are now being added in two places instead of all in one. Right? 
Post by: krissel on June 15, 2007, 12:49:20 AM
In any case you can choose your own number of how many to show on the page in My Controls. Under Options on the left click on Board Settings and you'll see the two drop downs where you can pick a number you like.
Note that some subjects will remain on the front page because they are active and still receiving replies. That can account for the appearance of them being "up much longer".
Post by: gunug on June 15, 2007, 05:20:03 AM
I just have to try even harder not to post that kind of stuff; maybe I can get to the root cause of my "foot in mouth" disease! When my youngest sister was 3-4 she came up to a group of my friends and I and asked me: "Can you analyze yourself better than others?" I don't know where a little girl that age came up with that but I always thought that I could do better than others; I just have to reflect a little more on my choices! At least no more topics with "Zombie" in the title!
Post by: Gregg on June 15, 2007, 07:42:56 AM