I thought that I had clicked on the wrong link! what a change... will have to spend some time figuring things out! 
wow, new format and sections
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I definitely think it is different and that's ok but here is my one comment...
General Sled Discussions VS General Snowmobiling...
Whats the difference there?
sorry, but I don't get that...
Otherwise, everything else looks good
Agreed.
Im all for some positive change but think that one can go to.
Many of the new features that I will be adding over the coming months will be USER selectable.
So you will have the option of Enabling or Disabling them.
So you will have the option of Enabling or Disabling them.
I think there are WAY too many sub forums under SnowMembers, IMO.
Calendar of Events - Great idea!
Forum rules - No one reads these, instead make them a sticky under general
New Member Instructions - Get rid of this and combine it into the rules sticky
New Member Introductions & New Member Testing - One in the same if you ask me and not really even needed. Throw them right into the mix (ie general).
Snowest Announcements - Who will read this? Perhaps a sticky would work well.
Suggestion Box & User Feedback - Again one in the same, combine them.
Also I would strongly recommend moving the SnowTalk section above the Snowmobiles section. I think it comes down to what gets the most attention and that is the SnowTalk section. So why is it way down the page?
Nothing worse for the health of a forum than sub-dividing it and having too many sub forums. Forums need to be fast moving, a few posts a day per section will actually turn people away.
Calendar of Events - Great idea!
Forum rules - No one reads these, instead make them a sticky under general
New Member Instructions - Get rid of this and combine it into the rules sticky
New Member Introductions & New Member Testing - One in the same if you ask me and not really even needed. Throw them right into the mix (ie general).
Snowest Announcements - Who will read this? Perhaps a sticky would work well.
Suggestion Box & User Feedback - Again one in the same, combine them.
Also I would strongly recommend moving the SnowTalk section above the Snowmobiles section. I think it comes down to what gets the most attention and that is the SnowTalk section. So why is it way down the page?
Nothing worse for the health of a forum than sub-dividing it and having too many sub forums. Forums need to be fast moving, a few posts a day per section will actually turn people away.
There are a pile of new forums in this section because we are going to need them.
While I have not posted a whole lot of content into them YET, as the mods are installed, these forums will get very busy with explanations of how these work, and a place for you to try/test them.
if in the end, I am wrong, I will ZAP them as needed.
While I have not posted a whole lot of content into them YET, as the mods are installed, these forums will get very busy with explanations of how these work, and a place for you to try/test them.
if in the end, I am wrong, I will ZAP them as needed.
The most read section on the forum is the SWAPMEET!
But the organization of the forums is NOT locked in stone.
For the next month or two the forums WILL be a constant state of change.
I spend some time on www.hardcoresledder.com and that site is an example of way too many forum titles. It's confusing , cluttered, and valuable info gets lost among similar sounding forum headings.
I agree w/others here about "general sled discussion, and general snowmobiling."
I think it was better before the change.
I agree w/others here about "general sled discussion, and general snowmobiling."
I think it was better before the change.
Just to be sure I understand you.
Your vote is to NOT have an area to discuss sleds that is NOT SPECIFIC to one brand or the other in the Sled Forums?
Your in favor of hardware discussions in the general chat area?
Please understand, I am not committed to it one way or the other at this point, I just wan't to make sure I understand what your suggesting?
Thats correct. For the 8 years I've been on here people talk about sleds in the general snowmobiling section. No big deal.
To have another similar sounding topic I don't think is any improvement.
Another observation, IMO "suggestion box" and "user feedback" nearly the same thing.
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EZmoney
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Please do not make this site like totally yamaha. Totolly yamaha has the sections seperated like whats been done to the doo section. At the least dont do it for the Yammi section its just to much. Stock, modified, turbo, supercharger. Just leave it as one.Makes for better reading all in one imo.
THANKS.
As for the Suggestion Box / Feedback.
You may well be right on that one.
Let me see if they are really used as envisioned or not, if not, I will combine them.
As you can see we are in the testing mode.Please do not make this site like totally yamaha. Totolly yamaha has the sections seperated like whats been done to the doo section. At the least dont do it for the Yammi section its just to much. Stock, modified, turbo, supercharger. Just leave it as one.Makes for better reading all in one imo.
Leaving it as is, with 100% of everything related to a brand of sled in one huge hole, is not very efficient.
Given over 30,000 members, most will miss a ton of valuable information because it scrolls away far to fast.
We need a way of grouping similar topics together so people can FIND THEM.
The question is to what degree we pursue the "compartmentalization".
Right now you have 4,516 threads that all have "something" to do with yamahas with 41,781 replies all thrown together in one giant bin.
As of now, I read most sections.
On the motorcycle sites that break every thing down, I read my specific model only and nothing else.
Add specific areas as requested or needed.
Keep up the good work. Some change won't hurt.
Do you consider it an ADVANTAGE or a DETRIMENT that all of the information is broken down to your specific model???
I would consider it a detriment personally. Simply because I tend to stay in forums that are relevant to me personally. For example I ride a M8, so I frequent the AC forum. If it was broke down further to M7, M8, M1000 I wouldn't read much about the 7s and 1000s, whereas now I do.
I think the search feature is more important than a robust subcategory system when it comes to finding specific relevant information. A simple generalized category system encourages conversations, while separating everything hinders it.
I only offer my opinions because Snowest is far and away the best snowmobile forum. Both as a sledder and as an advertiser nothing compares to Snowest and I hope it continues!
Make no mistake, we are listening.
Trying to find that balance between NO organization, and TOO much.
Somewhere in the middle is the sweetspot.
It's great to find the info quickly, but it takes a long time to scan over the other makes and models, plus the other sections.
Where now I can scan through all of Snowest fairly quickly.
I don't know anything on how the forums run, or what it takes to speed them up. I would say that anything that helps speed them up is a Advantage.
