Forum Organization / Set-up Poll

[ERicJ]

Originally Posted by zipper

And Therin lies the problem Eric. You are judging your end users by your skill set. It's a problem many programmers exhibit and may not be the best way to judge how to set up a tool. But then, I've been wrong many times in my life and this may be no different.

You make a good point Lyle, but I see it as judging the situation based on what the tool (this forum software) is capable of. Then it's a matter of education. E.g. informing users about the "New Posts" link.

Is it in the best interest of the disc golf community for the forum to be organized to benefit an administrator, or the mass of the users? We have a saying at work: "The customer may not always be right, but they're still the customer".

Originally Posted by zipper

BTW the who is filling out the poll question was retorical and was meant to comment on the possibility that the poll might not reflect ease of use or rational behavior or even what people might find useful. Heck it might even reflect that people like you, and dislike Larry given that it is biased by what has occurred on the MB. So, what value is in it?

With any poll there's a margin of error, I'll grant you that. But most people are surprised to learn how small of a sample size you really need to get a statistically significant result. But in this specific case we're not talking about splitting hairs... the poll is 95+% in one direction.

Let me be clear that I respect Larry and the work he's done for the sport and the community. Dedicating virtually every Sunday morning and pulling in ~$1K a year for TxSDGC is hardcore. In my own experience he knows and plays by the rules by the rules of the game, and anyone who knows me, knows I appreciate that.