Making Improvements Here!

Heres my input, and these are just my opinions.

I hate sub-forums that are broken into 1000 different forums.  Maybe its just laziness on my part, but I don't want to have to look through 5 different extension forums just to find an anwser Im looking for, or to help someone with questions of their own.  I like the setup the way it is now, and in all honesty find the "shrinkthingies" thing silly.  Its an extention method therefor I think we should be able to discuss it on here.

Breaking up the forum even more is just... I dunno, redundant.  Would you split up the long hair support forum for "professional hairdressers, long hair styles, shampoo's and conditioners, photos, braiding patterns, trimming methods" etc?  I would hope not, because it just seems very unnecessary.

The only other sub-sub forum I can see you adding is possibly wigs, but other then that I think the extension forum should be left the way it is now.

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I agree too.  Love the forum exactly how it is and think you do a great job at keeping the trols at bay.

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karen, i understand there were issues with shrinkthingies topic, but i guess if you elaborate on what exactly is the issue, what exactly we can or cant talk about, will help us help you.

I agree totally with other posters on this thread esp kalika who said we are only discussing the technique on this board and thats what this board is for.  So is it the name shrinkies that is touchy, but what is the difference between shrinkies and shrinkthingies?  For one there is more to type....

I think that as far as message boards go, this one is by far the most friendly and supportive.  Arguments on this board have been mild in comparison to other forums on the internet.  And, honestly, I never did think there was a problem. 

In real life, you're always going to run into nasty people, and you just deal with it.   It's nice to have the option to ban people, but I think it should be used very sparingly.  I don't have a problem with locking threads that have digressed into arguments and insults without any informative content. 

With regard to the advertisements, I wouldn't have known where to go or what to buy without the, um, dare I say ads from some of the board's frequent posters.  Maybe Karen could have an approved list of "advertisers" made up of people who also post substantive information?

I also think that we should be free to discuss the shrinkthingies.  Many posters use them and have questions about them.  To not allow discussions does everyone a disservice.  I don't know what the argument was about, but the rest of the board shouldn't be punished for it.

So, in sum, keep things way they were - we have it good here!

Heres my 2 cents! I do feel that a board with categories is a good idea. Its easier to read and post just what you are interested in. I personally have no interest in wigs...so thats a waste for me to shuffle through. Or if I want to post or read about dying/bleaching or find a tidbit of information it would be easier to find. But I also agree that only a few categories is necessary. You wouldnt want the information too spread out in to many places. That would make it more confusing than anything.

I always liked the quinnster board. I thought it worked and ran very well. But this board is so huge and there is so much information here that it would be impossible to seperate it all into categories, and would just totally confuse things, and everyone would be lost. Threads here have never been sorted so lots of threads go into many different subjects. So I just dont see that categorizing would be a good thing here or even possible.  If a forum starts out with categories thats fine, and it works well. But it wouldnt be good here.

It works out fine here the way it is so....even though I think a categorized forum is a good thing...I wouldnt want to change this one.

It's really quite simple in my opinion.

Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't say it mean.

Don't feed into negative posts by responding with harsh words to one up them. Ignore them and they WILL go away! Some people do start trouble intentionally for whatever reason but try to be dignified and ignore their posts.

Life is unfair but I have learned most in life by my mistakes.

I for the most part like the board the way it is. I didn't really get into the shrinkie ordeal and didn't read any of the posts until after the fact but didn't see anything wrong with the topic of who owns, what are they called, who sells them, etc.. posts. After all, this is how to obtain information.

On the topic of banning people, I have seen Senior Members that have not been banned for the same thing a Newbie has been banned for. I don't agree with that. Rules should apply to everyone.

This format is great and I have enjoyed this forum although I am not here as much as I would like to be.