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Old 06-18-23, 08:18 PM
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"BIke Forums" section should be listed first on this website

"BIke Forums" section should be listed first on this website and not "Community Connections". Just saying. Fine, have your "Cafe Press Store" and "Introductions" up there but everything else, IMHO, should be below "Bike Forums".
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Originally Posted by bikelif3
"BIke Forums" section should be listed first on this website and not "Community Connections". Just saying. Fine, have your "Cafe Press Store" and "Introductions" up there but everything else, IMHO, should be below "Bike Forums".
And suggestions, remarkably, have a forum of their own:

https://www.bikeforums.net/forum-sug...er-assistance/
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"Industry News", third most clickable header option currently on this website. 18 threads, 18 posts.
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The order of sections is pretty irrelevant to me. Most often, I just click on “New Posts” which gives me the most recent discussion topics across all sections.
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Originally Posted by Eric F
The order of sections is pretty irrelevant to me. Most often, I just click on “New Posts” which gives me the most recent discussion topics across all sections.
What if much of the time someone is completely new to the site and isn't logged in?
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Originally Posted by bikelif3
What if much of the time someone is completely new to the site and isn't logged in?
I can’t tell you how other people experience or use the site. My first encounter was a Google search for something I wanted more information about, and the search results lead me here. I’ve also been a discussion forum user for a very long time for multiple other topics, and this is a familiar environment to me. Again, the order of the sections on the front page is irrelevant to me.

EDIT: Even when I’m logged out, I can still click on “New Posts” and see what the latest discussion topics are.
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I can't fathom how anyone would argue against me that the "18 threads" and "18 posts" I've pointed out previously in a screenshot is a WASTE OF SPACE.
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Doesn't matter and no one cares. Maybe post something about bikes?
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or hydroplaning motorcycles.
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Originally Posted by bikelif3
"Industry News", third most clickable header option currently on this website. 18 threads, 18 posts.
Maybe those are 18 paid posts

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Originally Posted by bikelif3
I can't fathom how anyone would argue against me that the "18 threads" and "18 posts" I've pointed out previously in a screenshot is a WASTE OF SPACE.
Why do you care how the space is used?

If you don’t like that way this forum is structured, maybe start your own, in your version of “perfect”.

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You can always just view the "Bike Forums" section, like I do. My bookmark goes to: https://www.bikeforums.net/bike-forums/
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Originally Posted by bikelif3
"BIke Forums" section should be listed first on this website and not "Community Connections". Just saying. Fine, have your "Cafe Press Store" and "Introductions" up there but everything else, IMHO, should be below "Bike Forums".
I think you should have your own subforum…and it should be listed at the very bottom of the page. Then we can all very easily Ignore it.
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Having been on BF nearly 20 years, how it's set up has changed numerous times. People figure it out, no big deal.
Where's the 41?
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wow...new to the site and already 'deputy dawg'...lol, who cares
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Having been on BF nearly 20 years, how it's set up has changed numerous times. People figure it out, no big deal.
Where's the 41?
What's the biggest improvement in BIKE FORUMS in the past 20 years???

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What's the biggest improvement in BIKE FORUMS in the past 20 years???

Putting Industry News before Bike Forums. I like to check that sub forum once a year and it is very easy to find.
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I think you should have your own subforum…and it should be listed at the very bottom of the page. Then we can all very easily Ignore it.
You win BF today.

I can think of several other posters who should suffer the same fate.
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Originally Posted by bikelif3
"BIke Forums" section should be listed first on this website and not "Community Connections". Just saying. Fine, have your "Cafe Press Store" and "Introductions" up there but everything else, IMHO, should be below "Bike Forums".
Thank you for your suggestion. We will forward it to the appropriate administrators for consideration.
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My bad, "Industry News" is clearly labeled to be for advertisers. I missed that.
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At all the forums I go to, the main forum category for the majority of the members is not at the top.
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