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10-31-2020, 01:55 PM
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I wish. There was a move to rearrange ALL the forums - and make everything "first-level" - meaning things like the Cayenne with subforums for models would go away - and every Cayenne would be on it's own as a top-level forum. That hasn't launched yet - and I think there was enough concern that it possibly won't. This is one of those things that comes up - has a flurry of discussion - then goes away with nothing happening. We have a mod/admin/owner Zoom meeting sometime in the next week, I will try bringing it up again.
10-31-2020, 02:26 PM
#32
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I was afraid they would make it such a big project that nothing would be done.
The 987 owners will accept a new forum group starting from this day forward. We can live with current stuff and we can slowly bring forward (C&P) what we cannot live without and go from here !
Please - I'm tired of going to P9 to find a 987 group
The 987 owners will accept a new forum group starting from this day forward. We can live with current stuff and we can slowly bring forward (C&P) what we cannot live without and go from here !
Please - I'm tired of going to P9 to find a 987 group
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NP713_987S (11-26-2020)
11-26-2020, 01:19 PM
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As usual it looks like this has been ignored forcing everyone to look elsewhere for information.
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TMc993 (11-26-2020)
11-26-2020, 02:24 PM
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Without defending Internet Brands (I think they are a terrible service provider) and without offending anyone who has commented in this thread (You all have posted valid points), I'd like to point out that thirteen users (Not counting me) have commented on this issue, some more than once. Of the fourteen of us who posted comments, eight are paying members and six are not.
Even if the bulk of the "re-sorting" was completed by "volunteers," I suspect there would still be a fairly significant financial cost to IB related to programming, database restructuring, etc. To be honest, as logical and reasonable as the comments here are, the concerns of eight paying members and six non-paying users probably don't carry enough financial clout to push a corporation like IB off the mark.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, just that the fiscal reality is that there's not much for IB to gain financially by doing it....So, they probably won't.
Even if the bulk of the "re-sorting" was completed by "volunteers," I suspect there would still be a fairly significant financial cost to IB related to programming, database restructuring, etc. To be honest, as logical and reasonable as the comments here are, the concerns of eight paying members and six non-paying users probably don't carry enough financial clout to push a corporation like IB off the mark.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, just that the fiscal reality is that there's not much for IB to gain financially by doing it....So, they probably won't.
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11-26-2020, 07:10 PM
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While I agree with the reasoning not to do this I would submit that we have been complaining about this since they combined the two models at the very beginning. Lame that they combined them from the get go an now here we are.....
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alemaniac (11-27-2020)
11-28-2020, 05:45 PM
#38
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Paying member, new 987.1 owner, couldn't agree more.
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NP713_987S (11-29-2020)
11-29-2020, 09:58 AM
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It's obvious that complaining about this issue in random threads on the discussion board is not working. So, what is the single best way to request this type of change? Who do we contact?
It seems to me that if we put together a focused campaign involving a significant number of subscribers contacting a single individual with the influence to make it happen, we'd have a better chance of effecting change. I'm not talking about yet another thread on the board. That clearly isn't effective.
Instead, if we had a way to PM a person with influence, we could run a concentrated (Say, a week?) campaign on the board, with daily reminders posted in a single thread on the board for a week. Then, it would be up to the people who use the board to let their opinion be known to "the powers that be."
If a couple of hundred people participate, then maybe something will happen. If fourteen people participate, then perhaps it's not as big a problem as some of us think it is.
Just a suggestion...
Terry
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11-29-2020, 10:55 AM
#41
Without defending Internet Brands (I think they are a terrible service provider) and without offending anyone who has commented in this thread (You all have posted valid points), I'd like to point out that thirteen users (Not counting me) have commented on this issue, some more than once. Of the fourteen of us who posted comments, eight are paying members and six are not.
Even if the bulk of the "re-sorting" was completed by "volunteers," I suspect there would still be a fairly significant financial cost to IB related to programming, database restructuring, etc. To be honest, as logical and reasonable as the comments here are, the concerns of eight paying members and six non-paying users probably don't carry enough financial clout to push a corporation like IB off the mark.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, just that the fiscal reality is that there's not much for IB to gain financially by doing it....So, they probably won't.
Even if the bulk of the "re-sorting" was completed by "volunteers," I suspect there would still be a fairly significant financial cost to IB related to programming, database restructuring, etc. To be honest, as logical and reasonable as the comments here are, the concerns of eight paying members and six non-paying users probably don't carry enough financial clout to push a corporation like IB off the mark.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, just that the fiscal reality is that there's not much for IB to gain financially by doing it....So, they probably won't.
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Fresh.Sizzle (03-07-2021)
11-29-2020, 01:22 PM
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Don,
It's obvious that complaining about this issue in random threads on the discussion board is not working. So, what is the single best way to request this type of change? Who do we contact?
It seems to me that if we put together a focused campaign involving a significant number of subscribers contacting a single individual with the influence to make it happen, we'd have a better chance of effecting change. I'm not talking about yet another thread on the board. That clearly isn't effective.
Instead, if we had a way to PM a person with influence, we could run a concentrated (Say, a week?) campaign on the board, with daily reminders posted in a single thread on the board for a week. Then, it would be up to the people who use the board to let their opinion be known to "the powers that be."
If a couple of hundred people participate, then maybe something will happen. If fourteen people participate, then perhaps it's not as big a problem as some of us think it is.
Just a suggestion...
Terry
It's obvious that complaining about this issue in random threads on the discussion board is not working. So, what is the single best way to request this type of change? Who do we contact?
It seems to me that if we put together a focused campaign involving a significant number of subscribers contacting a single individual with the influence to make it happen, we'd have a better chance of effecting change. I'm not talking about yet another thread on the board. That clearly isn't effective.
Instead, if we had a way to PM a person with influence, we could run a concentrated (Say, a week?) campaign on the board, with daily reminders posted in a single thread on the board for a week. Then, it would be up to the people who use the board to let their opinion be known to "the powers that be."
If a couple of hundred people participate, then maybe something will happen. If fourteen people participate, then perhaps it's not as big a problem as some of us think it is.
Just a suggestion...
Terry
That's the best I can offer at the moment. There are some considerations involving forum sponsorship - but nothing I can see as unsurmountable.
Best,
11-29-2020, 02:08 PM
#43
Racer
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I suggest we PM everybody who posted in this section and invite them to voice their opinion by posting in this thread.
11-29-2020, 06:48 PM
#45
I am willing to not renew my paid membership if a solution isn’t even attempted. However, I’m also willing to volunteer “moving” 987 threads to its appropriate category. It’s not rocket science; just some hard work.