Aaron Nola back to Philly

[squally1313]

Fairly sure there's not a forum breakout that's going to please everyone. Assume Brock and team have run the numbers on what arrangement is most likely to drive engagement. Feel like even at the old site we went through phases, mostly dependent on how the organization was doing. There were offseasons with expectations like this one where I feel like 90% of the activity was in the Transactions forum and no one ever really did anything in the Cubs General one. The years they were good and then forum was active, feel like there was always a fresh game thread up and that got most of the posts. 

Everyone here has obviously figured out a way to make it work, otherwise they wouldn't be here. My one frustration is that I never found anything that reliably replicated the 'Active Topics' feature from the old site, so I'm still having to click in and out and of the sub forums. But, the notifications are nice (and instant), the site generally moves quickly, it's fine. 

[TarzanJoeWallis]

42 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Fairly sure there's not a forum breakout that's going to please everyone. Assume Brock and team have run the numbers on what arrangement is most likely to drive engagement. Feel like even at the old site we went through phases, mostly dependent on how the organization was doing. There were offseasons with expectations like this one where I feel like 90% of the activity was in the Transactions forum and no one ever really did anything in the Cubs General one. The years they were good and then forum was active, feel like there was always a fresh game thread up and that got most of the posts. 

Everyone here has obviously figured out a way to make it work, otherwise they wouldn't be here. My one frustration is that I never found anything that reliably replicated the 'Active Topics' feature from the old site, so I'm still having to click in and out and of the sub forums. But, the notifications are nice (and instant), the site generally moves quickly, it's fine. 

I also miss the Active Topics feature. 

[ToolDRT]

Going back to the forum some of us came from there was a mlb forum and then sub forums for each team.
 

Specifically, on the cubs forum, we’d usually have an off-season discussion and trade ideas thread where all the rumors would go and all the other teams signings would go in there as well. 

Then, if the cubs actually signed someone that might get its own thread but still, the main portion of that discussion would take place in the off-season and trade ideas thread. 
We had a winter meetings thread as well as traffic would increase at that time.

Point being is that the information housed in one succinct place. This would allow long term conversations to happen and made for easy access to all the days rumors. Often what I would is is just leave the most active thread open and refresh it thought the day, knowing if anything at all happened I wouldn’t miss it that way. 
 

Openly admitting I know nothing about site traffic and all that, I must again mention that this way feels clunky and inconvenient. We have the slightest of Ohtani rumors going in their own thread now which to me, is just silly. Nothing is really happening yet but in order to discover the non-updates I have to click and read through three different threads. 
 

Again, I’m new here and not trying to force a change on longtime posters. But I can only say for myself, I’d probably be looking to find a different forum if it gets to the point where threads are scattered amongst sub-forums. 

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

1 hour ago, squally1313 said:

My one frustration is that I never found anything that reliably replicated the 'Active Topics' feature from the old site, so I'm still having to click in and out and of the sub forums. 

Have you seen previous discussions where WrigleyField22 posted his stream settings.  It basically makes the little newspaper icon near the top right of the page into Active Topics (I also just set that as my bookmark to the site so it takes me right there when I click that bookmark).  I think if you click the link below, it will take you to his stream/settings and you can click "add to my streams," and set it as your default stream. Or you can basically do it yourself when you click that newspaper link.  I think the important stream options to have set are Content Types: Topics and then Sorting: Newest First.  I have my time period as the previous 14 days, he has 7 days, but that can be whatever.  I was really disappointed when the "active topics" link was taken away when the site switched, but then I saw him post about this and once I set it, it was back to normal for me.  

https://northsidebaseball.com/discover/14/

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 hour ago, ToolDRT said:

We have the slightest of Ohtani rumors going in their own thread now which to me, is just silly. Nothing is really happening yet but in order to discover the non-updates I have to click and read through three different threads. 

Let me tell you about a guy named Brian Roberts...

[ToolDRT]

11 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Let me tell you about a guy named Brian Roberts...

I’ll counter that and raise you a Jake Peavy! 

[squally1313]

7 hours ago, ToolDRT said:

Going back to the forum some of us came from there was a mlb forum and then sub forums for each team.
 

Specifically, on the cubs forum, we’d usually have an off-season discussion and trade ideas thread where all the rumors would go and all the other teams signings would go in there as well. 

Then, if the cubs actually signed someone that might get its own thread but still, the main portion of that discussion would take place in the off-season and trade ideas thread. 
We had a winter meetings thread as well as traffic would increase at that time.

Point being is that the information housed in one succinct place. This would allow long term conversations to happen and made for easy access to all the days rumors. Often what I would is is just leave the most active thread open and refresh it thought the day, knowing if anything at all happened I wouldn’t miss it that way. 
 

Openly admitting I know nothing about site traffic and all that, I must again mention that this way feels clunky and inconvenient. We have the slightest of Ohtani rumors going in their own thread now which to me, is just silly. Nothing is really happening yet but in order to discover the non-updates I have to click and read through three different threads. 
 

Again, I’m new here and not trying to force a change on longtime posters. But I can only say for myself, I’d probably be looking to find a different forum if it gets to the point where threads are scattered amongst sub-forums. 

I get the frustration, and in an ideal world I'd cut a check from my endless money supply to cover operating costs on this site for the next 50 years and turn it back into NSBB circa 2012. But, bluntly, that site (in that form) doesn't exist anymore, and neither does your old site, and there are reasons for that. They're clearly trying to use the articles to drive traffic here, and if I had to guess they probably aren't thrilled with the most popular thread of the last month being 'Cubs Offseason Chat'. But they haven't done anything about it as of yet. I'll absolutely take this site over the alternative of Tim shutting down oldNSBB and nothing so far has made me really consider anything else, although that's probably for more 'I'm old and stuck in my ways' reasons than anything else. 

I don't know if the business plan works. But happy to put up with these types of minor inconveniences if it keeps this place up and running. 

[jersey cubs fan]

My kingdom for another Craig Counsell post 

[ToolDRT]

16 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

I get the frustration, and in an ideal world I'd cut a check from my endless money supply to cover operating costs on this site for the next 50 years and turn it back into NSBB circa 2012. But, bluntly, that site (in that form) doesn't exist anymore, and neither does your old site, and there are reasons for that. They're clearly trying to use the articles to drive traffic here, and if I had to guess they probably aren't thrilled with the most popular thread of the last month being 'Cubs Offseason Chat'. But they haven't done anything about it as of yet. I'll absolutely take this site over the alternative of Tim shutting down oldNSBB and nothing so far has made me really consider anything else, although that's probably for more 'I'm old and stuck in my ways' reasons than anything else. 

I don't know if the business plan works. But happy to put up with these types of minor inconveniences if it keeps this place up and running. 

Oh I see your points and the last thing I’d want to do is come in as a new poster and start rattling off changes I’d like to see. Again, knowing nothing about how site traffic works either, it’s just been a jarring switch. 
 

But I’m a nerd in the sense that if I wasn’t able to stay up to date during the day due to work (or other personal business) I’d simply come home and read from where the thread left off and it was like I was learning about things in real time and watching it play out as it would have happened if I were home. And I miss that idea. 
 

I don’t know the answer to be honest. I feel like if this Nola thread were put in the larger mlb forum it wouldn’t have gathered any responses or views. So I guess I’m wondering how putting it in a different portion of the site (where it would gather less traffic) helps the site. 

[squally1313]

1 hour ago, ToolDRT said:

 

But I’m a nerd in the sense that if I wasn’t able to stay up to date during the day due to work (or other personal business) I’d simply come home and read from where the thread left off and it was like I was learning about things in real time and watching it play out as it would have happened if I were home. And I miss that idea. 

I'm the same way and honestly this is the issue I have with the 'new' version of the Active Topics that Wrigley (helpfully) put together and Poster (also helpfully) linked above. The page shows the most recent post in the thread, so I'd be 'spoiled' (in the lamest way possible). Whereas from what I remember before it just showed the topic name and a reverse chronological list based on latest posts, and would take me to my last read spot when I clicked on it. Not sure if there's a fix for that. But, like I said before, small issue, just have to do it through each forum. 

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

11 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

I'm the same way and honestly this is the issue I have with the 'new' version of the Active Topics that Wrigley (helpfully) put together and Poster (also helpfully) linked above. The page shows the most recent post in the thread, so I'd be 'spoiled' (in the lamest way possible). Whereas from what I remember before it just showed the topic name and a reverse chronological list based on latest posts, and would take me to my last read spot when I clicked on it. Not sure if there's a fix for that. But, like I said before, small issue, just have to do it through each forum. 

That is what it does for me now... when I click on the topic, it takes me to the most recent post that I haven't read, not the most recent post overall.  I'm not sure if I have some setting clicked for that.  Unless you mean that when you are looking at the page of "active topics," you can see the latest post right under the topic name.  If that is the problem, it is because you have "expanded" selected instead of "condensed," where it only shows the topic title and not the most recent post along with it.  

I see that the link to Wrigley's stream does have "expanded" selected.  Just click condensed instead.  

Edited November 21, 2023 by PosterToBeNamedLater

[squally1313]

7 minutes ago, PosterToBeNamedLater said:

That is what it does for me now... when I click on the topic, it takes me to the most recent post that I haven't read, not the most recent post overall.  I'm not sure if I have some setting clicked for that.  Unless you mean that when you are looking at the page of "active topics," you can see the latest post right under the topic name.  If that is the problem, it is because you have "expanded" selected instead of "condensed," where it only shows the topic title and not the most recent post along with it.  

Oh man I just clicked on the little Newspaper thingy again and the post blurbs disappeared. Potential game changer. Thank you a lot