Cooking & Baking

Coyote_Bandit

(6,783 posts) Sun Jan 1, 2012, 04:14 PM Jan 2012

Testing - Need Your Opinions Please

I'm going to post several threads and pin them as part of an experiment to see how multiple posted threads appear.

We are trying to determine how many pinned threads we want in order to determine how to define the pinned recipe threads.

We recognize that people are likely viewing this group using a wide variety of devices and formats. We need your opinion and input regarding what might work best for you. Please post those opinions here in this thread.

I'll start with 3 pinned threads (the two threads by Lucinda that are already pinned plus this thread). Tomorrow I will add three other pinned test threads. I'll leave them pinned for about a day and then I will delete one of the pinned test threads (leaving 6 pinned threads). About a day later I will delete a second pinned test thread (leaving 5 pinned threads). About a day later I will delete a third pinned test thread (leaving 4 pinned threads).

Thanks!

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Testing - Need Your Opinions Please (Original Post) Coyote_Bandit Jan 2012 OP

What? No sex threads? HopeHoops Jan 2012 #1

The problem with nesting threads is like graywolfs thread that never dies Lucinda Jan 2012 #3

FYI - the user is graywarrior and she started a new DU3 thread that never dies. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #5

I think hidden threads become automatically visible again in 90 days Lucinda Jan 2012 #6

The main reason I was thinking "by month" is that so many recipes are seasonal. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #8

That's a great idea! It's so true that recipes are seasonal! LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #14

I checked and We CAN hide pinned threads...so we don't have to limit ourselves Lucinda Jan 2012 #2

I am so glad I saw this before I complained. Going off to hide them now. cbayer Jan 2012 #9

Thank you for doing this The empressof all Jan 2012 #4

If only we had our BOOKMARK function back this would be redundant. annabanana Jan 2012 #7

Ashame we don't still have the Research supernova Jan 2012 #10

i wonder what happened to demopedia NMDemDist2 Jan 2012 #11

Informative Aerows Jul 2012 #12

yes i do little-catty Jul 2012 #13

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

1. What? No sex threads?

Reply to Coyote_Bandit (Original post)

Sun Jan 1, 2012, 07:34 PM

Jan 2012

I'll keep an eye on it, but I'm on a 17" laptop so it is one of the larger viewing devices. Even still, excessive pinned threads are still a detraction. Perhaps what we really need is a sub-group for recipes.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

3. The problem with nesting threads is like graywolfs thread that never dies

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 1, 2012, 09:07 PM

Jan 2012

LONG load time and hard to find anything. We can hide pinned threads, so people can hide them until they want to browse.

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

5. FYI - the user is graywarrior and she started a new DU3 thread that never dies.

Reply to Lucinda (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:41 AM

Jan 2012

And yes, they do take a long time to load.

I was just thinking. Perhaps the recipe threads could be tied to a month (1201 for now) and released from the pin after the month transition.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

6. I think hidden threads become automatically visible again in 90 days

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 12:53 PM

Jan 2012

So they would need to be re-hidden at that point. The overall number of pinned threads wont matter to me sine I will just hide any that I don't want visible all the time.

I think the idea of posting them by month might make it hard to find a recipe again..? As opposed to using a category system...Just my take on it though.

We have a lot more options to organize the categories in easy to browse groupings now that we know that we can hide pinned threads. I also think it is worth it to take a little time and find a system the majority agrees on. That would be much easier than trying to redo it down the roads after people make all the effort to add recipes.