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George Palmer posted 08-04-98 07:40 PM ET
The purpose of this thread is to discuss how to successfully navigate the SMAC cyberspace which is this BB. I suggest we keep the grousing about the format and our love of the old BB format to other threads. (even though I agree with those sentiments.
My personal reason for starting this thread is that I hope to get some usefull tips on how to keep up with the board and how to find the interesting posts.
I am about several thousand posts behind on reading this board and am often confused by the number of threads. Even though I just started another thread (sigh). BTW, I'm not a Johnny come lately. I was at the old board when general and alpha boards were the same thing.
Some specific questions:
1. How many posts does the board receive per day?
2. Do people keep up with all the posts? How? How much time per day does it take to read all the posts?
I guess that's it for now but any relevant discussion about board reading strategy would be appreciated. (I've already seen some tips from Stobie (sp?))
Phil R posted 08-04-98 11:56 PM ET
I gather these forums have been running around 4 months and there are roughly 15,000 posts in all, which implies 4,000 a month or about 120 new posts a day.
There seem to be I guess 30-40 active contributors at any one time so that's 3 or 4 a day, each.
As to how you keep track, no idea! I've definitely missed following up coments because I forgot where I saw them.
MikeH posted 08-05-98 06:22 AM ET
some of us post more than that, sorry.
How to keep up this is my routine:
start at general comments
1. Read any new threads/ones I don't recognise,
2. Read the old threads which have been replied to in the last day (usually 7-8, unless I know they are boring)
3. Go to the next forum and do the same.
etc.
You could probably get away with only visiting this forum and the factions every few days and adjusting your no of days view.
You could also skip the Chronicles if you want to save a lot of time.
You could keep a note of interesting thread names.
Don't forget, you only have to read the threads that sound good, even I can't read them all. ;-)
I think the posting frequency is increasing, at the beginning it was fairly slow and now it is like madness.
My first post was only 3 weeks ago and I've got 500ish.

George Palmer posted 08-13-98 04:50 PM ET
For what its worth, i finally got done power-reading thru the site and science old posts. My goal is to read all the old posts. so I can just look at new ones in the future. Will probably take a couple monbths tho.
diabolik posted 08-13-98 08:01 PM ET
Wouldn't it be nice with a search engine to do keyword searches? Let's just make sure that everyone gets their spelling up to par first...
MikeH posted 08-14-98 07:11 AM ET
I still haven't read all the posts but I try to go back when I have time. It's getting out of control now though.
Apocalypse posted 08-15-98 04:28 PM ET
There can't be a search engine unless you get a new forum.
MikeH posted 08-17-98 04:49 AM ET
Forget what I said before. You can't keep up. I just got back after the weekend and it's impossible. You just have to pick your battles:)
Tigen posted 08-17-98 02:59 PM ET
Yeah it's hard, especially those club ones which grow faster than Clinton's...uh faster than, hmm similes escape me at this time in the morning. Fast. The trick is to never let it get out of hand. Each new day, attack those new posts with vigor and a smile, skimming them if necessary to just glean the general gist of them.
MikeH posted 08-18-98 05:39 AM ET
Skimming is OK but I try to read them if I want to post otherwise I end up saying what has gone already.
outlyr242 posted 08-19-98 07:53 PM ET
I post where it looks like a good entrance. I remember some of the places and forget about most.
Then when I have time, I open the forums to see the max # of threads and look for things i like which usually end up beings threads in which i have posted of visited before.
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Author	Topic: How to keep track of all the posts.
George Palmer	posted 08-04-98 07:40 PM ET The purpose of this thread is to discuss how to successfully navigate the SMAC cyberspace which is this BB. I suggest we keep the grousing about the format and our love of the old BB format to other threads. (even though I agree with those sentiments. My personal reason for starting this thread is that I hope to get some usefull tips on how to keep up with the board and how to find the interesting posts. I am about several thousand posts behind on reading this board and am often confused by the number of threads. Even though I just started another thread (sigh). BTW, I'm not a Johnny come lately. I was at the old board when general and alpha boards were the same thing. Some specific questions: 1. How many posts does the board receive per day? 2. Do people keep up with all the posts? How? How much time per day does it take to read all the posts? I guess that's it for now but any relevant discussion about board reading strategy would be appreciated. (I've already seen some tips from Stobie (sp?))
Phil R	posted 08-04-98 11:56 PM ET I gather these forums have been running around 4 months and there are roughly 15,000 posts in all, which implies 4,000 a month or about 120 new posts a day. There seem to be I guess 30-40 active contributors at any one time so that's 3 or 4 a day, each. As to how you keep track, no idea! I've definitely missed following up coments because I forgot where I saw them.
MikeH	posted 08-05-98 06:22 AM ET some of us post more than that, sorry. How to keep up this is my routine: start at general comments 1. Read any new threads/ones I don't recognise, 2. Read the old threads which have been replied to in the last day (usually 7-8, unless I know they are boring) 3. Go to the next forum and do the same. etc. You could probably get away with only visiting this forum and the factions every few days and adjusting your no of days view. You could also skip the Chronicles if you want to save a lot of time. You could keep a note of interesting thread names. Don't forget, you only have to read the threads that sound good, even I can't read them all. ;-) I think the posting frequency is increasing, at the beginning it was fairly slow and now it is like madness. My first post was only 3 weeks ago and I've got 500ish.
George Palmer	posted 08-13-98 04:50 PM ET For what its worth, i finally got done power-reading thru the site and science old posts. My goal is to read all the old posts. so I can just look at new ones in the future. Will probably take a couple monbths tho.
diabolik	posted 08-13-98 08:01 PM ET Wouldn't it be nice with a search engine to do keyword searches? Let's just make sure that everyone gets their spelling up to par first...
MikeH	posted 08-14-98 07:11 AM ET I still haven't read all the posts but I try to go back when I have time. It's getting out of control now though.
Apocalypse	posted 08-15-98 04:28 PM ET There can't be a search engine unless you get a new forum.
MikeH	posted 08-17-98 04:49 AM ET Forget what I said before. You can't keep up. I just got back after the weekend and it's impossible. You just have to pick your battles:)
Tigen	posted 08-17-98 02:59 PM ET Yeah it's hard, especially those club ones which grow faster than Clinton's...uh faster than, hmm similes escape me at this time in the morning. Fast. The trick is to never let it get out of hand. Each new day, attack those new posts with vigor and a smile, skimming them if necessary to just glean the general gist of them.
MikeH	posted 08-18-98 05:39 AM ET Skimming is OK but I try to read them if I want to post otherwise I end up saying what has gone already.
outlyr242	posted 08-19-98 07:53 PM ET I post where it looks like a good entrance. I remember some of the places and forget about most. Then when I have time, I open the forums to see the max # of threads and look for things i like which usually end up beings threads in which i have posted of visited before. O