Still sounds strange to me that Erik, I believe the creator and owner and president of this site, posts some forums in the "unread posts".
If one does not read posts for a day but 3 days later, the post will be missed, posts in the unread category show 25 to 27 hours, then one will never find out what Erick had to say.
I will again suggest to Erik to have a tab or a special forum for his announcements.
I do realize by now, having made the suggestion several times to have a dedicated forum for hinself, that Erik does not want to differentiate himself from the crowd but be part of it.
However what is more important than to communicate at large, to everyone, all the members, what Erik has to say.
Many times I have found 3 to 15 days later what he had posted, reading a post in his forum.
Is it not time for Erik to promote his site by keeping us all informed thru a dedicate post or a monthly if not a weekly newsletter?
Food for thought!
Weekly newsleters normally have no value to them. When Erik wants to post something he will. Not every week though; but it works and that has not changed for the 1-2 years I was gone.
1. Still sounds strange to me that Erik, I believe the creator and owner and president of this site, posts some forums in the "unread posts".
"Unread posts" is a container that EVERYBODY's post goes into UNTIL it has been read.
2. If one does not read posts for a day but 3 days later, the post will be missed, posts in the unread category show 25 to 27 hours, then one will never find out what Erick had to say.
Posts stay in UNREAD POSTS forever - until they are read. If you are away from the site for a few days and wish to see every forum topic that has been posted during your absence, you can do that using the EMPTY SEARCH trick - 4th item described here.
3. I will again suggest to Erik to have a tab or a special forum for his announcements.
Treating Erik as a special case makes the software more complex - and it's unnecessary. If you want to be alerted to every topic Erik starts, all you have to do is TRACK him.
4. I do realize by now, having made the suggestion several times to have a dedicated forum for hinself, that Erik does not want to differentiate himself from the crowd but be part of it.
Using a dedicated menu item for Erik would clutter the user interface. Space is at a premium on chess.com menus. The existing tracking facility works perfectly if anyone want to keep up with Erik's topics.
5. However what is more important than to communicate at large, to everyone, all the members, what Erik has to say.
Not everything that Erik posts is of interest to everyone. He posts in a number of topics; this will only be relevant to the people following that topic.
6. Many times I have found 3 to 15 days later what he had posted, reading a post in his forum.
There isn't a mechanism to track EVERYTHING that ANYONE posts; only the topics that are STARTED by those we are tracking (or those who are on our friends' list).
7. Is it not time for Erik to promote his site by keeping us all informed thru a dedicate post or a monthly if not a weekly newsletter?
There are many existing channels of communication: forum topics, blogs, home page announcements, banners, ...
8. Food for thought!
Yum, yum.
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