I think the last big thread in which the matter was discussed was this one:

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/forum_is_drowning_in_spam

And welcome to the GOG forum! Most of the time this is a great place, I hope you like it here.

Which is fine, but GM is quite the resource hog as scripts go, and this is something that most sanely run fora do.

Unfortunately, GOG lacks the staffing to actually do it and is shy about enforcing the rules in general.

Well, it was just a suggestion. I don't personally use it since I'm used to forum life, check back 3 pages or so for anything that looks interesting.

TheMechanist - I hope my clarification made sure u know i was not getting at you - welcome, may u find many happy hours here.

I know you weren't, but a lot of the people arguing against making proper subfora seem to think that GM is an acceptable option. Which is a bit much, seeing as it requires people to properly tag their threads.

But yes, right now that seems to be the best we can do, until hell freezes over and a flying piggy recodes the forum software to give us an additional couple sub fora to work with.

Not been here overlong myself, so I will largely demure. I do agree with the folks who says it's nice to have everything in one basket, as that helps you discover new threads. Personally, I'd be happy if Topics I've participated in worked a bit more intelligently, say by sorting threads with unread replies to the top, rather than whatever order it is now. I think that would help streamline things.

hedwards - i always tag my giveaways with the word "giveaway". I do it deliberately as I really do understand some peeps do not like them. The update to the script, as it can now hide "user" threads is a great addition - people most probably think every thread i start is a gw (which to be fair, it usually is) - Now peeps can block my threads completely, and if they want/need me, I can always be pm'd.

Whilst we have had no hint of intention from GOG, and the script option is there, tbh - I would really like the "search feature" to be fixed.

You do, but the problem is that there's not really much consistency about it. Or at least there's inconsistency about it frequently enough for it to be a problem.

And yeah, I wish they'd fix the search feature. I'm not really sure why they're insisting upon doing their own forum software, when there's several very good ones out there.
I disagree, having them all in one basket means that you have to be online constantly or you'll miss something. I'm sure there's tons of threads over the years that I would have participated in, but didn't see them because they were buried under threads that would normally have their own subforum.

What's more, if you don't post new threads at the right time, they tend to get buried before anybody even notices them under the more active threads.

well , i mostly agree to the fact we can't do anything ; except putting idea in the community whishlst or using the support for suggestions ; i used already the later once..... go figure...

and i personally against a script in the mid-long term.... that's not a good idea.

in other hand; digging 8 pages ....hmm , the forum need more visibiliy ; because aside the favorites topic it's a pain sometimes... :'(

we will agree to disagree :)

This statement never holds up - it's like buying a newspaper and never turned to page 4 or 10 etc. If that is the case why would the user bother buying the newspaper in the 1st place.

just a thought - would an RSS feed be of any use ?

The newspaper doesn't generally have pages moving around based upon people preferring to read one story or another. The editor and the layout people will lay out the pages, and then they stay put after it's been printed.

In this case, anything that's not on page one or two, is probably forgotten about, and items regularly move about on the page, making it difficult to keep track.

I did end up installing a GM script, but it really just reinforces how badly we need it as fully 1/3 of the topics on the first two pages are giveaways, and that doesn't count the ones that aren't labeled in a way that the script matches.

well you compare a forum to a newspaper, a newspaper is much more structured, going to page 1 or 2 even isn't a problem.

but the fact it's the chaos, , almost forums were i went where much more structured.

What's up with the RSS Feeder , it's already used , unless i don't understood what you have in mind ;)

I do agree that the forums could be more utilitarian. Certainly the search function could be much better. I wouldn't be adverse to some subfora if they were well defined (Giveaways, Deals, things like that). What I'd like to avoid is the overproliferation of subfora that I've seen on too many gaming sites - some have a half dozen separate ones just under the General Discussion area alone. That kind of micro-categorisation makes threads just as easy to miss as the big bucket approach.

hedwards, DyNaer :D

I agree with you both about a newspaper being more structured. What I was trying to convey is that I have read in other threads that discuss this, that some peeps cannot be bothered going past page 1 of the forum. In respect to the newspaper, if that were the case you wouldn't buy it. Even if there were no giveaway posts / blue posts on page 1, it does not mean that a person might miss an interesting thread, because it is on page 4. I actually use the block giveaway script myself, when wanting to catch up on the forum, as i know everything highlighted, I can come back to.

DyNaer - to my shame lol, I didn't know GOG had an RSS feed - I thought i had come up with a brilliant suggestion lmao

tc both of you :)

its wednesday - or it was just wednesday as I'm seeing this same topic again - in another thread