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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:36 pm    Post subject: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

as the title states....why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? before I can get to the forum?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:47 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

Although....it does brutally illustrate how often virtually every question is asked.....right?

The most frequently asked question:

"Has this question already been asked?"

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:01 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

Maybe a moderator or member can create a topic (index) that has links to all the stickies, like we have in other forums. Then it can be made an announcement and locked. Finally all the Stickies can be made normal topics.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:04 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

this just happened....it wasn't like that this AM.

very, very annoying....

and ray, may as well lock the whole forum....I mean, really...it has ALL been done
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese.......
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most VW enthusiasts are stuck in 80's price land.

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Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public.

Brian wrote:
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:06 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

That's going to get old....
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:06 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

You beat me to it, I was just about to post this on the "Site" forum:

To me, this is a huge regression in the usability of the forum.

I found it quite useful to be able to go to the front page of the forum and see the new posts. I'd then just click on one I'm interested in or I can help with.

Now you seem to be flooded with a huge list of sticky posts that takes up the first one and a half pages.

It's a subtle difference to have to do extra clicking to find the new posts, but why make it more difficult for most of the users to get to what they are looking for? Particularly on mobile, where the site navigation is not as good as on desktop, I might just stop looking at the forum until I'm home.

Would it not be much neater (and easier to read) to organize this long, unrelated list of stickies into a smaller set of them that contain a list of related links?

I for one would be happy to help with that.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:10 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

I completely 'get' wanting to keep the forum organized, I 'get' that folks should use the search feature, but in defense of those who ask easy questions:

Sometimes new folks don't know what language or words to use when searching seemingly obvious topics.

Sometimes it's difficult to wade through 60 pages of a thread to find the answer to a question, information overload.

I get that it's repetitive (I'm on other non-VW forums..) but noobs asking questions makes the forums go 'round.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:10 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

Must be the work of Tcash's new apprentice . . .
I'm sure things will be back to normal shortly.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:13 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

another vote for put it back as it was. I think that all the stickies were in a stickies tab?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:23 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

Yup, add me to the "go away, stickies" ballot. They were annoying enough at a half-page. Perhaps there needs to be a separate forum for stickies.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:33 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

kreemoweet wrote:
Must be the work of Tcash's new apprentice . . .
I'm sure things will be back to normal shortly.

Guilty as charged. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:49 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

thank you for putting it back
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese.......
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most VW enthusiasts are stuck in 80's price land.

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Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public.

Brian wrote:
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:55 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

I've been driving all day. Did I miss something? Confused

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:07 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

It was sticky hell, the entire first page and 3/4 of the second was just stickies, new posts began partway down page 2. It needed some Pimp my ride meme with Xhibit sayin "Yo, we heard ya'll likes yo self some stickies........"
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:55 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

I will fully admit....I had no idea there WERE that many stickies. Where the hell were all of those?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:07 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

Dude your screen must be small. Mine only shows maybe the first top quarter as being stickies. Laughing

Maybe you have screen envy? Embarassed
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: why is there a page and a half of "stickies"? Reply with quote

Where has the huge list of stickies gone? I liked the new format, it stopped skills from padding his go fund me thread.
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