Exclude Off-Topic posts from Live Forum Feed?

Grinder

Grinder

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It seems unfortunate that a comparatively high number of OT posts would often overshadow or completely displace car audio posts in the Live Forum Feed.

Perhaps the exclusion of OT posts from the Live Forum Feed would improve overall user experience and/or forum image.

:whistle:
 
100% agree with this.

I can't count how many times I click on this site, have a look at the live feed and see it filled with complete garbage posts... and then just close the site, because I can't be bothered.
The struggle for me is; I'm really trying to boycott DIYMA and support CAJ. But I find that most of the posts on CAJ are not audio related, and offer nothing that would interest me.

As an example; I am looking at the live feed section right now (this very second), and here are the topics currently active:
1. "For The Ladies"
2. Grey alien interview sans audio
3. Humour, need a laugh?
4. Old but evergreen argument, class AB vs D
5. Queef explained somewhat

Only one of them has ANYTHING to do with car audio.
Which is kinda sad... considering we're supposed to be Junkies of CAR AUDIO. Not Junkies of JUNK.
Sorry, but I come here to learn and talk about car audio (and occasionally contribute to the 'Counting With Pictures' post)...

I'm not saying that the Off-Topic posts need to go away (everyone has a right to post what they want).
But I definitely agree that the O-T posts should not show-up in the Live Feed, as they regularly become 80% of the site topics.
 
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Perhaps a way for each individual to choose which sub-forums get displayed in the live forum feed. That way you can filter out what doesn't interest you. I agree the live feed gets jammed up, but I'm not opposed to the off-topic stuff as much.
 
I should add that I am not at all opposed to OT content. In fact, the vast majority of my posts are in OT. :tape:
 
I agree , since we are in a virtual class room or here to learn . . . Let's make Break room , politics , etc..,
"Just Get Rid of anything Not Car Audio , Period !
 
Excluding specific forums from the activity stream isn't just a "click-and-done" type of deal. It appears it will take some template modification. I'll look at it more in-depth when I get some free time.
 
Have you considered sub-forums like tuning, music, build logs , then we could click on them ( to see car audio type stuffs ) and Not everybody has posted a build log ( so no ) Queef there !
 
Grinder said:
I should add that I am not at all opposed to OT content. In fact, the vast majority of my posts are in OT. :tape:
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I was thinking this when I seen the who started this thread.

Your right on point with it. We'll have two wait to weeks for the admins to pretend like they give a crap though.

Oh wait the admin already has responded and looked in to it. That's a welcome change....
 
Grinder said:
It seems unfortunate that a comparatively high number of OT posts would often overshadow or completely displace car audio posts in the Live Forum Feed.

Perhaps the exclusion of OT posts from the Live Forum Feed would improve overall user experience and/or forum image.

:whistle:
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Weren't you one of the ones who protested this idea when I suggested it on that other car audio website? :nana:

(I still think it's a good idea)
 
So here's the deal...the software came with a generic Activity Feed enabled, but it was somewhat limited in functionality. I installed a plugin for the Live Feed that we use, and it's AJAX-based which automatically updates every couple of minutes.

I found out a way to remove certain forums from the built-in activity feed's 'new posts' and 'new threads' section, but I can't figure out how to remove it from the Live Feed plugin. I was able to do a somewhat-workaround by installing a different plugin which allows users to ignore certain threads or whole forums altogether. It doesn't prevent new OT posts from showing up on the live feed, but it does prevent it from showing up when you press the "New Posts" button.

If you go to your settings in the upper right, then click Thread Forum and Ignore Lists, you will see three options. If you check New Posts or Today's posts, they won't show up when you click the "New Posts" button. If you check the Forum Home and Forum Display, the ignored forums or threads won't even be displayed in the forum list.

To ignore a forum (or a particular thread), click the "Forum Tools" (or "Thread Tools") dropdown menu, and click "Ignore"

I will continue to explore a proper fix.
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Okay, after futzing with this thing, I finally got it upgraded to a version where I can exclude certain forums...the things I do for you doofuses :facepalm:
The ignore plugin is still active if you just want to ignore certain areas altogether.

Should I add the Introductions sub-forum to the excluded list also?
 
Thank you, Alan!

Yes, I think it makes sense to exclude Introductions posts from the Live Feed as well.

Those so inclined can subscribe to the Introductions Forum, so as not to miss an opportunity to welcome a new member. :idea:
 
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I set it to where newly started threads show up, but new replies don't...that way you can see when a new member does an intro, but the feed isn't clogged up with the "welcome" replies
 
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