Musicbanter Improvement Thread (album, members, title, reviews, quote)

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Alfred

Make polls editable by the thread starter, at least once.

Make it so that threads you posted in still show up when you click "new posts".

I like these ideas, in theory. Let's debate them before we add them, though.
Here are my thoughts: (Others, post your own if applicable)

- Polls editable by thread starter is a good idea. That eliminates most of the need for moderators to edit them for the original poster. That would be a pro.
Con: If it's a decisive poll, that is not public, that person could change the values of the votes. Ultimately, it may not seem like a problem in most scenarios, but I think that would be something the community should decide. With that said, I would leave that open for everyone to weigh in on.

- I'm not sure how your second request would be necessary... If you were the last person to post in a thread, why would you want it to show up as a new post? Feel free to discuss this. Anyone? Maybe I'm not seeing the point.

[Alfred]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

- I'm not sure how your second request would be necessary... If you were the last person to post in a thread, why would you want it to show up as a new post? Feel free to discuss this. Anyone? Maybe I'm not seeing the point.

Well, I'm used to being able to do this on other forums. Say you forgot to add something to a post of yours. It's just kind of a nice shortcut.

Even threads that you don't post in, if you read the last page, they won't show up on "new posts." It'd just make things a little easier for some people. Maybe not everyone wants it, but if there was an option that could be set on your profile to view all posts made recently when you click "new posts", regardless of whether or not you saw the thread, that'd be nice on the occasions that you do want to go back and read a thread.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Alfred

Well, I'm used to being able to do this on other forums. Say you forgot to add something to a post of yours. It's just kind of a nice shortcut.

Even threads that you don't post in, if you read the last page, they won't show up on "new posts." It'd just make things a little easier for some people. Maybe not everyone wants it, but if there was an option that could be set on your profile to view all posts made recently when you click "new posts", regardless of whether or not you saw the thread, that'd be nice on the occasions that you do want to go back and read a thread.

Like s_k is saying, it may be more practical to have something like a "recent posts you made" section in your CP, maybe like the last 5 posts or something, that's dynamically updated, so that you can quick-reference them.

As far as viewing unread posts made recently, maybe there could be a filter you can set for New Posts, so that you can specify how far back you want the list to go?

Just ideas. If we can all whittle these ideas into focused, implementable ideas, I'll be glad to add them to the list.