Lousy Forum structure

[Kondeeler]

Does anyone else find navigating PistonHeads, Non-intuitive, maze-like structure a real PITA?

[Mandat]

Kondeeler said:

Does anyone else find navigating PistonHeads, Non-intuitive, maze-like structure a real PITA?

Nope, it's straightforward and easy for me, and I've been a member for over 16 years now.

Can you describe the "maze like structure" as I don't understand what you are actually referring to?

[Boosted LS1]

Simple for me to :-) but I'm not using DOS.

[SS2.]

Nope, but then I remember when all this was fields.

[Getragdogleg]

Simple linear layout with proper titles and no distracting sidebars or regional newspaper style fluff.

I like it, in fact I wish more were like it.

[CAPP0]

I feel sorry for all these poor structure-hating, mod-hating people who are forced not only to come here but to stay and to have to continue to use the forum against their will.

[fatboy b]

Old hat but still good. Filter out the sub-fora you’re not interested in.

[Pericoloso]

Ask for a refund .

Must be awful for you.

[Johnnytheboy]

"What's New" and "My Stuff" do it for me.

I'd like "first page" and "last page" buttons but otherwise it's all good.

[abzmike]

CAPP0 said:

I feel sorry for all these poor structure-hating, mod-hating people who are forced not only to come here but to stay and to have to continue to use the forum against their will.

... and pay nothing for it!

[joropug]

Would be great to make a custom feed - I typically look at the gassing station as a category which encompasses most but not all of the sub forums I like.

Would be cool to add a few more.

[thebraketester]

Kondeeler said:

Does anyone else find navigating PistonHeads, Non-intuitive, maze-like structure a real PITA?

No

[h0b0]

I see the OP has got lost again. To be fair to him this post did start out in BMW before being moved and now it’s in website feedback so he is probably looking in the wrong place.

Out of all the forums I go on, piston heads is one of the cleaner forums. It used to have very few sub forums so everything was in one place. If you want to travel back in time go to the archive at the bottom of the forum list.

OP simple rules to follow. Web site feedback should go in the “Web site feedback” forum. BMW related topics should go In the BMW forum.

The “lounge” is for general topics and “News, Politics and economics” is for extreme view points. “Speed plod and the law” is for when you have fked up but want people to tell you what you want to hear and not actual law. “Super cars general” is for when you think a Lamborghini Urus is discreet. “Holidays and travel” is now mostly historical reference information due to COVID. “Pedal powered” is a documentation of Johnny’s tattoos from multiple angles and nothing to do with actual photographs of today’s rides.

The most important rule is, avoid the “Watches” forum. Step into this world and then wake up 10 years later and you have a wolf watch box with multiple pieces that don’t get wrist time due to not being part of the rotation and you are falling behind on mortgage payments.

[Riley Blue]

Kondeeler said:

Does anyone else find navigating PistonHeads, Non-intuitive, maze-like structure a real PITA?

How would you structure it?

[Dave.]

h0b0 said:

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[Johnnytheboy]

Riley Blue said:

Kondeeler said:

Does anyone else find navigating PistonHeads, Non-intuitive, maze-like structure a real PITA?

How would you structure it?

How about like Facebook, where it puts the same threads at the top visit after visit, because its algorithm has decided they are what you want to read most?

[citizensm1th]

Johnnytheboy said:

How about like Facebook, where it puts the same threads at the top visit after visit, because its algorithm has decided they are what you want to read most?

FRO, just use what's new and mystuff. Then navigate to particular forums as needed.

Make your own choice what to interact with not some algorithm coded by some chimp interested in the latest macrame pattern

[Johnnytheboy]

citizensm1th said:

Johnnytheboy said:

How about like Facebook, where it puts the same threads at the top visit after visit, because its algorithm has decided they are what you want to read most?

FRO, just use what's new and mystuff. Then navigate to particular forums as needed.

Make your own choice what to interact with not some algorithm coded by some chimp interested in the latest macrame pattern

Sorry I should have made my sarcasm more obvious, I hate the FB system!

[citizensm1th]

Johnnytheboy said:

citizensm1th said:

Johnnytheboy said:

How about like Facebook, where it puts the same threads at the top visit after visit, because its algorithm has decided they are what you want to read most?

FRO, just use what's new and mystuff. Then navigate to particular forums as needed.

Make your own choice what to interact with not some algorithm coded by some chimp interested in the latest macrame pattern

Sorry I should have made my sarcasm more obvious, I hate the FB system!

Yeah fair play reading it back I see that now

[Kondeeler]

We are just going to have to agree to differ.
After all what would someone who has a background in software design and teaching possibly know?