The Fora: A Higher Education Community

General Category => Suggestions, Comments, Questions => Topic started by: bibliothecula on June 26, 2019, 10:23:57 AM

Title: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: bibliothecula on June 26, 2019, 10:23:57 AM
Thanks to everyone who has worked so hard to get this up and running and to create a new space for our old forum. You have my  gratitude!
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: geoteo on July 02, 2019, 09:40:25 AM
I appreciate this as well, although I never had as much trouble with posting as many others did.  The spam had become outrageous, however.

It's also nice to see posters I haven't seen for awhile.

Many thanks to all!
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: octoprof on July 02, 2019, 12:02:33 PM
A third vote of THANK YOU!
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: betty p. on July 06, 2019, 06:40:35 PM
Yes, thank you! I hope to come by here more often than i did the Chronicle in recent years.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: pgher on July 07, 2019, 05:29:55 PM
+1

This is so awesome. It's so much better than the old one. I just found the "mark all as read" I've wanted for years.

Thank you thank you thank you!
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: tuxedo_cat on July 07, 2019, 08:54:18 PM
Aha!  This was the thread I was looking for.  Yes!  Lots of gratitude to those who did an amazing job of duplicating our whole environment here.  I am terribly curious to know how difficult it was to design things to look and function in such a similar way.

And although I am quite sad about losing that previous place for community, I do very much like the fact that we are now no longer at the mercy of some surely underpaid staff for addressing some of the persistent problems of the previous site.

I'm glad that it's summer, too -- that will give me a good excuse to dive back in : )
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: polly_mer on July 08, 2019, 05:27:52 AM
Quote from: tuxedo_cat on July 07, 2019, 08:54:18 PM
  I am terribly curious to know how difficult it was to design things to look and function in such a similar way.

SMF is freely available software.  That's why some of us were puzzled by the CHE's insistence over the years that they couldn't upgrade to a modern version nor could they support a modern version after they upgrade their servers over the summer.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: Hegemony on July 08, 2019, 06:13:29 AM
I am very thankful too, and thankful to be back with y'all!  If I had had the Fora when I was just starting out, it would have saved me from so many embarrassing mistakes...
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: egilson on July 12, 2019, 01:51:06 PM
Thank you number whatever, and thank you for enabling buddy/ignore lists! That feature definitely spared you all from one of my tirades today.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: mahagonny on July 13, 2019, 04:07:20 PM
I think a 'block user' feature would be valuable. So that a user who stalks you could be identified and that user would not be able to see your posts.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: ciao_yall on July 13, 2019, 05:01:19 PM
Quote from: egilson on July 12, 2019, 01:51:06 PM
Thank you number whatever, and thank you for enabling buddy/ignore lists! That feature definitely spared you all from one of my tirades today.

Wait, where is this "ignore" feature?
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: namazu on July 13, 2019, 05:27:55 PM
Quote from: ciao_yall on July 13, 2019, 05:01:19 PM
Quote from: egilson on July 12, 2019, 01:51:06 PM
Thank you number whatever, and thank you for enabling buddy/ignore lists! That feature definitely spared you all from one of my tirades today.
Wait, where is this "ignore" feature?
To use the ignore feature:
1. Click "Profile" in the menu bar near the top of the page.
2. Click "Modify profile" and then select "Buddies/Ignore List" from the drop-down menu.
3. Click "Edit Ignore List".
4. Enter the moniker(s) of the member(s) you wish to ignore and click "Add".
VoilĂ !

I'll cross-post this to the Technical FAQ (http://thefora.org/index.php?topic=28.0) thread.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: praise_of_folly on October 28, 2019, 10:49:23 AM
Thank you so much for starting this Fora!!! I was so dismayed to learn recently that the CHE had disbanded the forums, and then relieved to learn that members had in their collective wisdom started this alternative. This forum has been a lifeline for me over the years, so I am truly grateful that some hardworking members worked to save it from the dustbin. Thanks again!!!
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: Myword on November 09, 2019, 12:37:25 PM
I  wish more academics were here, more involved.
It is only a very tiny percent of us.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: paultuttle on December 09, 2019, 05:37:25 AM
I would like to add my thanks as well.

Keeping this forum alive quite obviously takes a great deal of commitment and labor, for which I am tremendously grateful.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: mahagonny on December 30, 2019, 01:55:03 AM
And a special thanks for not including a board dedicated to diversity discussions. I don't know if you forgot or intentionally omitted it. But it gives me hope, either way.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: polly_mer on January 05, 2020, 08:26:41 PM
Quote from: mahagonny on December 30, 2019, 01:55:03 AM
And a special thanks for not including a board dedicated to diversity discussions. I don't know if you forgot or intentionally omitted it. But it gives me hope, either way.

The CHE diversity board was not active enough to warrant starting with a board here in that area.  If enough threads are started to support a standalone/child board for useful grouping, then such will be done.

Personally, I'd rather have discussions I want to skip clumped together all in one easy-to-ignore board.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: mahagonny on January 09, 2020, 09:02:19 PM
Quote from: polly_mer on January 05, 2020, 08:26:41 PM
Quote from: mahagonny on December 30, 2019, 01:55:03 AM
And a special thanks for not including a board dedicated to diversity discussions. I don't know if you forgot or intentionally omitted it. But it gives me hope, either way.

The CHE diversity board was not active enough to warrant starting with a board here in that area.  If enough threads are started to support a standalone/child board for useful grouping, then such will be done.

Personally, I'd rather have discussions I want to skip clumped together all in one easy-to-ignore board.

It's worse than just than something to ignore. It's a
flattering representation of higher education's values.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: dismalist on February 12, 2020, 02:46:55 PM
Yes, amazing work renewing the board! I very much appreciate it.

I've been off the board for a long while, but then started messing with registration and such. Figured it out, sorta', and am glad to be back.

Cheers to all.
Title: Re: Thanks and more thanks
Post by: mamselle on February 12, 2020, 06:56:19 PM
I was happy to see your moniker!

M.