The Lesbian Romantic

Discussion board… or community?

Hey!

While I am editing part 20 (the first editing can get a bit boring at times ;), I was also thinking about this website. As you know, I’ve been working on it for most of the week. But I can’t seem to make up my mind about something…

We now have the discussion board. It’s an old school forum, really. It certainly has its advantages (simplicity, not another network to keep up with, …)

But also lots of limitations. And when I look at (y)our posts, it seems like we might be in need of a more ‘stream like’ user experience. A bit like Facebook or Twitter.

A community tool that would make it easier for you to post short stuff without having to open a forum topic. It would also be more interactive and you could add media like Youtube links more easily. Hell, you can even ‘like’ stuff 😉

But, do you want this? Or do you want to stick with our old school forum? 🙂 Let me know!

Sigrid

Oh! PS: This blog would stay the same and would still allow comments. The #discussion board section would just change to #community or something.

18 responses to “Discussion board… or community?”

  1. Annie Avatar
    Annie

    I’m giggling to myself. As soon as I saw your post about the ‘like’ button I was like, “Oh boy, I feel a ‘like’ button coming soon to this website.” 😉

    Are you saying that there would be one all encompassing page for comments/chatting and what not? Sounds good. A suggestion, if that’s the case, would be that the newest posts remain at the top so that you don’t have to scroll down, down, down to find the new posts. 🙂

    Also, you’re kind of all around amazing. Pretty cool what you’ve done for your website lately!

    1. Sigrid Avatar
      Sigrid

      Haha, exactly. That kind of stuff! I feel like we’re ‘chatting’ like on social rather than doing the old forum posting. So it makes more sense to have a timeline sort of thing. I just wanted to check what you all thought. Maybe y’all are HUGE forum fans 😀

      Let’s see what the others think…

  2. LaLine Avatar
    LaLine

    As long as it is not FB, I’m all for something that makes it easier to chat and react.

    1. Sigrid Avatar
      Sigrid

      Do you mean it shouldn’t be LIKE Facebook or I shouldn’t actually use a real Facebook group? 😉

      1. LaLine Avatar
        LaLine

        *huff* Sigrid!

        1. Casey Avatar
          Casey

          👍

          1. Casey Avatar
            Casey

            🐵sorry I couldn’t resist, Laline!

  3. Jenni Avatar
    Jenni

    I’m good with what the majority wants 🙂 x

  4. Annie Avatar
    Annie

    My vote is not a Facebook page…but, to keep it all here on TLR website. 🙂

  5. Sigrid Avatar
    Sigrid

    Oh yes. Everything will stay right here 🙂 It would remind you of Facebook in functionality, but it would absolutely not be linked to Facebook in any way. It’s all on this site and my own server.

  6. Sigrid Avatar
    Sigrid

    Ah! Found an example 🙂 It would look like this: https://ultimatememberdemo.com/activity/

    You can post text, pics, links to YT and then chat away in the comments

    1. Jenni Avatar
      Jenni

      I’m good with that 🙂 x

    2. LaLine Avatar
      LaLine

      That would work. +1 vote.

      1. Sigrid Avatar
        Sigrid

        Done 😀

  7. MegInMaryland Avatar
    MegInMaryland

    Sounds Good 👌! I am enjoying the updates that you have done by the way. Sorry 😐 I have forgotten to mention that. Sometimes I just don’t 💭, excuse my delay in acknowledging your hard work 😓

    1. Sigrid Avatar
      Sigrid

      Thank you, Meg 🙂

  8. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    👋🏽Morning! It made me smile to see ‘community’ up at the top. Definitely gives it a cozy feel.

  9. jdavis Avatar
    jdavis

    I’m late to the game, but that’s ok since we all seem to be if he same great mind. 😊

    Sigrid is AWESOME! And I definitely like the community here. ❤️

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