Posted by Dr. Bob on August 6, 2010, at 1:59:26
In reply to Going back to old search, posted by Willful on August 2, 2010, at 17:22:43
> This would be a fabulous idea imo. Babble was so much more helpful when I was trying to find out about meds with the old search. Now searches seem to bring up a thousand different pages for the same threads, mostly threads from the very recent past, often off-topic.
Thanks for your input. I liked it, too, but it took up a lot of memory.
> I know people didn't like the idea of avatars, and I had doubts-- but if it would attract new people who expect that sort of thing, it might be worth it. On some sites, the avatars aren't bad, and are relevant to the discussions--- and it seems to give people a bit more to relate to about other people--if they're well done.
I suppose people could opt out of avatars, too. But how could we make sure they're well done?
> most message boards do have ... ways for posters to ... communicate outside of posts-- such as with IMs ... I know we have babblemail, but it's a more combersome system than letting people IM directly to others' accounts.
But then they'd have to come here to read them. And I'd have access to them. That would be better?
Bob
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