A Modest Proposal

Sounds too logical for most of us, Mr. Spock...

 

i know i dont even look at individual forums I just hit view new posts, im sure tons of other people do too so i dont think any changes are needed

 

Personal experience tells me that you are less likely to get an answer at a newbie forum, which seems mostly to be directing one to just introduce oneself.

Are we looking for a problem here that doesn't exist?

 

+1

 

Maybe make the Newbie forum the top forum, then the general Prius forum the one after that.

 

As others noted above, most NON-newbies, at least, head for the "view new posts" option and mostly bypass the formal lists. People hit the stuff that seems to interest them, based on titles, and ignore the rest. Changing the names won't change the behaviour, it'll just piss people off and give Danny more headaches!

 

Second, just for formality sake.

EDIT: I say give it a chance, maybe a couple months. If it doesn't seem to help, Danny can change it back. As rufaro said, most of us probably use the "View New Posts" option.

 

Gee, I thought you were going to suggest we eat babies or something.

 

As long as it isn't any of these.

 

I also second - with the suggestion that you place it in the "PriusChat Announcement" section and also migrate the entire PriusChat Website Questions forum - not just the Newbie sub-forum.

Newbies shouldn't have to hunt down the "How to use PriusChat.com" section. It should be the first thing they see, then the "Newbie hello" sub-forum for them to dip their toes in to test the waters.

The recent problems with misplaced posts into the Main Prius Forum isn't just with newbies . . . some who have been around long enough to know better. And one even went as far as to state that they don't care if their post into the Main Prius Forum are misplaced . . . 'because it will get a better response.' [sound like anarchy to me.]

Some people come to PriusChat to see ONLY items related specifically to the Prius. The "Toyota Prius Forums" should be kept free of non-Prius stuff for EVERYONES enjoyment and ease of use.