Am I just getting grouchy in my old age?

Voxman

The Fretboard has a large community and the board is very well designed with different sections.  Yet there are posts that do still seem to find themselves in the wrong place. For example, and this is just a few I've seen recently,  seeking advice on a beaten-up D18 acoustic, asking for a referal to an acoustic luthier, & seeking advice on a Gypsy jazz acoustic - all posts of which surely should go into the acoustic section?  There are other posts on reading music etc that perhaps ought to be in the 'theory' section etc, and posts on effects in the amp sections etc.  

To be fair these are in the minority & most posts are relevant to the section they are in. I know that the guitar section is the biggest and the most seen and that this reason has been floated previously, but surely the point of having such a well designed board is that posters should try wherever possible to place posts in the area of appropriateness.

Maybe I'm just turning into a miserable old git & so fully expect to get castigated for flagging this and being labelled a 'Victor Meldew'  - and I know its not important in the scheme of things - but am I really being unreasonable in humbly asking folk to please try & post in the right sections please?  

(BTW, I did try & find a more relevant home for this post but couldn't immediately see one - so please move it if I missed it!)

TheBigDipper

No. You're not being grouchy. 

Stuckfast

Shouldn't this thread be in Help & Feedback?

Voxman

Stuckfast said:

Shouldn't this thread be in Help & Feedback?

I was thinking that but honestly wasn't sure - as I mentioned, please move it there if that's the best place!

jellyroll

Mods...move to parody?

Voxman

Voxman said:

Stuckfast said:

Shouldn't this thread be in Help & Feedback?

I was thinking that but honestly wasn't sure - as I mentioned, please move it there if that's the best place!

I just moved it there!

jellyroll

Must be a quiet day chez voxman?

Bridgehouse

I don't believe it!

Voxman

jellyroll said:

Must be a quiet day chez voxman?

LOL!  As I said, I expected to get castigated! 

Voxman

Bridgehouse said:

I don't believe it!

Nor me! lol

Bridgehouse

Voxman said:

jellyroll said:

Must be a quiet day chez voxman?

LOL!  As I said, I expected to get castigated! 

What? For suggesting that people post in the right sub-forum? Like, as per the rules?





Yeah, you probably will then.

digitalscream

Answer: Not as grouchy as the modmins

Anyway, if you see posts in the wrong section, just flag 'em and we'll get them moved. It's one of the less-onerous things we have to do, so somebody should be along soon to sort it.

TTony

Voxman said:

the board is very well designed

You've got my vote.

monquixote

Yeah just flag stuff and we will move it

Vaiai

I think a lot of people don't get much response in other areas so they just use guitar as it's the most frequented. I know I have seen this happen when trying to put posts in the right place, only to get very little chat or views. 

richardhomer

I think you are being grouchy @Voxman - but you're right - nothing more annoying than something in the wrong section. Or starting a thread on some news item when there are already some others on the same topic. Or posting that your Squire Affinity which you rescued from a skip is better that your mate's Master Built CS guitar.

I could go on....

Voxman

richardhomer said:

.. Or posting that your Squire Affinity which you rescued from a skip is better that your mate's Master Built CS guitar.

Unlikely to be true I suspect - but 'better' from the perspective it was free I suppose!! 

Voxman

Vaiai said:

I think a lot of people don't get much response in other areas so they just use guitar as it's the most frequented. I know I have seen this happen when trying to put posts in the right place, only to get very little chat or views. 

Yeah, I did mention that in my OP...but it really shouldn't be used like that - otherwise why bother having all the other sections? 

axisus

You are definitely grumpy. Grumpy as hell.

Take my mantle, everyone always calls me grumpy.

Voxman

axisus said:

You are definitely grumpy. Grumpy as hell.

Take my mantle, everyone always calls me grumpy.

...are you calling me grumpy? lol

boogieman

Some of it might not be deliberate. If you start a thread via the mobile site it's fairly easy to put a post in the wrong section. The section part is in a pull down menu and it's simple to either not notice or pick the wrong section by mistake.