What's up with simHQ?

Skybird · 10-28-08, 08:19 AM

After a week of changes, they seem to have pretty much downgraded their forums in diversity and focus, much has gone, much other things have been thrown into one pot alltogether. Is their user community decreasing, or the size of their staff for maintenance, or what? If the changes were meant to be an improvement, I must say the new design somewhat backfires imo- and it is not the visual presentation I mean.

A site with reputation and tradition. When seeing it first yesterday, I hoped that the forum still was a constuction site, but it is not different today, so it probbaly is meant to stay that way. I liked it much better before. Many sub-categories are gone, putting simulation topics beside action topics in one place. Not good.

Fincuan · 10-28-08, 08:43 AM

What exactly are you missing in the forums? I didn't actually count how many different subforums they had before, but I can tell you there's still a ****load of them left

Skybird · 10-28-08, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Fincuan

What exactly are you missing in the forums? I didn't actually count how many different subforums they had before, but I can tell you there's still a ****load of them left

There are forums left, yes, but as I said, much has gone, and much other stuff has been thrown together. Before you had 3 times or more of them, with many subcategories inside the general categories. Now you only have a reduced number of general categories, where all stuff is thrown together in just one pot.

SteamWake · 10-28-08, 08:57 AM

Why ask here? :hmm:

Konovalov · 10-28-08, 09:01 AM

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Why ask here? :hmm:

Perhaps becaue there are quite a few Subsim forum members who also reside on the SimHQ forums.

Hanomag · 10-28-08, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

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Why ask here? :hmm:

Perhaps becaue there are quite a few Subsim forum members who also reside on the SimHQ forums.

Whats SimHQ??? :hmm:

fatty · 10-28-08, 08:58 AM

It's all still there. You just need to log in to see everything. IMO a really bizarre decision on the behalf of the administration but none the less that's how it is.

10-28-08, 08:19 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	What's up with simHQ? After a week of changes, they seem to have pretty much downgraded their forums in diversity and focus, much has gone, much other things have been thrown into one pot alltogether. Is their user community decreasing, or the size of their staff for maintenance, or what? If the changes were meant to be an improvement, I must say the new design somewhat backfires imo- and it is not the visual presentation I mean. A site with reputation and tradition. When seeing it first yesterday, I hoped that the forum still was a constuction site, but it is not different today, so it probbaly is meant to stay that way. I liked it much better before. Many sub-categories are gone, putting simulation topics beside action topics in one place. Not good. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-28-08, 08:43 AM	#2
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	What exactly are you missing in the forums? I didn't actually count how many different subforums they had before, but I can tell you there's still a ****load of them left

10-28-08, 08:57 AM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Why ask here? :hmm:

10-28-08, 08:58 AM	#7
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	It's all still there. You just need to log in to see everything. IMO a really bizarre decision on the behalf of the administration but none the less that's how it is.