Welcome to HPFGU-Feedback

[snazzzybird]

--- "Hebby Elf" <hebrideanblack at e...> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Welcome to HPFGU-Feedback. We hope this forum will promote 
> discussion between yourselves, the members of the HPFGU groups, and 
> ourselves, the List Admin Team. We'd like to hear about your 
> concerns about the groups, your ideas for the groups, any 
> suggestions you might have. We also know you have questions, but we 
> thought we'd get the ball rolling by asking a few of our own to 
> start. <g>
> 
> If you could change one thing about HPfGU, what would it be?
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Others have mentioned it, but it's been a pet peeve of mine for so 
long that I simply must say it: the Search!  I've been using it (or 
trying to) more lately, when new posters have brought up topics that 
have been discussed before -- sometimes with an entirely new 
viewpoint.  Is this an unchangeable characteristic of Yahoomort -- or 
can something be done to improve it?
> 
> Should there be some formal recognition of good/long-time posters?

I don't think so.  They *are* recognized, by definition -- "By their 
works shall ye know them".  Any attempt at a ranking system by 
quality of posts would be sure to hurt feelings.  As for ranking by 
number of posts, I've seen that done, and the result is that some 
people post a lot just to drive up their post count.  That would make 
more work for the elves, and is not the behavior we want to drive.
> 
> If past experience is any guide, we'll be getting a surge of new 
> posters next June when the PoA movie premieres. How should we deal 
> with it? 

I don't see a real need for change in that regard.  There will be a 
flurry of activity, and then it will settle down again.  
> 
> Again, we welcome you here, we're looking forward to hearing what 
> you have to say, and we hope we'll all benefit from the discussions 
> that take place here. 
> 
Thank you for the opportunity to offer my opinions.  I think this was 
a great idea!

--snazzzybird