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Perhaps it is possible to default to "active discussions" (let's say top 10 or 15 most recent) with the rest of the index below? This would mirror other forum formats more closely, without losing the advantages you mentioned.


I strongly agree with this take. I think it's important for those who come to the forum to be able to quickly see what the most recent chatter / topics are about without having to click anything. It shows that the forum is still active.

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Joo Se Kev wrote:
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Perhaps it is possible to default to "active discussions" (let's say top 10 or 15 most recent) with the rest of the index below? This would mirror other forum formats more closely, without losing the advantages you mentioned.


I strongly agree with this take. I think it's important for those who come to the forum to be able to quickly see what the most recent chatter / topics are about without having to click anything. It shows that the forum is still active.


+1 on this - I'm somewhat biased since I have "Active Discussions" bookmarked and always start there. Works well on other forums too.

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Thanks a lot for the feedback guys!

I'll look onto the possibility of getting a small list of active topics at the top... might take me a while as I'm not a programmer, but it might be a good challenge. :sweat:
It's a lot harder, because the software is now outdated and superceded by new versions, so there is no longer any support for the old version.

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I think the whole forum genre is going to major decline in general. The situation is not related to the table tennis and this forum.

I suggest to keep OOAKforums project as it is and try something very different from scratch.
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Joo Se Kev wrote:
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Perhaps it is possible to default to "active discussions" (let's say top 10 or 15 most recent) with the rest of the index below? This would mirror other forum formats more closely, without losing the advantages you mentioned.


I strongly agree with this take. I think it's important for those who come to the forum to be able to quickly see what the most recent chatter / topics are about without having to click anything. It shows that the forum is still active.



There is View active topics and View new posts
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I think the whole forum genre is going to major decline in general. The situation is not related to the table tennis and this forum. I suggest to keep OOAKforums project as it is and try something very different from scratch.

Yes that's probably true.

Regarding something different from scratch, thanks to member dunc we have created an OOAK server on Discord.

You can use this link to join: https://discord.gg/Yw2hYUdz3g

It's grown quite fast, with a lot of member from this forum, but also a lot of new members.

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piligrim wrote:
Joo Se Kev wrote:
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Perhaps it is possible to default to "active discussions" (let's say top 10 or 15 most recent) with the rest of the index below? This would mirror other forum formats more closely, without losing the advantages you mentioned.


I strongly agree with this take. I think it's important for those who come to the forum to be able to quickly see what the most recent chatter / topics are about without having to click anything. It shows that the forum is still active.



There is View active topics and View new posts


Yes, and I use this feature myself, but the idea is for someone who isn't logged in and/or is NEW to the forum and may not know about that feature to have an easy to see list of the newest topics front and center without having to click anything.

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Is there any way the 'New Topic' button can be included on the home page too, for easier accessibility for someone new making a fresh post that wouldn't think to go into a relevant board to make their post? Even if the board selection is the first thing they do when they make a post. No biggie if it's in the wrong place, can just be moved.

I use the r/tabletennis subreddit a fair bit, but it can be hit and miss. I'll endeavour to make sure my comments link back to a relevant thread here if appropriate :D
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Vinnie wrote:
Is there any way the 'New Topic' button can be included on the home page too, for easier accessibility for someone new making a fresh post that wouldn't think to go into a relevant board to make their post? Even if the board selection is the first thing they do when they make a post. No biggie if it's in the wrong place, can just be moved.

Yes I would think that's certainly possible. It could be posted the the 'General' section as a default. It might lead to people being lazy though and using this for every post, creating a lot more work for myself. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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OK, I admit it. I haven't been posting as much as I used to. It is all my fault that there is not as much traffic as previous.

I too log in and View New Posts to get my fix.

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OK, I admit it. I haven't been posting as much as I used to. It is all my fault that there is not as much traffic as previous.

Yep, I wasn't going to point fingers, but it's indeed all your fault. :swear: 8) :lol: :lol: :lol:

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haggisv wrote:
Although this forum is still a great place, with a bunch of great people and wealth of accumulated information, the traffic to the site is very slowly dwindling...has been for years. I think the main reason is the site looks a little outdated, and lacks the features that would attract the younger generation. This makes me wonder where we should be heading. Should be just leave things as they are, or is it worth the effort for a major upgrade to bring more people, especially the younger generation?

A major upgrade would be nice, but unfortunately I don't have the skills or knowledge to do this myself. Sure, I could probably pay someone to do this, but that's likely not going to be cheap, and I don't know if the cost be be worth it. I would very much like to keep the forum advertisement-free (for all logged-in members), so any payment would come out of my own pocket.

I would love to hear what you all think, both from those that have been with us for many years, but also new people.


I haven't joined this forum for a long time. Before that I was always in mandarin language forums. Since I begin to search English language forum, OOAK is the best I can found and truly great in many aspects. I was wondering who the biggest competitor is to OOAK? I can't found other forum more organized than OOAK. Comparing with mandarin language forums, the users here are indeed less active. Regarding supporting the forum, instead of ads, donation can be another option, for example, subscription and donation have been common in YouTube as long as there is a more clear plan of forum upgrade. In my opinion, upgrading search function can be one motivation because one big value of this forum is its database. Thanks for creating this forum!

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Omut wrote:
I think the whole forum genre is going to major decline in general. The situation is not related to the table tennis and this forum. I suggest to keep OOAKforums project as it is and try something very different from scratch.

Yes that's probably true.

Regarding something different from scratch, thanks to member dunc we have created an OOAK server on Discord.

You can use this link to join: https://discord.gg/Yw2hYUdz3g

It's grown quite fast, with a lot of member from this forum, but also a lot of new members.


Just joined OOAK Discord. Seems a good place and there is phone App to easily interact with it.

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Forums do seem to be dying (noticed with mytt too) except maybe Dan. My engagement with TT is low within the last years and it seems there is less to talk about anyway - equipment and other innovations are lacking and stale. I noticed there is a 'Recent topics' section at the top of the mainpage - I don't remember if that was there before but that is definitely a good idea to help with how segmented the forum otherwise is (both good and bad). The site is fast and has a very clean design which I would say is the best feature. "Modern" redesigns tend to just add bloat and make things look like crap (random example if you remember how clean and efficient the PP shop design used to be and what they devolved it into these days instead) and/or attack you with ads.
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