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LININCT wrote:

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Bob makes some good points.

I just wanted to say, though, that I think it's a good idea to have various links to various boards -- mostly so that people can see what the boards LOOK like and how they can be designed and organized. I know that when I was looking around at different forums/boards/locations that I found it very frustrating that I couldn't really tell what I could make my board LOOK like and I couldn't tell how it would work -- it would have been nice to see some possibilities. So, that the Yuku Blog has links is a good thing, in my opinion.

In the past I also have spent hours on various systems also trying to find the way different boards are laid out and it has been jolly hard to find some on some systems.

Bad to the Bone Bob wrote:

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Its confusing to link to boards that don't offer help in a blog entry discussing help.

The post it's self is talking about that particular board's owner/admin having trouble with the pending members. Therefore on mentioning that board it is only right that a link should be given. It would be totally unfair to use a board as an example and not give a link. There is also a link leading back to support here for anyone reading that post and wondering where they could get help.

Bad to the Bone Bob wrote:

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The blog entry says:

Find people on Yuku and online

We sometimes hear from people who are looking for old friends on Yuku

Then there are links to private boards, those boards have nothing to do with finding people.The link to where to find people is in the 4th paragraph, it should be in the first.The private board links shouldn't be there at all, but if so then THEY should be buried down in the 3 descriptions of finding people.

This, I notice, is a totally different blog post there from the one mentioned above.

I have to say, and I say it with the greatest respect Bob, that I honestly do think you are being very picky here.

What does it matter in a post where specific links come. Links are added as the writer thinks of things. One gets a flow and goes with it. If a particular paragraph needs a link, one doesn't then go back and ruin the flow by moving paragraphs up and down.

It's obvious by the way the blog is being added to, even with the few posts already there, that this isn't going to be a dry, old, broom up the backside official blog, just reporting basic official Yuku news announcements. It's going to be a blog about Yuku and it's members.

Bad to the Bone Bob wrote:

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Yuku in the past has been fond of pushing larger boards and ignoring the smaller people which has riled me something chronic. The ordinary, everyday people aren't interested in these gigantic boards. They are looking for light, fun communities to join in with.

That approach has been detrimental to the networks growth. Forum Find doesn't work right, it uses google and if trying to find my board or similar ones to it, it shows competing boards on off site networks . My board is way down on page two. Forum Find should strictly be looking at Yuku.

I certainly can't disagree on this one. Although if one clicks on the "find" on the navigation bar then one is taken to a Yuku/Ezboard board and profile search rather than the google one where there is a link "inside" the navigation bar. I haven't checked lately but I also believe the search links at the bottom of the pages (communities) also go to the google/Yuku search. I have said this before and I say it again. This is not only totally out of order but is also a ridiculous set up.

People visiting Yuku want to search for Yuku communities. If a newbie is searching for boards on Yuku prior to signing with Yuku then they are going to click the link at the bottom of the page only to be sent sailing off somewhere else before they have even had a chance to see any Yuku communities.

Bad to the Bone Bob wrote:

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Yuku in the past has been fond of pushing larger boards and ignoring the smaller people which has riled me something chronic. The ordinary, everyday people aren't interested in these gigantic boards. They are looking for light, fun communities to join in with.

Pushing the same large boards all the time doesn't help the small ones grow to be large boards.

Agreed!!