US politics topics and CEO
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Re: US politics topics and CEO
Jeez... ffs. The introspection here reminds me of my woke friend's everyday conversations.
'Careful... it will send you mad and paralyse you from actually doing any real action.
Is the General sober yet?
(after his recent spitting rants i pray that was the reason - or, imo, this forum is forever fucked)
'Careful... it will send you mad and paralyse you from actually doing any real action.
Is the General sober yet?
(after his recent spitting rants i pray that was the reason - or, imo, this forum is forever fucked)
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Re: US politics topics and CEO
This is why personally, I would push a solution along the lines I've outlined earlier where ideally (subject to the system allowing for it) where 'The rest of the world' posts are NOT excluded at all from 'New posts'...rather, the Cambodia ones are bumped ahead of them to the top, or better still, 'New posts' is split between 'New posts: Cambodia' and 'New posts: Everything else' with the former on top (change wording of headings as appropriate).Alex wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2025 10:01 pm I ignore most US politics topics after the first few pages and maybe leaving a few throwaway remarks of my own, not because I'm not interested in US politics but because I come to THIS forum for something else and because the positions of our membership here are already well-known.
I have no trouble doing that and I don't need those topics to be hidden from view, but I can see how they could be off-putting to others who might have no interest whatsoever.
This way, people who may be not terribly interested in US politics/Rest of the world generally BUT from time to time as you have mentioned do want to look at some can do so by scrolling down (some number of posts parameters would need to be set such that both categories aren't too long). Those that want to focus on them can do so by scrolling straight down and those that don't want to see them at all have no need to scroll down.
For 'Recent Topics', as things stand there's not much room there from the home page for any splits so I would be inclined to limit this to Cambodia related topics only.
Some might see such a suggestion as a bit Mickey Mouse but I think first impressions matter and what we'd be doing is not excluding nor hiding anything...just putting Cambodia first and foremost as it should be imo for all viewers whether member or not, newbie or long time poster. A meaningful improvement imho. But hey, I'm not admin.. your views @General Mackevili ?
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Re: US politics topics and CEO
form above
tech, sports talk, video & entertainment, Asinine
under Cambodia or non cambodia
hey as it seems the mods are all from the same cut ( as is the gen who does not even live in Cambodia, (
that us politics is too dominate so a change is coming
its their call
once u start excluding posters who dont live in Cambodia its going to be a very boring dead end forum with nobody havking anything new to say
as to less threads on Cambodia, once u have been here/there 2, 4, 10+ years there is nothing you want to ask
and like i asked 2 pages ago, where does"New posts: Cambodia' and 'New posts: Everything else' with the former on top (change wording of headings as appropriate).
tech, sports talk, video & entertainment, Asinine
under Cambodia or non cambodia
hey as it seems the mods are all from the same cut ( as is the gen who does not even live in Cambodia, (
so will he, new kid, me, Blue jean, alex etc not be allowed to post? ) And many more dont live there but have some sort of ties therethere's also far too many members who don't live in Cambodia,
that us politics is too dominate so a change is coming
its their call
once u start excluding posters who dont live in Cambodia its going to be a very boring dead end forum with nobody havking anything new to say
as to less threads on Cambodia, once u have been here/there 2, 4, 10+ years there is nothing you want to ask
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I would think those (bolded) above would be non Cambodia but that would be up to Admin. Main thing would be to have The Rest of the World (incl political topics) in non Cambodia.phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:30 am form aboveand like i asked 2 pages ago, where does"New posts: Cambodia' and 'New posts: Everything else' with the former on top (change wording of headings as appropriate).
tech, sports talk, video & entertainment, Asinine
under Cambodia or non cambodia
And now that you raise it PR, where do you think 'Thailand News and Discussion' should be in? Cambodia or non Cambodia?
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Re: US politics topics and CEO
of course non
so basically u would have a choice and which can be set as ur default so u dont need always click it
Cambodia only
OR
ALL
which would also include;
Thailand
Rest of the world
Sports
Video &
Asinine
On the road, as it states, (Most people who live in or visit Cambodia have also checked out nearby countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and you can get to most of these countries by traveling overland, so put any travel plans, reviews or questions here. Discussions about dirt bike trails in here as well.)
so basically u would have a choice and which can be set as ur default so u dont need always click it
Cambodia only
OR
ALL
which would also include;
Thailand
Rest of the world
Sports
Video &
Asinine
On the road, as it states, (Most people who live in or visit Cambodia have also checked out nearby countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and you can get to most of these countries by traveling overland, so put any travel plans, reviews or questions here. Discussions about dirt bike trails in here as well.)
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Re: US politics topics and CEO
Not really. There would be nothing to click. Imagine the current page of new posts. The change would be the top half is Cambodian, the bottom half Non Cambodian. A further enhancement could be having a non clickable heading eg Cambodia and Other (or words to that effect) just to show the sorting separation. Only a certain number of new posts in Cambodia section tho coz otherwise the Non Cambodia posts will be 'lost' at the bottom and users will otherwise have to scroll too much.phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 2:34 pm of course non
so basically u would have a choice and which can be set as ur default so u dont need always click it
Cambodia only
OR
ALL
which would also include;
Thailand
Rest of the world
Sports
Video &
Asinine
On the road, as it states, (Most people who live in or visit Cambodia have also checked out nearby countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and you can get to most of these countries by traveling overland, so put any travel plans, reviews or questions here. Discussions about dirt bike trails in here as well.)
If it's possible to see both types of new posts on a single page that would be great coz you never know what interesting topics there may be in each.
Re: US politics topics and CEO
Imagine if there was a settings icon on the new posts / active threads page where one could simply select which forums to show content from.Clutch Cargo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 3:44 pmNot really. There would be nothing to click. Imagine the current page of new posts. The change would be the top half is Cambodian, the bottom half Non Cambodian. A further enhancement could be having a non clickable heading eg Cambodia and Other (or words to that effect) just to show the sorting separation. Only a certain number of new posts in Cambodia section tho coz otherwise the Non Cambodia posts will be 'lost' at the bottom and users will otherwise have to scroll too much.phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 2:34 pm of course non
so basically u would have a choice and which can be set as ur default so u dont need always click it
Cambodia only
OR
ALL
which would also include;
Thailand
Rest of the world
Sports
Video &
Asinine
On the road, as it states, (Most people who live in or visit Cambodia have also checked out nearby countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and you can get to most of these countries by traveling overland, so put any travel plans, reviews or questions here. Discussions about dirt bike trails in here as well.)
If it's possible to see both types of new posts on a single page that would be great coz you never know what interesting topics there may be in each.
I suppose this could be stored as a user setting if phpbb has that I'm not familiar with it, or simply a cookie, and then applied on each page load.
Then everyone would be happy including those who wants only the political threads on their new posts page

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Re: US politics topics and CEO
First thing I do is click on Active topics - then select the ones I am interested in reading. Does your proposed reorganization change the way I would see this?
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Re: US politics topics and CEO
I rather despise politics and the players involved, imo the political topics(all of them) are easily avoidable when the title is clear and in the right section(The Rest of the World), my problem over the years, and what I think has led to the downfall of many expat/travel forums, is the interjection of politics in threads that have nothing to do with politics.
Maybe tof got it right with the Argue in circles political thread.
Maybe tof got it right with the Argue in circles political thread.
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