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These are my findings from recent polls I have taken:First, I want to take this time to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all the Moderators for running and keeping this board the best place for Vibers to share with each other. Your hard work often goes unnoticed and thankless. I for one have noticed and can't thank you enough for the time and effort you all put in to it. The kindness and caring these forums have are second to none. I have some suggestions to offer and the last thing I want to do is hurt any feelings or step on any toes. I only want to contribute to the smooth flow of the forums. I also recognize that there are some limitations of the software running the boards. And if my suggestions are found not possible due to these software limitations, I'm kewl with that.I found that I seem to be a rare type that reads through the threads from top to bottom looking at the new stuff indicated by the "yellow arrow" to the left of each topic. I believe that the "stickies" are an invaluable tool to help bring extra importance to a topic. The problem seems to be that the way most people read the board through the "Active Topics List." There is not a way for the reader to see if it is a sticky or that it has an increased degree or importance by browsing the boards through this method. I also realize that it may be impossible due the software to show a topic's Sticky Status in the list of Most Actives. Is it possible to have a Sticky Icon show up in the interior of the topic (showing at the top of the thread after you click the topic if it is a sticky?) It would also be nice if a topic starter could change/edit the topic title of the threads they start. There are a few cases where this would be helpful. One is my frequent spelling mistakes. Others would be in the Events thread that changes in information could be placed in the heading on the fly.I have noticed that the "stickies" need a small amount of house keeping. There are a few that maybe no longer need to be Stickies and maybe a couple that should be. I don’t want to publicly give my specific ones because there are probably thousands of different thoughts of what should and shouldn't be a sticky. But if a moderator wants to get my input privately just shoot me an IM. One last suggestion at this time is to increase the text size of the search tool link.Thank you again for considering my suggestions. Thank you again to our Mods who are doing an outstanding job runnig our forums.

Never even noticed those Yellow Arrows! lol Another question I have is this: I have noticed that when I log in, sometimes I see all of the posts I have missed, other times I have to go to my Recent Topics and look for those that don't show up. With MO (just i.e.) they have it where when you log in you see everything that has been posted since you last logged out. This is very convenient, and sometimes very many pages as well, but still, at least you can see everything you have missed. Here I have to check and make sure I see a post with me as the last poster to know I am not missing anything, and even then, if it is a poll, I could be mistaken!

Thanks for taking the time to post the polls and your findings, it only helps us make the site better. Active participation and positive contributions to the site and forum help to consistently draw in new members and encourage productive discussions.There are limitations to the Forum software unfortunately, so most of the items you suggest have been thought of but cannot be implemented due to aforementioned limitations.Other than that, we've been discussing to generate a plan to get some updates to the site, improve on some items, and keep the content as fresh as possible in the Vibe-world. Stay tuned, and be patient.