Feedback on new Sims forum
I want to offer some feedback... I've tried. I really have, but I don't think I can use these forums. They are cluttered, from the "sidebar" that occupies almost a third of the screen to the "prev...
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I couldn't agree less with the newest first. It can be a chosen feature, but not default. Many of the threads here are stories, newest first is like starting to read a story backwards with the last chapter first. There is a reason why stories aren't built that way.
However, I do grant you that page numbers are needed, as well as skipping ahead to the last read comment automatically, so that if I had read a thread, I can start where I left off.
I agree. Stories and detailed discussions really do need to be in chronological order. And they also need pages we can navigate back and forth through, and a way to jump straight to the last post we read.
The sort by newest first as default spoils stories. The sort by popularity as default results in random posts that aren't really discussions. Oldest first with good tools to move through the thread (pages, bookmarks, some way to save where we left off) would be best for the kinds of creative stuff that people on the Sims forum do.
