Electile Dysfunction (Current students plz look!)

[rherold9]

This thread is 6 pages long and we've heard from what, like 3 current students?

There's been three?

[rherold9]

Discretionary + mandatory:

Taxes:

Just to add fuel to the fire...

[BLINGMW]

Hooray we're re-investigatng Hillary! :lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbup:

[rherold9]

Hooray we're re-investigatng Hillary! :lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbup:

"Reviewing" supposedly not "investigating" like all the media gibberish says. As always media loves to say things and run with them to get views. Media is only biased against Trump though

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[ViPER1313]

The media is interested in a close race to keep views up and protecting freedom of the press; nothing else. Coverage varies to suit those needs. The media could care less if the 2 candidates were hobos fighting each other with broom sticks in their underwear (if it could draw sufficient views for a prolonged period of time.)

[BLINGMW]

It's just too perfect of a headline opportunity if you can get Weiner in there!

[WRXtranceformed]

Early voted today. I don't usually get all public with my voting decision but this is the first time since I began voting that I haven't seen a candidate that I saw eye to eye with on either side, much less from the party I am registered with. It was also the first time I have ever voted independent in a general election. My hope is that more and more people start to do so so that there are more legitimate options to choose from should the two major parties throw spaghetti at the wall for their candidates again. Although Johnson has a snowball's chance in hell of winning the presidency, I don't feel my vote was wasted at all. If we as Americans legitimately don't feel that there is a good Repub or Democratic option to vote for, I believe you should put your money where your heart is and start the movement toward creating legitimacy for a third, or fourth, or fifth, etc. party.

May God have mercy on our souls for the next 4 years~

[Ken]

May God have mercy on our souls for the next 4 years~

Yup.

[D_Eclipse9916]

Because no one sits down to click through a million threads and keep up with people they don't know. It's definitely easier to scroll up and read the 50 missed messages all in one place. Again, no one knows you all. I think that's the biggest factor.

Despite how many of us are active in the group chat there's a bunch more that send 1 message a semester.

No one knows the Alumni so they don't come on forum.
Starts Facebook group message that alumni aren't on.

Yes...I see now...

[Senor_Taylor]

You're right, DJ. It's our fault.

Maybe I should make a group chat with alumni in it. Oh wait, I did and everyone left and was an ass.

Maybe I should just hamper the club by not using a quick and effecient way to communicate to everyone.

I'd love for current students to join, and I plug the forum at least twice a week on the forum, the twitter, or on Facebook as well as meetings, but don't blame the group chat.

Let's face it, Message Boards will never be as they once were. Most everyone who is active here was in high school before Facebook was huge. Nowadays people dont need anything other than Facebook to stay in touch. Yeah, none of the new members know alums, and that's something that happens as the length MM has existed increased. When would any of these people have had a chance to meet any of you this year?

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[Apoc]

I didn't go to JMU and I've never met most of the people on this board. :dunno:

It's fair to say forums have peaked as a medium, but I'm not sure the use cases are the same as Facebook. These forums aren't about keeping in touch, they're about (sometimes thoughtful) discussion on a myriad of topics. That's a lot harder in a single threaded conversation where people type 1-2 sentences at a time. My guess is current students were raised in a texting world, so communication is short and instant gratification. Most of us here were raised on email - longer and a lot less instant, like these forums.

Then again, I just learned a few days ago that cereal sales are down because Millenials don't want to wash the bowl... so I probably know nothing about kids these days.

[jbails39]

You're right, DJ. It's our fault.

Maybe I should make a group chat with alumni in it. Oh wait, I did and everyone left and was an ass.

Maybe I should just hamper the club by not using a quick and effecient way to communicate to everyone.

I'd love for current students to join, and I plug the forum at least twice a week on the forum, the twitter, or on Facebook as well as meetings, but don't blame the group chat.

Let's face it, Message Boards will never be as they once were. Most everyone who is active here was in high school before Facebook was huge. Nowadays people dont need anything other than Facebook to stay in touch. Yeah, none of the new members know alums, and that's something that happens as the length MM has existed increased. When would any of these people have had a chance to meet any of you this year?

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[ViPER1313]

If anyone has constructive suggestions on how we can improve the forum experience for the non bowl washers so we don't abandon 12 years of organized discussion for an overgrown scroll, I can help make that happen.

[JPolen01]

Are we really discussing this again? This has come up in at least 3 different threads. I'm tired of seeing this whiney shit about the forum. Make a new thread if you guys want to keep repeating the same things over and over.

[Senor_Taylor]

Are we really discussing this again? This has come up in at least 3 different threads. I'm tired of seeing this whiney shit about the forum. Make a new thread if you guys want to keep repeating the same things over and over.

Are we really posting this again? This response has come up in the last 3 threads derailed by forum usage discussion. I'm tired of seeing this whiney shit about people whining about forums. Make a new thread if you want to complain about people complaining.

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[ViPER1313]

My largest gripe with the forum is how hard it is to upload images on mobile. If we made that better and also added social login (so All the kids too lazy to sign up can just sign in from Facebook) would that help?

[Jake]

My largest gripe with the forum is how hard it is to upload images on mobile. If we made that better and also added social login (so All the kids too lazy to sign up can just sign in from Facebook) would that help?

Yes and yes, I think. "Facebook SSO" would be a great update.

[ScottyB]

i promise i'm not being a Luddite, but seriously how can anyone convey any information on a detailed topic on a facebook chat? i'm trying to imagine doing a build thread on facebook with any semblance of organization. forums just seem so much easier.

then again i didn't even know forums were going out of style so this is all new to me anyway.

[WRXtranceformed]

Forums going out of style is new to me too but I've never been one to care a ton for the latest and greatest technology to keep up with the neighbors like the youngins seem to now. Is it possible to add a live chat feed to the forum? There's definitely a time and place for Facebook chat but I'm with Scotty, for complex conversation, build threads or for looking up archived questions / answers the forum is still a really good medium.

[rherold9]

We need something like Slack. That would help satisfy students and alumni in a fantasy world. Messaging where you can create separate channels for "threads" as well as talk in those channels or "threads" but it's IM like for the students. :dunno:

It's young and hip like Venmo compared to PayPal.