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Hi there
I respectfully disagree.
Ozzwoman9 wrote:
This is where a major problem lies.
Say a new user posts in the wrong forum. Then someone goes and moves that thread. Then the new user comes back to this website, goes to the main menu, to that forum and then viola...their thread isn't there! So what do they do...they go back and duplicate their post as they didn't see it anywhere, so we're back to square one!
Okay, my take on it is that a new user will be totally unfamiliar with the forums. As such, they won't know to turn off E-Mail notification. They will shortly see the E-Mail message and click the link in the message to view their post. Wherever that post happens to be parked.
Ozzwoman9 wrote:
Yes, if the new user is subscribed to email they will see that someone has posted that they have moved their thread to the correct forum. But most people out there (including myself) do not like to have their inboxes flooded with crap from any websites, this one included.
And do to the crappy layout of this new forum software it is virtually impossible to go back and find your posts you have made without navigating through 10 screens, and we all know performing a search is out of the question.
I subscribe to all forums I monitor so each post ends up in my In-Box. Most E-Mail clients have what is an apparently little known and little used feature that allows you do define an action to take when it receives a message. I have mine configured so that I have folders for each forum category I wish to monitor. If I don't wish to visit the forums to reply, I am able to delete the message from my In-box. I've also got rules for each folder so anything older than 30 days is automagickally deleted for me.
Because I operate this way I know instantly without even visiting the Web interface what forum and forum category the post came from. I know whether I am likely able to help or not and whether to discard or ignore the post. So I never have an issue with finding a post I've replied to and I certainly never have to navigate 10 screens to get there. Essentially I let the technology work for me. It seems you have a problem with doing that. Either you are incapable of configuring rules or you simply don't wish to deal with incoming messages. My personal guess is that it's the latter and not the former. 
I don't take the view that messages from the support forums I monitor are crap. Most are pleas for assistance. To claim the messages from the forums are just Web Site Crap implies that you feel anyone posting isn't worthy of your time to stop and help. So I would ask why you visit the forums? If I'm a user that asks a question, I am delighted that I'm automatically subscribed to the thread so I don't have to go hunting for it.
I do admit that the search leaves a lot to be desired. But that's just the nature of searching. Meh, it is what it is. I seldom have to deal with it so it doesn't really affect me one way or the other.
Ozzwoman9 wrote:
I say the best thing to do is for a mod to post in a thread that it is in the wrong place, post where the person needs to go to get help, then lock that thread so as it can't be drug on and on any longer.
And I've noticed that when a thread is locked the typical 5 or 6 complainers begin inciting Jochem again. It's a viscious cycle.
I think we can all agree that we each take a different view of it. Fortunately, what I see here doesn't really affect me or my way of operating in the forums I participate in. I have yet to see any complaints from users for moving their threads. But I *HAVE* seen them post back to thank me for pointing them in the right direction.
I'm not sure if any statistics are present for this aspect, but it would be very interesting to track how many threads are visited by clicking an E-Mail link VS how many were visited by navigating the web interface. God help us all if all we had was the forum interface to navigate. I choose the faster approach.
Cheers... Rick 
Hi all
In my own opinion moderators should do what they feel is best for all concerned. In my own personal view, it would seem that what is in the best interest is to operate as has been suggested repeatedly here. Post with a reply that contains a link pointing to the estimated proper venue, then lock the thread.
Now before you all fall over with astonishment because a bone headed moderator suggested that or agreed with you, I'm going to also suggest that in my own view I do not believe that this is the most helpful way for the original poster. I simply believe that for this particular forum it's probably the best way to operate.
In the other fora where I moderate I have seen no indication other than several "thank you!" posts for moving the threads to where they should have been to begin with. Additionally, we will also frequently move a thread after it has a few replies and it becomes apparent that it really belongs in a different forum category. So for those fora I will still operate in this manner simply because it works. At least it does there. I'd stop doing it in a heartbeat if I felt it was confusing the issue, but thus far have seen no indication of it.
Cheers... Rick
Hi there
If that is what happened in the fora you participate in, that's indeed a sad thing. Unfortunately I don't see those. I can only judge from my own frame of reference. My two products of Adobe's 80+ products. And for those, things only improved with the new forum software. Community is still present and as strong as it ever was.
Cheers... Rick
Because of the level of dissent IMO. People's requests/demands/complaints could not or would not be dealt with, so dissent had to be designed out. This has largely happened. I don't bother reporting problems any more and may others have given up too. Don't want to hear what's wrong, Mr Moderator? OK, then you can paddle your own canoe, mate.
It's as if you made a new rule for your staff - no arguing or disagreeing with the boss. Any off-topic remarks and it's tape over the mouth for you or banished to the stationery cupboard. Oh wait, maybe that is one of your rules (Winky, in case you read by email!)
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