TechRepublic's Frayed Edges

"lube-ites"?

I might have missed something but you say

[i] when I click Reply, the post disappears and I can't quote or re-read anything.[/i]

I am pretty sure that we can see the post we are replying to, while replying. Are you sure this is not happening because the thread has reached maximum depth??

]:)

If we dont have a maximum depth, replies would run off the page ...

But Pet seems to be saying that he cannot see the Post he is replying to ... at all.

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Not a frayed edge ... But a feature it would be nice to have.

A calendar where we can keep track of important "Gang Member" dates like birthdays and anniversaries.

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My biggest gripe with TechRepublic is not with the details of how anything is technically implemented, but with the deterioriation of quality of information.

I am seeing fewer and fewer researched and well-thought out articles and more and more "Dear Abby" -esque postings. Perhaps the business model precludes having much custom written, but value can be added to third-party whitepapers and the like through organization. A well written summary of similar whitepaper themes would provided value.

I do not think the technical presentation of the material is the problem. The technical aspect may not work perfectly (it rarely does), but it is only a supporting feature of the content to be provided.

what jdclyde said though I'm not too sure about the dunce cap thing.

You did read his entire post, right?

I could care less about T-Shirts, Coffee mugs and all the junk paraphernalia that one can come up with.
As far as I'm concerned, I already get quite a lot form Tech Republic.
I would certainly have no problem with a small annual membership fee.
Not like elitist one that we have now that allows within certain areas only, but a small fee that get's you in everywhere.
I can't tell you how many Pdfs I've downloaded and how much I've learned here over the years not to mention the friends I've made.
All this makes TR a very good place to call home.
For this reason and many more , I certainly would have "No Problem" slapping down a few bucks to back Tech Republic.
After all, We are all, Tech Republic, aren't we?
Warmest Regards
Aaron

That would be great to enforce question closure. It's annoying to search answers that you're not sure it has actuaaly been answered right.

Actually most of my points have probably already been covered, but just in case...

1) Have the system penalize or somehow otherwise report the number of open / unrated Q&A's a user has. (I don't care if my answer is rejected, But I like to know what finally worked to solve a problem so I can learn... as I am sure many others would)
2) On a person's profile, make the calculation for participation "score" visible
3) Related to the above, perhaps just publish the raw score rather than "position in top 100" and then still have your section that lists the top 100 by score.

and to add a 4th...

4) When there are important site type discussions such as these, put a link somewhere more obvious... I was looking for just something like this, didn't stumble on it, so started a whole other discussion, which thanks to neverbusted@... I was refered back to here...

5) actually kind of related to #4, perhaps an "Administrative forum" for discussion of administrative issues / gripes / suggestions / and offers of help. This kind of goes to what a few others mentioned about better indication of who the powers that be are and how to contact them. (Although I am learning that if you stick around long enough, you kind of start to figure some of that out ;)

Anyways, these are just some of my ramblings, hope I didn't put anyone to sleep.

In Miscellaneous discussions it is quite often desirable to know the gender of the person you are addressing.

For two years I thought Jaqui was a girl (why can't you call yourself Jaques?")

So I would like an option in the personal profile to indicate M or F. (or "other" I suppose to cover all possible variations.)