Angelina exactly, i also find it much more interesting if the discussions are interesting, even if they do not fit the topic 😉

Same for me.

Yes... But....
It is necessary a balance between the living discussion, that is good and expontaneous and the necessary order.
This is a forum, not a chat of wassap, so we have to be conscious that tomorrow, will arrive new people that have to have a system to find things.
If we do not use a method, the visitors, will be lost, and in so much chances they will not understand.

    Ines If we do not use a method, the visitors, will be lost, and in so much chances they will not understand

    That's why I try to keep topic's content matching to it's name.

      Ines

      you're right, but we already have too many issues to really make it work

      but I have a suggestion that we create skin themes and put our themes in there

      Name of the main topics

      1. everything about the cb

      2. relationships and love

      3. education and behaviour of our parents

      4. other

        Angelina Name of the main topics

        everything about the cb

        relationships and love

        education and behaviour of our parents

        So, you suggest to split "General" by 3?

          Laura

          not necessarily, the topics can also have other names or be divided differently, but maybe a faster search for newcomers can be realized

            Angelina But it's there already. If you want to see all topics about "relationships and love" click on relationships tag. I try to assign more or less relevant tags

              Laura

              i personally don't use the tags to search anyway, but i read everything when i am here anyway 😉

              it's just an idea, if it's better than the current system, i'm not sure

                Ines

                I agree.It is not too hard for us,but for a newcomer,it can be harder to find where to post.

                Laura

                And I think you do a great job at it;thank you for managing it.🙂

                Laura

                Maybe it should be emphasized for newcomers,like a popup or similar.Personally,I rarely used tags this way on boards(even if it is not a bad system),so I'm not sure everyone would think to use it.

                  Vanessa I thought tags are used almost everywhere these days and people understand how to use it

                    Laura

                    In the boards I read,there is often a main page,leading to different sub-forums,each one containing the topics related to it,without using tags.

                    So,newcomers may not be used to tags.

                    Anyway,here,there is all topics on the same page,which can be useful.With categories,there is a risk some people read only a couple of them,and so,not know nor answer the topics in other sub-forums.It is more easy to have a look at all the active subjects here.

                      Laura So you want these keywords in the titles or you want categories?

                      I don't care about the words, you can also call the upper themes 1, 2 and 3 (which makes no sense), I just want to divide it into upper themes

                      Vanessa

                      if you are a newbie i would advise you to introduce yourself first, then every newbie could perhaps open up a topic of their own where we could discuss it. but that would only be my suggestion if we stay with the current system

                      maybe we could introduce more information on the personal page of the user, so we know directly with whom we write 😉

                        Angelina I don't care about the words, you can also call the upper themes 1, 2 and 3 (which makes no sense), I just want to divide it into upper themes

                        I still don't understand. Do you want 3 major sticky (like introductions) topics?

                          Laura

                          we have a lot of themes, maybe these themes could be grouped into 3 to 5 main themes to make it easier for newcomers 😉

                            Angelina we have a lot of themes, maybe these themes could be grouped into 3 to 5 main themes to make it easier for newcomers

                            Could you list them out? I will merge

                              Laura

                              i admit i have not thought the idea through to the end, i will write again 😂

                              maybe the others also have ideas for the main topics

                              Angelina if you are a newbie i would advise you to introduce yourself first, then every newbie could perhaps open up a topic of their own where we could discuss it. but that would only be my suggestion if we stay with the current system

                              Why not.But,in most cases,their situation already relate to other topics,already used.

                              Angelina maybe we could introduce more information on the personal page of the user, so we know directly with whom we write 😉

                              But it should not be mandatory.

                              Angelina we have a lot of themes, maybe these themes could be grouped into 3 to 5 main themes to make it easier for newcomers 😉

                              Not sure reducing the numbers of tags would make it easier...

                                Vanessa Not sure reducing the numbers of tags would make it easier...

                                Please suggest tags to eliminate/merge

                                  Vanessa

                                  I admit it is very difficult and I have not yet found a completely satisfying solution 🙁