The old Icons

This is absolutely the WORST problem and needs to be addressed ASAP. I have no idea what threads I have posted to.

This is frustrating on 2 levels that I can think of right off the top of my head.

1) Can't see if somebody has posted a reply to a thread that you've posted in, possibly even to your post specifically.

2) Can't tell, if in going through the list of threads and seeing one that interests you that maybe you'd like to respond to, especially if you have something useful to offer as far as advice, if it's a thread you've ALREADY REPLIED TO.

Imagine taking the time to lay out a carefully worded and lengthy response just to later find out YOU'VE ALREADY RESPONDED.

And no, you're not going to remember EVERY thread you've posted to, especially when you have over 17,000 posts.

This problem will eventually lead to frustration and some people simply not returning to the forum to participate because navigation has become a nightmare.

Again, this problem needs to be fixed ASAP.

Anything else about this forum that might be a little annoying is not important. If you can't find your posts, that is a problem, period.

Please, please, please, please, SOMEBODY get on this and FIX THIS.

I've made several similar posts in the last couple of years. Allen was well aware that the Warrior Forum started as a robust forum with a small marketplace. I think he turned the corner in '08-'09 when affiliates converged on the WSO forum. In a short time Warrior forum became a major marketplace and a minor forum.

I believe the main forum has suffered a lot with the transition. When I first showed up the place was loaded with seasoned marketers that actually walked the talk. Tons of great info was exchanged every day. There was a lot of peer pressure on a new member that posted something that had been covered numerous times. "Use the search feature" was the phrase of the day.

But as the forum morphed into a marketplace I believe Allen lightened up and allowed the newbie tsunami to do whatever. After all, don't want to upset the paying (or potentially paying) customers by suggesting they become a little self sufficient. Consequently we have an endless number of threads asking the same questions over and over. Lots of that stuff could be answered with a simple Google or Bing search. And then there are the "what would you do with $100" threads and "how do I make $8K by Friday" and all the rest of the bandwidth sucking nonsense.

I mentioned in a thread similar to this one that my own participation is down because I can't tell where I've posted. I'd really like to see this board return to serious marketing discussions and move away from being a nursery school. I doubt that will happen though. Maybe the solution is for serious marketers with something to offer to open independent paid membership forums, though I'm not sure that option is still available. Time changes everything.

I'm color blind so the different color titles don't help me. They all look the same to me.

You can read about it here: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...om-family.html

I believe Steve is correct...

It appears as if the different colored title system is not even close to being accurate on my account it it's purpose is to ID threads that I have posted on.

Cheers

-don

Just above the OP, there is a big black button that says "View First Unread".

Unfortunately, I think there may be a glitch with it as it doesn't always work accordingly.

It did.

If I reply to a thread I see a star BUT if it's a hot thread, it shows a flame - no star.

I can't find an old cached photo of the original forum as that would make it a lot easier to explain.

The difference is, the designation for a thread that you responded to was placed around the icon, not inside of it. Kind of like an outline. To me, it looked like a thick box with like a dagger going through it.

In this new system, the star gets overwritten in every condition except if the thread hasn't had any new replies since you were last to it. But once a reply is made, the star gets overwritten regardless of whether the thread is hot or not.

In short, the star doesn't work. What used to work was around the icon, mostly, so there was no way to overwrite it.

If I can find a photo, I'll post it but so far I'm not having any luck.

** EDIT ** For a hot thread, the star doesn't show up even if you just went to it and nobody else has been to it since. The flame overwrites the stat as well. A system needs to be put in place where the icon has a big thick outline around it so you can tell the thread is one you've responded to. That way it will show up for old threads, new threads and hot threads.

You have an icon with a star on it to depict a thread that is NOT hot that you have participated in. It shows up gray for me and is not very noticeable
You have an icon for showing a hot thread
You don't have an icon showing a hot thread that you are participating in

IMHO the difference between the new icons is so subtle that it's virtually meaningless.

The old lock and the arrow through the folder and I don't recall what it was that showed prior participation were obviously different.

Ah! Not very helpful then, but even the greyed out icon is more than I had yesterday. As for colour change, I can barely see any difference, it's too subtle.

I certainly agree with the many complaints here about the new icons. I do hope the new owners either replace them with the old ones, which worked very well, or find new ones that truly serve their intended purpose.

In fairness to the new owners, however, I highly doubt changing the old icons was intended to "fix" something (that wasn't broken). This is their site, and of course they wanted to make some changes to make it their own and give it a new look (frustrating to us, perhaps). That's no different than buying a house in perfect condition, but deciding to remodel the kitchen or paint the exterior a new color - not to "fix" it, but just to update it or change it to suit your personal preferences.