One thing I've noticed about the TFF story forums is a lack of organization. People post, and threads hang around until people stop posting, at which point they drift off the first page into the perilous wilds of beyond.
That, coupled with the fact that the Forum Search function doesn't, makes for a wild difficulty in finding fics, short of clicking on /topics by this user/ and hoping it lists what you want.
Now, ideally, there would be a simple solution, and honestly, I can't see why it hasn't been brought up before.
Indices. That's plural of Index for you literary impaired folk.
Essentially, each /ideas/ and each /previews/ forum would have a stickied index topic. Then users could each make a post in the topic. On that post they would be able to edit, and so would keep links to each of their topics /in/ that particular section.
Now this wouldn't just be helpful for users in general, but the writers in general. No longer do you need to go find story idea MMXVVIII, digging your way through topics years old and doing your best not to accidnetally necromanse something, now it would just be a link away.
And it'd be a bit more efficient then what we have now.
Alternatively, a more advanced version of this idea consists of having the first post in the sticky link to each 'author page' later on in the thread, thought that would require the input of someone consistently active.
Bleh.
That, coupled with the fact that the Forum Search function doesn't, makes for a wild difficulty in finding fics, short of clicking on /topics by this user/ and hoping it lists what you want.
Now, ideally, there would be a simple solution, and honestly, I can't see why it hasn't been brought up before.
Indices. That's plural of Index for you literary impaired folk.
Essentially, each /ideas/ and each /previews/ forum would have a stickied index topic. Then users could each make a post in the topic. On that post they would be able to edit, and so would keep links to each of their topics /in/ that particular section.
Now this wouldn't just be helpful for users in general, but the writers in general. No longer do you need to go find story idea MMXVVIII, digging your way through topics years old and doing your best not to accidnetally necromanse something, now it would just be a link away.
And it'd be a bit more efficient then what we have now.
Alternatively, a more advanced version of this idea consists of having the first post in the sticky link to each 'author page' later on in the thread, thought that would require the input of someone consistently active.
Bleh.