I know for me personally, I would prefer to look in 1 forum, because right now, there is a mish-mosh of information in each, that if you don't look in both, you might miss some information. Basically, people are not starting threads in the correct forum, some good information is in the wrong place, and ALOT(good and bad) of info is duplicated in 2 places.
That was a more clearly stated expression of the situation, thanks !
We have no plans to merge then at this time, but will be looking at making a number of changes when we go through our big software upgrade in a few weeks.
STAY TUNED.
Okay, how about this ?
It's not up to me to tell you what the Forum organization should look like.
But if the Dish Network Forums are reorganized in such a way that I don't have to look through two different Forums for the same threads on the same subject, then that saves me time... and since "time is money", that for me, would justify becoming a member of this site.
Currently, if I am interested - for example - in keeping up with what is being talked about in terms of "Possible New HD To Be Added This Week", then I have to check:
- The Uplink Center Forum
- Dish Network Forum
- Dish HD Discussions Forum (as if anyone is talking about SD in 2008)
Okay, I understand that you have the separate Uplink Center Forum as a marketing tool, but the 3 separate Dish Forums don't benefit anyone.
If Satellite Guys had the sort of overbearing, power-monger mods that grab any misplaced thread 10 seconds after it is posted, and moved it to the proper Forum, then 3 different Dish Forums might work.
But one of the attractions of Satellite Guys is that the staff are laid back, and generally let the discussions happen rather than imposing themselves. :up
So, please make less work for everyone by simplifying the Dish Network Forum structure.