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group still confusing?
No use asking us - we're the ones who HAVEN'T given up!I found it easy to get into. I lurked a few times on KuF but get totally be-mazed there.
Ignite wrote: "No use asking us - we're the ones who HAVEN'T given up!I found it easy to get into. I lurked a few times on KuF but get totally be-mazed there."
Snap
Unless you can get rid of that girl.
I reckon that 'unread topics' button over there on the right is the best thing since sliced bread.Once people find that, the rest is dead easy.
We just need to make sure they know about it.
I've never had any problems at all, compared to the epic bewilderment I experience whenever I stick my head round the corner of KUF or Kindleboards.
Yea, I've never had any trouble on here (then again I have been here since there only was one thread), but I rarely go to the actual group homepage which I think could be quite confusing merely due to the amount of threads we have. I agree with Patti though, the unread topics button is a dream come true
Yeah, doesn't help that Simon never helps me with deleting threads and never puts them where they belong when he moves stuff around.He also leaves his socks in the lounge.
Men.
Patti (A Fine Pear) wrote: "I reckon that 'unread topics' button over there on the right is the best thing since sliced bread.Once people find that, the rest is dead easy.
We just need to make sure they know about it."
indeed - my bookmark goes straight in at the unread topics i never visit the homepage at all!
imo, the only thing overwhelming about the group is also the best thing about it - and that it that it is very very active
so, you miss a day and there's loads of unread posts
which is where the "mark all as read" is very very handy too :)
I always come to the homepage as I like to see if there are any new threads.I do clear the un-read ones off fairly regularly though.
I've never found it hard getting around...it can't be that hard if I can do it.
I admit I don't use the group home page very often, because I tend to lose things! Maybe we should change the order?
I use the home page - but I rarely go down past half way (as the actress....)
Kath wrote: "indeed - my bookmark goes straight in at the unread topics i never visit the homepage at all!imo, the only thing overwhelming about the group is also the best thing about it - and that it that it is very very active
so, you miss a day and there's loads of unread posts
which is where the "mark all as read" is very very handy too :)
"
Yes - I just wish they would stay "marked as read" though.
Say there is a thread about a book that I'm not interested in, and there are three unread messages. So I mark it as read, then someone else adds another messages & back it pops with 4 unread messages.
Not something that Simon can fix, I know it is Goodreads, but it does annoy me.
O yes Janet that annoys me as well. I wish you could mark threads to permanently ignore.
Many of the interesting (as opposed to "popular") threads need you to scroll way down, consequently they don't get looked at very much. *Every* thread really needs to be in the top half of the list, regardless of what laws of physics (or logic) you need to break to achieve that.I once found a particular thread on KUF, but I never found it again.
Haha! I love the idea of them all being in the top half. Tim, I once heard someone say that girls did better educationally in an all-girls school and boys did better in a co-educational environment, therefore all girls should go to single-sex schools and all boys go mixed schools!
The girls school over the road was actually flagged as out of bounds. Which had roughly the same effect on us as banning a movie...
On most forums I visit I go straight to the "new posts today" type button, or "unread"
It would probably help if someone new came here... I wonder if they can find it?
Simon could link this thread in his first post in introduce yourself.Get on it, Simon.
Gingerlily (or Cyberlily..) wrote: "O yes Janet that annoys me as well. I wish you could mark threads to permanently ignore."Yes that too.
But the unread posts really annoys me. It's as if Goodreads is saying "But I know you haven't really read them so I'll just remind you about them." It's almost as annoying as getting junk mail every week from Mr Branson. (still haven't managed one week without at least one item of junk from his company)
I've been here a bit, and didn't know about the 'unread' button.But I've never had trouble finding anything, or posting.
You're all clearly a lot cleverer than I am, because I do have trouble finding my way around. For example, I'm sure I posted something about me in the 'Meet our Authors' thread - but I can't find it. Clicking on my name above a message takes me to a list of my posts - but only some of them are there.
Found it for you. You need to click to the right where it says 9 of 299 or something. There's a list and it moves fast! It should show in the first 9 now.
If you recall what you said in the post you're looking for, BJ, you could try putting the phrase in the search thingy over on the right and see if it appears.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...But BJ couldn't find and that is the point. Things aren't so easy to find. Perhaps I should empty the whole forum out and start again.
Ignite wrote: "Found it for you. You need to click to the right where it says 9 of 299 or something. There's a list and it moves fast! It should show in the first 9 now."Now this is a typical example. Here is Kath attempting to be helpful by giving simple instructions, but I obviously suffer from some form of forum blindness that makes even the simplest guidance hard to follow. 'Click to the right' of what, Kath?
Just delete me, Simon.Think how much tidier the group would be without my posts.
Of the Meet the authors section heading. Scroll down the home page till you find that. I've dug your thread out and dusted it off!
Ignite wrote: "Of the Meet the authors section heading. Scroll down the home page till you find that. I've dug your thread out and dusted it off!"Thank you! Found it - but only because you kindly bumped it up the list to make it obvious (even to me). How did you find it so quickly?
Low cunning. That, and I've done it before. :)
Maybe over a period of time some of it will rub off onto me. I can only hope.
I'm not sure she'll take too kindly to you rubbing her over yourself, but you never know.
Ignite rubbing off on...Think I better leave this thread now.
Patti (A Fine Pear) wrote: "Ignite rubbing off on...Think I better leave this thread now."
Me, too - I'm getting far too excited.
B J wrote: "Patti (A Fine Pear) wrote: "Ignite rubbing off on...Think I better leave this thread now."
Me, too - I'm getting far too excited."
YOU'RE getting excited! *wipes brow*
Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...But BJ couldn't find and that is the point. Things aren't so easy to find. Perhaps I should empty the whole forum out ..."
not having a go at anybody but surely authors should be subscribing to their own threads for email updates in case a reader pops in and asks a q or posts something?
then the thread would appear in their subscription list in their profile and would be easier to find...
or they could even bookmark it !
i think that you are taking on far too much responsibility Simon as there are things that readers/authors can do to make their lives easier here rather than it all being on you :)
Oh yeah.There is that 'Email me when people comment' thing at the bottom of every thread.
I forget about that as I never use it.
Of course you're not having a go Kath. You'd never do that. :)
Very valid point though.
Right, I've had a cold shower and ventured back. Good point about adding to 'Favourites', Kath. I've now done that. I was already set to receive emails if anyone posted on my author thread.My poorly-expressed point was that if I couldn't find a thread that I knew existed (without the advantages of the links I have) how could anyone else find it.
Well, I have to admit to being at least a little glad to find that I am not the only one who doesn't appear to know what is going on / what he is doing!I joined goodreads.com a while back and already have an author page, etc., - all the bells and whistles - with them, and then just the other day found goodreads UK and so am investigating it today. Am I totally daft in thinking that goodreads.com and goodreads UK would be two seperate sites? OK , don't answer that one.
Well, I am gaining the impression that some parts are seperate and some parts aren't, but haven't yet ascertained which is which - this page, which is supposed to be for those who are struggling to sign on to goodreads UK, has I note a .com url!
So, am I an already signed in member of goodreads UK, or aren't I?
Help!
It's all Goodreads.com. This is a Goodreads .com forum for UK kindle readers. That's all!
Hi Leslie - yes you are a member of this forum, which is the UK Amazon Kindle Forum - which is one of the forums on Goodreads.com.So to answer your question, no - they are not separate sites! :)
But not just readers from the UK who use kindles.Everyone is welcome in our group.
Pleased you found us Leslie!
Any more questions, please just ask.
Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "Kath wrote: "indeed - my bookmark goes straight in at the unread topics i never visit the homepage at all!imo, the only thing overwhelming about the group is also the best thing about it - and th..."
Yes - I just wish they would stay "marked as read" though.
Ditto
Yeah, they reappear if a new comment is posted.I rather like it that way. I save up looking at some threads until there's a few new posts.
So help me here.... What tweaks would you like to see?