Audioholics Forum Redesign

[gene]

Guys;

We are about 1-2 weeks away from a complete redesign of the Audioholics Forum. We are moving to Xenforo as Vbulletin is proven to be a dead platform.

I recognize forums in general are a dying breed as everyone is moving towards social media. Heck our Facebook page is one of the biggest in the AV industry and has A LOT more activity and engagement than this forum does.

I'm hoping this change will be the right step forward for us and help bring some much needed life back to the forum and better organization as well.

Here is a preview of the new Audioholics Forum
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/xf/

BTW reputation system can't be preserved but we will still have custom forum titles and thank you system.

 

[j_garcia]

Interesting. Not enough to get a good feel for it, but change is always good (I think).

 

[Alex2507]

BTW reputation system can't be preserved but we will still have custom forum titles and thank you system.

No red chicklet hell? No signing Adam's name to really inappropriate comments? I guess we could always talk about audio. Is Norway still going to be allowed to post?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I would never imagine one could go to Facepalm book and post detailed plans for design for amazing DIY (cough ER18 cough) speakers or discuss subwoofer's driver T/S parameters and box models

Activity and engagement is not same thing as quality content or great advice. Some organization already realized that - http://www.m-journal.cz/files/2013 petr/kveten/unicef_likes_1.jpg

or here:

That said if only all the folks which come here and ask which brand cables or which DAC to buy would do in on Facebook - I wont mind at all


btw: New forum looks slick. I would weep dearly for rep system, but somehow survive (shocking, I know) .
But I hope we wont loose some core functionality like unread topics list, search system, Sticky posts, Votes and integration with Tapatalk.

 

[Adam]

BTW reputation system can't be preserved...

A little piece of me just died inside...

 

[ImcLoud]

I will be happy to see the rep system gone...

New site looks nice.

I can NOT stand facebook, as I always say its going to be the ruination of civilization, I just know it...

 

[j_garcia]

I do not, and do not intend to, farcebook.

 

[gene]

Tapatalk will be supported with the new forum. Also our Like system will have more features than what our current system has.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Woooo Hooo, Tapatalk stays!!

 

[ImcLoud]

what is tapatalk

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

what is tapatalk

Tapatalk is an excellent forum app for smartphones - it's much better than opening web browser on small screen.

 

[ImcLoud]

oh, I must already use it then because I use my smart phone on here...

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

oh, I must already use it then because I use my smart phone on here...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity&hl=en
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapatalk/id307880732?mt=8

 

[gene]

While we are at it, Audioholics.com is getting a complete revamp too. Here is the homepage mockup.

Home Theater, HDTV, Receivers, Speakers, Blu-ray Reviews and News | Audioholics

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

While we are at it, Audioholics.com is getting a complete revamp too. Here is the homepage mockup.

Home Theater, HDTV, Receivers, Speakers, Blu-ray Reviews and News | Audioholics

I know it's a topic beaten to death, but once again - Perhaps it could a good time to separate previews and reviews

 

[gene]

I know it's a topic beaten to death, but once again - Perhaps it could a good time to separate previews and reviews

They Will BE on the actual Review pages! I didn't forget

 

[TLS Guy]

I do not, and do not intend to, farcebook.

I agree. I just had a look at the Audioholics Facebook page and its a scatterbrained mess.

I have a Facebook account but hardly use it. I'm not a twittering twot and don't intend to become one.

 

[gene]

I agree. I just had a look at the Audioholics Facebook page and its a scatterbrained mess.

I have a Facebook account but hardly use it. I'm not a twittering twot and don't intend to become one.

As much as I'm not a fan of FB, it's an absolute necessity for business. It is helping to sustain our business model for the editorial site and it has a lot more visibility than this forum. Most people like the instant gratification of seeing a picture and making a comment as opposed to engaging in a thread like this. I guess you can consider facebook the MP3 of social media and forums would be Vinyl

 

[GranteedEV]

Will archives of the forums still be around? There's a lot of excellent five-year old discussions that I'd hate to see get lost.

Anyways viva forums. Most of the time I feel like things I say on facebook etc, if I bother to say them, are lost within moments of being said, and never actually read by anyone interested. It's a feeling of talking to a literal wall.

 

[ImcLoud]

I feel like there are a lot less people "discussing" on all the audio forums, I am not sure if this is due to, people not liking forums, or not as many people looking into "high end" audio? I have also noticed less people at shows {not all of them} and less traffic in the hi fi shops... Also used gear seems to be going for a little less... Its not a dramatic dip but I can tell there are less people involved in the hobby lately... Other hobbies I have seem to be growing, Hunting and long range shooting have never been stronger, hot rods and classic cars are VERY strong right now, ect...

I used to log onto AH in themorning and look at the "recent threads" link and there would be at least a full page if not 2 and lately you are lucky if theres 5 or 6 in the list... Also we used to get at least 1 "what system should I buy for X amount" and now then are few and far between compared to my memory of recent past...