I see quite a few inconsistencies with posting dates. For instance there is a post by S00001 which has recently been responded to but S00001‘s post was created in September before the new forum went live. S00001‘s post is in Forum Feedback. What is also puzzling is that when I click on S00001‘s icon it gives me the information that S00001 joined in April and posted in October which is after September, creating an inconsistency with S00001‘s post created in September.
Another example is a post by Norma about the old site which someone has responded now, thinking she has just joined the new site and is writing about the new site. Norma’s post was in September. I had replied to it back then, so personally know it is not recent.
I’ve seen quite a few responses to older posts as if they were recent, some created last year which is fine but I’m not sure users are aware these posts are quite dated. Maybe an archive section might work where posts over a certain period of time get dropped into, people can still read and respond, and maybe if the original poster replies it gets automatically bumped back as a current conversation.
I’m fairly computer literate, but I am finding recognising new posts with recent replies to be unintuitive at the moment. I love the email notification, and I rely on that to find my way back to a post. I suppose adjusting all this might come down to the tracking/watching preference, however, if a new post I am not involved with has responses, I’m not sure it sufficiently lets the user know this. Perhaps, making more use of bolding, highlighting, and a more extensive colour code might guide folks a bit better. I don’t know, I have to tread shrewdly with my observations as despite being tech savvy, my brain isn’t as user-friendly as it used to be, and I struggle to recognise patterns in things.
Anyway, juice for the mill. On another note, the Discourse app and forum work very together. It might be better for people with tablets to use that instead of the browser version as it is slightly simplified in its layout. Feel free to move this post to any relevant spot where it should belong.
Additional observation: I just visited the category About Stroke, looking at the activity, if I go to a topic that was created with activity stating 4 days, it’s a post called Blood Test, the date of the post is 20th of August. There are no replies on that post and seven views. So, I question why it states that there has been some activity within the last four days. This can be misleading as the post is between two other posts with activity stating 19th and 20th.
