Discourse has private messages, so any other user (unless you “mute” them) can get in touch with you directly even if you don’t make your email public.
“Discourse has private messages, so any other user (unless you “mute” them) can get in touch with you directly even if you don’t make your email public.”
That’s awesome feature Robert!
I’m still learning my way around this new world, but it looks pretty darn intuitive (which I know takes thought and work) so extra thanks to you : )
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Thank you! So glad to be here and especially glad to see Kevin posting!
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Is there some way to block Kevin’s posts so I don’t see them?
So glad to have finally found you all thanks to the LAT article. I dropped out of CH long ago. I see many of my favorite CH posters here which is great. Is Servorg here too?
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The only credit I can take is for choosing Discourse. Thank Jeff Atwood and his team for the software being so good.
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If F-bombs bother you, you could install WebCensor or a similar plugin.
So glad to have found you all via the article (a bit late)! Rarely posted, but sure enjoyed the discussions! Now “Janv”, formerly “oldie but foodie”.
Alas, no, unless he’s posting under a new handle (and hasn’t told anyone about it).
You can mute individual posters – click on your profile image, then the wheel for settings – it’s the very, very bottom of the settings page.
When I read something like that I often tend to quote H L Mencken’s line about no one ever losing money by underestimating the taste of the average consumer.
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Interestingly, the article seems to have had a much bigger impact on member numbers here than Hungry Onion. We were more than 100 members behind, but we have now caught up and passed them (288), while they have barely budged (263).
The default setting for user number is for the current week. You have to change it in the drop down menu to “All Time” for the total amount of users. We currently have 375 users. HO has 391.
Unless I’m doing it wrong…?
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I’m active on both, and I have to honestly say I’m not seeing much difference as far as activity. Sometimes HO is busier, sometimes FTC is – but anecdotally, they’re both becoming more active and drawing a lot of members.
you also have to count how many of us ARE active on both.
I’d like to think that at some point in the future they can be folded together, as the duplication is pretty heavy at this piont. Dunno that that will ever happen, but that’s my feeling.
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I really don’t see it as a race or competiton between the various sites, Hungry Onion, Food Talk, Chowhound or whatever.
None of the sites require, implicitly or explicitly, an oath of monogamous fealty. Certainly not this one. Some people will simply gravitate to a particular site based on a site’s particularized area of activity (i.e., Home Cooking versus France, for example), or the other participants on that particular site. And some will participate in all of the available sites.
It’s all good in my opinion. The more food discussion there is in the ether, the better.
If nothing else, the availability of viable choices forces each site to innovate and continuously improve.
Nothing motivates like the fear of becoming irrelevant.
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I too migrated here as a result of the article!
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Happy to have read the L.A. Times piece and found out about this site.
I am currently working on filing my taxes by October 15 and trying to navigate the new Chowhound to find useful content reminds me of trying to navigate the U.S. Tax Code and the various IRS forms. It’s complicated, frustrating and makes you want to tear your hair out.
When your website is being compared to the IRS, you should know you are in trouble. Good luck to them at Chowhound.
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Me too
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Maybe this post should be moved to Guilty Pleasures??
You guys are HERE! Ok late to the party but I’ll make snacks…
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