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Are Groups on this board lame, or just underused?

davemon50
Level 11

‎07-16-2017 04:30 PM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 10:05 PM by Community Admin

There's only one group that has a recent post on this forum, and that is the VW lovers group? (I'm a Chevy man, so I'm rolling my eyes at the VW thingee, :rolleyes: ). It looks like in 2014 that groups seemed to be a big thing on this board, but then died out. What gives? I would've thought there would've been some active groups around certain games or certain hardware. I'd start one myself, except I'm lame too and can't think of a good topic! 😄
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Korth
Level 14

‎07-16-2017 08:13 PM

Groups are buried out of sight somewhere deep within the Profile pages. No quick links or shortcuts. I'm guessing most people just don't know Group options even exist.

A lot of people come to this forum to brag and show off their ROG, or to solicit opinions about upcoming ROG, or to get spoonfed answers to ROG troubleshooting/configuration/overclocking questions they're too impatient to figure out themselves. Or to complain, perhaps even rant against evil greedy ASUS with venom and vehemence.
But once they're done they tend to disappear, mission accomplished. They never even bother to click onto their profile pages, let alone navigate through subpages towards Groups.
And no time for idle chitchat, anyways, so no time for Groups.
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davemon50
Level 11

‎07-16-2017 08:30 PM

Yeah probably would be much more activity if GROUPS was a direct link at the top, one of either the white or the red dropdown menus, and showed up all the time at the top of the page.
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Korth
Level 14

‎07-16-2017 08:48 PM

Perhaps listing the Group chat threads in a main-page subforum would help. Chevy lovers might suddenly discover a whole group of like-minded Chevy lovers they can join (while also rolling their eyes at the VW thingee), all without having to stumble upon the groups accidentally while digging at random.
I'm guessing you need to join a Group to participate in Group threads, lol, but I'm sure Group thread-creators could decide if they want "private" or "public" sorts of discussions.
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davemon50
Level 11

‎07-18-2017 05:16 PM

OK so I created a NEW GROUP just for the fun of it. It may not get any posts or participation, lol, but it's out there! You get to groups by clicking on "Settings & Functions > Groups".
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Korth
Level 14

‎07-18-2017 09:22 PM

Joined your group, lol.
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davemon50
Level 11

‎08-16-2017 10:07 AM

...well after a month, that makes two of us ! 😄

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Maybe we should just chat, lol. So much for the fancy board features here.
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xeromist
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‎08-16-2017 10:47 AM

Maybe you two are the only ones. 😉 I personally haven't fired a gun in many years. It would have been shooting cans on a friend's property in my early teens I guess.
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davemon50
Level 11
In response to xeromist

‎08-16-2017 10:53 AM

xeromist wrote:
Maybe you two are the only ones. 😉 I personally haven't fired a gun in many years. It would have been shooting cans on a friend's property in my early teens I guess.


Haha, yeah you might just be right. I woulda thought that would be a decent group setting, given an estimated 155 million PC gamers and 55 million gun owners in the good ole USA alone. I share the groups are hidden theory with Korth tho. :cool:
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FonzieBulldog
Level 9
In response to xeromist

‎08-16-2017 02:20 PM

xeromist wrote:
Maybe you two are the only ones. 😉 I personally haven't fired a gun in many years. It would have been shooting cans on a friend's property in my early teens I guess.


You could also try to get a "used" Dodge from Charlottesville and try to hit something with that one. :rolleyes:
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