Vaporizer Discussion Split and a Review Section

This sounds like a huge step in the right direction... IMO the biggest flaw in our current setup is that good posts/reviews/videos get buried quickly within a model thread. Sometimes the same questions get asked every few pages, and a little reorganization could help ease this I think. A review section is an excellent idea, I like that. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

I like the idea both of a split from home/portables instead of the unified vaporizer discussion but I do not think that it would be prudent to disallow replies on reviews. I think that if there were strict rules set on the replies then they could remain corgil and informative. I find whenever I write a review something always ends up getting pointed out me that changes the way I think about that particular vape. I think we would lose alot by not allowing replies.

Perhaps there could be an implementation of a "Junior Mod" position which have the ability to moderate the review section alone to lighten the possible load on the main staff.

So I definitely agree that a split would be helpful because you are not really changing anything just classification. I actually really like that. As a complete new person it would take a while to sift threw which ones were home and which we ones were portable.

However, in terms of reviews, I think that you should definitely allow discussion within the review post. I believe listening to other FC members critiques on your review, like Centizen said, helps you see it in a different light.

However, how would this operate? Would it be a separate review section for each vape? Otherwise page 1 of reviews might be one vape and then more reviews for that same vape are on page 4 of the thread list. This can be confusing when trying to find all the information you can about a particular vape.

What do you guys think?

I like the idea of doing a portable and home category. It will help first time users sort though the two types. I think people tend to want one or the other. I have mixed feelings about the review section. I always felt like they belong in the discussion of the vaporizer. I am not sure splitting reviews up in to individual posts in a new section is worth wile. I do worry that reviewing the reviews from the thread might slow down the conversation abut the device in the thread. Often times reviews bring up pages of good discussion on what ever points have been brought up. I think separating the "good reviews" into another thread will pull some of the momentum out of the original topic.

What if there was a way to make the review posts within a thread different. Maybe change the background color... put something in the thread. If it is redeemed as very valuable then it can be marked as so and made easy to see as you are scrolling through. That way someone scrolling through the 600 page thread can look for the posts that are marked "important" or "review" or what ever you want to call it.

That is my initial impression.

Yes, I really really like this, because a review is often meant (in my mind, especially on a forum) to spur discussion. When I write a review, it's because I want other people to know how I feel about a device and then to discuss the review, and either tell me I'm doing something wrong, using it wrong, or if they are experiencing the same thing. If there was a way to "label" as SliM put it, and then being able to search on that label for a review section, I would actually love to see all the posts marked as "reviews" in one section via a search, and not move the discussion to multiple places about the same vape.

I think part of the benefit of the FC forums is it's one of the only forums I've been to where all the discussion about a device is in one dedicated thread. It makes it much easier to find the information you are looking for if all of it is in one thread. So by separating out the reviews, you are making different places for information when it can be all in one place. I kinda think that's one of the strengths of FC. When I want to read about the Pax, I don't have to go to multiple forums or subforums or review section, I just click the Pax thread, and the information is there. All 100+ pages of discussion or so, LOL :-). It's a lot of information, but I like that it's all in one place. People's reviews, problems, hates, discussions, etc.

Mine as well.

I also want to say that I think the "test" comparison thread went really well. Hopefully we can see more of this and it will not prove too much work for the mods.

I would also like to hand out a big "thank you" to the staff for all of the janitorial and pest control work that has been going on lately around here. Great job

While I do like the idea of splitting off the Portables into their own areas, I'm not sure about having a review-only thread that doesn't allow discussion. First of all someone would have to decide what constitutes a legitimate review from just initial impressions or general comments. This alone seems like a difficult task. I think it would also make searching for answers more difficult as well (having to do a search through multiple threads).

The home and portables split is a good idea. I think reviews should stay within the relevant model thread. A way of keeping the reviews accessible could be to provide links to review posts in Vaporpedia, which I think is an underutilised resource.

+1 on this.

I think Vaporpedia could maybe have a webpage dedicated to good, solid reviews of different models and just link them back to FC.

...I like everything that is being proposed ....so far...I'll stay tuned and contribute if I feel my input is needed..

I agree... all suggestions above sound good to me

slightly different topic, but concerning a new sub-forum ... how about collecting all the DIY threads from Vaporizer Discussion and putting them into its own DIY titled sub-form. i suggest putting DIY at the same level as Discussion, General, Ask, and Lounge, rather than under Discussion.

my thought is a little more visibility for DIY might generate more discussion.

Yeah I've thought about it before, when I first found this site I was kinda lost as to all of the different vapes. Which were portables, which weren't? I had to click the threads and hope there were relevant pictures in the first thread, and if not, either try random pages or google image the name and see what comes up. Good call on splitting them up.

Yeah I feel you on the wiki thing. The site I help moderate has its own wiki pertaining to all things related to it, but it's a bit hard to get the userbase to use/check it before making threads, and we have the same problem with people adding to it. Either they're too lazy, or they're unfamiliar with it, etc. I wouldn't mind helping out with your wiki, but I only have decent experience with the MFLB which is probably the longest entry in vaporpedia as it is...

so, how will "portable" be defined? (now where's that "beating a dead can of worms" graphic...)

The only problem I have with this definition is that it bunches vaporizers like the GonG gn0me and Vapocane in the same category with true portables. Sure, they can in theory be used "on the go", but in all practicality, they are home units.

Good point, but I think the distinction between "home" and "portable" units is easy enough to see. The GonG gn0me isn't portable if it's meant for a water pipe

I think we should have portable, home bust most of all a booty thread

What about the MFLB? It can be used at home, plugged into the wall, or portable with batteries or car adapter.

Yeah there are several models which could be considered in betweens with their passthrough adapters like the solo and the omicron, but those are still advertised as portable.