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RealGM Users,

The forum upgrades that have taken place over the last two weeks are now complete.

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We feel many of them will improve the forum experience for everyone but do believe one of them in particular is a true game changer for us in terms of getting more traffic for our MLB, NFL, NHL, Soccer and Other Sports Forums.

MyForums

The new MyForums Feature locAted on the same line as your profile page allows Users and Moderators to select all of their favorite forums and put them all on one page.

Just go to the bottom of a forum and Click on the “MyForum Link” and the forum will be instantly added to your MyForums Page

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Not only does this allow Users and Moderators to customize their own forum pages but no longer does a User or Moderator have to go to 6 different sections to view their favorite forums.

I believe this will have a huge impact on traffic for our other forums.

and......

There is a fan base for those teams as proven by those new favorite team logos some users have uploaded to their profile via the favorite team options in their profiles.

Here are just some examples

MLB

Diamondbacks: 15 Users
Red Sox: 43 Users
Cubs: 48 Users
Dodgers: 37 Users
Marlins: 26 Users
Phillies: 27 Users
Giants: 23 Users

Most other teams have similar numbers.


NFL

Bills- 27 Users
Panthers: 27 Users
Bears- 65 Users
Dolphins- 45 Users
Patriots: 65 Users
Giants: 63 Users
Raiders: 33 Users
Eagles- 39 Users
49ers- 60 Users
Bucs: 25 Users

Most other teams have similar numbers

NHL

Ducks- 16 Users
Blackhawks: 55 Users
Bruins- 35 Users
Red Wings: 31 Users
Canadians: 26 Users
Rangers- 49 Users
Leafs: 121 Users

Many teams have similar numbers

The above are just some examples and most teams have at least 10 Users users who have chosen them as their favorite team for that sport. If anyone wants to know a count for any team, just let me know and keep in mind, many users have not done this part of their new profile yet. I do plan to use this feature to help myself and Moderators of particular forums identify potential posters for that particular forum.

Why is this relevant though?

It shows there is a fan base for these teams and I have always maintained the navigation/drag of going to other sections of forums was a big reason traffic has been slow on most of our non-NBA forums.

This MyForums Feature ends all of that.

The key now is to get those forums going because the user base is there.

I am going to be encouraging Moderators to get discussion going on our Non-NBA forums and ask users to do the same. Feel free to start some threads and help our community grow into a one-stop shop for sports forums. Moderator Positions are also available on some of those forums and activeness is one thing I look for when you choosing Moderators.

Will all users who choose say the Bruins as their favorite NHL Team post on that forum? No, but it shows their is a fan base and I do believe this option is going to allow those communities to grow.

Please give me any feedback that you may have.

I hope that we can finally start to grow these forums into something for all sports but not just basketball.

Thanks as always to all of you for helping make us the best NBA forums and hopefully the best MLB, NFL, NHL, Soccer and Other Sports Forums on the internet.

Great feature that I have been using for a few days now.

Love having all the RealGM sports forums that I visit on one page.

Just wanted to add.

Soccer Logos are available, so add your favorite today.

Would be handy if the favorite teams icons linked to their respective forums.

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BlackOutBobcat wrote:Would be handy if the favorite teams icons linked to their respective forums.

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Excellent idea.

I added the ones I use. Awesome feature; navigating to go from, say, the Trades and Transactions board to the Current Events board felt like too many clicks before.

At first I thought the MyForums page was going to be a personal virtual board that merges every topic from my favorite sections into one page. That would have been nice.

This however will appeal to those people who don't know how to use bookmarks in their web browsers.

I quite like the new look btw!

Basically the entire forum will be fav'ng the Raptors

Raps in 4 - collosal powers. Thanks man.

Thelonious wrote:At first I thought the MyForums page was going to be a personal virtual board that merges every topic from my favorite sections into one page. That would have been nice.

This however will appeal to those people who don't know how to use bookmarks in their web browsers.

I quite like the new look btw!

Bookmarks are annoying as hell, I have more bookmarks than I know what to do with. This feature is awesome

Thank you for the Myforum feature! I LOVE it!

I like the Myforum feature a lot, but maybe add a way to organize the order of the forums we see? Perhaps a custom sorting option, or maybe auto sort by most recent post.

I've often gone to the football forums and couldn't believe how dead they were. I was wondering if all the people who wanted to talk football were somewhere else.

Same with the NCAA tourney this year. I think a thread was locked on the general board about the NCAA tourney. Perhaps it should have just been moved and a note or sticky at the top of the page that says "For NCAA discussion, go here" Same with NFL during the season. Might be worth putting a quick link to the NFL at the top of the general board and each team board's page so people might see it and click on it. Especially right around September when the NBA activity is dead.