+1. Commenting on the IHB reviews would help bring in more diversity of discussion.jmoney74 said:I think better integration with IHB would be perfect. People like to comment on homes so that will livin things up.
OpenSky said:Irvinecommuter said:I don't really understand the question in so much as what is expected of TI?
TI is first and foremost a forum about real estate in Irvine and Orange County. Where the new constructions are, where the market sits, information regarding purchasing a property, advice on what to do relating to buying homes, reviews/opinions about certain homes/construction/models, etc.
It has also branched out to include discussions about the relative pros and cons of various OC communities (i.e. Irvine, Tustin, BR, MV, etc.).
A second layer of the forum are non-real estate related topics such as restaurants, things in the news, sports, etc.
I think TI does a great job relating to the core matters (paragraph nos. 1 and 2) but hit and miss on the ancillary things.
Perhaps I'm missing the topical discussions that were informed / enlightened on the main blog that were enriched by the comments and discussion that followed. Content was curated. The collective benefitted.
Those nuggets happen on TI, but it seems better suited for "hey, anyone have a good referral for _____?"
It's not as accessible as it is, and I think that limits the audience. Hell, it took me a couple of weeks to figure out how to get a login for the site.
paperboyNC said:My biggest complaint is that threads get off topic so it makes it hard to quickly read only the on topic posts in a thread. Most message boards like this have threads to post the standard off topic items to try to keep them out of the main threads.
But honestly - every message board has a problem that the same topics get talked about over and over.
irvinehomeowner said:Obviously the tide has turned, back in the IHB days, the majority would bash Irvine (include Mr. IrvineRenter/Larry) and there would be a few brave souls to fight which drove views. But once it shifted back to the Irvine lovers, the vocal haters gave up (yeah... that's right... I said that).
Meggie said:I enjoy the discussions/comments/bantering (not so much the cat fights). However, when I want to look up the latest prices of let's say Baker Ranch vs Phase 1 prices, it really is a pain to go through 45 pages of comments. I wish there is a summary page of pertinent information only or a way to have the informative postings on the top of the thread (locked) or to save certain postings in our account. Or I guess I can copy and paste the info that I wanted to my desktop but usually I don't need it until much later and thus have to find it again buried in the thread.
paperboyNC said:Slickdeals.net has a wiki as the second post of every thread that can be edited by anyone (not just the original poster) which really helps keep pertinent information / attachments / links / photos easy to find.
It would definitely make this site better if we could add that feature.
+1. Also, as the OP stated, there isn't enough diversity on this site. Same dozen people talking about the same things.NYT said:My two problems with TI are:
1. Off topic discussions that have nothing to do with the original post.
2. Anonymity which allows people to say stupid/negative/racist things that they otherwise wouldn't say if people knew who they were.