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Post by ludakristen on Sept 9, 2016 14:27:09 GMT -5
What about something that represents our healthy lifestyle? Like, I dunno, apple.com? Is that available?
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Post by formerFLgirl on Sept 9, 2016 14:35:13 GMT -5
I don't really care if you change it or not. However, I don't give a single shit about WW, so I'd rather not have anything WW related.
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Post by beachandbook on Sept 9, 2016 14:46:51 GMT -5
Another vote to keep it unrelated to WW.
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Post by francesdances on Sept 9, 2016 14:51:36 GMT -5
First of all, I will apologize for my hyphen laden lame-o board name that I typed in under pressure! Seriously, no apology is necessary. It was so much more pertinent to get something up and underway so that everyone could transition over. You were focused on what was important.
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Post by ludakristen on Sept 9, 2016 15:05:51 GMT -5
I feel like my jokes are being totally unappreciated.
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Post by Admin on Sept 9, 2016 15:11:35 GMT -5
Not by me Luda!
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Post by NightSky on Sept 9, 2016 15:14:18 GMT -5
Typing as I'm thinking (uh-oh). Including GDT in the name would get the attention of old-timers if that is the goal. If the goal is also have some new people join if they happen on by (as opposed to advertising), I don't think GDT would grab anybody's attention if they didn't already know what it was. "general daily" sounds like a newspaper to me but also a bit vague so again, I'm not sure it would get anyone's attention. Since diets are only a fraction of what is discussed here, I don't think it's necessary to refer to WW, lifestyles, etc. The current description under this board name is "You can talk about anything here" so maybe something like alltopics.com? Maybe not that exactly, but something to get the point across that the board is about all kinds of stuff and there is no "off topic" here. It's at the beginning of the alphabet and easy to remember, though nothing about it would catch the attention of an old timer looking to find their way back to the GDT. Now I've come full circle, so I'll stop.
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Post by shaine punim on Sept 9, 2016 15:20:08 GMT -5
I favor something that a person trying to return to the WW GDT after several months or years away would be able to find. They would probably Google something like Weight Watchers Message Board General Daily Thread, so I like the idea of using GeneralDailyThreadMessageBoard.com or something like that. Everything but the Weight Watchers. But of course, that's no shorter than what we've got now so maybe that is stupid. (Fun fact, the Board Reader capture of the death of the GDT has me as the leading poster! boardreader.com/thread/I_only_need_703_more_posts_1x5e7X2u3jrn.html. Unfortunately, I didn't post this URL in any of my messages--it was in my signature.)
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Post by OwlGreen68 on Sept 9, 2016 16:10:13 GMT -5
I vote yes to keeping 'GDT' and no to keeping 'WW.' Why not call it 'TheNewGDT' as in your tinyurl?
Hols, I was glad that you (and the others) got this up and running before we all lost each other. The name didn't really matter.
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Post by tqmary on Sept 9, 2016 16:38:46 GMT -5
I feel like my jokes are being totally unappreciated. Not by me - I've laughed at every one of them. I'm just late to the thread. Change sucks IMO - I'd really like to keep GDT in some fashion. That's how I refer to you biddies. Holand - I don't think the name is that long, but I'm one that has bookmarked it and emailed myself the link so I can find it anytime I'm online. That all said - I don't really care, as long as I can find this place, even when I've been gone awhile, I'll be OK.
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Post by cydhunt on Sept 9, 2016 16:51:47 GMT -5
Another vote for not including anything WW in the name.
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Post by azure on Sept 9, 2016 17:20:59 GMT -5
Both are being considered. Oh! I did not catch that.
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Post by azure on Sept 9, 2016 17:23:11 GMT -5
I've found that if I google "us gdt" this place comes right up
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Post by mattysmom7 on Sept 9, 2016 17:27:00 GMT -5
ludakristen - I love your profile pic and the quote in your siggy ... funny stuff!
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Post by becca on Sept 9, 2016 18:01:23 GMT -5
I've found that if I google "us gdt" this place comes right up I am going to admit to a petty pet peeve. WW is based in the US. We are the GDT. Other GDT's are the "Canadian GDT" or the "Australian GDT." I know it was done because the Canadians did their ProBoard first, but it annoys me. I don't want to have to Google "US GDT" to have it come up. I am partial to NewGDT, but I know that we have boards that came with us and I don't want to slight them, and not just to be considerate, but because they give us a larger base of members
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Post by Admin on Sept 9, 2016 18:19:19 GMT -5
I even like NGDT.com, easy to type on the phone.
As a reminder, the name can be as short as all get go, we can put things like WW or even general daily thread, 50+, CAM or whatever in the description as they are google fodder.
For example, if you google 'People that used to post on the US WW GDT' you get this board. And that is the current forum description.
So we don't need to have every word we'd like to use to search in the actual name.
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Post by wisteria on Sept 9, 2016 18:59:15 GMT -5
I call this place "Invisible Friends." That might bring in some new folks but runs the risk of becoming a chat board for super heroes.
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Post by canajun on Sept 9, 2016 19:01:59 GMT -5
Whoever sets up the new site/board, is there an option for keywords and tags? All of the concerns here about people not being able to find it could easily be fixed by having those keywords show up on google searches.
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Post by becca on Sept 9, 2016 19:02:37 GMT -5
Whoever sets up the new site/board, is there an option for keywords and tags? All of the concerns here about people not being able to find it could easily be fixed by having those keywords show up on google searches. It's the same site, just the URL will change. And there are some SEO things we can do, we were mostly waiting to see about the name change.
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Post by canajun on Sept 9, 2016 19:03:52 GMT -5
Whoever sets up the new site/board, is there an option for keywords and tags? All of the concerns here about people not being able to find it could easily be fixed by having those keywords show up on google searches. It's the same site, just the URL will change. Gotcha. Is there somewhere in the board admin section that allows keywords or tags? I know nothing about proboards so that option might not even exist. Just trying to help with searchability
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Post by becca on Sept 9, 2016 19:04:34 GMT -5
I edited, see above.
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Post by MonkeyTwirl on Sept 9, 2016 19:17:19 GMT -5
I want old GDTers to be able to find us. I want to attract new GDTers. I don't know how to do that, but I bet Becca and other tech-savvy posters have ideas.
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Post by teach2learn on Sept 9, 2016 19:49:07 GMT -5
I think it should be called "GDT Ex-Pance."
WAIT!
"GDT Pance-Free"! It even rhymes.
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Post by leftylou on Sept 9, 2016 20:08:20 GMT -5
As long as I don't have to expend any effort I am okay with whatever. Apparently that tequila is kicking in, lol
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Post by tessie on Sept 9, 2016 21:04:39 GMT -5
I'm dying at apple.com. Thanks, Luda!
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