The Front Door

by **SmokinJuan** » Tue 19 Jul 2005, 04:46:27

I find it curious that the majority of discussion in PeakOil.com takes place in the forums while very little takes place on the home page under the news stories. Are the news stories boring? Do you even read them? Are you embarrassed to post messages out front where everyone can see them? Do you want to perpetuate a conversation past the point where the news item falls from the front page?

The reason I ask: With a name like PeakOil.com (being in the top five on Google) many people who are just curious enough to search for the term "peak oil" may not be curious enough to navigate themselves into the forums. After seeing a front page devoid of any interest they may find the peak oil theory to be a ghost town to be forgotten. Do you wish to cast those poor souls into perpetual ignorance and eternal damnation?

And besides that, on other sites I tend to judge a news story worthy of a read only after the number comments have reached some point above average, title be damned. You all are screwing up my system! Post to the front page!

by **savethehumans** » Tue 19 Jul 2005, 08:52:52

I love the home page! I do read the stories. I save many stories. I even print out some of them! I don't make comments on them because they get commented on in the forum (showing that the posters do, indeed, read the stories on the home page!). Heck, the forum is where you're SUPPOSED to comment on stories and their topics--at least, that's what I've always thought!

Anyone else think like me? Or am I just an anomaly? :-D

by **Sgs-Cruz** » Tue 19 Jul 2005, 10:00:29

I read energybulletin.net for the news stories, and peakoil.com for the forums. Each site has its strengths, no offence to the editors here.

by **Aaron** » Tue 19 Jul 2005, 10:04:46

energybulletin.net does a terrific job.

In fact, we subscribe to their news feed...

Check our "newsfeed" link in the menu.

by **Leanan** » Tue 19 Jul 2005, 10:37:39

I read the front page, and occasionally comment. But it's not really a good place to have a discussion. You don't get notification when someone posts to the thread, and it's hard to find the articles once they scroll off.

by **Cyrus** » Tue 19 Jul 2005, 12:55:56

I always check the front page a few times a day. The news blog is very good. But hey, sometimes when I feel lazy, I just type "www.pe" into the adress bar, and look for the one with "gate" in it

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by **SD_Scott** » Tue 19 Jul 2005, 16:08:03

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sgs-Cruz', 'I') read energybulletin.net for the news stories, and peakoil.com for the forums. Each site has its strengths, no offence to the editors here.

by **katkinkate** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 07:36:19

I hardly ever see the front page. I've got the forum main page on my favourites list and come straight here.

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