New K1 subforums?

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

When a topic is moved it leaves a link to the new topic in the original forum .

[MichelleandCraig 1]

Is there any way to change that, Cap? If the link is left, it's going to leave the same amount of clutter to scroll through in the forum, no??? ...and the thread titles would still be there, somewhat defeating the purpose. Maybe this would only happen until people learn the correct place to post though, so it might not be such a big deal after all.

Also, how about Good News Threads and Other Chit Chat or something like that? Visa approvals are far from the only things people post congrats for....which I'm sure you know. I mean, we seee posts "we got touched!" on a frequent basis! Hehehe...I remember what it was like to be excited, but there are congrats threads for nearly *everything* you can imagine-- not just visa approvals.

I think the basic, original idea was a good one...Good News or whatever subforum...and ALLLLL oif those "WHOOOPIEEEE, GOT IT, YAY, NOA2!!, TOUCHED! threads go there or, in the beginning until people realize, gets moved there. It shouldn't take long for people to catch on.

I think this was a great topic, Tracy. We went through Nebraska back when NSC was the slow one (as RJ said) and we got through in 3 months...and we considered ourselves lucky at that time! I remember though, doing just as you did...and avoiding VJ after a while, because of all the fast approvals....VSC has always been quick but there was another fast one back then as well...can't remember if it was Texas or CA...anyway...it DOES get discouraging...and, like the rest of you, I NEVER begrudged anyone who got their approvals fast, or was annoyed with THEM in the least...it was just very, very disheartening so easier to avoid VJ altogother. Had I known I could come to VJ and avoid most all of those posts, I likely would have.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

PS...Andy, if you're still reading this...been meaning to get back to you! Have been awfully busy but things are going really well (our two year anni was Monday!) and WILL get back to you soon...appreciate your insights!!! M.

Edited March 28, 2007 by MichelleandCraig

[rebeccajo 14]

(our two year anni was Monday!)

Happy Belated Anniversary!

[Andy 2]

PS...Andy, if you're still reading this...been meaning to get back to you! Have been awfully busy but things are going really well (our two year anni was Monday!) and WILL get back to you soon...appreciate your insights!!! M.

Hi Michelle!

Yes, still watching - and I hoped that not hearing from you was the result of good stuff keeping you busy! Happy (belated) anniversary to you and Craig by the way!

And I agree with you on the link to the moved topics being just as much clutter as the unmoved topic would have been. Not a great help when trying to navigate around. I'd put the 'Whoopee! Good News! Read All About it!' sub topic inside the K-1 area itself and maybe do the same in other areas to help collect the clutter in the first place. People who see that sort of sub-area clearly for their good news, will be much easier guided to post there in the first place.

Andy

[Marilyn. 340]

Is there any way to change that, Cap? If the link is left, it's going to leave the same amount of clutter to scroll through in the forum, no??? ...and the thread titles would still be there, somewhat defeating the purpose. Maybe this would only happen until people learn the correct place to post though, so it might not be such a big deal after all.

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the moved threads will eventually get moved off the first couple of pages as new threads are posted, specially in the K1 forum that seems to get a lot of action....

[TracyTN 237]

WOW. You all were busy while I was at a hockey game last night! My darling fiance updated me a tad by phone, but still more action since.

Just a few points:

I am finally glad that I started this thread. I HOPE the discussion has bore some fruit, particularly if we can get the K1 forum back to being more helpful than 'YIPPEEE' like it is now. Believe me, I understand the YIPPEEE sentiment very well, but I don't think it serves that particular forum very well. I really appreciate everyone's comments here, and I just hope again that VSCers truly don't believe that any of us CSCers wish them ill, or are 'mad' at them (or some such affair).

I do NOT think calling the new forum a 'dungeon' is apt or even correct. It will be a dungeon if no one posts there. But as we've seen, the YIPPEEE threads are more than half the K1 forum now, so I suspect it will NOT be a dungeon. Quite the opposite, in fact, esp. once people get used to having it around.

I would be happy to help moderate/move posts around, and I appreciate being 'nominated'. But I ain't changing my member title - I worked long and hard for it! (That wasn't very reasonable of me to say, was it?

Now - on to 'what do we call the new forum' and 'where do we put it'. Perhaps a variance on what Ewok suggested: "Approvals and Service Center Chit Chat". I thought calling it 'visa approvals' suggested interview success only (instead of petition success), but maybe I'm being pedantic.

[Jenn! 918]

How about "Celebrating Milestones"?

[Marilyn. 340]

This is really starting to upset me.

Why does it have to be VSC vs. CSC?

Transferree vs. Interviewee?

Look at our case - swift on one end, slow as Moses on the other. Things usually tend to balance themselves out. Which is why when you have some good luck with immigration, you shouldn't be gloating about it. There's always the next step where you could get bit.

I wish we could just HELP each other around here without envy.

same thing happened with us but the opposite... our case took over a year from start to finish but the latest stage of this immigration journey went pretty quick...

we can't get mad or annoyed at people for something that is not really under their control...

[TracyTN 237]

This is really starting to upset me.

Why does it have to be VSC vs. CSC?

Transferree vs. Interviewee?

Look at our case - swift on one end, slow as Moses on the other. Things usually tend to balance themselves out. Which is why when you have some good luck with immigration, you shouldn't be gloating about it. There's always the next step where you could get bit.

I wish we could just HELP each other around here without envy.

same thing happened with us but the opposite... our case took over a year from start to finish but the latest stage of this immigration journey went pretty quick...

we can't get mad or annoyed at people for something that is not really under their control...

Again, its NOT about being 'annoyed' or 'mad' at VSCers. Its just not wanting a CONSTANT reminder that others are speeding past you. Hard to avoid anymore when over half of the first two pages of posts in the K1 forum are of the 'look what I got!' sort.

"Celebrating Milestones" is a good idea for a name, too!

Edited March 28, 2007 by TracyTN

[rebeccajo 14]

we can't get mad or annoyed at people for something that is not really under their control...

Indeed.

Those of us who have been here ages know that. It's more difficult to convince the new members.

[rebeccajo 14]

OMG. *rolls eyes*

I just noticed a newer thread in K1 titled 'Late March filers'.

This stuff really needs to stop..............

[Andy 2]

"Celebrating Milestones"

I think it may have to be a rather more obvious 'in your face' sort of name than that or many won't realize that it's for their service center/NOA/filer/woopee posts.

[featherB 1]

I do NOT think calling the new forum a 'dungeon' is apt or even correct. It will be a dungeon if no one posts there. But as we've seen, the YIPPEEE threads are more than half the K1 forum now, so I suspect it will NOT be a dungeon. Quite the opposite, in fact, esp. once people get used to having it around.

I was going to say last night - 'dungeon' is just a tad on the overdramatic side. It's not like anyone would be banned from celebrating their good news - of course people want to celebrate, but it gets out of hand when there are people constantly posting about the fact that they've got their NOA1/a touch/their cheque was cashed by USCIS/they got that card to say the USPS had delivered their petition, etc etc etc - those are hardly things that require endless threads in 'celebration' and yet they keep clogging up the front page(s), especially when that handful of people who contribute nothing to VJ other than to post hundreds of copied-and-pasted 'CONGRATULATIONS!!!!' messages to anyone and everyone every couple of weeks! I can't be the only one who's noticed questions that are awaiting an answer, not to mention threads that were right at the top and in the middle of an interesting discussion actually about something, getting bumped back to page 2 or 3 when the 'congrats on your NOA1!!!!!!' brigade comes along. It devalues the K1 forum a lot, IMO... you click on it, take one look at the first page, think 'jeeesh...' and click back out again.

Um, I'm repeating myself, anyway - but just wanted to say, I think a separate forum for congratulations and celebrations is a great idea, and maybe those monthly-filer threads could go in there too. Nothing against the monthly-filer threads, but when it takes CSC months to approve a petition, you end up with half the front page being filled with 'March filers', 'February filers', 'January filers' etc, not to mention the 'about-to-be April filers' etc... constantly there at the top of the page, and it's not something your 'average' non-March-filer (or whatever) is ever even going to venture into. I have no idea what goes on in those threads (there was no 'October filers' one, as far as I know!), but if it's just a load of people hanging out and whiling away the wait together, it makes sense... I just hope questions that might be of interest to a wider community than the people who happened to file during that calendar month get posted separately on the main forum, where someone who didn't only just file the previous week, and might reasonably be able to help, will see them!

Oops. Rambling. But just wanted to say, there is no need for a new 'celebrations/announcements/whatever' forum to become a 'dungeon' - unless people actively rebel against it and refuse to post in it (I've seen this on other sites, where people have objected to the creation of new forums and made a concerted effort to boycott them - am assuming nobody is that childish here!) - but if new threads get moved in there, and duplicates get locked, there won't be much choice. Everyone would know where to go to post about their exciting news, anyone looking for news of new NOA2s would know where to look (because of course, when you are at that 'any day now...' stage, new approvals are very exciting to hear about... less so, I'd imagine, when you've passed that 'any day now...' stage by several weeks and think you might have to poke your own eyes out with a stick if you see just one more 'OMG, NOA2, YAY!!!!' thread title)... it's a win-win situation all round, I think. Even the post-whorey types would know where to go when they feel the need to congratulate 50 random strangers in the space of half an hour on the fact that their case has been touched...

I will stop rambling now!

[mybackpages 0]

How about "Celebrating Milestones"?

I agree, great name and idea for a forum. It might be a little tricky at first to make the switch, but eventually I think it would be effective.

Not sure where the threads that are "this is unfair because my approval has not come yet" would go with this title. Maybe we need a 'Celebrating Milestones" and a "I've lost my mind and need to rant thread"

[featherB 1]

How about "Celebrating Milestones"?

I agree, great name and idea for a forum. It might be a little tricky at first to make the switch, but eventually I think it would be effective.

Not sure where the threads that are "this is unfair because my approval has not come yet" would go with this title. Maybe we need a 'Celebrating Milestones" and a "I've lost my mind and need to rant thread"

Maybe "Celebrating And/Or Gnashing Your Teeth Over Milestones" (y'know 'another week passes and still no *$%@*# NOA2!' - that kind of milestone)...