I have been trying new things recently on the web/ phone. So first I went into Facebook and joined a few RV groups... what a poor user experience. You spend all day scrolling through posts that are unrelated to anything you know AND then when you do hit something relevant and respond it is very hard to follow up. Plus your new posts quickly get pushed down off the page.After FB I went over to that RVillage which looks very promising from the front end. Once logged in though the user interface is Horrible (yes with a capital H). It looks like they are emulating Facebook but in a bad way. I spent an hour on that site and got so lost and so confused I finally gave up. (and I am reasonably tech savvy)RV.net has not changed in years but it is so user friendly and easy to search. Plus I have stepped up my "block user" on the negative posters really improving the overall experience.Is there anything else out there that I am missing?

tsetsaf wrote:RV.net..is ...easy to search. Don't hear that very often.

I belong to only two forums. This one and iRV2.com. Many people are on both as you see the same posts on both sites. I like the interface for rv.net as it is the same on the IPhone, IPad, and laptop. Very simple web based interface.iRV2 has an app for the IPhone which I use sometimes as it does work a bit better on the small screen, but mostly I just use the web interface. Both sites have their long time posters, both sites have the occasional rude rant, but for the most part are both good sources for RV information.

I belong to a number of RV and auto forums. Forums are very different from Facebook. Forums were designed from the ground up for the kind of interaction we see here on rv.net. Facebook was designed to share pictures and useless bits of personal trivia between college students. That's why it doesn't work well as a serious information exchange. While rv.net is many years behind everyone else's forum look and feel, it's been a decent resource for information and is not all that hard to search.

RV.net has not changed in years but it is so user friendly and easy to search.X2It seems like all the other forums use the 'same' format which is confusing at best sometimes to follow a thread, read, post, replies etc. And IMHO the Facebook ones are a complete joke.Gotta admit compared to all the others the RV Net forum format is by far THE easiest to use, read.

Yep... RV.netWe're still having fun,And you're still the one.

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2oldman
Explorer II
Dec 21, 2015
tsetsaf wrote:
RV.net..is ...easy to search.
Don't hear that very often.
wildtoad
Explorer II
Dec 21, 2015
I belong to only two forums. This one and iRV2.com. Many people are on both as you see the same posts on both sites. I like the interface for rv.net as it is the same on the IPhone, IPad, and laptop. Very simple web based interface.

iRV2 has an app for the IPhone which I use sometimes as it does work a bit better on the small screen, but mostly I just use the web interface.

Both sites have their long time posters, both sites have the occasional rude rant, but for the most part are both good sources for RV information.
Campfire_Time
Explorer
Dec 21, 2015
I belong to a number of RV and auto forums. Forums are very different from Facebook. Forums were designed from the ground up for the kind of interaction we see here on rv.net. Facebook was designed to share pictures and useless bits of personal trivia between college students. That's why it doesn't work well as a serious information exchange.

While rv.net is many years behind everyone else's forum look and feel, it's been a decent resource for information and is not all that hard to search.
rockhillmanor
Explorer
Dec 21, 2015
RV.net has not changed in years but it is so user friendly and easy to search.

X2
It seems like all the other forums use the 'same' format which is confusing at best sometimes to follow a thread, read, post, replies etc. And IMHO the Facebook ones are a complete joke.

Gotta admit compared to all the others the RV Net forum format is by far THE easiest to use, read.
pasusan
Explorer
Dec 21, 2015
Yep... RV.net

We're still having fun,
And you're still the one.
YC_1
Nomad
Dec 21, 2015
If they would just make posting pictures and attachments as easy as IRV2.com it would be perfect. Great forum with lots of knowledge.
TenOC
Nomad
Dec 21, 2015
I liked http://www.myrvtalk.com until they changed the format. Now RV.net is my ONLY forum. If My RV Talk would go back to the old format, I would return.
azrving
Explorer
Dec 22, 2015
RV.NET all the way. I agree about rvillage. It's ok to click on now and then and read a little but I have responded in length to some posts and broke my message up in paragraphs but after it's posted it's one long string of mind numbing words. I then edit and go through and break it all up in paragraphs again and it may work.

Rvillage has a feature that lets you see where your friends are but I think it's limited to 250 mile range. I have to move my current location and sometimes stumble on them. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

I have worked on a lot of electrically powered equipment and owned a couple truck campers long ago but RV.NET did a fantastic job of helping me set my current rig and learn energy management. Well, rv.net and ALL you guys did it. It's all the good people on here who make it work. I try to shop CW as often as I can.
azrving
Explorer
Dec 22, 2015
TenOC wrote:
I liked http://www.myrvtalk.com until they changed the format. Now RV.net is my ONLY forum. If My RV Talk would go back to the old format, I would return.

Wow, a politics and religion forum. That has to get interesting!
2oldman
Explorer II
Dec 22, 2015
pasusan wrote:
We're still having fun,
And you're still the one.
good song.

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