# The RForum Way

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-rforum-way/99431>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [November 22, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-rforum-way/99431 "2005-11-22T20:55:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![pistos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@pistos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pistos)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-rforum-way/99431/1 "2005-11-22T20:55:55Z")

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This is the first I’ve seen or heard of RForum. Am I the only one that  
thinks this has a different feel than all other forums? I could  
probably live with all the tiny subtle differences, but the one that  
totally stands out is this:

Typical forums organize material in this sort of heirarchy:

Root \> Forums/Categories \> Topics/Threads \> Posts

This RForum seems to be doing it like this:

Root \> Forums \> Posts

Although this is not impossible for me to wrap my head around, it just  
feels like such a radical departure from normal forum practice and  
convention. Is this intentional? Am I making a mountain out of a  
molehill? 🙂

Otherwise, I am quite pleased to see [ruby-forum.com](http://ruby-forum.com) because I have an  
aversion to mailing lists and much prefer forums.

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**Author:** ![pistos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@pistos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pistos)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-rforum-way/99431/2 "2005-11-23T12:40:15Z")

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pistos wrote:

> Typical forums organize material in this sort of heirarchy:
> 
> Root \> Forums/Categories \> Topics/Threads \> Posts
> 
> This RForum seems to be doing it like this:
> 
> Root \> Forums \> Posts

No. The hierarchy is forum.topic.post. What makes you think this is  
different?

Andreas

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**Author:** ![pistos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@pistos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pistos)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-rforum-way/99431/3 "2005-11-23T15:57:53Z")

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> No. The hierarchy is forum.topic.post. What makes you think this is  
> different?

Ah, I think I see how I got confused. In  
[http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/4](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/4)  
threads like the Euchre thread show up multiple times, and I suspect  
it’s because the fact that those posts are part of the same thread are  
not being picked up. I shall refrain from assigning blame, because I  
don’t think anyone’s at fault. It could well be that such situations  
are unavoidable when you’re trying to mirror a mailing list.

Okay, carry on, carry on! 🙂

Pistos

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**Author:** ![pistos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@pistos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pistos)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-rforum-way/99431/4 "2005-11-24T14:19:47Z")

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pistos wrote:

> > No. The hierarchy is forum.topic.post. What makes you think this is  
> > different?
> 
> Ah, I think I see how I got confused. In  
> [http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/4](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/4)  
> threads like the Euchre thread show up multiple times, and I suspect  
> it’s because the fact that those posts are part of the same thread are  
> not being picked up. I shall refrain from assigning blame, because I  
> don’t think anyone’s at fault. It could well be that such situations  
> are unavoidable when you’re trying to mirror a mailing list.

It’s the fault of broken Email clients that do not set a correct  
References or In-Reply-To headers.

Andreas