Does anyone agree there should be a Hawaii ONLY Message Board?
 

It seems that over 50% of the messages on the US board pertain to Hawaii. Though I do love the islands it seems that it would be helpful for everyone for it to have it's own place.

NOOOOOOOOOO!!! I am not losing KAL!!!!

We need a separate Portland OR board so you-know-who goes away.

Abolutely agree and one for Disney...please Fodor people...

Where did you study math?
As of 5:22 only 4 of the top 50 messages had anything to do with Hawaii!
This topic comes up from time to time, but frankly I think your timing is way off. There haven't been THAT many posts for Hawaii lately.

The majority of the Hawaii posts start with either:

"Honeymoon Help!"

or

"Which Two Islands"

or (and this applies to Alaska)

"Itinerary Help"

And.....according to jor, the majority of the posts on the US Board are about cruising anyway:-D

Same old, same old. This request appears with regularity every 6 months or so. (Frankly, I think it's a good idea!)

12 out of the last 100 posts. Unless my math is rusty that's 12% not 50.

Yes, yes, yes!

The first 50 messages were all Hawaii when I just signed on. I thought perhaps I had clicked "Hawaii" by mistake, but hadn't.

I've had this happen a few times in the past, too.

If all 50 posts were for Hawaii, then let me assure you that was another recent "fluke" here. Sometime we are being given someone's search list or specific areas. The other day on the Europe board all 50 posts were about EurRail, and then I saw they were dated over a period of about 6 months. Somehow when I logged on I got a specific search list I hadn't asked for.

To my knowledge there has never been a time when all 50 first messages were Hawaii, and I doubt if even half of them. On the other hand I'd suspect there have been times when half of them have been about California, or possibly about New York. It seems some areas go in cycles here.

From what I see, all USA messages go into a large folder. You can then click on state subfolders.

Hawaii, California, Florida and a few others are probably going to be the most active folders (especially when its cold!)

Truth be known, I don't understand why so many post questions about a specific area into the general USA folder. If someone wants to know what Miami Beach is like in February, shouldn't it be posted into the Florida folder?

Sesamee

I think there was a Hawaii only board for a while a few years ago, or am I confusing Fodors with another site?

you've got it backwards, Sesamee. all messages in the usa forum go into the same bucket. individual state names essentially serve as search words to filter through the bucket.

Thanks for pointing that out about the message 'bucket'.

I agree then. There should be not only a Hawaii forum, but also California, Las Vegas and Florida forums (to pin point a few).

Sesamee

Sesamee,
I agree. Also, Paris might want their own board instead of residing with the rest of the Europe board.

Faina2<
We'll always have Yountville! >:D<

I got all Las Vegas posts once.

Requests for various locations seem to go in spurts.

Remember about 2 yrs ago it seemed to be all New Orleans...then San Antonio....then Chicago was hot for awhile.

I just kick back and read a few of 'em because you never know if one will pique your curiosity and make you want to go there....unless of course it's the Oregon Coast.:-D

The boards change with the seasons. You'll see summer vacations, then holiday trips, then spring break and so on. Every once and a while things go wacky and the posts come up strangely. Most likely that is what happened to you.

Seems that the "area" of posting a thread i.e. Hawaii or U.S.; is about the same as the amount of research one doe on that subject before posting.

Hi Fodorites, this morning when I clicked on the US Board I was totaly confused as none of the post made sense. Then I realized I was getting threads and post regarding Asia.

I clicked on the "Talk" and then clicked on the US and consequently the threads all pertained to US subjects.

Fodors still seems to be acting up now and again.

No for a very simple reason.

The USA board gets the highest viewership. Hence more knowledge regarding your question about Hawaii, or wherever.

I agree it should stay together. Once you separate one, where do we stop?

Is it really that hard to scroll on by?

I'm all for having a separate board for Hawaii. ((Y)) Whatever the exact percentage, it is high.

FYI, the Europe board gets the most posts.

This morning I got all europe threads on the US board...had to refresh 4x and then it finally cleared up. This phenomenon seems to have started over the past few weeks and is a quirk on the site.

I don't mind the Hawaii posts being on the US Board, I doubt I'd go to a separate Hawaii board, but I've been to Hawaii, and thus when I see a thread I can help on, I read the thread and answer if I have something to contribute.

Creating a forum with as many boards as there are topics will stifle the sharing of info, and also as someone else mentioned, I've learned about other destinations from various threads and have expanded my travel horizons even further!

If you're not interested in a thread, surf past!

My first reaction was to say "yes" since I'm going to Hawaii next week and have been busy searching out these posts, and there are lots of 'em!

But for active readership and getting the most responses it's better that all the U.S. stay together (just go read "Other Topics" if you want to see what little visited branch looks like).

Popular destinations do change with the seasons, but also just with... well I'll use "fads" for lack of a better word. Look at the Latin America board and it might as well be called Costa Rica at the moment, but a year ago Puerto Vallarta was taking up major posts.

So back to the original question, no I don't agree. Separating dilutes the punch.

YES! Enough of "which island..."

There should absolutely be a Hawaii board. During some months nearly a third of the questions are about Hawaii. How many "road to Hana" questions do we have to scroll through?

But first I think fodors needs to do something about the ever increasing glitches. When you click on the US board it shouldn't come up with the cruise section questions and still say United States as the board section. It happened to me a few days ago.

I just did another check. Four of the current 50 first questions are about Hawaii. There are much higher percentages of posts about a myriad of other places. Since I am not interested in Hawaii, I have to admit that sometimes it seems a lot of posts are about it, but I still question the idea that half of the current ones are, or even a third or a fourth. And it certainly isn't consistently true!