Question

One of the main flaws of Open Study is its organization. I have only been on this website for a short time, but I have noticed that a large amount of people post in the “Mathematics" section even when their question has nothing to do with mathematics. This way, they will get the quickest response. Not many people regularly check out sections like "Applied Multimedia”, so people decide not to post in these sections.

Answer 1

My ideas? Combine related sections. Also, users should have a “feed" where they can see new questions posted in all sections that they are studying. This way, they don't have to visit each individual section to look for new questions.

Think of your Facebook feed. You get information from all the people you friend in your feed; you do not have to visit the pages of each of your individual friends to see what they are up to. Open Study should put all the subjects you are studying on a type of feed. It would, in my opinion, boost productivity.

I also believe that there are too many sections in Open Study.

Did you know that OS has a section for the “History of Sewer Systems & Types?” A lot of the sections are downright useless with barely any members.

I’m not sure what kind of deal OS has with MIT and HippoCampus, but most of these sections are duplicates of already-existing sections.

We have sections like “Biology”, “HippoCampus Biology”, “MIT OCW Biology”, “AP Bio”, “BIO120F11-Adaptation and Biodiversity”, and “MIT 7.01SC Fundamentals of Biology.”

In my opinion, Open Study definitely does not need to have as many sections as it does.

That’s just my two cents. What’s yours?

Answer 2

OpenStudy has an Activated Sludge section.

Answer 3

Ah yes...because we all have dozens of questions about activated sludge

Answer 4

definitely has been suggest before with many other users, we try our best to politely tell new people that they are in the wrong section and they should post in blah blah blah section

Answer 5

Yes Harry but the problem is not a lot of people may be in the section that the user needs help with wich is why they post in the math section as @Aveline said lol

Answer 6

Yeah. What if someone has a question about activated sludge, but no one studying that section is online (or will be online anytime soon)?

Answer 7

which is why we can tag users @Hayhayz

Answer 8

And that leads to the issue of no one coming to help which leads to mass tagging

Answer 9

The main problem is that OS needs to organize their sections more efficiently so questions can get more traffic. What if you don't know of anyone to tag? Honestly, how many users check the "Sewerage in practice" section on a daily basis?

Answer 10

http://prntscr.com/apxqyn take a look at the members lol

Answer 11

I've seen sections with as little as 3 people studying them. If these sections are really so unpopular, they should either a) be combined with another OS section, or b) removed completely.

Answer 12

nobody is in those sections so it doesn't really matter, thats why the sections are shown from most active to least active, u can choose not to scroll down, it doesn't matter

Answer 13

Yeah, I agree. They should just make 2 or 3 big sections

Answer 14

I totally agree with you @Aveline :)

Answer 15

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yes combine related topics would be better
we can also add this-some feature with which we could combine the topics of our choice and this way the posts of all those topics of our choice appear together on our screen.
something like this http://prntscr.com/apzozx

Answer 16

"History of Sewer Systems & Types" and "Activated Sludge" are both subtopics in a subiect. It's like the subtopic Trigonometry in the Mathematics subject.

But, yes, I agree with your overall message. :)

Answer 17

AMEN -Claps-

Answer 18

Mathematics
Pre-algebra
Algebra
Basic Mathematics
Pre-calculus
Calculus
Geometry
Trigonometry
Probability
Statistics

English
Grammar
Reading & Analysis
Writing
Literature

History
U.S. History
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Sciences
Chemistry
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Health Sciences
Earth/Space Sciences
Psychology

Language
Spanish
French
German
Chinese
Latin
Sign Language

Anthropology

Economics
Basic Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics

Geography

Technology
(no idea for subsections for this one since there are so many types of computer science)

Art
Artwork
History of Art
Artists

Engineering
(again, not sure of possible subtopics)

Religion

Government

Academic Advice

OpenStudy Feedback

Discussion of Current Events

Off-Topic

Answer 19

These are my ideas for basic sections ^
People should be encouraged to post in subsections (I'll post a pic later)

Answer 20

@imqwerty
Love your photo <3 <3 <3
That is exactly what I'm talking about

Answer 21

Something called subsections.

And hey @chosenmatt
If I recall correctly, I believe you made a post half a year ago about leaving OS. Welcome back.

Answer 22

Llolol XD ty @Aveline :)

Answer 23

thx @Wit c:

Answer 24

No problem. :)

Answer 25

very detailed .. great feedback

Answer 26

YES WE NEED THAT OFF TOPIC FOR PEOPLE THAT WRITE RANDOM THINGS xD

Answer 27

@ILovePuppiesLol
If any of the site designers get anything out of this, I hope it's that we get an off-topic section and a feed x3

Answer 28

oh a feed like, u can see all the questions that the people u fanned have posted?

Answer 29

@ILovePuppiesLol
Well, I thought that there should be a feature where you can see questions from several OS sections at one time (so you don't have to check each individual section for new questions).

Answer 30

@Aveline If you get @Jaynator495 s extension, then you'll find that he added an off topic subject :p

Answer 31

@TheSmartOne
Jaynator495's extension? I'm not sure what your comment means...

Answer 32

@Aveline
If I was someone important here, I would make sure they would do this.
It is a great idea!

Answer 33

I know ppl ask Spanish questions in the math section wen theres a Spanish section

Answer 34

jay's extension adds many features its kinda like different open study experience , its only available on google chrome i think @aveline

Answer 35

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/openstudy-enhancement/kbengbfiammdlaejnbjnkimcjgcmgcck?hl=en-US

Answer 36

Jay's extension also allows him to seize your account whenever he wants to. I approve.