Im not saying that you are requesting the forum because you are lazy to use the search bar.I just dont feel it is needed or necessary.I mean if you make a sub forum for that then why not make one for indicas and sativas?
Ok this will sound a bit ridiculous Im sure, but I really think the #1 reason we need an auto sub forum is because every other site that is larger than RIU has one. It is the only reason I started trying to get one here in the first place. RIU is my home, and I hate having to sign up for other forums JUST for their auto sub forums. And I can tell you one thing, I can get stuck in ICMAG's auto sub forum for HOURS, simply because I can browse nothing but auto related threads without having to filter anything.
I like to try and keep up on new things, and if it is so new I havent heard of it yet, how the hell am I supposed to search for it ya know? I totally see where you are coming from with staying away from creating useless sub forums, but as Sonar said, autos are much different. Their life cycle, the time in which they show sex, the light schedules used, the nutrient regiments, are all so very different from all non AF strains that they can easily be classified as their own group.
I too have noticed many people leaving this site and is sucks because there are truly a lot of great people here that love to help others. I like to consider myself one of them, and I would like to see this site continue to thrive and not lose members to other sites based on information being too spread out when something could easily be done.
To me, this is the "we need a CFL sub forum" all over again. In my opinion, AF threads have become the new CFL threads. The worst part about it is that when there was no CFL forum, a simple title search for "CFL" would bring back all you needed. Now, there is not a single word or phrase that will bring as many AF results as "CFL" did for CFL growers. Hell searching the AF resource thread alone would probably get you closer to what you're looking for, but still isnt good enough.
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