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I suppose. Still not really a fan though, as it does make the forum look much smaller, and doesn't necessarily encourage posting in any given topic. Is it easier to manage having fewer individual forums?
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Default   #18   Coda Coda is offline
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Honestly it doesn't actually make much of a difference from a management perspective.

As for looking smaller, it's a trade-off. You can have a forum that looks smaller but more active, or a forum that looks bigger but less active. Toho's comment about forums with two-year-old threads on the front page is a sign that we were too far on the "less active" side of things, and activity is the main thing that drives a website -- if people see other people being active, they themselves are more likely to be active. Meanwhile, if a person doesn't see a lot of other activity, they're more likely to just forget to come back.
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Old Posted 11-23-2015, 05:23 PM Reply With Quote  
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We are watching and we can make adjustments if the admin team feels that a further change would better suit the community.

As I said before - let's say, music starts to dominate the media forum and it's hard to find threads on other topics for a significant amount of time (to rule out spikes in activity) - in that case, we would split the music topics off into a music subforum to allow other topics to breathe. If the subforum were to grow large enough that it would need it's own sub-subforums, then we as admins would discuss promoting the forum to a main forum. It's kind of a weird forum evolution of sorts.

I think this will definitely help us to appear busier, which will encourage people to post more, which in turn will help the forums grow. If a certain topic is popular enough, it may very well become a main forum again.







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Old Posted 11-23-2015, 08:08 PM Reply With Quote  
Default   #20   Illusion Illusion is offline
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Honestly it doesn't actually make much of a difference from a management perspective.

As for looking smaller, it's a trade-off. You can have a forum that looks smaller but more active, or a forum that looks bigger but less active. Toho's comment about forums with two-year-old threads on the front page is a sign that we were too far on the "less active" side of things, and activity is the main thing that drives a website -- if people see other people being active, they themselves are more likely to be active. Meanwhile, if a person doesn't see a lot of other activity, they're more likely to just forget to come back.
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We are watching and we can make adjustments if the admin team feels that a further change would better suit the community.

As I said before - let's say, music starts to dominate the media forum and it's hard to find threads on other topics for a significant amount of time (to rule out spikes in activity) - in that case, we would split the music topics off into a music subforum to allow other topics to breathe. If the subforum were to grow large enough that it would need it's own sub-subforums, then we as admins would discuss promoting the forum to a main forum. It's kind of a weird forum evolution of sorts.

I think this will definitely help us to appear busier, which will encourage people to post more, which in turn will help the forums grow. If a certain topic is popular enough, it may very well become a main forum again.
If this is how you guys are handling it, then that would be absolutely perfect.

Old Posted 11-24-2015, 12:58 AM Reply With Quote  
Quiet Man Cometh Quiet Man Cometh is offline
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So do we need to request existing writing journal threads be moved into the new subforum?
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Default   #22   Coda Coda is offline
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If there's a thread you feel is out of place, you can ALWAYS contact the staff to request a move.
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Quiet Man Cometh Quiet Man Cometh is offline
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Well it's my poetry thread. ;). It just fits in the new sub-forum. There a form or anything or do I just say 'Please move "Quiet's Poems" thread into the Writers' Journals forum?'
Old Posted 11-24-2015, 12:40 PM Reply With Quote  
Default   #24   Tohopekaliga Tohopekaliga is offline
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That's all you need. And it's done. :)
Old Posted 11-24-2015, 12:46 PM Reply With Quote  
Quiet Man Cometh Quiet Man Cometh is offline
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First thread! I win!

Despite my gripes about the media forum, I do like the new approach to the writers/artists area.
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