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Thoughts on merging the forums in v3.

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Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:32 AM +

Vusys

Fuck SyFy

For a while now I've been thinking of merging almost all the sub forums into two forums. This is to try to solve three problems:

1) To further differentiate blogs and threads.
2) To "fix" inactivity in some of the less popular sub forums.
3) People keep posting threads on the wrong sub forums. >>;

The following would then happen:

General Chat, Computing, Entertainment, and Games would be merged into a single forum.
The Train Wreck and Forum Games will be merged into a second forum.
After hours will be removed.
Future introductions will be made as blogs and not on the forums.
Site Discussion will be merged into the main forum, announcements will get their own special, non-forum based section.
QoTW will be made into its own section. The suggestion thread will be moved to the main forum and stickied.

Replies

Sat Oct 02, 2010 01:09 AM [Edited once ] +

MasterCheeze

Seems like a good idea. Should announcements be combined with QoTWs though?

Sat Oct 02, 2010 01:29 AM +

tarheel91

///M

This might also be a good moment to bring up the new distinction for blog vs. forums and the new rules about blogs.

Sat Oct 02, 2010 01:41 AM +

Vusys

Fuck SyFy

MasterCheeze said: Seems like a good idea. Should announcements be combined with QoTWs though?

QoTWs will get their own non-forum page.

Sat Oct 02, 2010 03:01 AM +

MasterCheeze

Vusys said:

MasterCheeze said: Seems like a good idea. Should announcements be combined with QoTWs though?

QoTWs will get their own non-forum page.

I see. So two regular forum sections and two non-forum sections overall? And what are the new blog rules mentioned by TarTar McGarGar?

Sat Oct 02, 2010 03:28 AM [Edited once ] +

tarheel91

///M

MasterCheeze said:

Vusys said:

MasterCheeze said: Seems like a good idea. Should announcements be combined with QoTWs though?

QoTWs will get their own non-forum page.

I see. So two regular forum sections and two non-forum sections overall? And what are the new blog rules mentioned by TarTar McGarGar?

Nothing hard and fast, but we were talking about relaxing the rules on blogs (word limits etc.) so that they can be a bit more casual. In V3, the distinction between blogs and a forum topic will be about whether the focus is expressing one's self (blogs) or creating a discussion (threads). In other words, is the focus on the person, or the community?

Sat Oct 02, 2010 03:44 AM +

MasterCheeze

tarheel91 said:

MasterCheeze said:

Vusys said:

MasterCheeze said: Seems like a good idea. Should announcements be combined with QoTWs though?

QoTWs will get their own non-forum page.

I see. So two regular forum sections and two non-forum sections overall? And what are the new blog rules mentioned by TarTar McGarGar?

Sounds good. A lot of blogs and new bloggers get shunned right away since their blogs are too small, and the approach that some people take might irk these newcomers a bit in my opinion.