Approved Disband the Movies and Television sub forums of Entertainment

[Quagmire]

I see the purpose of those two, but it seems that is where discussion goes to die and anecdotally seems like threads get less engagement when a topic gets moved from the main Entertainment forum.

Anyone else feel this way?

 

[Mark]

I don’t disagree, simply looking at the number of threads to replies. I think part of the reason it may not have caught on is it’s buried in the entertainment forum itself, and that the formatting might not appeal to people the same way the standard thread format does. It’s kinda falling victim to the same issue as the writing forum, where it’s a good concept, but it’s underutilized.

 

[Quagmire]

I don’t disagree, simply looking at the number of threads to replies. I think part of the reason it may not have caught on is it’s buried in the entertainment forum itself, and that the formatting might not appeal to people the same way the standard thread format does. It’s kinda falling victim to the same issue as the writing forum, where it’s a good concept, but it’s underutilized.

Yeah, I think the formatting doesnt help and then an extra layer, people only see the most recent movie or TV show with a comment listed at the top and forget about or dont see the others if the are in the entertainment forum

 

[Mark]

Yeah, I think the formatting doesnt help and then an extra layer, people only see the most recent movie or TV show with a comment listed at the top and forget about or dont see the others if the are in the entertainment forum

It would have been easier had we launched that forum with the format already present, but the entertainment forum had already been established for months before the addition of the sub-forums. It’s just one of those experiments we try from time to time to see how members react to it, because we can’t base everything solely off of feedback, considering y’all don’t even necessarily know what options we have as far as formatting and modifications go.

I think the best course of action we can take now is to leave this thread for a while, see what others think about the matter, and then go from there. Ultimately, we wanted to have at least one staff member on each forum to help steer it, but that’s one of those forums that never really necessitated a full-time mod because of staff presence… that comes at the detriment of not having an individual who treats it like their baby and helps mold it into a successful forum.

 

[dimmerwit]

I'm pretty much in agreement with Quagmire here. I'll also say that I've never been the biggest fan of the formatting. I can see how the formatting idea would work if there was huge traffic but I think with the current thread count it would be OK to just merge everything and perhaps make a traditional Movies & TV subforum in the future if it's ever needed.

 

[Crystal]

We can indeed move the threads back to the entertainment forum and get rid of the formatted sub-forums. They aren't catching on, and if we don't need them, we don't need them.

 

[Mark]

We can indeed move the threads back to the entertainment forum and get rid of the formatted sub-forums. They aren't catching on, and if we don't need them, we don't need them.

Would moving them even be necessary? Excluding threads that may be active, it might be better to send the rest to the dumpster seeing how we may end up flooding the entertainment forum with dead threads if we move them there.

 

[Crystal]

Would moving them even be necessary? Excluding threads that may be active, it might be better to send the rest to the dumpster seeing how we may end up flooding the entertainment forum with dead threads if we move them there.

Fair enough, we can trash them!

 

[Mark]

Fair enough, we can trash them!

That works. I’ll hang on for a little bit before pulling the trigger to see if anyone has any reasons we shouldn’t put them down.

 

[shortkut]

That works. I’ll hang on for a little bit before pulling the trigger to see if anyone has any reasons we shouldn’t put them down.

Trash anything with no comments and was not started recently

 

[dimmerwit]

 

[Ben]

I have no reason to spare it. One less addon to maintain.

 

[Mark]

I’ve moved the active threads over to the main entertainment forum and prefixed them accordingly. If anyone received a notification with the notice saying “Consolidating forums.”, you are one of the lucky OP’s that had an active thread moved. For the rest of y’all… the inactive threads have been moved to the dumpster and that move will not negatively affect your post count, reaction score, etc.