Buffistas Building a Better Board ++
Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
The other thing about folders is that putting Buffy/Angel in a TV/Media folder is not an admission it's no longer important to us. The folders are primarily a table of contents, organized to include similar topics, to make it easier for folks who may not be familiar with the way the site works to find stuff. We know that the Buffy thread was a major factor in the community. Newcomers interested in Buffy may not. If they come here looking for Buffy and Firefly threads, I think their first inclination would be to look in the TV/Media folder, as opposed to the community folder.
For the folks who use the site all the time, the message center will still work exactly the same way. If you're still sibscribed, Buffy/Angel will be in exactly the same place.
If they come here looking for Buffy and Firefly threads, I think their first inclination would be to look in the TV/Media folder, as opposed to the community folder.
I thought the idea was to have the community threads on a main page, and with folders for other discussions linked below. Maybe I got confused, somewhere.
If we're considering the preferences of newcomers, how many new people have registered in the last, say, three months?
That makes perfect sense, DX. And yet, my twitch remains.
This TV folder idea is going to turn me into an anti-proliferationist, isn't it?
Oh, wait, I just thought of something that makes me feel better. Could we call it "Show Threads" rather than TV?
The community threads would be on the front page, but I think I'd still skim past them and click on TV if I was looking for Buffy talk.
I'd put Tech in community as a community service thread.
how many new people have registered in the last, say, three months?
Around 45.
I'd put Tech in community as a community service thread.
They're all sorta that, though, aren't they? I'm not feeling a need (or seeing the pros) to categorising everything. Media and not-media works for me, with not-media on the front page.
Bon, let me check on that for you.
They're all sorta that, though, aren't they?
Yeah, but Tech gets far more posts that start out "Can someone help me?" than probably any other thread except When Come Back.
I'm not feeling a need (or seeing the pros) to categorising everything.
I think it will be sloppy if we don't, and if we still have a huge list, and just separate out the few TV threads we have, it's not going to make anything that much easier to find on the main page, imo.
it's not going to make anything that much easier to find on the main page, imo.
If you categorise everything, there's nothing
interesting
on the front page. I think that doesn't do us much good.
If you categorise for TV, you lose about 5 threads, and prevent new threads from popping up there (I think it's the most likely area for new threads to be created). You can add 4 by including movies, and 8 more by rolling in the written word.
Anything more strikes me as over-organising.
