I, however, think that a good categorization of a forums will have a
better appeal to our users and with good moderation will fill. I also
think that we should not only moderate, but also create "buzz" on our
forums. Moderators are not only there to help direct traffic
(un-obtrusively) but also create "buzz" and discussion. If moderators
sign up for the job, then they should commit to grow their forums and
make them attractive for user appeal. If a forum has become silent,
then it would be up to the forums admins to sit and determine the
actions to market and help popularize it. This is more of an
aggressive approach to growing a forums.
I've thought a lot about how much we "should" shrink the category list
and I have talked to Bjoern a bit about it. At this point I'm heavily
leaning towards the approach above by Marc. I read through all the
previous threads and I can see combining a few things that were
mentioned (such as OS X and Linux) but, I like the idea of keeping the
components separate.
I think if this is our biggest concern, we're in good shape as it's a
minor disagreement. Worst case if a section is never being touched, we
can do one of two things:
a) aggressively start promoting it by moving relevant posts to the
section that were previously in "general" or some other section
b) delete it
I'd prefer this approach over expanding to include new sections as we
see the demand for them. This will result in a ton of users getting used
to using the "general" section or some other similar section and then
confusion when we grow the list and start telling them to post in the
new section. Furthermore, for "helpers", they'll get used to just going
to the general category and it may be a mess to get them to start
individually going to sections (I could see open contempt, saying "it
was so much easier when it was just grouped"). The idea is to make it
practical, efficient, and helpful, keeping them separate I think
accomplishes this.
Regards,
Joel
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