Post by C_Miller on May 25, 2014 9:32:32 GMT -5
Hey sorry to step on your toes here, but I felt that it would be good for everyone to have an open venue to voice comments or concerns or even requests that aren't related to claims. This way we can turn it into an open discussion rather than just through PMs where no one gets to see it.
My first suggestion is can we finally get rid of the Chat Box? I know things are hopping on here now, but it's all claim related. Once the heat of the re-draft dies down, the content of the site is going to become limited to stories updating and reviews. The occasional claim will pop up and the occasional world building post, but those will be few and far between.
Unfortunately that's not daily content. Sites exist due to content and the chat box doesn't count. We need regular new threads and new posts on those threads to keep this site as a living, breathing organization. As of now, it seems like most of the non-title discussion is happening in the chatbox, stuff that could be discussed in its own thread. I don't want to be dramatic and say that this is killing the site, but I will say that it's certainly not doing it any good. You can argue that it's boosting community, but I'm not sure what it's doing that can't be done in actual threads.
The other issue is that if there's an especially intense discussion, you can't read back posts, so you can miss it. I know there have been many times where I go to work and when I get back, there's a discussion I'm interested in and I can't read it all because of the limited number of posts you can read. That doesn't happen on threads.
Just something to consider.
My first suggestion is can we finally get rid of the Chat Box? I know things are hopping on here now, but it's all claim related. Once the heat of the re-draft dies down, the content of the site is going to become limited to stories updating and reviews. The occasional claim will pop up and the occasional world building post, but those will be few and far between.
Unfortunately that's not daily content. Sites exist due to content and the chat box doesn't count. We need regular new threads and new posts on those threads to keep this site as a living, breathing organization. As of now, it seems like most of the non-title discussion is happening in the chatbox, stuff that could be discussed in its own thread. I don't want to be dramatic and say that this is killing the site, but I will say that it's certainly not doing it any good. You can argue that it's boosting community, but I'm not sure what it's doing that can't be done in actual threads.
The other issue is that if there's an especially intense discussion, you can't read back posts, so you can miss it. I know there have been many times where I go to work and when I get back, there's a discussion I'm interested in and I can't read it all because of the limited number of posts you can read. That doesn't happen on threads.
Just something to consider.