New Areas / Forum Headings
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 1:50 pm
Just a thought re: creating new areas and forum headings here at Tubenet.
I would caution the moderators and site owner from creating a whole bunch of new areas or forums here. Segmenting the conversation and compartmentalizing every possible topic, in my experience, makes it very tedious to participate on forums. It has also been my experience that unless you're dealing with a HUGE topic like just "music" or "cars" that segmenting and compartmentalizing topics can lead to tremendous drops in web traffic and active posters. Low or no traffic is the death of a forum - it will either be abandoned completely or taken over and dominated by a small group of posters talking among themselves.
I would caution the moderators and site owner from creating a whole bunch of new areas or forums here. Segmenting the conversation and compartmentalizing every possible topic, in my experience, makes it very tedious to participate on forums. It has also been my experience that unless you're dealing with a HUGE topic like just "music" or "cars" that segmenting and compartmentalizing topics can lead to tremendous drops in web traffic and active posters. Low or no traffic is the death of a forum - it will either be abandoned completely or taken over and dominated by a small group of posters talking among themselves.