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 Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:22 pm
I think having a few main sub-forums is a good idea, but there shouldn't be too many. If there are too many, it could hinder advice giving/reciving. Or what if a person has multiple problems that could go into many forums? Here are the main few I think there should be:
Announcements - It would be nice to be able to easily find new info on the guild and upcoming events, changes, ect.
Relationship/Sex/Pregnant/Parenting - I think these should be combined since they often go hand in hand or one is the cause of another. This would include rape topics since rape is a (violent) form of sex. I guess this one can be broken up into two. One for relationships and sex and the other for pregnancy and parenting, but it still makes sense to me to lump it all together to help keep the number of sub-forums down.
Suicide/Self Harm - Speaks for itself.
Rant/Vent - Again, speaks for itself.
As for the "Disscussions" one, maybe you could just leave the main forum to that instead of creating a sub-forum for it. The main forum could also be for topics that people had too many issues for to just put into one categorey or if they don;t know what section to put it in.
No matter how it ends up, I still think some sub-forums would be nice.
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:07 pm
ButterBalls Chalda The Chalda Sub-Forum?? xd This idea has possibility ninja
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:22 pm
Sounds like a good idea to me...
I would probably tend to vist the subforum that is most relevent to Love, Because most of my issues are love/lust/like related, and I also enjoy hearing about other people's love problems and giving them my view on their problem.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:51 pm
Thomas Neo Anderson So this will essentially become an LI-version of Gaia.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:52 pm
xLaurelX ButterBalls Chalda The Chalda Sub-Forum?? xd This idea has possibility ninja
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:09 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:18 pm
badloki This is a feature I have REALLY been looking forward to for my guild. So many issues, so little organization.... As far as this guild goes, i like the ones you listed in your first post. they sound pretty good. Maybe an Advice Giving SF to house all those inevitable threads of people who are only seeking advice? Uuuummmm..... I'm not sure. I really haven't sat down and actually decided what SFs I'm gonna have either. I guess I should start doing this!
NOTE TO ALL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SUB-FORUMS:
I think it's a good idea to make that many too because people could go to specific forum that they're good at. Say, they're good at sexual issues, they could go to that forum only and have a better sense of self-worth I think and it would appeal to more users because instead of "OMG all the issues and I can only do one thread" they can go to that specific forum and give a lot of advice. I think, once the guild gets bigger, it would in general give better advice to a wide variety of issues and users. Just so you know what I'm talking about, let's bring up pregnancy (I don't think too many people know a lot about it not sure) as an issue. I just lost my train of thought. But yeah, just another pro to the pros and cons list I guess.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:27 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:54 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:46 pm
Dominic_Deegan Yeah, after I posted that I realized I just rehashed what you originally said, lol. You have a few good points I didn't really think about. It would be a great idea to have a "co-leader" or crew member asigned to a sub-forum to help keep it in line. I guess it would be good to have a Discussion/Chatterbox like sub-forum so those kinds of threads just aren't splattered everywhere.
See? This is why I don't run anything above a simple lotto and mini-shop. I'm not smart enough, lol!
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:50 pm
ButterBalls badloki This is a feature I have REALLY been looking forward to for my guild. So many issues, so little organization.... As far as this guild goes, i like the ones you listed in your first post. they sound pretty good. Maybe an Advice Giving SF to house all those inevitable threads of people who are only seeking advice? Uuuummmm..... I'm not sure. I really haven't sat down and actually decided what SFs I'm gonna have either. I guess I should start doing this!
NOTE TO ALL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SUB-FORUMS:
I think it's a good idea to make that many too because people could go to specific forum that they're good at. Say, they're good at sexual issues, they could go to that forum only and have a better sense of self-worth I think and it would appeal to more users because instead of "OMG all the issues and I can only do one thread" they can go to that specific forum and give a lot of advice. I think, once the guild gets bigger, it would in general give better advice to a wide variety of issues and users. Just so you know what I'm talking about, let's bring up pregnancy (I don't think too many people know a lot about it not sure) as an issue. I just lost my train of thought. But yeah, just another pro to the pros and cons list I guess.Yeh, an Advice sF is a bit redundant on second thought. I think my mind was in limbo as I was trying to type that post. But after sitting down for a bit, I got to thinking about SFs. I agree with having specific SFs for major issues. Sex, relationships, pregnancy, psychological stuff, stickies/announcements, and etc. It would help direct people into a more centralized place for their desired form of help. And I think it would be nice if you could assign certain "crew" to specific SFs. But I think in the Captain's Guild, someone brought this up in the sub-forums thread and DARKNRGY said he couldn't do it, but I'm not sure. I'd have to go re-read. But it sure would be useful to have. I would be happy to help head up a pregnancy and etc. sub-forum here if it were possible. Anything to help educate. I also think Captain Sipid's got a valid point as well. Everyone seekd out a different "style" of advice. Some want support, some want pity, some want facts, and some want sympathy. It would be more efficient if there was a way to divide that up, but I don't know if they would all deserve their own SFs. All in all I think the sub-forums feature has a lot of potential. I guess in the end, we'll just have to wait until it's released before we can really see what we can do with them. How much they'll cost, if there will be a limit to how many you can have, and what other features (like assigning specific crew to SFs) there will be.
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:15 pm
I once again want to bring up the fact that if we separate things out too much, we'll kill the livelihood of the entire guild. Imagine an LI that had a subforum for each type of problem. Sure, it'd be more organized, but people wouldn't have immediate access to all threads.
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:31 pm
Soleq I once again want to bring up the fact that if we separate things out too much, we'll kill the livelihood of the entire guild. Imagine an LI that had a subforum for each type of problem. Sure, it'd be more organized, but people wouldn't have immediate access to all threads.
And, just to state for the record, I was only thinking general topics that would get a lot of issues in.
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:31 pm
Captain_Sipid_Peabody Well, my idea is self-serving, but it does have a wide application. There should subs entirely for people who want the "harsh" truth, and those who are exclusively looking for pity/sympathy. By doing this, you block me off into the area that I like to deal with, as well as removing those people from my sight who I believe should be murdered with large axes. In this way also we remove the right of people to complain when they get advice they don't like, as they would be posting in a thread to get 'realistic' harsh advice. (IE: "My relationships aren't going well, what should I do? Realistic advice please." To which I could respond: "Lose weight, get a better personality and make money, as all of these things help attract women.") See, normally this post would be flamed by the author as it?s a way to expose the harsh reality of the situation. In this area, we would be allowed to expose harsh truths in a harsh manner, and people would understand that that's what they are getting if they post there. Also, some people look for this kind of advice, but because of stringent rules many feel as though they can't give it/get it due to 'reporting' etc. By doing this, the person willingly decides to put their issue out to people like me, and accepts the advice, even if it isn't pretty. And we also set aside a place for those who only want pandering from the regulars without actually looking for any advice at all (IE: My mom/cat/father/dog/third cousin's great uncle died, and I want you to feel bad for me.) As this type of issue isn't something we can give advice on, only pity, we should separate these people from the others. This assures area would assure that people wouldn?t be flamed or called pity whores, as they this area would be for them, and those who want to give them pity. These on top of the separate forum ideas would work well, as than people could get 'normal' advice on their issues in the 'regular' areas, without worrying about others perceiving them as pity whores, or having to deal with 'harsh truths.' Although I'd expect these areas to naturally get less traffic, by far, they would help categorize the type of 'help' they get.
We'd also have to consider how many sub-forums we want considering that a majority of the people in this guild (from what I see) probably don't want a harsh reality like that. I could be wrong though. I see the point your making and it's definitely up for consideration since we should try and offer all types of advice.
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:40 pm
I don't there are enough issues being posted to even separate them. Personally, I think Announcements should go on the main page.
Then subforums for:
-Issues (LI style)
-Discussion (like ED style)
-Chatterbox
It might be better to see if separate issue forums are even needed, before setting them all up and realizing that maybe 2-3 things a week get posted in each one.
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