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Cynthetiq · 10-29-2010, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Manic_Skafe

These threads are like a look into the mind of that kid from high school who was just way too cool: that much better, that much smarter, that much more evolved than all the other kids and yet he couldn't quite figure out why he ate lunch alone everyday.

EDIT: excuse my previous post/answer, I've gotten some bad news and that clouded how I read and understood this.

I think I have a better understanding as to what you are getting at here.

Yes there is some of that, I think some of it has been lost because some of those that proselytized it so much aren't here to proselytize it any more.

Am I understanding you correctly that we don't seem as accessible as we should be in our discussions?

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Originally Posted by Pearl Trade

I think a major problem is the amount of "hit and run" posts we have. Posts with only a picture or joke, that type of thing. I'm not saying those posts aren't entertaining, because 99% of the time, they are. Then there's the issue (wouldn't exactly call it a problem) of threads evolving from the main topic into another topic that's usually related to the OP somehow, but not the OP in its original form. A good example would be the "do cops have an expected right to privacy' thread: started out discussing exactly what the title said, then it morphed into reasonable force, etc. You can only talk about right to privacy for so long until it gets old and it loses flair, but Member X says something of interest that Member Y replies to, sparking a new discussion in that same thread.

Questions I have about all of this, Cyn: has this type of problem popped up in the past? How was it solved? Is it possible that TFP is stretched too thin with the many subforums, because I look at the list you put up and I can see a few merging together, and some I don't visit at all (#2 and #3 most threads most notable).

Somehow skipped this before, yes it has come up before.

It's simply put as being moderated. For the most part, the staff doesn't really touch any posts anymore. We don't guide as much as before because well it made it difficult to not offend those that were being corrected or adjusted. Some took extreme umbrage because they hadn't been corrected since grade school, really true story.

We don't do much of siphoning off and splitting off discussions, or even just encouraging people to start new ones. I think that's something we should revisit in some manner because it makes sense to sometimes, and others it's part of the organic discussion as it ebbs and flows.

I've always imagined that the subforums could be winnowed even further than they are. It is one of the reasons why I've got a hard on about the analytics and measurements because I can see what's not really working or what's working a little bit and put all the little bits together to make a bigger bit.