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Post by rainbow on Apr 23, 2018 10:10:55 GMT 10
By the way, I voted "unsure" because while I do think it's an interesting idea, I have changed my mind and I feel like it should be up to the moderators if they want it.
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Post by rainbow on Apr 23, 2018 10:14:45 GMT 10
But my question is how will adding more subboards help Popedia become more popular and become more noticeable for more people to join? I mean, we already have a lot of subboards, yet Popedia is still pretty low on users, but then again this site is still less than a year old, so it's hard to say why. Because creating more topics to discuss (ones that enhance the site) will keep it active in the long run for the users already using the site. Once they get bored discussing pop culture, they could go on to another sub board and discuss something travel and tourism related, without having to go to another site. That's the thing. Websites need a long term strategy in order to succeed, you can't think short term, otherwise, it's going to eventually fail. If you keep a wide assortment of interesting topics to discuss, then users will stay interested in participating in the forum, and are way less likely to leave to another forum. With that, you get a far more active user base on the forum, and sites with a more active user base are far more likely to grow their user base, as other people thinking about joining the site will be far more convinced to do so if they're convinced they'll have a great long term experience on the site. So, just trying to understand this, if Popedia wants to continue growing it should make more subboards? I can get that it would help users become more active and discuss other things, but you have the Popedia Lounge for that, And if Popedia is going to use that strategy, then what happens when there's too many subboards?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 10:16:30 GMT 10
Pretty much this. Popedia isn't big enough yet for it to have an active Travel & Tourism Sub-board/forum. Also, I feel like if people could just give suggestions like this and have it added depending on how many votes there are for yes, no matter the idea, it will be added, which could lead to too many subboards on here. (I know I said to make a poll but I only thought about this just now) I respect your sentiment, but see, the problem is that we need more activity on this site, and one way to make this site more active and to help it succeed in the long run is by giving a wider assortment of topics to discuss. If it just sticks to discussing pop culture over and over again, then eventually people will get bored, and the site will eventually become inactive and die off. I'm speaking from experience, back in 2010 I was once part of an online community called the "Bregull Brigade", in fact I have old videos from my old account related to it; This community also had its own website as well, and it was very active for a while, but eventually, the community fell apart really quick, because the fad got old and boring, and the site died out too, because there was nothing else to discuss on that site. In order for a site to succeed, it needs a long term strategy, and a wide assortment of sub boards that enhance the community of that site. Now, I can see your sentiment about too many sub boards being added, however, it would be up to the mods to determine whether that thread would enhance or diminish this site. I see what you mean now. As a counterpoint, the most active forum I know of (NeoGAF, now Resetera) keeps things simple and has only two boards: Gaming, and Off-topic (everything else), and the site has been going strong since 1999. Meanwhile, another forum I used to go on on the same topic (Gamespot) and which started around the same time (1998 I believe) had a sub-board for every video game and console in existence, and it slowly withered away and became a shell of its former self. I guess because I grew up with forums like that (with only two sub-boards), I have a strong preference for keeping things as minimalist as possible. The advantage of it is it doesn't make sites look dead. For example, if you go on inthe00s, many subboards haven't received any reply in weeks, and clicking on any particular subboard (even the big ones like 2000s/2010s) can show threads that haven't been posted on in days/weeks right within the first page. This gives the impression that the forum isn't very active. Imagine instead if everything on inthe00s was consolidated into one sub-board, the forum would appear a lot more active and this is a lot more attractive to new users.
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Post by RockyMountainExtreme on Apr 23, 2018 10:27:00 GMT 10
Because creating more topics to discuss (ones that enhance the site) will keep it active in the long run for the users already using the site. Once they get bored discussing pop culture, they could go on to another sub board and discuss something travel and tourism related, without having to go to another site. That's the thing. Websites need a long term strategy in order to succeed, you can't think short term, otherwise, it's going to eventually fail. If you keep a wide assortment of interesting topics to discuss, then users will stay interested in participating in the forum, and are way less likely to leave to another forum. With that, you get a far more active user base on the forum, and sites with a more active user base are far more likely to grow their user base, as other people thinking about joining the site will be far more convinced to do so if they're convinced they'll have a great long term experience on the site. So, just trying to understand this, if Popedia wants to continue growing it should make more subboards? I can get that it would help users become more active and discuss other things, but you have the Popedia Lounge for that, And if Popedia is going to use that strategy, then what happens when there's too many subboards? Just more sub boards that enhance the site. If the sub board is going to be redundant and not going to enhance the community, it shouldn't be added. "Travel & Tourism" could also be added just as sub boards in the "The Media Lounge" section, it doesn't have to be its own sub forum.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 10:30:50 GMT 10
I'm going to go ahead and vote yes, for just the idea of this sub-board only. Mainly because I think a Travel & Tourism board would be very fascinating and a good addition, and perhaps new users will stumble upon it and feel the same, and decide to sign up. Who knows? But other than that, I'm generally not a fan of having too many sub-boards  I think the inthe00s arrangement for example is very bad as to be tragic. I would consolidate all the sub-forums under "General Penguin Related Stuff" under one TBH!
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Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 23, 2018 10:32:27 GMT 10
I do agree with the points that have been raised in this thread. It's something that will really need to be carefully considered. If it just sticks to discussing pop culture over and over again, then eventually people will get bored, and the site will eventually become inactive and die off. I know it's still only early days and I don't want to make a premature judgement, but I get the impression that our current active members intend on being here for the long-run. We have a core group of about 23-25 members who log on daily and another 5-6 members who log on quite regularly. Popedia essentially competes with Inthe00s and even Personality Cafe, to a certain extent. Both of those forums currently receive more activity and have more members, yet those same 23-25 members continue to log onto Popedia and participate on the forum. Considering the fact that Popedia is just 11 months old and we currently have 72 members, I think that's a really good achievement. I haven't voted in the poll as I remain unsure, but I'm leaning towards no. We already have too many sub-boards as it is in my opinion. Just out of curiosity, which sub-boards do you think could be removed?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 10:49:38 GMT 10
Just out of curiosity, which sub-boards do you think could be removed? Oh, that's hard to say. I don't think any particular sub-board is useless or a bad idea. I just prefer having fewer things to click on There are some duplications I see though. I don't understand the difference between Extra! and the Entertainment section. The Locker Room and Tech Hub could perhaps become a part of the Popedia Lounge. The Tech Hub particularly looks very inactive, so that might be the best candidate for elimination. I'm less sure about the Locker Room though.
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Post by pink.panda_v3 on Apr 23, 2018 10:57:37 GMT 10
I’m digging this idea
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Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 23, 2018 11:07:44 GMT 10
Oh, that's hard to say. I don't think any particular sub-board is useless or a bad idea. I just prefer having fewer things to click on There are some duplications I see though. I don't understand the difference between Extra! and the Entertainment section. The Locker Room and Tech Hub could perhaps become a part of the Popedia Lounge. The Tech Hub particularly looks very inactive, so that might be the best candidate for elimination. I'm less sure about the Locker Room though. Oh okay, that's understandable then. The "Extra!" sub-board is based on discussing general media topics (e.g the radio, viewing habits), while the "Entertainment" board is for discussing pop culture. The descriptions for each sub-board probably could be made a bit clearer. I do agree that the Tech Hub could become apart of the Popedia Lounge. I think it's something worth looking into.
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Post by rainbow on Apr 23, 2018 11:45:41 GMT 10
After thinking about this for a while, I have decided to say yes. The only reason why I was unsure is that I'm not sure if the subboard will be active, but we could add this to see if we could gain more active members.
I actually do think it is a good idea.
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Post by mwalker96 on Apr 23, 2018 12:17:48 GMT 10
I think it's a great idea since we're from different parts on the world.
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Post by grace on Apr 23, 2018 12:21:33 GMT 10
After thinking about this for a while, I have decided to say yes. The only reason why I was unsure is that I'm not sure if the subboard will be active, but we could add this to see if we could gain more active members. I actually do think it is a good idea. I changed my mind too.
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Post by rainbow on Apr 23, 2018 12:22:30 GMT 10
It seems like the majority of people here want this added. SharksFan99, how many yeses will it take for this to be added?
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Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 23, 2018 12:51:24 GMT 10
It seems like the majority of people here want this added. SharksFan99 , how many yeses will it take for this to be added? Since there seems to a lot of interest in the proposal, a "Travel & Tourism" sub-board will most likely be added. The staff just need to determine whether it should be a sub-board of an existing board or an entirely separate board.
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I think the inthe00s arrangement for example is very bad as to be tragic. I would consolidate all the sub-forums under "General Penguin Related Stuff" under one TBH! 
