Lounge VS News Forum, Something to think about Options

[superstitious]

I think we are faced with a choice -

Do we allow News items to be posted in the Lounge and have good conversations about recent events?

OR

Do we embrace our inner anal mod and move News items to the News Forum, where more than likely they will get 2 or 3 responses and sit there, dying a slow, painful death?


After you answer that, should we really, in all seriousness, keep the News Forum? There's been this concept of initiating more Lounge conversations for a long time now. Perhaps with a potential removal of the News Forum, we can infuse more conversations and thoughtful conversation into the Lounge. Are we being stubborn by keeping the News forum?

Just a few things to think about.

[hi-C]

I too love the "View New Posts" button. I've been using it a lot lately.

But sometimes, I want to find a topic that I may have read in the News subforum. It would be pretty easy to find if such a subforum existed - however, if eliminated and included in the hubbub of the Lounge, it would take me a while to find such a topic. So, IMO, a little extra organization never hurt anybody.

So maybe eliminating the News section would be beneficial. But I think the pros (having it be more organized) outweigh the cons (inactivity that we're not even sure is caused by the location of the thread...and the anal-ness). And anyways, what's the big deal if we have a few slow subforums?

I don't know. I mean, locating topics is the whole reason for the search button, right? And eliminating the News forum, although it would be less organized, would be ultimately easier for moderation purposes (one less forum to check).