More Subforums?
 

This was brought up by (I think) Urban a few weeks ago. But, I think it would be interesting for our Lounge to have some subforums. It works well on other forums, including MX forums.

We could have for example a sports forum, a arts/literature forum, a tv/videogame/movie forum, politics/news forum, etc. I've just noticed that we've had a lot of cool conversations in the Lounge lately in these areas; it would be interesting to have these subforums, so more of that kind of discussion can be encouraged (and more in detail).

Yeah the downside is, it's not music. You might also say, "Well why can't we just discuss those things in the Lounge now?" The thing is, if those subforums are there, it encourages people to discuss, and get more specific. I don't think it will distract people from the music. The music forums will always be there, and as long as there's music to be heard, there's always music to be discussed. :)

But, I think it would attract and keep more members. Plus, it would be another fun reason to log on and post.

I think we should do it..

Cause MB's structure sucks ass and MX's doesnt.

The lesson here is

MX>>>MB.

THEN LEAVE!!! stupid n00b


I think more subforums is a good idea, might cut down on some of the annoying spam

..Your gonna hold the fact youve been here a month longer than me over my head forever arent you davey?

mhm... im for it...

yesh why not :band:

Sounds good to me. Might cut down on some of the clutter and help people find threads they want to actually read or post in.

Well it`s obvious what i`m going to say.

Who`s voting no?
If you don`t want them just don`t post in them

So I was against it, but then we had this like 300 page argument in The Lounge called "What's Happenened?" about why everybody and everything in the whole world Suck's the anal discharge of Probiscus Monkeys, So I just decided to close that thread and support the idea of sub-forums in the lounge, cuz if youv'e taken a look at that forum its apparent that our personal lives really aren't that interesting at all.

I do agree, this is a board based on music, but it doesn't hurt to have some topics based on daily activities. Yes, it would attract more members, maybe there should be a poll for this subject?

Opps....I didn't see the poll, sorry everyone!

I think this a terrible idea. The only diffrence I can foresee is more "this is in the wrong forum" posts.

i think its a great idea

I do think that this place has outgrown the Lounge now.

It doesn`t hurt to expand on things

I have seen you post on mx hookers, well I assume its you.

Your still NewZealandPunk on there right?

We need to attract more members? We already have about 10 new members each day. It's true that it would keep members, but mainly members that spend a lot of time in the lounge, or think we need our setup to be identical to a similar music forum. I personally don't really care, I just like to come here to discuss and learn more about music, and maybe share a few jokes in the lounge. That's All.

Even if we do get 10 newbs/day, my impression is that in any given month, we "gain" about 2 new members to stay for a duration, and lose about 3.
Maybe it's just me, but this site seems really slow lately, meaning more members to be lost. I was just trying to think of ways to upgrade the music discussions, by putting a catalyst to the Lounge (thus keeping and satisfying existing members, while increasing membership and the likelihood of them staying).
It's also never a bad idea to follow in the footsteps of a superior music site like MX. They are run and moderated much better than here, and it shows, with there 300+ members online at any given moment.
And a mere 16 responses to this poll suggests too much apathy to bother pursuing this idea. It's also pretty pointless, because gregb doesn't read these. Case closed.
Thanks for all the feedback btw :) (for those that did respond)

Resurrection!

Its a great idea. Why hasnt this happened yet? Especially in the rock/metal forum, there are mixed opinion on numetal, prog, classic, etc. The idea seems pretty popular. *points to poll*

I like these better. Better than the games/jokes forum, I think.

That's because there is one :usehead:

I would really really like a Sports Forum
tv/videogames/movie would be tight also

Videogames forum would be awesome.

yeh i think there should be a sub forum - "whats that tune" for every genre rather than just an over all whats that tune, lots more people could find out what they r looking for that way!!

Bad idea imo. Most people who post in NTT have a minimal grasp of how to even phrase their request, eg don't bother to say what genre, male/female singer etc, seem to think we just wave a wand and solve their problem, so the chances they would even bother to (or know how to) post in a specific subforum are doubtful. Also, few if any of these people even come back with a thank you. The last thing we should be doing is changing the forum to benefit a few fly-by-nights who, once they have their precious tune, are more than likely to **** off without even a note of thanks and never come back here.

tl;dr: **** them. If we're gonna change things here let's do it to benefit those who actually contribute and stick around.

Glad you finally found the time to formulate your thoughts on the subject after all of these years.

To someone Trollheart's age, nine-and-a-half years are like the blink of an eye.