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<blockquote data-quote="Jhyrryl" data-source="post: 339329" data-attributes="member: 6406">CommunityKetjak's points about community are actually important to the success of your site.&nbsp; You've taken what used to be a news page, and turned it into a personal blog.&nbsp; Blogs don't build communities - at best they generate a collection of groupies.You've got about 20% of your respondants saying that they can no longer use your site effectively.&nbsp; Chances are, that's 20% of your current community that will start to disappear.&nbsp; Now look at comments to the effect of &quot;I liked it, after I got used to it.&quot;&nbsp; For new users of your site, the &quot;wall of text&quot; is a barrier - the first impression is &quot;this isn't useful to me.&quot;Current &quot;customers&quot; will go away, and you've added a barrier to attracting new customers.&nbsp; It's up to you to decide whether you want this to be your personal site, or to be a tool for the d20 community.&nbsp; If it's for the community, that front page needs to be useful.&nbsp; Put the banter in the boards or a seperate &quot;editorial&quot; section.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhyrryl, post: 339329, member: 6406"] [b]Community[/b] Ketjak's points about community are actually important to the success of your site. You've taken what used to be a news page, and turned it into a personal blog. Blogs don't build communities - at best they generate a collection of groupies. You've got about 20% of your respondants saying that they can no longer use your site effectively. Chances are, that's 20% of your current community that will start to disappear. Now look at comments to the effect of "I liked it, after I got used to it." For new users of your site, the "wall of text" is a barrier - the first impression is "this isn't useful to me." Current "customers" will go away, and you've added a barrier to attracting new customers. It's up to you to decide whether you want this to be your personal site, or to be a tool for the d20 community. If it's for the community, that front page needs to be useful. Put the banter in the boards or a seperate "editorial" section. [/QUOTE]

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