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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 5285218" data-attributes="member: 114">The attached image might be useful to consider - it is a snapshot of the state of the forums at 2.30pm GMT.I've included the 'Viewing' stats, as that gives a useful idea of the popularity of the forums as they are right now (number of threads/posts alone may be skewed by the age of the forums - the D&amp;D legacy forum might have been around longer, hence accruing more posts).Speaking with a moderator hat on, the split of legacy and 4e specific stuff from General has allowed discussions to flourish between interested parties without much unwanted interference from those who dislike the specific product. That has been a Good Thing. General system-agnostic discussions then proliferate in General RPG which is great.However, I can understand how the site may look less busy and so not so attractive for some people.I wonder whether one solution might be to group the most popular forums at the top? Thus the top forums areMain Forums&nbsp;- General RPG Discussion &nbsp;- 4E Discussion &nbsp;- D&amp;D Legacy Discussion &nbsp;- Play by Post Games &nbsp;- 4e Fan Creations and House Rules &nbsp;- D&amp;D Legacy House Rules &nbsp;- Pathfinder RPG Discussion &nbsp;- Software, Computers, Video Games and D&amp;D Utilities &nbsp;- Other RPG Discussion Additional Forums&nbsp;- Media Lounge &amp; Off Topic &nbsp;- Story Hour &nbsp;- Art Gallery, Cartography &amp; Miniatures Painting &nbsp;- RPG Industry Forum &nbsp;- Plots and Places &nbsp;- Archive-threads &nbsp;- Board Games&nbsp;- War of the Burning Sky &nbsp;- Gamers Seeking Gamers &nbsp;- Meta Obviously something more sensible than that would be in order, but I'm sure that there would be good mileage in ensuring that the most popular forums are at the top of the page - currently positions 2-5 in the main listing are occupied by the least popular forums!Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 5285218, member: 114"] The attached image might be useful to consider - it is a snapshot of the state of the forums at 2.30pm GMT. I've included the 'Viewing' stats, as that gives a useful idea of the popularity of the forums as they are right now (number of threads/posts alone may be skewed by the age of the forums - the D&D legacy forum might have been around longer, hence accruing more posts). Speaking with a moderator hat on, the split of legacy and 4e specific stuff from General has allowed discussions to flourish between interested parties without much unwanted interference from those who dislike the specific product. That has been a Good Thing. General system-agnostic discussions then proliferate in General RPG which is great. However, I can understand how the site may look less busy and so not so attractive for some people. I wonder whether one solution might be to group the most popular forums at the top? Thus the top forums are [B]Main Forums[/B] - General RPG Discussion - 4E Discussion - D&D Legacy Discussion - Play by Post Games - 4e Fan Creations and House Rules - D&D Legacy House Rules - Pathfinder RPG Discussion - Software, Computers, Video Games and D&D Utilities - Other RPG Discussion [B]Additional Forums[/B] - Media Lounge & Off Topic - Story Hour - Art Gallery, Cartography & Miniatures Painting - RPG Industry Forum - Plots and Places - Archive-threads - Board Games - War of the Burning Sky - Gamers Seeking Gamers - Meta Obviously something more sensible than that would be in order, but I'm sure that there would be good mileage in ensuring that the most popular forums are at the top of the page - currently positions 2-5 in the main listing are occupied by the least popular forums! Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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