We're considering eliminating the publisher/press release forum

[Morrus]

.... and having those threads in the specific forum they're related to.

Thoughts?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

.... and having those threads in the specific forum they're related to.

Thoughts?

You know I'm in favor of fewer boards and readers more easily able to see all the threads of interest.

 

[Morrus]

You know I'm in favor of fewer boards and readers more easily able to see all the threads of interest.

You'll like our newly implemented thread merging trial - which came out of your thread. Check out the WotC layoffs threads! (Hint - you can't; there's only one!)

 

[Ahnehnois]

I wouldn't miss the publisher forum.

The best way to organize message boards is by the way people read them. I bet there are more Pathfinder fans eager to hear about the next release who check the PF section then there are general rpg fans who check the publisher forum to see what the news is.

 

[Morrus]

I wouldn't miss the publisher forum.

The best way to organize message boards is by the way people read them. I bet there are more Pathfinder fans eager to hear about the next release who check the PF section then there are general rpg fans who check the publisher forum to see what the news is.

That's pretty much my reasoning, too. I'm just looking to see if there are any objections.

 

[Deset Gled]

I personally liked it best when the Press Release forum was the Industry Discussion forum (or whatever the name was, I'm probably getting it slightly wrong), and it was the home of both press releases and discussion about the business side of RPGs. I liked the separation between game-play in General and game-business in a different place. I think it also kept the traffic in the Press Release / Industry forum higher.

The biggest thing I like about the Press Release forum, though, is that it keeps the other forums free of advertisements. I know that publishers posting about upcoming releases or sales isn't exactly the same ads, but there's a very fine line between posting a promotion and spam. Keeping those type of posts corralled into one location draws a clear line in the sand about where its acceptable and where it isn't.

 

[IronWolf]

I think it is certainly worth trying.

I recently posted something in the publisher forum to help promote a recent Open Design project. That seemed the most appropriate forum, but it would have had a lot more traffic if it had been posted in the Pathfinder forum.

 

[Mark CMG]

You might want to have some sort of tag that makes it easy to move them again if it doesn't work out but I think it sounds like a good plan.

 

[Morrus]

You might want to have some sort of tag that makes it easy to move them again if it doesn't work out but I think it sounds like a good plan.

They should be easy enough to find - the first page of the forum went back a month.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Which forum would be appropriate for novel pimpage? General?