Purpose of this subforum
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:31 pmI would like to provide some feedback about splitting up the old "looking for a group" subforum.
Since exisiting groups are outsourced to the new "Colonial Charter" none of our new members did find us by clicking through the forums. They all used the search mode which I think isn`t the way it should be. Outsourcing would make sense, if there is a distinction between groups searching for members and members searching for groups. Instead I often see threads like "Looking for a group to start new village" which doesn`t fit in any of those categories. Because of that new players are looking in the Planters&Pilgrims thread for existing groups and most of them don`t see the "Colonial Charter" subforum at all.
So I would like to see the old structure restored. I would also suggest to make existing groups a sticky thread in the planters&pilgrims thread as long as they post once in a week inside their thread to show that they are still active. If they are not active anymore the sticky should be lost.
Since exisiting groups are outsourced to the new "Colonial Charter" none of our new members did find us by clicking through the forums. They all used the search mode which I think isn`t the way it should be. Outsourcing would make sense, if there is a distinction between groups searching for members and members searching for groups. Instead I often see threads like "Looking for a group to start new village" which doesn`t fit in any of those categories. Because of that new players are looking in the Planters&Pilgrims thread for existing groups and most of them don`t see the "Colonial Charter" subforum at all.
So I would like to see the old structure restored. I would also suggest to make existing groups a sticky thread in the planters&pilgrims thread as long as they post once in a week inside their thread to show that they are still active. If they are not active anymore the sticky should be lost.