Moving the AMA threads back into Chat

Hi everyone,

A month or two ago we created the Ask Me Anything forum to house all of those threads. Initially it proved to be really popular but over the weeks has become less and less popular to the point where we can't justify it having its own forum anymore. Also, there is some evidence to show that activity in Chat has dropped off too by moving them out.

As a result, we are going to move the AMA threads back into chat where they were more popular. It was a good test to try out though.

Jack

Out of interest, why does it matter if a forum is quiet? Surely it's interesting to some people, so why does it need to be 'justified'? It isn't like it takes up valuable space at the office. They are just web pages you know.

Chat has certainly been a lot less cluttered since AMA was given it's own sub-forum, it doesn't seem hugely beneficial to add them back. The people who are interested in the AMAs will still go to the section, and it leaves Chat clearer for those who are disinterested.

It also seems somewhat inevitable that Chat activity will drop whilst AMA is still a sub-forum, but that activity is just being moved elsewhere, it doesn't seem a reason to merge the sections again.

Sorry for taking so long to reply. TSR already has far too many forums and is hard to use, so we always want to reduce that number. But in this instance, the quiet forum is an indication that people aren't finding the AMAs any more because they are too hidden. Given they were our most popular content before for a long period of 18 months and growing towards the end. It hints that AMA was not running out of steam, quite the opposite. Also, given that Chat started to get quieter, it suggests that the AMAs were actually driving the popularity of that forum too. They may well have just run out of steam. Either way, there is no point have a quite forum hanging around for the sake of it because it makes TSR that little bit harder to use and other reasons (e.g. we need to think about our Google rankings too and quiet forums don't look exciting to Google, and can be pushed down as a result).

Shady is the only one here who is bang on the money.

(One of the reasons for actually giving AMA it's own sub-forum was because it cluttered up Chat).

PRSOM.

I have a vested interest in getting ridof the AMA forum(It's annoying to have to move stuff to AMA )

Seeing you post something just now, when I haven't seen you post for a while is something I find comforting!

But in this instance, the quiet forum is an indication that people aren't finding the AMAs any more because they are too hidden.

Respectfully, the reason for this is that TSR's navigation is utterly, unfathomably, incomprehensibly ****e. You've become so preoccupied with SEO 'freshness' that I doubt 90% of your membership even know the 'All Forums' section exists, let alone how to access it without the aid of a divining-rod.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Captain Jack!

Don't do dis

hi

Any chance you can just get rid of chat altogether?



Have you been living in a cave or something?

No you can't get rid of the chat forum! It's still a popular section of the site, plus where would all the off topic stuff go, and where would the forum games go?

As for AMA - I haven't actually paid much attention to AMA.

I doubt you're going to get a reply here - that post was from 3 months ago, and the member is currently banned

It's a fair point though, you couldn't remove Chat without losing a fair portion of content, and it's certainly one of the most popular sections.