by Pale Wolf » Wed May 25, 2011 7:34 pm
Heh. I was suggesting we put up an announcement thread ahead of time, but apparently the admins got excited and shifted the arrangement. We'll probably whip up an announcement post sooner or later, and there'll be a possible rules shift coming down the tube (which will be announced at least a week before it comes into effect - it shouldn't be much to worry about, the largest new section of the rules will be outlining for the audience the rules the staff is working under).
As for why, we're trying to increase forum traffic and make the site look a bit less like the back alley deviant of the Internet so that good authors of things other than Ranma and Sailor Moon don't get scared off, and to improve ease of use. Our basic objective here is to increase forum activity, make it a more rewarding place to post with more responses and discussion.
One of the keys to that was a forum facelift - we moved our creative forum to pride of place to show that it's the centerpiece of the forums (Fukufics is retitled Fukufics and Gender-Bender to open it up a bit - for now it's purely a fic discussion forum, but depending on what the techies tell us is possible, it could be a distinct bit more awesome), we added some new forums (games, movies), as you noticed we moved Site Suggestions up to the admin section rather than the 'other' one (maybe could retitle it Site Discussions - everyone feel free to bandy about ideas and thoughts in this thread). We're also going to fold the 'other fiction' section into the main creative board, it's sort of a ghetto right now and doesn't see anywhere near as much traffic as Anime C&C.
Apologies to our current users for any difficulty in navigating during this transition. But be assured, nothing will be deleted. The forums have mostly just shifted names and places right now.
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