Making a new forum Community: Should I? What should it be?

Recent events have caused me to think about whether I should make my own forums, fresh and anew! Since these forums are closing soon, I thought I'd ask you all some questions. Here we go:

• Would you be interested in being a part of newly created forums?
• If so, what sections would you want?
• What policies/rules would be very important to you?
• How likely would you be to post?
• What did you want out of the CoH forums but never got?
• What do you like about the CoH forums that you want to retain?

I'll throw my two inf in (in a little while they may not be good for much more...)

I would like to see a RP/Arts section for things like drawings, vids, RP threads, stories, and all of the other community created wonderful weirdness.

Although it might not mean much, It might be nice to retain something like the server specific forums.

Noted.

This not bad idea actually.

As far as rules goes, probably the standard outline of rules would work BUT they must be clear concise and most importantly enforced and enforced fairly and evenly at all times.
If it says, for example, off topic post that is not relevant to the thread is not allowed, then off topic posts that are not relevant to the thread should not be allowed. Or if it says no attacking other posters, then attacking other posters should not be allowed by anyone in any fashion regardless of their post count and or other factors.

If it's a mad house, I probably won’t. If there some semblance of civilization, then I'll join in.

One thing I wished I got out of the forum is more enforcement of the rules. Some days they enforce them some days they ignore them then they enforce them again, then they ignore them. It kind of made the rules a bit meaningless. Then again, it might have stemmed from that the rules were too vague. It says no trolling but maybe it should point out exactly what is constituted as trolling, attacking another player, insulting another poster compared to leaving a very large gray area.

I do like the topics and ideas but would be nice if some actual deep topics can go beyond a page without someone coming in a throwing it off and the mods not doing a thing about it until 10-15 pages later, if ever.

People tend to follow only rules that are enforced.

The way this forum is broken down into sections is nice.


Just my view and thought on the subject.

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Originally Posted by mauk2 Evil_Legacy became one of my favorite posters with two words. "Kick Rocks." I laffed so hard. Never change, E_L!

I've received a suggestion that any Fandom (Harry Potter, Supernatural, Doctor Who, etc.) that gets three people requesting such gets its own section. So just like we have a Servers section here, we'd have a Fandoms section there.

Thoughts?

Also, reading the above. Thank you for the post.

... why do I suddenly have my avatar, my signature, and 1% more Private Message space?

I definitely think a fandom section is necessary. And while this community follows exactly the same types of fandom (comics, scifi, anime, wrestling, MLP, TV, movies, etc.) it's a much larger group than we ever encounter outside of a college club or weekend con. It's unlikely that many people where you work would be interested in discussing the latest episode of Doctor Who, Young Justice, Korra, Warehouse 13, etc.

And while there are places for each of those types out on the web, there really isn't a single place where all those things can be discussed.

Interesting idea.

But what would you be looking to create anew that was not already available at http://www.cohtitan.com/ and/or http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/ ?

Let me know when you get this running or need capitol for hosting and acquiring a domain name. I'll be among the first to join.

The only thing I worry about is spreading the community pretty thin. I can't speak for others, but I only really have enough attention span for one, maybe two "major" forums, and the community is already spreading out between the Titan Network forums and PK's Unleashed. I don't mean to be a downer, but I have to ask this question:

What does a new community forum bring that the existing options don't, in such a way as to justify adding a third location? I fear that this is a question we need to answer before we start making larger plans.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

If you made it, I'd be there. You were always a pleasure to converse with, Marcian.

How you want to run it is up to you. If you want mod help, I'll gladly offer my assistance.

I had much the same idea.

Then game the /tells in-game and the messages on here, telling me I was just going to split the post-COH community - especially the Virtue server community group - and that I should back off. One of the messages (not received here) was particularly rude and even a little vulgar.

But in the end, they were right. What we need is one major community hub.

Marcian, if you need help (building, renewing domain, mod'ing) let me know. If there's RP, I'm never far behind. Lump me in with Reiraku .. you've always been a joy to associate with