Reply To: Now that you're all here reading the forums again…..

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Interesting thread – @oriskany makes some good points. But also raises another question – what do people want from the forum/site? Discord is great because it generates responses. Forums not so much because posts don’t get a response. Projects are great. But projects don’t get comments. It seems like a bit of a paradox!

Is it that the projects system is more of a personal “project log” (plog?) so nobody really minds about the lack of interaction, because that’s not it’s primary purpose? Are forums posts with lots of interaction because they naturally create questions, or are discussion points with no “correct” answer (and so encourage more members to “stick their oar in”?)

If someone posts “here’s something I’m working on” I tend to read the post, say to myself “wow that’s pretty cool” (or even “hmm, I have no idea what this is on about”) but with nothing more to add, I don’t reply to the thread (hey, those of you saying “you’ll reply to any old thing, even if you’ve nothing to add” can pipe down at the back! Not *always*). Similarly, I have no understanding of historicals – so tend not to respond to forums posts about historicals. But if somone is publishing videos on a site primarily about historical gaming, watched by people who like historical gaming, they’re bound to get more response via that channel than here on a generic “tabletop gaming” forum?

@timchubb – multi-user projects would be really cool for collaborations. I started working on something a while back with horationoseblower (ok, printed some minis for him, which – when he’s done his thing – he would send back to me for finishing). I’ve got photos and some text written up for a project entry so when we’ve decided which of us will create the project, can either post it, or email it over to be posted on my behalf. Collaborative projects would be ace!