| SpokenTruth said: While growing the community is certainly a high priority item for any forum administration, it should not be at the detriment of the currently existing members of the community. And your last statement holds the same weight as saying, "it's no cost to anyone who doesn't want to participate in politics discussions to have to click one or two more times to Opt-Out of the politics board." The minor issue of who has to click a couple of times to enable or disable whatever is insignificant. The real issue is how to ensure new users know you can Opt-In or Opt-Out. Is it easier to do and more beneficial for all (current and new members) to Opt-In or Opt-Out? Which one requires the most work? The most communication to users to be effective? |
You mean you've never visited the forum index page? The one that just lists all the boards? You can't filter that. If you can, just make it so you can't then. It doesn't display topics, and everyone checks it out at some point and would notice a board they hadn't been to and check it out. To me, opt-in would require the least work for the most effective outcome of allowing people who want it to look for it while never bothering anyone else. And how is it a detriment to the currently existing members? Like I said, it's one or two clicks, and in return, they get more members of the site, members who will eventually discover the politics board and decide for themselves if they want to hang out there.
