The PigPen's Resplendent Kaffeeklatsch

[milo]

I feel like maybe our forums are not currently meeting the needs of our members as follows:

Everyone who is here for a bit just ends up posting in "Fun" or in "Miscellaneous".  There must be something driving this and my feeling is that our current "Basic", "Mild" and "Intensive" are just no longer serving our members as they once did.  (Don't be too concerned - we have had to change them multiple time).  Fun and Miscellaneous are also being treated as fungible.

What do people think?

I'm in that dilemma now. A poem in Misc sparked a poem. So as not to hijack that thread I posted mine in a new thread in Misc. Then after begging for crit I reread the rules which said critical is allowed but Misc is for poems not requesting it. Was just thinking of asking quix for advice on moving it to a workshop (worthy of people's time or not} or just leaving it be.

So yeah, the forums are a little slippy slidey but do I think it is of great import? Not really, convince me otherwise.

I do think newbs that post in fun and misc do it because either they have not given crit or don't necessarily want it.

yah, I also think sometimes people aren't sure what exact level of feedback they are looking for so the basic-mild-intensive acts as a barrier, not as a tool

I wanted everyone else to chime in first but essentially, I think what people want is:

1. A forum for feedback
   
2. A forum for non feedback
   

And for the feedback forum it should always be understood that it is to the best of the person's abilities (some people probably don't feedback in intense because they are worried they don't have the level of feedback to offer)

What do you think?

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also, I am not even talking about the newbs - they follow the general intent the most. Long time members always end up just posting in Misc and then when I ask if they want feedback they say yes.