This still haunts me btw
It's a look that makes guests dubious
Mafia is a high intensity section so if a guest goes and lurks there, when they see in game spats and people aggressively mouthing off to one another or even flaming (if it isn't removed promptly or have an administrative note placed on it as a caution) they're going to judge OLF by that
Right now, from guests, the site looks like it's only for two cliques that are relevant to niche hobbies (battlesome and text based Mafia)
We see beyond all of the bitter interactions - I can call Ekko a shithead lovingly but they're only going to see the shithead part
It paints an impression the site has no mission past maintaining the current activity the highest traffic sections do and the some purpose is to harbor specific groups of people instead
Would you agree?
I think the staff is all on the same page but I'll double-check - there needs to be an overhaul at this point, many sections that aren't just making the cut can either be converted into prefixes and moved into the main section or just be removed entirely for now, it's way past time for that so I'll be setting aside at least an hour to come up with a thread announcing what the restructure is going to look like
There's also going to be two new sections added aswell to depart from the "no other man's island" appearance I think we may be currently giving off
I agree with your point in regards with the Mafia and honestly some times I get lost in that section while lurking thats why I stressed the point with simple easy posts that keep users engaged like posting about the song you listing or movie you wathed it creates an easy going thread to thread post that helps them get thiewr feet wet before engaging in threads like mafia or even forums games, hell even commented on a thread that has over 20 pages dicussing Pokemon or Anime that they have a take on but might be too shy to contribute because they see some much diffrent opions
I also agree with your point with sections doing an over haul and moving them into a quote and quote main section and maybe in the future if said section grows we can then let it survive on its own
also sorry for the typos im on the iphone and the screen is fucked lol
Fortunately, censorship is enabled for guests, and it gets disabled as soon as they register lol all they're going to see is a bunch of ***** and ** ***** * ** * ** * *********'s from the outside