New Forum?

You mean a separate forum or reorganize this one? I think it would make more sense to have the "Front Page" (http://dailyheights.com/forums/index.php) here organized a differently--as it is, it's too simple to be useful. Instead of just two sections, there should be two HEADLINES with the sections under them.

Instead of
MAIN FORUM (full of stuff you can't see) and
PARK SLOPE FORUM (full of stuff you can't see)
it should be

MAIN FORUM
Politics and Activism
Local Businesses
Rumors
Recommendations Needed
Apartments
Just for Fun
Whatever
PARK SLOPE
Subject 1
Subject 2
etc.

You'd click on Politics and Activism and you could see a list of topics like you see here (http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=2) now, but it would be more organized. It probably seems like overkill now, but the bigger this gets, the harder it's going to be to find stuff.

Also, it wouldn't necessarily make the forum take longer to read, because if you start on the Front Page, you can click on the newposts function (http://dailyheights.com/forums/search.php?search_id=newposts) to show you everything that's new since you last visited.

I agree that with the current level of activity, there's no reason to have a separate forum. It's certainly easy enough to see which topics are being discussed from the main forum.

I love Emily's idea, but there is definitely NOT enough traffic to merit so much clicking around. And I would love to think everyone is as "leet" as Emily and would figure out the "posts since last visit" thing... but to tell you the truth, I had no idea that existed until you mentioned it.

Maybe there is a way to set up some BB system so you can have the option of looking at posts two ways: either (a) altogether like we have it now, or (b) by category, if you so desire. I would be willing to trash phpBB (exporting all your wonderful posts, of course) if we can find something that gives the user a choice.

Also, I really think we should do something like this on a wider scale for Brooklyn, with its own URL, like BrooklynBoard.com or something like that. This is covered, to an extent, with forums such as WiredNewYork and NerdNYC, but there isn't any good Brooklyn-wide, dailyheights-style forum that can cover the kind of ground that we do here. Or maybe you disagree?

Yes, I would describe it as "light traffic":

Brooklyn
Forum Topics Replies Last Post
Politics
Discuss politics and government activities.00 No Posts
Development
Discuss development and urban renewal00 No Posts
Events
Discuss events and festivals in Brooklyn00 No Posts
Downtown
General Discussion00 No Posts

Nice concept, though. They just need to get the word out.

That's why I'm inclined not to subdivide this tiny little board into many parts. When it comes to wasting time on the Internet, people are already overcommitted.

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