Possible layout changes (Morality + Quizzes)

[Kyng]

A couple of days ago, Cool Cory asked me which sub-forum would be the next to go. I told him I wasn't yet in a position to answer that; however, an answer would likely be coming soon. But now, I am in a position to provide that answer .

Here are my proposals for the next round of board layout changes:

1. Add a "Morality and Ethics" sub-forum to Abstract Ideas and General Knowledge
   
   Recently, one of the staff members that they'd like to post some "AITA?"-style stories, that invite people to make a moral judgement about people involved in some kind of interpersonal conflict. However, I didn't really have a good idea for where these would go: I guess there's General Chat, but they'd just be buried there. However, they'd fit naturally within a board about morality and ethics - which, in my opinion, would be best placed under Abstract Ideas and General Knowledge. Such a board would start out very small; however, I believe it'd be a fertile area for growth (after all, these stories certainly aren't the only things we could discuss there!).
   
   
2. Re-name "Jokes and Internet Humour" to "Jokes, Memes, and Shorts"
   
   "Internet Humour" has always been a bit of a vague term. For example: if somebody finds a funny online video, does that count as "Internet Humour", or would it be better posted in "Stage and Screen"? We had a situation where some people were doing the former, and others were doing the latter - with no rhyme or reason to it. To remedy this, we introduced a new policy within Stage and Screen, stating that "Short-form videos with no narrative should instead be posted in Jokes and Internet Humour".
   
   However, the issue of the board's name being vague remains. But when I looked at content of the board... it was overwhelmingly made up of jokes; memes; and short-form videos. Thus, I think changing the name to "Jokes, Memes and Shorts" would make it clearer what this part of the board is used for.
   
   
3. Remove the "Personality Quizzes" sub-forum
   
   In order to stop the board layout from growing too cluttered, I have a "One in, one out" rule: whenever I add a new forum or sub-forum, I remove an underperforming one. And sadly, the "Personality Quizzes" section has seen very little activity in recent times. The sites I used to get quizzes from have stopped posting new ones - and the sites that replaced them only post insufferable clickbait, like this . As a result, I simply have nothing good to post in that part of the board any more - so we tend to see a long period of silence, followed by a brief flurry of activity when somebody decides to binge the older quizzes, followed by another long period of silence. And I don't see this situation changing, because there aren't enough good personality quizzes out there to support this section any more.

So, should I go ahead with these?

[Megan]

I think those all sound fine. =3

[ZandraJoi]

While I have done quizzes, it's not something I do on forums. They take more time to load, to answer, & while fun, it's too much work for me lol I do know others like doing them.
General Chat is mainly just that. General. Nothing too deep. If you are looking to add in deep conversations, I'd keep it away from General Chat.
Humor, Jokes, Puns, Memes. Anything all in Fun can be maybe just that. Anything all in Fun lol Can maybe add in there Games you have as applicable.

[Kyng]

Thanks for the feedback !

While I have done quizzes, it's not something I do on forums. They take more time to load, to answer, & while fun, it's too much work for me lol I do know others like doing them.

Yeah, they're fun for some people (including me; I do like a good trivia quiz!), but I appreciate they're not for everyone .

General Chat is mainly just that. General. Nothing too deep. If you are looking to add in deep conversations, I'd keep it away from General Chat.

Completely agreed - which is why I don't really want the moral dilemma stuff in General Chat. They'd look out of place alongside the low-quality "What did you do today?"-type threads, and they'd be buried by those threads.

Humor, Jokes, Puns, Memes. Anything all in Fun can be maybe just that. Anything all in Fun lol Can maybe add in there Games you have as applicable.

Possibly - although, I don't think I'd want to put them in with Forum Games, because anything that goes in with the games will be buried by them!

[Cool Cory]

Where would the personality quizzes be moved to if the board is deleted?

[Pyrite]

Where would the personality quizzes be moved to if the board is deleted?

They would be merged into the "Quizzes and Trivia" subforum.

I have nothing else to add to these suggestions; I'm totally in favour of them.

[Cool Cory]

Another problem with personality quizzes is that some of the links to quizzes are broken. So it seems even the once good quizzes have been hit with errors, or don't load anymore.
And thanks for the reply, Pyrite!

[Kyng]

Another problem with personality quizzes is that some of the links to quizzes are broken. So it seems even the once good quizzes have been hit with errors, or don't load anymore.
And thanks for the reply, Pyrite!

Yeah, that's the problem. Those sites haven't just stopped posting new quizzes: in some cases, they've shut down completely .

If you find any quizzes with broken links, let us know, and we'll close them (or see if we can find another similar quiz as a replacement ).

Also, since everyone seems to be in favour of these changes, I'll make them tomorrow if nobody raises any objections.

[Cool Cory]

What threads will be moved into morality?

[Kyng]

What threads will be moved into morality?

It'll be those that are about some kind of moral dilemma, or otherwise are dedicated to moral/ethical ideas. Like I said at the beginning, there aren't very many of these right now - but, I can see potential for the number to grow.

Anyway, now that a day has passed, it's time for me to make these changes - so, I'll close the thread and do that. Discussion can continue in the announcement thread, once the changes are made.

Thanks for the feedback, everybody !