Harry Skywalker
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IMDb tried to do that, they separated the VG boards between Consoles, PCs, VG General, etc and it was a failure. And that was IMDb who had thousands of thousands of members.The platforms have different consoles like PS2, 3 and 4 or Xbox 360 and the One. Then there are console exclusive games that could get their own thread like that. If we throw them all into one place then it will be impossible to extend different threads for different consoles or games.
I was thinking of even giving each their own Category but this will do just fine for now. I'd rather have the space than giving up some in a later staduim :)
IMDF is still on its early stage, so I think it's not gonna work, at least for now. Let me say that I'm stating my opinion because I've seen in locu this not really working on IMDb. It's still my opinion. ;)
I've said that to your colleague that probably thet best option is doing what IMDb did: having the movies/TV shows/actors/videogames message boards only available via a Seacr Bar, not need to waste space with a giant board stating every individual message board from IMDF in existence. But the Main Message Boards should still be in the main page exactly like right now.We have no idea how it will look eventually, but someone has to start somewhere somehow. We don't have enough to say we have a system, but we do want to achieve that in the end. It IS possible at this moment.
I'm a bit lost about the "not sure what you meant with mainpage mess". Did I really say that? I don't remember that. Maybe I worded it wrong.NOt sure what you meant with mainpage mess, but the main page is main categories and sub cat's, then comes the threads and individual ones.
The search should work fine as far as I know and tried. If a thread exists it should pop up.
Right now I'm not seeing where I've said that.
Attention that when I mentioned the design it's just my opinion and IMDF's current design, like you guys have stated, it's just temporary.Can you maybe elaborate on that and give some suggestions. I have a hard time seeing what you mean with this. And it doesnt get any different after looking at those furoms you linked ;)
What I'm saying is that in my opinion if IMDF wants to get even more members right on its early stage I think you guys should try a bit more "complex" design, or just a not so simple design.
I say this because the first impression is very important. I've been trying to give the word-of-mouth about this forum and the other IMDb alternatives, and many IMDb users think that IMDF currently has a very simple and flat design. For now, obviously.
I think you guys should try to give it more colors, a more complex logo, a design similar to IMDb. To make people feel more like home.
That's the only thing I'm saying. But surely this is gonna be improved a lot, it's normal. Hell I even think that IMDF is the one with the most potential, tied up with The Movie DB (which is still pretty empty).
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