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I wouldnt suggest a forum If I thought it'd put Jon out of buisiness... I never thought of a forum like that, as something with that much power... I'd prefer to use a forum that gathered you guys together, allowed more searching, allowed you to see at a glance whjat was new since your last visit etc... - looking over the mailing list archives I can see that you have a fairly hardcore rules discussion going on here - As a relative newcomer to GZG gaming (only 18 months or so) scouting through the archives has been useful, but not easy (never easy!) - and I do feel somewhat drowned in discussions sometimes... which wouldnt be the case if it was forum based & I chose web only... However web searching has provided me with alot of info, from Hyperbear & others (thanks all) - I do use a few forums though... they can have a sense of community in the OT sections as well as the more focussed sections... but they do need traffic... I would probably use a forum more often (but am also banned at work from much web activity)... god I don't know, I'm rambling... Its up to you long timers, its more your community than mine, they are more your discussions than mine.. Best wishes Andy <html><div></div></html> > Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 09:36:27 -0500 > From: agoodall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: gzg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [GZG] List moderation was: Dear John > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:52 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I think this has been asked before, but opinions may have changed...... > > would it necessarily mean the death of the list if we had a forum AS WELL? > > There are GZG forums out there. I used to belong to the Yahoo > Fullthrust-Stargrunt forum. > > The problem with hosting a forum is that you will fracture the > discussion. This happens with Arc Dream, the roleplaying company I've > been writing for. There's an official Arc Dream forum, plus there's > the Project Nemesis web site for topics about the game system in > general (with particular emphasis on one of Arc Dream's products), > there are discussions on RPG.net, and then there are two Yahoo Groups > for separate Arc Dream stuff. > > Shane at Arc Dream posts on all of these sites whenever there's > something official needing to go out. Are you willing to do that, Jon? > > Even with Shane posting everywhere, the main "go-to" board is Project > Nemesis, which means there are people hanging out at the other > locations who miss the "main" discussions. > > If you create a forum, you will fracture the game base. That's not > necessarily a bad thing. You might find the forum attracts a lot of > new fans, while the mailing list does not. You might find that the > standard, typical "newbie" questions all show up on the board while > the GZG grognards discuss different stuff. > > However, at some point one or the other is going to become the "go-to" > location, with the other locations falling further and further out of > favour. > > You have to ask yourself if the forum will increase your business. > And, if it will increase your business, is it worth losing touch with > some of the long-time GZG customers who won't migrate to a forum (or > who will migrate but only visit it on rare occasions). > > > But I seem to recall that when this was last mooted, there > > were a number of strongly dissenting voices of the opinion that the list > > would then fold through lack of use and we'd lose several old (in list > > terms!!) and valued members, so the idea got shelved. > > Thoughts now?? > > I think you probably would lose several long term customers. Whether > or not that's a bad thing depends on whether or not a forum would > increase your sales. It's not the first company that's folded because > they alienated their loyal customers. It's also not the first company > that found considerable growth by unshackling themselves from older > customers who were keeping them static. > > -- > Allan Goodall http://www.hyperbear.com > agoodall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > awgoodall@xxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > Gzg-l mailing list > Gzg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu:1337/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gzg-l Messenger's gone Mobile! Get it now! |
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