Thought – Siliconera the message board

I dont see why a Forum is needed, but hey thats only my opinion

…yes

oh yes.
please.

No, Siliconera is already a great site, and a message board would only make it worse.

A simple forum would probably be worth using, if you ask me. I’d certainly try to take part in it, because for some reason I find it very awkward to hold a conversation in a comments thread.

I’d say no. If most people who comment say no, than there likely wouldn’t be anyone to socialize with on them. Plus, I kind of went through my forum phase on one site for 3 years and have pretty much worked it out of my system. I prefer the commenting now.

well, Id say that I like the idea but if you make one it should only be a forum with ni subforums or such…

I know I’ve personally wanted a forum for SE for some time now. In addition to the writing I do here, I’m a forum mod at HG101 and I enjoy it. I think it’d be cool. Of course, any forum could get out of hand. I’d say try it for a half-year and see how it goes. Also, people who comment on the articles and forum posters are sometimes different audiences…so asking commenters might not be the most accurate way to gain a consensus.

Well, a forum *would* give people a place to talk about things other than the comment sections of articles…Like, have you seen how many comments there are on some of the anime game related articles? Or some of the Kingdom Hearts articles? Some of these articles are literally years old and still getting comments. People are basically using them as forums anyway, so maybe it’d be a good idea to give those people a place to discuss things. Also, it might be a good way for Siliconera’s editors to interact with the site’s readers. So yeah, I agree with vyse. Perhaps we should just try it for a while and see what happens.

Ick Bin Nein

No thanks. Forums just end up bringing in a bunch of power hungry mods and smart mouthed teenagers. We don’t need those.

Spencer, like the others, I have to agree that Siliconera doesn’t need the message boards. Your site is excellent as it is. You really don’t need to change anything. But that’s just my opinion.

well said, Daizyujin.
i once had a lousy experience with a mod at a site i liked. i don’t like that site much any more. the forums have since been wiped and the mod is gone. he’s actually moved on to greener pastures, and put himself on good behavior, but i will always think of him as the lonely, miserable hall monitor lurking the desolate halls anxious to attack anyone posting anything less than a revelation of the highest order.

I agree with alice (first post)
Not a big fan of idle chit chat and everything I need comes from the articles and comments ^^

quote angelous and you have my exact opinion =)
(I’m too lazy in the morning to type more then two sentences…)

I agree with a forum idea. It’s not a bad one.

Honestly, I don´t think I´ll use it… Maybe a few posts now and then, but not much, if any. I don´t even post much in the comments as it is… But well, if others want it and will use it, I don´t see a problem with that, but I´m guessing it will be probably more of an extra rather than a basic feature for the site.

Peeps, you don’t have to use the boards if you don’t want to. Even the comment system is not a mandatory one.. Why all the hate ?
After all, there are some *gasp* nice boards on the web and with SE’s mature audience this move might be the right move.

I second Vyse’s opinion on this one.

In all honesty I don’t think I would use it. The main reason being is I’m quite active in other forums already. These forums cover such a wide spectrum of topics that I wouldn’t see myself participating in Silicon’s if they had them. I just enjoy the commenting on topics and stories.

Yes

well, I guess u wont make one T^T

So… any conclusions, Spencer ?

So… any conclusions, Spencer ?

@philemon and anyone else wondering about the decision – I was really planning on doing it, but so many “no”s suggest that readers here aren’t interested in having a forum. There are more nays than yays and that doesn’t even count the large silent population who probably won’t participate.

I figured many Siliconera readers were already part of another active forum so having a message board here may have been redundant. It looks like that’s the case because so many people are against a decision.