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Regaining Focus Jun 20, 2018 5:51:54 GMT

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Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Jun 20, 2018 5:51:54 GMT

Jun 20, 2018 2:17:07 GMT senshisun said:

Finding lost media is niche. It can be aggravating when you put in a ton of work and it doesn't seem to go anywhere. It can be disappointing when you run into nothing but dead ends. On the other hand, finding something previously thought to be lost is a rush.

I'm generally attracted to working on things that
a) I have heard of
b) have a topical interest in or
c) have some unusual facet

I'll also take a look at threads if they don't have any replies to see if I can help out a newbie.

This thread was originally about the Discord. I haven't been on much, but I think it suffers from a couple additional problems. First, it and the Chatango seem to serve identical functions. Second, that function hasn't been defined very well in my opinion. They're real-time lost media chat sessions... for what? Sharing advice and tips? Speculating about media? Things like the "bot games" and "music bot" just seem to be extras.

I see the forum as being more formal, the Discord as being more casual, and the chatango as being "why do we have this, again?" You can see it on every page, and it's so rarely active.

The main reason most people aren't attracted to the chatango is because it's reminiscent of group texts, where there isn't really a central theme, just people talking. I use it from time to time, but there really isn't any reason to use it other than sending announcements that something's been found, or to attract attention to a search every now and then. I think we should keep it because it's important to notify people of the goings on for those of us who don't use the forums (which I'd imagine is a majority of the LMW).

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May 25, 2018 3:29:12 GMT dogpolygonrt66 said:

May 15, 2018 14:42:52 GMT iceshock said:

Eh, Discord has been running into trouble with it's increasingly intense moderation, and I fear it will follow the same path as what Microsoft did to Skype, and what happened to Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, increasing overmoderation. Forums are moderated independently and can avoid these problems.

I've never really followed the Discord for this group, nor any others I'm active in which have a Discord. I hate how posts disappear over time and how the conversations aren't focused on a specific topic, following it to a natural conclusion. It's just a big shoutbox where anarchy reigns and nothing is preserved for future reference. I try to put effort into my posts here because they're going to last and be seen months if not years into the future. There's no such incentive with Discord, so people shitpost and meme it up. It's the same problem I have with things like Twitter and Snapchat--it dumbs down conversation by making it hard if not impossible to express complex thoughts.

As far as forums go, I love the way they're organized and conversation is preserved for future readers. I've never had a problem with the moderation on this forum, but I have been a member on others in the past that were terrible. If the mods are friends with certain posters and openly play favorites, it can lead to a really toxic environment. When mods selectively enforce the rules because they don't like you, it can drive posters away. When a mod is an open bigot who antagonizes you for being LGBT, it can lead to a mass exodus of users and a stain on the legacy of what the board was about in the first place.

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Regaining Focus Feb 19, 2021 19:09:35 GMT

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Post by theCarbonFreeze on Feb 19, 2021 19:09:35 GMT

Apr 11, 2018 23:20:34 GMT LSuperSonicQ said:

Just a little two cents from me-

I still think if there was more of an organization to the threads in each board it might help a little with the participation or interest in a certain topic.

For example I've been posting a lot in the Made in Point Richmond thread, but it's been a few days and now its already halfway down the page and threads about Minecraft Alphas, a laptop with old scripts, some Pig Pen game, etc are all before it- meanwhile they have nothing to do with animation or Pixar.

I guess what I'm suggesting is that there be more genre-focused boards similar to the categories on the main site, where people who are interested in a particular genre can just go to town without having to shift through stuff.

There have been many times before where I've either forgotten about threads or don't feel like scrolling through all the stuff I'm not interested in when I want to see what people are talking about in threads/genres that I'm interested in.

And in the case of people who might not know a search is going on, this would be a great way for extra exposure and could lead to certain threads getting bigger within each genre board, so we can have multiple "big" searches at once instead of just banking on a new ADWSS consuming the entirety of the forums.

I tried not to format that as a complaint but its just something that I've always felt the forums could benefit from, but I guess I'm not even sure if that's possible.

Separating the forums even further by genre and/or form of media and/or decade of release would be a fantastic idea. I second this suggestion.

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Post by co on Feb 20, 2021 23:10:21 GMT

Feb 19, 2021 18:50:47 GMT theCarbonFreeze said:

May 25, 2018 3:29:12 GMT dogpolygonrt66 said:

Eh, Discord has been running into trouble with it's increasingly intense moderation, and I fear it will follow the same path as what Microsoft did to Skype, and what happened to Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, increasing overmoderation. Forums are moderated independently and can avoid these problems.

I've never really followed the Discord for this group, nor any others I'm active in which have a Discord. I hate how posts disappear over time and how the conversations aren't focused on a specific topic, following it to a natural conclusion. It's just a big shoutbox where anarchy reigns and nothing is preserved for future reference. I try to put effort into my posts here because they're going to last and be seen months if not years into the future. There's no such incentive with Discord, so people shitpost and meme it up. It's the same problem I have with things like Twitter and Snapchat--it dumbs down conversation by making it hard if not impossible to express complex thoughts.

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I used to try and interact in the discord but would get frustrated with the randos who would spam outright lies about "seeing" lost media that didn't exist, or the fact the conversations would basically end or constantly get interrupted with other requests. Although I do think things get solved faster in the discord (if the right attention is on it), because you have faster correspondence with the person who is looking for whatever. I think individual discords or the special hunt sections are better for joint efforts. The main discord as a whole is more of a hub for interaction, but I personally feel I've had more success in that department on the forums than I did in the discord.

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