So as to gain consensus from the LvMI community, please post one or more of the forums you intend to ‘move to’. Hopefully people will see this and more people will go to fewer boards, retaining a good poster density.
Jargon: LibertyHQ
What’s wrong with going to both forums? That’s what I’m going to do.
Austrianforum, Voluntaryism forum, LibertyHQ, Anemone’s forum.
You think that the LvMI community spread across these will have the degree of debate and discussion that we do on this single board?
Austrian forum and liberty hq.
We should have a vreader forum. Thats what i was thinking (not the mcb one)
Voluntaryism forum at least. I’m unsure about the others.
Kelvin: We could use the Voluntaryism forums for VR, especially as Autolykos is looking to join VR.
@Jargon: I think that different people are “energized” by different topics. Some people are laser-focused on just one or two topics, like the Bitcoin-tweakers. Others are generalists. Still others are lurkers and just “snipe” in a thread from time to time.
No one forum can keep everyone energized, at least, such a forum will really have to have done its “market research”, which I don’t think anyone really has. My suggestions are not directed at the forum creators - who each have their own ideas - but, rather, at the forum users. If you’re a forum user, I think your best bet is to sign up on all three or four forums and then see how it pans out. It’s not like it’s going to cost you anything.
Clayton -
Clayton,
I’m very happy to know that you’re heading over to the Austrian forums.
That’s where I’m headed and I highly recommend that everyone else does the same. I’m a strong advocate for it. We Austrians need to stick together, ya know.
What is Anenome’s fourm?
Yeah, but do we need to stick together on one forum? Let’s not forget that the mises.org forums have driven away a lot of the top posters. These people were generating quality content on a wide range of subjects. In case you haven’t noticed, there aren’t a lot of quality threads anymore lately. We have n00b threads, troll threads, perma-threads, and the occasional worthwhile totally-new-subject thread. But it’s that last category that is what really drives a forum and makes it worthwhile.
Clayton -
Well yes but do you think that spreading out will actually solve the problem?
While there’s something to be said for “widening the net” as it were, I’ve found that all the dullest forums are small ones with a handful of dedicated people
It has a certain logic to it, especially if the various forums are willing to cross-promote each other.
With that in mind, I too would like to start a forum for the members here to visit. In the spirit of Clayton’s de novo idea, I would like user input on better ways to construct the forums, as I don’t simply want to replicate similar economics/political forums if there are better ideas on how it could be done. I would of course be glad to promote other forums. My starter is here, but seeing as I’m the only mod at the moment and my time is limited, I don’t know how easy posting will be with the apparently unpredictable spam post filter (at least until I can find a trustworthy mod). But I have set it so joining the forum does not require mod approval.
@myhuman: How do you see your forum fitting with the others mentioned in this thread?
Clayton -
I have a forum now? >_> News to me.
Oops. Thought you did.
I’m heading to the Austrain Forum and am considering joining Autolykos’ forum.
I think the reason this forum dropped in quality was the that he forum started to break. No quote button, loads of spam and the failed Mises new community. I think it made the old posters disallusioned so they left - they will also be older now so may possibly have more commitments so the oppurtunity cost of posting on a broken forum was too high.
Hopefully the new, improved Austrian forum may herald their return.
Does it need to fit a certain way? I think one thing this forum shows is that there is a lot of diversity in tastes, opinions and attitudes amongst everyone involved, despite everyone having (or having an appreciation of) a common sphere of influence. Since other forums are “built” to the extent that they have an established theme, this one is more of a blank slate I’m hoping can be built through member input. An experiment in market research, if you will.
I strongly believe that every effort should be made for the Mises Institute to preserve, improve, and properly maintain this forum. Please PM me if you agree.
Of course, other forums should be free to spring up, as well. The more the merrier.
Why have they decided to close it down? I don’t get it.
Definitely, the Twilight Saga Fan Forum.
I’m not sure if this is the right place for this, but if anyone has tried registering in the Voluntaryism Forum and didn’t get an e-mail response, either PM me on here or send an e-mail to voluntaryismforum@gmail.com and I’ll manually create an account for you.