@reggikko I actually had a thought about the challenges in graveyard thing. I think they shouldn't be so buried, given all the work that went into them and that plenty of people would like to try to beat previous scores even if on their own time. We'll look into perhaps adding them as a child board to challenges, which would be read-only instead of hiding them permanently!
@hazelnut This is definitely worth considering. We're moving somewhat slowly but will see how we can improve visibility. Cutting down on board totals should give every board a bit more visibility, it will be less noisy, but you're definitely right!
@oshizu nothing is on a timeline, I have realized there's no rush on this and more gradual changes can't hurt especially since it gives more time to think. Waiting has resulted in some good ideas coming up, so I'll be sure to say something if there is going to be a big change in that area. It's obvious we should try to make things that are useful available to people here
I'm glad I reversed course on the graveyard change.
That said, I think that this Friday or so, I will move forward with the story board consolidation. Our default of 60 topics per page should keep people's stories from sinking off the first page too quickly.
We will then talk about whether we need careers, skills, and emotions boards when all of that pretty much fits under gameplay. When those are separated out, we have less activity on the actual gameplay board. Our two search functions are far more efficient than going down a page of 60 posts looking for one in particular, so there's that as far as finding things, and I may be able to draw more attention to those functions. Three of those boards have gone almost 2 weeks without a post. The only one I feel iffy about is building, but looking
at the post list, it's pretty bad how far back you can go without a new post. These things being separate are especially annoying for mobile users.
Without separating out individual parts of gameplay, all gameplay talk would go on one board and people's posts are more likely to be noticed. Additionally, we may be able to just fit expansions as children of gameplay and keep it all in one area. Whatever we decide, it is clear mixing in EPs on the same board as gameplay would be annoying, people would be asking which addon something comes from, and general confusion would ensue.
