Board Thread:Petitions/@comment-28083312-20170416114432

In a previous thread, I proposed the creation of a Franken Forum; a jerry-rigged replacement to Forum held on Message Walls. I ran field testing on the Mope.io Wiki, & I’m sad to say that we have some pretty alarming results. Rather than acting as a transitional feature, it instead diluted conversations & left both features dead in the water. Because of our larger Community we may potentially be able to avoid this, but perhaps not. Already Discussions have begun to bloom on our Wiki, & though I still am staunch in my opinion that Discussions need a great deal of work before it will be serviceable, it does appear that Fandom Staff will close Forums after they have integrated several of our requests for Discussions. This means that by the time Forums close, Discussions will likely have a Highlight tool, an @ function, & maybe even minimal markup (Bold, Italics, Strikethrough, Underline ), so it should satisfy our needs. Beyond that, we also have to consider the new Mobile App; they will only be able to engage via Discussions, they will be completely cut off from the Franken Forum just as they are from the vanilla Forum. What we risk creating is a schism in the Community; the old school Forum users, & the new generation of Discussions users. Based on what happened at Mope.io, I have reason to suspect that there will be little overlap between the two. For this reason, & because the Franken Forum is not yet running at full steam here, I propose that we close the Franken Forum before such a calamity can occur. Your votes below are much appreciated, & please feel free to voice your thoughts as well. I will not likely be responding for some time, as I soon have to drive out to visit my family for Easter (after which I will go on a short vacation). When I return, I will carry out the will of the Majority. SR, Nobellion, feel free to highlight or unhighlight this thread at your discretion. 