Explorer wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:13 am
[...] I would keep it as simple and minimalist as possible.
In general terms, and being a minimalist myself, I agree on the goal. However, if that goal impedes or restricts the natural and useful growth of whatever the subject may be, then the goal should definitely need to be reconsidered.
I think that if those in charge should focus this whole forum issue as it were an encyclopaedia; maybe that would help in seeing and establishing how forums could be reestructured in the most efficient way.
Are these forums only to discuss Duo's sentences and to let people write about their achievements, and anything else to be then grouped under a "general" category? I say this in a rhethorical way, of course, just to clarify the main idea.
I once read that when designing a public park, architects and city planners in Japan would not create any paths, or maybe just a basic few, to then let the most useful paths to arise by themselves, that is, according to the paths that people would walk the most. Organic growth defined by the users themselves!
How does the Google search engine works? Same idea. The sites that have the most useful information for users or that are the most referenced are the ones that will organically rise to the top.
So, if you ask me, I would definitely vote for and support a relaxed organic approach where forums may be seen as experiments in Petri dishes, where topics will act as agar, thus, good, interesting, and useful topics will motivate growth.