Did Facebook kill the forum?

[happywaffle]

This forum has a long and proud history dating back to my years spent away from the improv community. Now, and especially in the last few months, it's got a fraction of the traffic as in the past. This despite the community growing fast as ever.

Is Facebook to blame? I still think a permanent (and searchable) forum serves a valuable purpose. Should we… can we… take steps to drive more traffic here? If so, how?

[Roy Janik]

It seems -decently- active to me. It ebbs and flows. but yeah, I don't mind chattin' more on here.

[Brad Hawkins]

As someone who routinely laments the lack of searchability of Facebook posts, I, too, appreciate the forum and would love to see it used more.

[trabka]

You can search posts within a group. I did so just today.

[Chuy!]

One of the reasons I don't get here as much lately is that it stopped telling me about the posts that I haven't seen. Also, I stopped getting updates in my email when someone responded...

[wiggies]

I lurk just as much here as I do on Facebook.

[PyroDan]

There is always a dip in activity during OOB, then it picks up again.

[kaci_beeler]

It's hurt it slowly over the years, certainly. But, I think if people keep posting interesting content and discussions on here and then share the forum discussion links on Facebook, that could help.

If you can't beat 'em...

[happywaffle]

It's hurt it slowly over the years, certainly. But, I think if people keep posting interesting content and discussions on here and then share the forum discussion links on Facebook, that could help.

If you can't beat 'em...

Yeah. My primary frustration is when discussions get fractured and started in multiple places on Facebook. I made a "What should I see at OOB?" thread, which got a few responses, but I saw the same thing asked all over FB.

[Terry]

One of the reasons I don't get here as much lately is that it stopped telling me about the posts that I haven't seen. Also, I stopped getting updates in my email when someone responded...

What Chuy said.

[happywaffle]

One of the reasons I don't get here as much lately is that it stopped telling me about the posts that I haven't seen. Also, I stopped getting updates in my email when someone responded...

What Chuy said.

Weird.

Bob, Brad, Jon, anybody listening who knows about this? I dunno how/where to configure that.

[Terry]

Let me backtrack, since I just got an email reply, and say I mostly meant to agree with the part where you could select all the new/unread posts on the forum, instead of having to go to each subforum.

[bradisntclever]

Let me backtrack, since I just got an email reply, and say I mostly meant to agree with the part where you could select all the new/unread posts on the forum, instead of having to go to each subforum.

When you log into the forums, above the subforum for announcements, you should have options to view all unanswered posts, view unread posts, view new posts, and view active topics. Do these links not work for you?

I find view new posts to be the most helpful for keeping up-to-date. View unread posts can be a bit intimidating since it really keeps track of everything you've seen and haven't seen. I don't bother with the "Tonight in Austin Improv" posts (since I'm not going to be there), so view unread posts keeps including those in a list of all the posts I haven't read.

[mitchmills]

Let me backtrack, since I just got an email reply, and say I mostly meant to agree with the part where you could select all the new/unread posts on the forum, instead of having to go to each subforum.

Do you not have these links at the top of the Board Index?

View unanswered posts • View unread posts • View new posts • View active topics

You have to be signed in to your account to see them, but, for me at least, they work as advertised.

[Terry]

I see them now. I SWEAR THEY WERE GONE BEFORE.

Great. Now I'm going to have to stop drinking at breakfast.