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Originally Posted by kq76
In a way, yeah, that makes sense, but when I proposed that a bunch of people threw fits for a multitude of reasons. However, the one reason I thought made the most sense was because ads have always been the major reason for visiting the online league board so why make people click through another link to get to them? So that's why I said okay, I'll propose to Andreas to create a managers' sub-forum to put the more general stuff in and leave the ads in the main forum, which in a way makes sense too IMO.
That still leaves the question of where to put gauging interest threads, but at the moment I think my opinion at least is leaning toward the managers' sub-forum because like the other threads here: 1) their purpose is similar in that they're asking online leaguers in general for their input, and 2) to the benefit of their own starters, they wouldn't get buried by all the ads so people might actually reply to more of them. That sounds like it would work well to me, but I'd like to see what others think. Why didn't I suggest that before? Well, I guess I just saw them like a type of ad, which I guess they are, but maybe they're sufficiently different to warrant them being here instead of there. And while I don't feel nearly as strongly about it all as satchel does, I can't help but agree with him on his point that ads of leagues that are actually going and trying to do their best to be full should be given as much of the prime screen space as possible.
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well it is a matter of preference & opinion, i doubt there is a right & wrong. I just look at forums as buildings. the whole forum is OOTP HQ. online leagues are on say floor 5, you get off on floor 5 and you are hit with nothing but ads, if you want a discussion about , your team, your league, drafting, ect. you have to go over to one corner, if you want to chat with commish,s you goto the other corner. it just seems to me that you should open up to a lobby/lounge and then if you want to read an ad or chat with cimmish's you goto the back wall/ corner.
I am not sure i agree with the premise that most visitors are hear looking for a league. a more discussion friendly main online league forum could actually help the whole online community.
but then again i have no special knowledge on this so it is nothing but opinion.
