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Post by /\/\att on Jan 7, 2010 11:25:17 GMT -5
Hey gang.
I think we can all see that Batman is in a slump right now. No movies going. No movie buzz. No decent cartoons (sorry brave and the bold) and the toys just aren't fascinating, are they? Mostly due to no interesting cartoons and an over abundance of unknown and uninteresting dc characters being produced instead of a focus on Batman, where it should be!
Things are very slow and most of the boards don't have a lot of topics going actively. Its a lot of work to sift through everything each day.
So here is what I'm thinking. I may take our boards, make them invisible to be brought back when Batman picks up and we have two boards only. One for Batman talk..one for off topic. That way, every topic will be seen and maybe we can have some real discussion going. I think if there were less to look at maybe it would be easier to participate on the boards.
Again, this would just be temporary until things pick up again.
Thoughts?
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Post by jlavaia on Jan 7, 2010 13:50:01 GMT -5
that might be good for right now. i was also thinking we get at the least a toy thread, but maybe an all toy section as alot of here are collectors and those sections do get more traffic than the others. and i'm sure most of us collect other stuff aside from Batman figures, such as Marvel, movie based, wrestling, sports, video game figs, etc. so just combine all the batman toy boards into one all toy board. then have an all-Batman section, and then the off-topic section. but that sounds like a good idea. Bruce isnt back in the comics until the fall, the next Batman movie isnt coming out for awhile, so things are going to remain slow for Batman at least until the fall. less boards may make get more traffic andget the community back to what it was.
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Post by /\/\att on Jan 7, 2010 14:43:13 GMT -5
See, my train of thought is that there is SO little going on right now that each topic can have one thread. A movie sequel news/rumor thread...comic talk thread, etc. I don't think we need more than that and then maybe we can all get some good talk going without being intimidated by the sheer scope of the site.
The forum was expanded like this back when there was SO much going on that a new topic would instantly get pushed to the second page.
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Post by mrfrost on Jan 7, 2010 14:52:37 GMT -5
Sounds good to me. I've honestly been dropping in less and less over the last two years because there's SO much stuff I feel like I should set a side two hours just to catch up! An easier browsing system would be fantastic.
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Post by Eric on Jan 7, 2010 15:18:16 GMT -5
It's sad isn't it? Thing is, this is going on everywhere. SHH's Batman boards are d-e-a-d, even the BOTB is suffering big time. Ive been popping in on a couple of other forums, just to check on various interests, and theres nothing. Hardly any posting, and no news. This is for everything, the toys, movies, cartoons, costuming, and comics. Ive been saying it for awhile, this whole hobby, and genre itself is changing, and I personally do not think its for the better.
I say do what you feel is right to help the life of the forum, Matt.
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Post by grayson on Jan 7, 2010 20:40:16 GMT -5
Matt, I'm with Eric and whatever you think is best for the site.
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Post by anthonywayne on Jan 7, 2010 21:12:42 GMT -5
It's very sad, Eric. But hopefully this will become one of those 'phoenix rising from the ashes' scenarios.
Matt, I fully support whatever you have to do.
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Michael
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Post by Michael on Jan 7, 2010 22:00:04 GMT -5
I haven't gotten a chance to read this all the way through yet, but it would be cool to keep a collector area open...maybe? please?
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Post by All Star Batman on Jan 7, 2010 22:10:14 GMT -5
Can we at least keep the comic area open? Alot of people may not be reading, but this is where Batman started, and I usually keep the news coming when it comes to that.
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Post by Batlaw on Jan 8, 2010 1:36:32 GMT -5
Whatever works best and relieves you Matt. The boards the could handle some streamlining anyway (especially nowadays).
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Post by twistedlaugh on Jan 8, 2010 5:16:58 GMT -5
I like the idea of having only a few boards and hiding all the rest. Hopefully it gets people to talk more about comics, upcoming movies (Especially comic book based ones), TV-shows and most importantly Batman! Instead of just action figures and wrestling all the time!
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Post by /\/\att on Jan 8, 2010 12:04:08 GMT -5
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