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<p>[quote user="matthewsaggie"]I'm not so sure this is an improvement. I liked the "Trains" forum because it covered everything in one place, while others like railfan.net, are so fragmented. Now I have to check three sections to the forum each time to cover all my interests (general, transit, and passenger). Oh well, we will see how it goes. <br />[/quote]</p><p><font face="georgia,palatino" size="3">I don't see any advantage of fragmenting into narrowly focused topic categories. On one hand, it may seem more orderly, but there is a downside to it as well. It is fine for those who want to start a discussion about a specific topic they have in mind. But many people who are inspired to contribute to a discussion would not even have thought about it prior to seeing the discussion. Those spontaneous contributions will not occur when the discussions are pigeon-holed into numerous, specific categories, unless they are all checked out by every member during every visit; and that will not be the case. </font><font face="georgia,palatino" size="3">The majority of members will just peruse the main general section because they are not looking for anything specific. </font></p><p><font face="georgia,palatino" size="3"></font></p><p><font face="georgia,palatino" size="3">I post on another forum that also has topic categories for everything under the sun. Yet all the action is in the main "breaking news" section, and all the little pigeonholes are largely ignored because the users don't want to take the time to check them with every visit. Besides that, the moderators will move a post they disagree with to a tighter focus category under the pretext of making a better fit for the topic. Of course, the controversial post then dies for lack of visibility. New posts under these narrow focused topic categories often go nowhere. Generally equivalent posts placed under the main heading, "Breaking news," attract dozens of replies.</font> </p>
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