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04-23-2024, 01:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-23-2024, 01:58 AM by konsta. Edited 6 times in total.)
(04-22-2024, 04:18 PM)Rossi Wrote: There's no point in posting that here. Forums are not active by the staff team so it doesn't make sense. They're using Discord until an established player base gets made and they'll try the forums again maybe?
A year and a half with no server or release date in mind is crazy. Hate being left in the dark but I think most of us gave up trying to stay interested in FL. It's just not going to happen. I've heard of companies being established in a quicker time frame than this. But I get it, people have full-time jobs/college and it's hard to manage both unless you give it 100% dedication.
Hey Rossi, I get where you're coming from and I agree with your comment on how companies being established in a quicker time frame than this. That's why I took initiative and decided to help out with what I can.
There's one thing I disagree with you, that there's no point in posting it here. As long as people don't have a reason to post in the forums, and therefore won't post, it won't be active. I'm using the forums for its intended purpose, I'm writing my entire thought on a subject and share information about a particular topic in a thread. The keyword here is thread. Discord isn't really a better platform than the forums because they both serve a different purpose, for example Discord is more of a texting platform with a stream of messages that flow, and because of that all messages are quickly crowded in a vertical scrolling chat where subjects can easily get lost.
In comparison to the forums, it's a way for users to navigate and find subjects and information about a particular topic around a theme. It also allows users to engage in a subject they're interested in and participate in on going conversations around the topic. Discord? While it may supply that demand with #subjects but it's still broad and information can get lost. If I posted the survey in Discord, over time it will get lost through the sea of texts. It's less efficient. It's like trying to post Reddit form of content on Twitter. You just can't, it's not relevant and it will get lost without engagement because Twitter is focused on real-time updates and short-form of content, like Discord.
Surveys like this are meant to take time, so forums serve me better than Discord.
And by the way forums is better for SEO. It generates traffic and for example if you type the keyword "fearrp" on Google, guess what pops up first? Just try it. And try it on your mobile device, and see what image pops up first and trace its source link. If you're right with management not using the forums till they get a player base then they're already killing it without realizing it due to their ignorance of SEO. Keeping the forums active should be in their top priority list.