tell me what you think of splitting 'a&e' into a separate forum

[diebitter]

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Since you are the one making the argument, you should have some sense of how to back up your claims. A few significant things to consider:
1) quantify the number of people who are "turned off" by OOT
2) quantify the number of those people who would then turn to an A&E forum

After you do that, then look at potential negative consequences - such as:
3) quantify the potential detrimental affect of an A&E forum on OOT - i.e. will an A&E forum cannibalize OOT to such an extent that the total number of users (or total hours spent on twoplustwo, or whatever number twoplustwo looks at to determine that the numbers are good) decreases.
4) do the number of people who would be turned on by an A&E forum outweigh the number of people turned off by it (basically a rephrasing of number 2)
5) will yet another forum make the site, which has usability issues to begin with, create an even more difficult to navigate interface.


If you can't, at the very least, come up with decent numbers for 1 and 2 then it isn't a good plan.

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You construct a ridiculous argument by asking for information I can't possibly have, and claiming you win when I can't provide it...

Or let's put it this way...

I'll ask my magic mirror for the figures when it's not busy.

Aww, sorry, it's gonna be tied up today, can you ask yours instead?

I say it's a good plan till your magic mirror says otherwise. If you can't produce them, I believe I win!

[pryor15]

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I'll ask my magic mirror for the figures when it's not busy.

Aww, sorry, it's gonna be tied up today, can you ask yours instead?


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i'd loan you mine, db, but i broke it last night after losing to a 2-outer

[Gildwulf]

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Since you are the one making the argument, you should have some sense of how to back up your claims. A few significant things to consider:
1) quantify the number of people who are "turned off" by OOT
2) quantify the number of those people who would then turn to an A&E forum

After you do that, then look at potential negative consequences - such as:
3) quantify the potential detrimental affect of an A&E forum on OOT - i.e. will an A&E forum cannibalize OOT to such an extent that the total number of users (or total hours spent on twoplustwo, or whatever number twoplustwo looks at to determine that the numbers are good) decreases.
4) do the number of people who would be turned on by an A&E forum outweigh the number of people turned off by it (basically a rephrasing of number 2)
5) will yet another forum make the site, which has usability issues to begin with, create an even more difficult to navigate interface.


If you can't, at the very least, come up with decent numbers for 1 and 2 then it isn't a good plan.

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You construct a ridiculous argument by asking for information I can't possibly have, and claiming you win when I can't provide it...

Or let's put it this way...

I'll ask my magic mirror for the figures when it's not busy.

Aww, sorry, it's gonna be tied up today, can you ask yours instead?

I say it's a good plan till your magic mirror says otherwise. If you can't produce them, I believe I win!

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You don't need a magic mirror to quantify this;it takes a 20 minute lesson in surveying/empirical methods and I've done half the work already.

[elwoodblues]

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You construct a ridiculous argument by asking for information I can't possibly have...

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That you think this is information you can't possibly have (or can't easily get) strongly suggests that you shouldn't be making this decision. As unscientific as a poll on this site is, it's still better than your hunch or your thinking "well if I would want it, there must be tons of people like me."

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and claiming you win when I can't provide it

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I'm not trying to win anything.

That is, just so long as you lose. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]