Forum 9

When building F9, I decided to only have a "General" forum for non-meta stuff to avoid not knowing where to put a topic, especially in a small community. In retrospect, I'm feeling that had the opposite effect-- now I worry the vibe is this forum is primarily for posting about projects (especially the tech-related sort). I imagine I didn't help much on this front-- my main way of starting discussions is by talking about what I'm working on, which often involves a computer to some capacity.

Not to say I'm upset with the topics that have been made here! A big part of this was having a place to talk about projects. But I definitely want more topics to feel suitable for here than just that.

How does everyone else feel? Is there anything in particular you'd want a forum for?

i think having a "Projects: The creative and/or clever stuff you're up to" type thing (indicating that it's not just for tech projects) alongside Chat might be sufficient for now without being too preemptive; if Chat starts getting dominated by another specific genre of topic again, we can always spin off another category at that time.

whatever happens, there needs to be a forum explicitly for vibing. just imo

...ok idk exactly what I mean there either, but like, something that encourages a degree of silliness or chill or what have you. every forum needs a way for people to settle into the community and feel more at ease, which sometimes means letting loose a little, fucking around a bit, etc.

Checking the poll results, and all of the "yes" options are tied. Hrm.

I think it's reasonable enough to start by splitting out the projects forum, and we'll go from there. I'll include this in the next announcement post, in case anyone misses this (I'll be making some changes on that front, too).