New models do spark more posts on the forum, but the long term sources of forum activity are players new to arrangers, or current players doing ‘new things’. The drop off in posts on arranger forums may have more to do with arrangers being around for a long time now. So there is much more general familiarity with the operating systems.
On the subject of whether posts are relevant, obtuse or downright silly, I always compare this forum to a discussion round a dinner table or in a pub….. some people are interesting….. and some people are not
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As far as the multiple boards are concerned, the only real benefits are tidiness and faster historical searching. Most people accessing the forum regularly will be set up so the ‘recent posts’ opens automatically, and select what they read by scanning down recent posts rather than searching the various boards. So whether these are under different boards or not is actually pretty irrelevant.
When the Genos first came out there was such a big flurry of posts that it seemed reasonable to divide these up, and I would agree that now they could be amalgamated. But as I said above, it’s all a bit irrelevant except to some people’s sense of absolute correctness.
And as far as work for moderators is concerned, believe me, …..changing what we already have is the most work!
Mike