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Organization Outreach
Hey guys, I've got some questions for you
So we have been looking over organizations for a little while now. There are some orgs like TMMA, Indonizer, OBT, ORMO, unofficial orgs, etc. that go through spurs of activity, but the majority of them are either super inactive or dead. With the new forum overhaul coming soon, we're trying to figure out a better way to organize organizations (see what I did there? not funny? didn't laugh? okay). With places that have relaxed rules existing like Off Topic; we could condense orgs down and put them there. Another alternative would be to delete them outright, and give certain orgs a sub-forum relevant to what they do (i.e. ORMO getting a sub-forum in Replays).
What do you guys think about organizations? In their current state, they're really a big mess and don't serve any function. What I'd like to know from you guys is:
How much do you value organizations?
What could be changed about organizations in order for them to be fun and functional? (I did it again somebody please stop me)
Would you be satisfied with any of the potential solutions listed above? If so, which one?
If there's any other ideas you'd like to share regarding organizations, I encourage you to share those as well.
Here's a poll with a free response section included if you don't want to post here: CLICK ME!
So we have been looking over organizations for a little while now. There are some orgs like TMMA, Indonizer, OBT, ORMO, unofficial orgs, etc. that go through spurs of activity, but the majority of them are either super inactive or dead. With the new forum overhaul coming soon, we're trying to figure out a better way to organize organizations (see what I did there? not funny? didn't laugh? okay). With places that have relaxed rules existing like Off Topic; we could condense orgs down and put them there. Another alternative would be to delete them outright, and give certain orgs a sub-forum relevant to what they do (i.e. ORMO getting a sub-forum in Replays).
What do you guys think about organizations? In their current state, they're really a big mess and don't serve any function. What I'd like to know from you guys is:
How much do you value organizations?
What could be changed about organizations in order for them to be fun and functional? (I did it again somebody please stop me)
Would you be satisfied with any of the potential solutions listed above? If so, which one?
If there's any other ideas you'd like to share regarding organizations, I encourage you to share those as well.
Here's a poll with a free response section included if you don't want to post here: CLICK ME!
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Each language will be able to create one thread in the board. I honestly don't see a huge problem there, the last event you guys had was over a year ago (unless there were more recent ones that I couldn't find). The only two threads you guys are actively using now are the humor and general chat one - which could easily be merged into one thread without losing much functionality.
However after rethinking the discord channel proposal, I'm not entirely against it anymore. I would be willing to give a channel to both the Brazilians and the Russians, since those are the only two active enough to warrant one. The hard part about this is going to be finding solid moderators for each channel. And I'd have to get permission to do so from my superiors, but I'll ask about it.
EDIT: if you have any more questions you can also dm me on discord @DALTON#1036 and I'd respond much faster
However after rethinking the discord channel proposal, I'm not entirely against it anymore. I would be willing to give a channel to both the Brazilians and the Russians, since those are the only two active enough to warrant one. The hard part about this is going to be finding solid moderators for each channel. And I'd have to get permission to do so from my superiors, but I'll ask about it.
EDIT: if you have any more questions you can also dm me on discord @DALTON#1036 and I'd respond much faster
Last edited by Fade; Oct 3, 2019 at 12:55 AM.
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Yeah all that crap can be done in discord. TA had the best sub-forum but we grew out of it. All that stuff like thread games, music, show urself, all that can be done in a discord.
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Originally Posted by Fade
However after rethinking the discord channel proposal, I'm not entirely against it anymore. I would be willing to give a channel to both the Brazilians and the Russians, since those are the only two active enough to warrant one. The hard part about this is going to be finding solid moderators for each channel. And I'd have to get permission to do so from my superiors, but I'll ask about it.
Thanks for considering. Having a text channel (and possibly one voice channel) is the same as having just one thread in a subforum, with the advantage that the discord is officially advertised in game and toribash's official channels to the point where it makes it much easier for the users to find, compared to the forum thread.
If you take the discord idea further, you can create a category on discord and a role. People click on a reaction with their flag in one of the "pinned" channels, it gives them their language role and then they are able to see the category with as much channels as you're willing to create for each language.
This prevents people that doesn't speak such language from seeing too much irrelevant channels on their discord. Also giving that language a bit more of freedom to the point they can have multiple channels if they feel like they need it (maximum amount chosen by you guys, of course)
(there are several bots that grants roles based on reactions so there's no need for coding)
Last edited by Immotay; Oct 3, 2019 at 02:51 AM.
Organizations have been moved to "Dead Orgs" and ORMO to Replays. Immotay, I DMed you on Discord and I want to talk to you before I do anything for the language orgs.
As for everyone else, feel free to make a thread in Off Topic based around your org's focus.
As for everyone else, feel free to make a thread in Off Topic based around your org's focus.
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