Custom Forums
by Kevin Ludlow
on July 29th, 2009
There were a number of people who cautioned against allowing user's to create Custom Forums, but we have taken it on as an experiment.
To those concerned, yes, we will be cleaning up the custom forums in just a few days - hopefully restoring some order to the front page.
To those interested in creating custom forums, please note that a FORUM is different from a TOPIC. It is generally not appropriate to create a forum for a specific instance, but rather for the general topic.
For example, if you were looking for a lost pet and determined we did not have a good Forum for this, it would be appropriate to create a forum called "Lost Pets", and then post the specifics of your case within it.
Just wanted to clarify that a bit. We're working on setting some limitations to this in an effort to fix the problem. I like the idea of having custom forums, but we also want to make sure they retain some balance of order.
Thanks much,
Kevin