General Board: Board review

I've been asked about rebranding one of the boards to switch the focus of it. While that's under consideration I thought I'd throw the question open...

This is what I'd like to know:

1. Are there any boards you think should be scrapped/merged?
2. Are there any new boards that you think would be a good idea?*
3. Are there any boards you think are underutilized? What could we do to make them more utilised?
4. What are the boards you check out the most?
5. What types of threads do you find the most interesting on the board?

You may or may not have noticed over time we've withdrawn certain boards and introduced new ones. For instance, we merged the Battlefield into one section and introduced L.A. magazine and the Spotlight board.

* just because you say I THINK WE NEED A BOARD FOR THIS LETS DO IT!! Doesn't mean it will happen. We may look to introduce new themed discussions as a trial to see if the ideas catch on and then look to expand these if they prove successful.

The OM King isn't really a 'open Mic of the month' poll though. It's a competition that has a winner at the end of it.

I'm open to considering how we cater those types of things to the Battlefield though. Maybe it's just doing the 7/7 style thing once a month and you throw your name in & then we setup battles as the host wishes? Then maybe we have a poll after that for best battle?

Fuck Y'all...personally I am strongly against it. For me it creates all the wrong kind of activity, not only is just pages and pages of bickering it also absorbs all the other activity on the board. People who'd otherwise be voting and feeding are just following the drama.

Don't get me wrong, I get there's a place for drama as part of a vibrant battle scene but the Fuck Y'all board just leads to people squabbling like little girls.

I really don't want to bring it back unless someone makes a strong argument for it. And even if they did I'd want it to be on a trial basis.

The main problem with that is it requires Scotty to bring it back and to axe it if it isn't successful and he's not necessarily the most responsive.

I love Neek's idea as I know he's got a lot of information to give. Seems audio has taken off here on LA since the days when I started so maybe we start catering to that side a little more? I'd love to learn more about mixing and such from members here because right now YouTube tutorials are my only source of information

spume corrupt wrote: I been thinking for a while now that we would benefit from something like a Gallery type board, where individuals could gather a range of there work for display purposes only, not feed.....Comments and props pages could run alongside nicely but the gallery pages only editable by the author of each gallery, One gallery per writer that wants a gallery unlimited verses It would give longevity to some of the sites best written works and writers It's just a rough up idea ATM but if you like it cube and think it could work then let me know and I will collaborate with you and elaborate on my vision I

That's the way it should be though Law, solely editable by the individual account holder of each gallery
So not necessarily a complete works just the writers favourite verses at any given time

I am pretty ignorant about the technological possibilities of utilising this idea on LA, but I have some other ideas that would expand the concept and make it a much used part of the site
If it gains initial interest I will say more

Some thoughts about boards themselves...

1-2 league becomes BATTLE LEAGUES
Text Battle/audio/DQ Archive become BATTLE ARCHIVE
Elevation Centre/Emcee Lounge/Rap Tutorials become THE LAB

Also propose merging the HipHop chit chat, Pictures & Graphics and the Sports and Entertainment one into a singular chat board...not sure about the name

Would get rid of Bannings & Warnings as we rarely do bans now.

What do people think about Spotlight board? Do people actually view it?

Speaking only for myself i do use spotlight,but the gripe i have with it,is that it doesn't
Seem to run at the same pace as current happenings here at LA..just my tuppence worth,but I do feel personally there's a place for it..peace.

Crimson Juice wrote: Speaking only for myself i do use spotlight,but the gripe i have with it,is that it doesn't Seem to run at the same pace as current happenings here at LA..just my tuppence worth,but I do feel personally there's a place for it..peace.

By no means what I am going to mention is an immediate need, just a cool addition. I often see "likes" on peoples posts but cannot tell who did the liking. That would be a cool feature.